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 Well, how many here like to garden or take care of plants?

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 Well, not as many as I thought.

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! How many of you here like to bake?

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 It's kind of similar people.

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 How many of you here have never watered a plant or baked anything in your life?

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 Okay, so everybody's done at least a little bit.

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 If not, then maybe you've at least enjoyed someone else's baking

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 or something that came from their garden.

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 Well, this morning we're going to hear is Jesus talks gardening and baking.

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 And some of you at this moment are wondering if you came to the right church this morning.

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 But I assure you, this morning's message is not Jesus' five tips on how to get a better garden

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 or better bread.

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 You can probably find that in the Davidson Leader.

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 We've been hearing Jesus talk and teach about the kingdom of God.

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 And Jesus often used the ordinary and everyday stuff of life in his parables

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 to teach about the kingdom of God.

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 So we're going to hear a little bit about gardening and baking.

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 But Jesus is going to use those things to point to something far greater.

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 Let me read our passage for us this morning.

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 It's short.

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 It comes from Luke chapter 13.

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 Starting in verse 18.

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 Then Jesus asked,

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 What is the kingdom of God like?

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 What shall I compare it to?

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 It's like a mustard seed,

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 which a man took and planted in his garden.

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 It grew and became a tree,

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 and the birds perched in its branches.

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 Again, he asked,

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 What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

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 It's like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about 60 pounds of flour

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 until it worked all through the dough.

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 The first thing we notice about these parables

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 is that they're really short

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 compared to some of Jesus' other ones.

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 They're kind of like mini parables.

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 And we also notice that compared to some of the parables

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 that we've heard from Jesus recently in this gospel,

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 the parable of the rich fool,

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 the parable of the sower,

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 there's no explanation by Jesus

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 as to what they mean or how to interpret them.

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 And so the question, of course, is

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 how is the kingdom of God like these little stories?

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 The story of the mustard seed and of the yeast.

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 What does Jesus want us to understand

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 from these parables?

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 Let's start with the mustard seed.

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 Jesus asked,

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 What is the kingdom of God like?

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 What shall I compare it to?

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 It's like a mustard seed,

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 which a man took and planted in his garden.

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 It grew and became a tree,

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 and the birds perched in its branches.

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 Now there's been lots of discussion

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 over the precise species of mustard plant

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 that Jesus is referring to.

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 Of course, commentators and scholars

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 love to do that kind of thing.

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 Most people agree that it likely wasn't the same

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 as the mustard plants that are grown in today's farmer's fields.

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 It could be a reference to a black mustard plant

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 with black seeds.

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 They're really small seeds.

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 And these, I guess, can grow as high as 8 or 12 feet

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 if they're just let to go.

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 Another good possibility is that it was this plant that

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 they call it Salvadora persica.

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 That's probably the Latin technical name.

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 This one is also called a mustard tree,

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 and it grows to over 20 feet tall.

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 It has these small berries that have a pungent mustard flavor.

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 But the point of the parable, of course,

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 is not a lesson in archaeology or botany

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 or to prove the accuracy of the Bible.

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 Sometimes we get all caught up in this.

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 You know, is the mustard seed really the smallest of all seeds?

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 What about the poppy seed?

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 Isn't that smaller?

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 You know, did Jesus mean the smallest of every seed on earth?

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 Or did he just mean of the seeds that would typically be sown

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 for gardening purposes?

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 At some point, we just have to acknowledge

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 this was written over 2,000 years ago

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 in a region of the world that's different from ours.

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 And, you know, are we here to critique Jesus

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 and his use of metaphor?

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 Or are we here to understand the point that he's making

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 through the everyday common thing of his people's day?

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 And that's why Jesus chose this,

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 because it was common to the people that he was speaking to

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 in their region of the world.

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 So we'll give him the benefit of the doubt,

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 and we'll assume that there was a kind of plant

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 that was typically grown in or near the garden

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 back then in the Middle East

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 that had a really small seed,

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 but then would grow to be a large tree.

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 Now, when we look at the details of this little story,

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 we notice Jesus brings a few things

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 in particular to our attention.

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 The first is the size of the mustard seed.

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 In Matthew's Gospel,

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 it's phrased a little bit differently.

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 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, Jesus says.

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 So he compares it to other seeds.

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 And again, not every seed on earth,

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 but probably those in the gardening arena.

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 The word for plants that's used here

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 is specifically those that are like vegetables,

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 things that would be grown in the garden, or herbs.

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 Now, for those of you who like to eat vegetables and fruits,

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 texture some of those seeds in your mind.

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 You've got your pumpkin seeds,

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 which are quite large.

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 You've got your watermelon seeds.

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 You've got your apple seeds,

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 which are about the same size as watermelon seeds.

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 The amazing thing is that inside that little seed

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 is a whole tree waiting to happen.

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 Then you've got your cherry tomato seed,

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 even smaller.

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 And then you've got your mustard seed,

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 which is like a tiny little black speck of dirt,

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 like a mini peppercorn.

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 And then the next thing we notice is

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 this mustard seed,

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 what it becomes.

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 Depending on what species of tree,

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 what kind of garden,

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 we get a different picture here.

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 But either way, Jesus' point is the same.

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 Relative to all the other plants in the garden,

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 it's now the largest.

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 It's the greatest.

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 And Jesus' point here is not simply to compare

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 the mustard seed with other seeds

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 or trees with other trees,

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 but to point out the vast

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 and perhaps surprising difference

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 between how the mustard plant starts

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 and how it ends.

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 Though it is the smallest,

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 it grows and becomes the largest.

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 This is the first truth

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 that we're meant to understand

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 about the kingdom of God.

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 It's a kingdom of surprisingly humble beginnings.

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 It began with people like Abram,

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 a nobody from Ur of the Chaldeans,

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 that foreigner who lives over there in the tents,

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 and yeah, the nomadic shepherd guy.

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 It begins with a baby in a feeding trough

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 in a little town,

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 not the capital city,

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 in a backwater region of the Roman Empire.

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 And Jesus, from the perspective of the world around,

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 not a great son of nobility,

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 but the son of a carpenter,

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 maybe conceived out of wedlock,

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 or so it was rumored,

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 a guy who would later grow up in Nazareth.

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 And can anything good come from Nazareth?

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 It's a kingdom of surprisingly humble beginnings.

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 Some guy named Jesus,

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 out at the lake with a bunch of fishermen

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 and a tax collector and some others,

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 to many,

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 a pathetic excuse of a movement

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 whose Messiah or King

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 was executed like a criminal

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 only three years after it started.

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 The smallest and humblest of beginnings.

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 There was very little by way of pomp

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 or fanfare.

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 And yet,

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 the kingdom of God

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 will become the largest of all kingdoms

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 ever to be seen

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 or known

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 in this world.

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 Interestingly,

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 this is not the first time

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 in the Bible

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 that we have this sort of comparison

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 of kingdoms.

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 Long ago in the days of the exile,

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 there was a man named Daniel.

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 He was one of the wise men

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 who served King Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And

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 in his days,

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 this was the Babylonian Empire times,

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 God gave Nebuchadnezzar

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 these visions,

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 these dreams.

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 And in these dreams,

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 he reminded Nebuchadnezzar

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 that even

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 his

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 great empire,

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 his great kingdom

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 would not be

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 the greatest

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 that the world would yet see.

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 Maybe you know the story

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 if you've read that

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 in Daniel.

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 Nebuchadnezzar's first vision

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 is of

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 a statue

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 with a head

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 that's made of gold.

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 And

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 the meaning of the dream

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 as you read the story,

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 his

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 him and his kingdom

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 are

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 that head of gold.

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 Several kingdoms

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 would follow after,

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 that's the rest of the parts

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 of the statue,

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 but they wouldn't compare

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 in greatness

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 and splendor

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 to his.

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 And then,

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 in his vision,

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 along comes a rock

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 and smashes

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 the statue

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 to pieces.

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 And we learn

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 that the rock

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 is the kingdom

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 of God.

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 A kingdom

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 that will never

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 be destroyed,

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 that will last

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 forever.

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 In the dream,

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 it becomes,

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 the rock

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 becomes a mountain

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 and it fills

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 the whole earth.

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 That was the first dream

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 God gave

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 to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 in the second dream,

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 God shows him

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 a great tree.

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 So we've got a tree

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 thing happening

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 here again.

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 And it's the tallest

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 and the greatest tree

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 on earth.

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 Daniel says

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 that the tree

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 represents

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 and his kingdom.

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 But then,

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 as the vision

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 continues,

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 an angel

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 comes down

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 from heaven

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 and calls

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 for the tree

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 to be cut down.

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 And it's left

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 as a stump

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 on the ground.

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 And the meaning

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 of this

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 was that

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 would be humbled

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 until he acknowledged

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 that the one

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 true God

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 of heaven

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 rules.

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 And that's

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 exactly what

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 happened.

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 There came a day

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 when Nebuchadnezzar

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 himself,

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 the king

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 of the Babylonian

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 empire,

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 said,

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 the Lord's

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 dominion

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 is an eternal

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 dominion.

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 His kingdom

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 endures from

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 generation

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 to generation.

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 The kingdom

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 of God,

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 the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 will be the

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 greatest of

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 kingdoms

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 that this world

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 has ever seen

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 or known

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 when it comes

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 in its fullness.

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 No nation,

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 no empire,

00:12:54.140 --> 00:12:54.759
 no kingdom

00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.420
 will compare,

00:12:55.520 --> 00:12:56.420
 not in size,

00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:57.840
 not in splendor,

00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:59.340
 not in any

00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:00.040
 other measure

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 of value

00:13:00.800 --> 00:13:02.700
 or greatness.

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 But it doesn't

00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:06.560
 start that way.

00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:09.080
 The kingdom

00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:09.580
 of God

00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:11.680
 doesn't come

00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:12.640
 like a flash

00:13:12.640 --> 00:13:13.379
 of lightning

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 out of nowhere,

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 but like a

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 tiny seed

00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:18.320
 which over

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 time

00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:20.279
 gradually

00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:21.759
 becomes

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 the great

00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:23.000
 tree.

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 On another

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 occasion,

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 Jesus said

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 this,

00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:29.720
 he said,

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 I say to you

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 that many

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 will come

00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:31.980
 from the east

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 and the west

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 and will take

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 their places

00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:34.379
 at the feast

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 with Abraham,

00:13:35.439 --> 00:13:35.740
 Isaac,

00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.379
 and Jacob

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 in the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Now,

00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:40.620
 he was talking

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 about something

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 else in that

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 particular

00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:43.840
 statement,

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 but what we

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 see here is

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 that there

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 is sort

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 of a

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 progression

00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:52.720
 that's been

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 happening,

00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:53.980
 a growth.

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 This kingdom

00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.300
 has been a

00:13:55.300 --> 00:13:55.899
 long time

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 in the making

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 starting with

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 Abraham,

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 Isaac,

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 and Jacob

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 and it's a

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 kingdom that

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 grows to be

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 the greatest

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 from generation

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 to generation

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 over a long

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 period of time

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 starting from

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 the smallest

00:14:11.280 --> 00:14:12.019
 and humblest

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 of beginnings,

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 men like

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 Abraham,

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 Isaac,

00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.379
 Jacob,

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 shepherds

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 and nomads.

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 But then

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 when it is

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 fully grown,

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 it will be

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 like that

00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:27.660
 mustard tree

00:14:27.660 --> 00:14:28.320
 which stands

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 taller than

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 all the other

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 plants.

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 The final

00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:33.740
 detail in

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.360
 this parable

00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:45.899
 is how the

00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:46.560
 mustard seed

00:14:46.560 --> 00:14:47.060
 after it

00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.580
 becomes a

00:14:47.580 --> 00:14:47.899
 tree,

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.419
 the birds

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:49.960
 they come

00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:50.320
 and nest

00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:50.620
 in its

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 branches.

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 Mark

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 adds in

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 his account

00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:55.240
 the detail

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 of how

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 its branches

00:14:56.580 --> 00:14:57.399
 are large

00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.240
 and give

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:58.920
 shade for

00:14:58.920 --> 00:14:59.480
 the birds

00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.440
 to nest

00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:00.740
 under.

00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:02.080
 what does

00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:02.919
 this mean?

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 Well,

00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:04.820
 this is not

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 the first

00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:05.759
 time that

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 the kingdom

00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:06.580
 has been

00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:07.240
 described as

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 a tree.

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 We've kind

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.399
 of seen

00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:08.879
 kingdoms

00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.220
 are described

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 that way

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:10.860
 in the

00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.159
 Bible.

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 Nebuchadnezzar's

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 vision is

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 an example

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 and if we

00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:14.680
 look a little

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 more closely

00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:15.799
 at that

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 example from

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 Daniel

00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:19.580
 chapter 4

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 verses 10

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 there's

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 just a

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.000
 little

00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.560
 snippet

00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:22.820
 of

00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:24.000
 Nebuchadnezzar's

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.039
 dream.

00:15:26.800 --> 00:15:27.620
 I looked

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:27.960
 and there

00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.580
 before me

00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:29.100
 stood a

00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:29.500
 tree in

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:29.800
 the middle

00:15:29.800 --> 00:15:30.080
 of the

00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:30.460
 land.

00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:31.899
 Its height

00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:32.580
 was enormous.

00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:33.419
 The tree

00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.840
 grew large

00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:35.500
 and strong

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:35.840
 and its

00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.659
 top touched

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.279
 the sky.

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 It was

00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:39.200
 visible to

00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:39.700
 the ends

00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:40.000
 of the

00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.279
 earth.

00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.960
 Its leaves

00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:42.639
 were beautiful,

00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:43.360
 its fruit

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:43.919
 abundant,

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.639
 and on it

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.519
 was food

00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:46.039
 for all.

00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:47.899
 Under it

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.320
 the wild

00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:49.019
 animals found

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.639
 shelter and

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.100
 the birds

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:51.279
 lived in

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.860
 its branches.

00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:53.360
 From it

00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:54.779
 every creature

00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:56.399
 was fed.

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 And Daniel

00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:59.600
 says the

00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.080
 tree which

00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:00.659
 you saw

00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.600
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.440
 you are

00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:03.120
 that tree.

00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:04.580
 You have

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:05.360
 become great

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.899
 and strong.

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.820
 Your greatness

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.460
 has grown

00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:07.960
 until it

00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:08.540
 reaches the

00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:09.460
 sky and

00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:10.080
 your dominion

00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:10.980
 extends to

00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:11.800
 distant parts

00:16:11.800 --> 00:16:12.540
 of the

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:12.800
 earth.

00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:15.800
 And there's

00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:16.259
 a few other

00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:16.960
 places which

00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:17.840
 describe sort

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.840
 of the birds

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.680
 nesting in the

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:19.940
 tree.

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:21.659
 And it's

00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:23.080
 a positive

00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.519
 thing.

00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.519
 If the

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.259
 tree is a

00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:26.580
 kingdom

00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:28.840
 then those

00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.320
 who come

00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:29.899
 to live

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.940
 in the

00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.639
 tree and

00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.060
 build their

00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:32.720
 nest in it

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.120
 and live

00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:33.820
 under its

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.680
 shelter and

00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:35.139
 shade,

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.120
 they're the

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.500
 people of

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:37.960
 the kingdom.

00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.379
 Going back

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:41.659
 to our

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.279
 passage in

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:42.560
 Luke,

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.700
 my translation

00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.460
 doesn't quite

00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:46.060
 capture it

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:46.340
 here.

00:16:46.660 --> 00:16:47.080
 It says

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.560
 perch,

00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:48.659
 but it's

00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:48.879
 better

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.719
 translated as

00:16:49.719 --> 00:16:50.399
 nest.

00:16:50.959 --> 00:16:51.339
 The tree,

00:16:51.599 --> 00:16:52.079
 it grew

00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:52.539
 and became

00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:53.059
 a tree and

00:16:53.059 --> 00:16:53.579
 the birds

00:16:53.579 --> 00:16:55.199
 nested in

00:16:55.199 --> 00:16:55.779
 its branches.

00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.239
 Let's just

00:16:59.239 --> 00:16:59.799
 kind of

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:01.399
 zero in on

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.000
 this idea

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:03.379
 of birds

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.799
 and trees

00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.460
 a little bit.

00:17:05.159 --> 00:17:05.700
 What is a

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:07.039
 tree to a

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.299
 bird?

00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.399
 Or we

00:17:10.399 --> 00:17:10.980
 could flip it

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.619
 this way

00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:11.980
 first.

00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.539
 Where's all

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:12.980
 the best

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:14.500
 places here

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.119
 in town to

00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:15.839
 find birds?

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:21.059
 Well, if

00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:21.299
 you've been

00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:21.980
 walking around

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.659
 Davidson at

00:17:22.659 --> 00:17:23.220
 all, or

00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:23.879
 maybe if

00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:24.199
 you're in

00:17:24.199 --> 00:17:25.299
 Crake, the

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.779
 streets that

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.339
 have all the

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.240
 trees have

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.579
 all the

00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:29.279
 birds, or

00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:29.619
 at least

00:17:29.619 --> 00:17:30.039
 more of

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:30.199
 them.

00:17:31.439 --> 00:17:32.279
 What is

00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:33.839
 a tree to

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.299
 a bird?

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.740
 To a

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.240
 bird, a

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.799
 tree is a

00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:38.399
 place to

00:17:38.399 --> 00:17:39.179
 find shelter

00:17:39.179 --> 00:17:39.639
 from the

00:17:39.639 --> 00:17:40.119
 elements,

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.699
 shade from

00:17:42.699 --> 00:17:43.119
 the heat,

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:46.479
 a hollow

00:17:46.479 --> 00:17:47.279
 maybe inside

00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.919
 the tree that

00:17:47.919 --> 00:17:49.199
 protects from

00:17:49.199 --> 00:17:49.719
 the storm.

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:52.039
 A tree is a

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.419
 place that

00:17:52.419 --> 00:17:53.339
 offers protection

00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.099
 from predators

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:55.439
 because its

00:17:55.439 --> 00:17:56.159
 branches are

00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:56.759
 high up.

00:17:59.239 --> 00:18:00.179
 A place to

00:18:00.179 --> 00:18:00.919
 hold fast to

00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:01.279
 when the

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.039
 wind blows

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:03.339
 too wild in

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.259
 Davidson for

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:04.819
 the bird to

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.359
 be airborne.

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.659
 A tree is a

00:18:07.659 --> 00:18:08.099
 place with

00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:09.259
 numerous perches

00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:10.899
 to gather with

00:18:10.899 --> 00:18:12.599
 other birds for

00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.179
 a feast of

00:18:13.179 --> 00:18:13.579
 berries.

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:16.159
 Both wax

00:18:16.159 --> 00:18:16.819
 wings and

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:18.379
 sparrows have

00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:18.779
 this in

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.039
 common.

00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:19.480
 They all

00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.219
 perch together

00:18:20.219 --> 00:18:21.099
 sometimes in

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:22.079
 one tree or

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:23.119
 hedge or

00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:24.679
 bush, sometimes

00:18:24.679 --> 00:18:25.259
 by the

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.740
 hundreds.

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.559
 And what do

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:27.899
 they do?

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.480
 Well, I guess

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.079
 they just sort

00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.759
 of hang out

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:31.480
 and sing

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:31.980
 together.

00:18:33.939 --> 00:18:34.740
 A tree is

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.519
 like a giant

00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.659
 choir loft with

00:18:36.659 --> 00:18:37.740
 numerous perches

00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.799
 and positions

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:40.899
 for every song

00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:41.399
 in the book.

00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.579
 A place from

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:44.319
 which to see

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:45.919
 and to find

00:18:45.919 --> 00:18:46.480
 food.

00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:48.019
 A place to

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.619
 find nesting

00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:49.339
 materials.

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.259
 A place to

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:51.519
 find leaf-eating

00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.399
 insects and

00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:53.059
 seeds and

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.679
 berries and

00:18:53.679 --> 00:18:54.000
 fruit.

00:18:54.659 --> 00:18:55.159
 In fact, a

00:18:55.159 --> 00:18:55.819
 tree is so

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.799
 well-suited to

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.919
 a bird's life

00:18:57.919 --> 00:18:58.779
 and needs

00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:00.839
 that we almost

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.480
 have to pause

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.919
 and wonder,

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.459
 which came

00:19:02.459 --> 00:19:02.939
 first?

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.659
 The tree

00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:06.279
 or the bird?

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.859
 Or perhaps

00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.559
 God made them

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:09.919
 with each

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:10.299
 other in

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.619
 mind.

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.519
 A tree is

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.099
 a wonderful

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.819
 source of

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:16.559
 life and

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.859
 provision and

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:18.319
 protection.

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:18.779
 It's the

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:20.019
 ideal place to

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:20.659
 settle and

00:19:20.659 --> 00:19:21.359
 build a home

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.539
 for a bird.

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.460
 So, too,

00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:27.659
 the kingdom

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:28.279
 of God,

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.599
 when it's

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.519
 fully grown and

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.679
 fully established,

00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:33.200
 will be the

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:34.200
 perfect place to

00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:35.899
 settle and

00:19:35.899 --> 00:19:36.679
 build a home

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:38.380
 for its

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.740
 people.

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:41.279
 A place

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.340
 where all

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:42.920
 who live in

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.600
 it will find

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.220
 their needs

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.580
 met,

00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:46.160
 opportunity to

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:47.299
 flourish without

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:48.200
 fear of any

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.000
 danger or

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.420
 threat.

00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:51.180
 That's what the

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.019
 great kingdom of

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.840
 God will be one

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.900
 day to all the

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.880
 children of the

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.519
 kingdom who are

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.940
 in it, to all

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.799
 the citizens of

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:57.960
 it.

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:01.100
 The kingdom of

00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:01.820
 God will be the

00:20:01.820 --> 00:20:02.640
 greatest and most

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.620
 glorious kingdom,

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.640
 the perfect place

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.180
 to live,

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.820
 when it comes in

00:20:07.820 --> 00:20:08.320
 its fullness,

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.620
 but a kingdom

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.720
 which, to the

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.620
 surprise of many,

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.539
 had the smallest

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:16.019
 and humblest of

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.400
 beginnings.

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.620
 Let's now look to

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.759
 the second parable

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.740
 that Jesus told,

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.680
 the yeast.

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.900
 What shall I

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.400
 compare the

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.039
 kingdom of God

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.279
 to?

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.940
 It's like yeast

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.500
 that a woman

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.380
 took and mixed

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.460
 into about 60

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.360
 pounds of flour

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:37.199
 until it worked

00:20:37.199 --> 00:20:38.099
 all through the

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.299
 dough.

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.359
 Yeast is a

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:44.279
 fascinating thing.

00:20:45.419 --> 00:20:46.139
 Some of us

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.819
 simply know it as

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.579
 that stuff that

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.339
 you buy in the

00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:49.799
 jar and you

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.519
 just sort of put

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.259
 it into your

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.000
 baking to make

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.759
 things rise.

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:55.000
 But yeast

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.819
 actually has some

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.879
 really surprising

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.639
 characteristics.

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.640
 things like that.

00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:00.300
 The most

00:21:00.300 --> 00:21:01.280
 notable, perhaps,

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.560
 is its potency.

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.440
 It's powerful

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.960
 stuff.

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:06.400
 As the old

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.020
 saying goes,

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.759
 which is quoted

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.380
 in the Bible,

00:21:08.520 --> 00:21:09.700
 a little yeast

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:11.080
 leavens the whole

00:21:11.080 --> 00:21:11.600
 lump.

00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:13.680
 And that's the

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.500
 amazing thing about

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:14.660
 it.

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.860
 The amount of

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.500
 yeast that you put

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.200
 into the mix

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.580
 is very small

00:21:18.580 --> 00:21:19.820
 compared to the

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.580
 amount of flour

00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:22.160
 that goes in.

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:25.800
 I'm not a

00:21:25.800 --> 00:21:26.940
 baker myself

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.720
 or a

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.340
 biochemist,

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:28.840
 so I shouldn't

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.460
 say too much

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.720
 here.

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.660
 But part of the

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.540
 reason why it's

00:21:32.540 --> 00:21:33.220
 like that is

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.140
 because yeast is

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.600
 alive.

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.880
 It's a single

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.500
 cell living

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.040
 organism,

00:21:39.320 --> 00:21:39.940
 technically a

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.300
 fungus.

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.400
 According to

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:43.279
 some estimates,

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.480
 one teaspoon

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:46.279
 of active dry

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.019
 yeast has up

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.700
 to 40

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.840
 billion living

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.619
 yeast cells

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:50.959
 in it.

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.079
 And those

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.399
 cells,

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:53.939
 they eat

00:21:53.939 --> 00:21:54.379
 sugar.

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.259
 And as they

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.519
 do,

00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.659
 they reproduce

00:21:58.659 --> 00:21:59.220
 and they

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.179
 multiply and

00:22:00.179 --> 00:22:00.839
 they do that

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:02.599
 while it's

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.159
 getting mixed

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.679
 into the

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:05.000
 dough until

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.639
 they're all

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.339
 throughout the

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.519
 whole lump

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.939
 of dough.

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:11.579
 They're eating

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:12.139
 sugars,

00:22:12.459 --> 00:22:13.619
 they're producing

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.619
 carbon dioxide

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.359
 gas,

00:22:15.959 --> 00:22:17.519
 and these

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.079
 little gas

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.579
 bubbles are

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.059
 then trapped

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.399
 in the

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.639
 dough.

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.539
 And that's

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.019
 what causes

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.459
 the dough

00:22:22.459 --> 00:22:23.379
 to rise.

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.359
 And so the

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.879
 next time you

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.639
 slice open a

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.379
 freshly baked

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:27.819
 loaf of

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.079
 bread,

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.000
 look at the

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.379
 holes.

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.539
 Look at the

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.939
 evidence of

00:22:33.939 --> 00:22:34.459
 just how

00:22:34.459 --> 00:22:35.199
 thoroughly a

00:22:35.199 --> 00:22:35.839
 little bit of

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.419
 yeast worked

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:36.939
 through that

00:22:36.939 --> 00:22:37.740
 entire dough

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.119
 mixture.

00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:40.939
 It's incredibly

00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:41.720
 potent stuff.

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.399
 Only a little

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.299
 is needed.

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.539
 The second

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.220
 thing we notice

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.759
 here is how

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.480
 much flour

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.699
 the woman

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:50.120
 mixed the

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.460
 yeast

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.480
 into.

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.120
 Sixty

00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.840
 pounds of

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.180
 flour.

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.940
 That's a lot

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.420
 by one

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.819
 person's

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.340
 calculation

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:01.240
 enough to

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.640
 bake bread

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.039
 for about

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.580
 100 to

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.720
 150 people.

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.660
 But while

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.580
 the amount

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:09.480
 of flour

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.160
 goes up,

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.080
 the amount

00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:11.500
 of yeast

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.380
 doesn't go

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.160
 up by nearly

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.720
 as much.

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:13.759
 change.

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:17.180
 Again, we

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.700
 can see a

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.440
 similar truth

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.620
 emerging in

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:19.900
 Jesus'

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.319
 parable.

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.779
 The kingdom

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.420
 of God is

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.000
 like that,

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.480
 he says.

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.819
 What comes

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.460
 from above,

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.059
 what comes

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.900
 from God,

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.200
 is powerful

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.759
 stuff.

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.579
 What began

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.180
 with something

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.220
 very small

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:35.160
 and seemingly

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.259
 unimpressive

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.720
 has the

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.460
 potential to

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.940
 utterly

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.680
 transform

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:41.059
 and bring

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:42.079
 great change

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.620
 in ways we

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.019
 never would

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.480
 have guessed?

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.099
 What kind

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.500
 of changes

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.799
 are we

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.400
 talking about?

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:48.700
 I mean,

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.579
 we could

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.039
 talk about

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.379
 a couple

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.660
 different

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:50.980
 things.

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.259
 We could

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.819
 talk about

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.859
 this in

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.379
 terms of

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:54.059
 the kingdom

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.980
 citizens and

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.420
 how they

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.259
 become as

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.359
 numerous as

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:57.920
 the sand

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.599
 on the

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.059
 seashore.

00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.740
 It's like

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.539
 that multiplying

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.900
 of the

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.200
 yeast.

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.539
 Or we

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:05.900
 could talk

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.259
 about how

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.660
 even the

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.460
 smallest bits

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.980
 of truth

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.660
 from God's

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.960
 word have

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.339
 the power

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.039
 to totally

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.599
 change a

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.039
 person's

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.799
 life when

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.519
 they embrace

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.779
 those truths

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.819
 and those

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.219
 truths are

00:24:18.219 --> 00:24:18.799
 added to

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.339
 the mix

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.000
 inside of

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.219
 them.

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.899
 But,

00:24:24.219 --> 00:24:25.240
 as with

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.919
 the parable

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.339
 of the

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.000
 mustard seed,

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.819
 we also

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.359
 notice that

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.859
 this isn't

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.319
 immediate

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.059
 transformation.

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.459
 It's a

00:24:33.459 --> 00:24:34.039
 gradual

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.480
 process.

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.980
 I don't

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.299
 think they

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:41.299
 have a

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.919
 lot of

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.799
 yeast.

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:42.839
 But,

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.619
 we kind

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:43.919
 of know

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:44.539
 it takes

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.059
 time for

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.500
 yeast to

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.819
 do its

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.319
 job and

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.899
 for the

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.500
 dough to

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.879
 rise.

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.519
 It's a

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.899
 gradual

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.680
 process.

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.359
 At the

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.740
 end of

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.259
 the process,

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.379
 the difference

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:56.119
 is obvious.

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.099
 I mean,

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.639
 that lump

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.200
 is maybe

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.859
 doubled in

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.279
 size.

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.059
 But,

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.319
 if you're

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.779
 just sitting

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.339
 there staring

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.680
 at it,

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.019
 it doesn't

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.359
 look like

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.819
 anything's

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.200
 happening.

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.379
 Kind of

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.680
 like how

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.339
 children grow

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.919
 and change.

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.559
 If you

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.619
 just look

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:12.899
 at them

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.299
 from one

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.599
 day to

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.039
 the next,

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.480
 you don't

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.019
 really notice

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.480
 much.

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.119
 I see my

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.599
 own children

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.199
 every day,

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.579
 and they

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:19.939
 look the

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:20.259
 same as

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.599
 they did

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.119
 yesterday.

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.099
 Then I

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.459
 look back

00:25:23.459 --> 00:25:24.179
 on photos

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:25.980
 when they

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.399
 were little,

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:28.019
 even younger,

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:29.720
 and I

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:29.980
 barely

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.799
 recognized the

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.220
 kid in the

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.519
 photo.

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.699
 Is that

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.179
 Laura or

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.419
 is that

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:33.819
 Callie?

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.000
 It's

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.379
 amazing.

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:38.000
 And this

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.339
 is kind

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.519
 of,

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:38.980
 I'm

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.160
 going to

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.579
 call this

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:39.960
 the

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.500
 invisible

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.380
 aspect of

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.539
 the

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.779
 kingdom

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.019
 of

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.359
 God.

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.140
 Just

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.599
 like the

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:43.940
 yeast,

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.019
 you don't

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.039
 see much

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.619
 going into

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.160
 the mix,

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.140
 and once

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.559
 it's mixed

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.779
 in,

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.240
 you can't

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.559
 see at

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.640
 all what's

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.339
 going on

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:53.200
 with that

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.559
 lump of

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:53.779
 dough.

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.279
 But just

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.819
 because the

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.480
 change and

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.240
 the growth

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.880
 is gradual

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.500
 doesn't mean

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.799
 that it's

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.440
 not happening.

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.460
 Time will

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.359
 allow the

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.859
 difference to

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.299
 be seen.

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:06.559
 that's

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:06.759
 how it

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.039
 is with

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.180
 the

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.440
 kingdom

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.680
 of

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:07.960
 God.

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.819
 It's

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:11.039
 expanding.

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.899
 It's

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.639
 rising

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.440
 gradually.

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:14.019
 The

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.659
 number of

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.079
 citizens

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.759
 in the

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.059
 kingdom

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.399
 is

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.139
 growing

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.419
 from

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:17.960
 generation

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.220
 to

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.759
 generation

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.720
 and to

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.159
 use

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:20.559
 Jesus

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.539
 language,

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.399
 one day

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:22.819
 when this

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.460
 bread comes

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.700
 out of

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.099
 the oven

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.919
 and Christ

00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:25.359
 returns,

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.779
 the world

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.079
 is going

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.359
 to go,

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.839
 wow,

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:29.039
 where did

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.500
 this come

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.819
 from?

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:32.960
 just like

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.299
 all the

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.799
 holes in

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.139
 the bread.

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.759
 Where did

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.240
 all these

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.039
 people come

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.460
 from?

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.419
 Millions and

00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:39.099
 millions of

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.339
 them.

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.859
 When did

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.519
 this happen?

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.619
 And it

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.179
 all traces

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:44.960
 back to a

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.539
 single book

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.159
 and the

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:47.679
 God who

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.220
 has revealed

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.659
 himself in

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.279
 its pages

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.519
 and his

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.839
 son.

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.439
 Sometimes

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:56.019
 that's how it

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.480
 works in our

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.200
 own lives

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:59.159
 too and in

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.539
 the lives

00:26:59.539 --> 00:26:59.839
 of our

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.399
 loved ones.

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.379
 We have

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.180
 maybe the

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.079
 best intentions

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.059
 to change,

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.399
 to become

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:06.359
 model citizens

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.799
 of the

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.099
 kingdom,

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.680
 to live

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.420
 holy lives,

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.720
 to stop

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.200
 sinning,

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:11.819
 to get our

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.339
 priorities

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.879
 straight.

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.799
 But that

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.279
 transformation

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.019
 is often

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.519
 gradual

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.019
 over time.

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.359
 It's

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.740
 happening.

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.460
 The

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.799
 difference

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.279
 will be

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.799
 noticeable

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:26.299
 over time

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:28.980
 but right

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.259
 now we

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.619
 might not

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.039
 see it.

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.299
 One time

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.119
 a little bit

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.539
 later in

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.879
 the same

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.339
 gospel,

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.259
 the Pharisees

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.779
 come around

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.119
 and they

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.779
 ask Jesus,

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.339
 when's the

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.819
 kingdom of

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.140
 God

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:42.200
 going to

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.460
 come?

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.519
 It's in

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.200
 Luke 17

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:45.500
 verse 20.

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.019
 On being

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.619
 asked by the

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.180
 Pharisees when

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.480
 the kingdom

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.859
 of God

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.299
 would come,

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.379
 Jesus replied,

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.100
 the coming

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.440
 of the

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.920
 kingdom of

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.340
 God is

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.540
 not

00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:55.940
 something

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.320
 that can

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:57.100
 be observed.

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:58.520
 Nor will

00:27:58.520 --> 00:27:59.220
 people say,

00:27:59.560 --> 00:28:00.020
 here it is

00:28:00.020 --> 00:28:01.340
 or there it

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:02.600
 is because

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.160
 the kingdom

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.900
 of God is

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.380
 in your

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.840
 midst.

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.900
 Isn't that

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.280
 something?

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.780
 I mean,

00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:12.480
 here they are

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.920
 asking Jesus,

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.080
 when will it

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.380
 come?

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.340
 And Jesus

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:17.980
 is saying,

00:28:18.300 --> 00:28:18.980
 it's not

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.480
 something you

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.960
 can see.

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:22.900
 In fact,

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.940
 it's coming,

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.640
 it's happening

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.299
 right now.

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.500
 And you

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.100
 can't see it.

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.980
 It's right

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.640
 now in your

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.000
 midst.

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.759
 And yet,

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.319
 you're asking,

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.539
 where is it?

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.100
 When will it

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.400
 happen?

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.380
 There's this

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.519
 invisible quality

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.940
 to the

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.200
 kingdom.

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.559
 And Jesus

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.500
 is clear in

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.079
 this passage

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.819
 that it is

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.279
 temporary.

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:44.940
 It's not

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.400
 always going

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.600
 to be

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.059
 invisible.

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.640
 Just a few

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.340
 verses down,

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.900
 he's going to

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.539
 tell about how

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.059
 the coming

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.399
 of the

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.700
 Son of

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.299
 Man will

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.899
 be visible

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.519
 to all,

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.279
 just like

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.700
 lightning

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.619
 flashes across

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.099
 the sky

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.500
 and everyone

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.200
 can see it.

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.460
 But the

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.899
 kingdom of

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.519
 God begins

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.119
 with something

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.659
 seemingly

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:03.599
 small and

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.240
 insignificant.

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.519
 It rises

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.779
 gradually over

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.220
 time.

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.059
 And it's

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.579
 not till the

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:10.960
 end of the

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.180
 story when

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.639
 God's

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.200
 transforming

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.019
 power is

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.599
 seen for

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.220
 what it is

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.839
 and the

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:17.259
 effects are

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.059
 undeniable

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.000
 and take

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.339
 the world

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.139
 by surprise.

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.500
 I wonder

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.879
 if all

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.460
 too often

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:28.559
 we think

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.059
 of things

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.399
 the way

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.759
 that the

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.279
 Pharisees

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.799
 did here.

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.059
 We see

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.440
 the kingdom

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.839
 of God

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.279
 as only

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.679
 something

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.179
 that will

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.579
 come in

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.019
 the distant

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.519
 future.

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.220
 A future

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.159
 event when

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.759
 Jesus comes

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.159
 back.

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.139
 And perhaps

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.659
 some of us

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.159
 even treat

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.700
 our faith

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.300
 as a

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:48.360
 ticket to

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.840
 get into

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.400
 that event

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.920
 someday

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:51.600
 and a

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:52.019
 little more.

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.519
 But for

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.040
 those of us

00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:56.500
 who believe

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.980
 in Jesus

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:58.000
 what difference

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.360
 would it

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.040
 make if we

00:29:59.040 --> 00:30:00.560
 truly embrace

00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.519
 this truth

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.960
 that the

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.720
 kingdom is

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.080
 now.

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.600
 It's

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.519
 growing now.

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.580
 We're part

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.259
 of it now.

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:12.819
 It goes

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.599
 from generation

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.460
 to generation.

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.079
 It's here

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.500
 in some

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.819
 measure

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.460
 already.

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.099
 Imperceptible

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.640
 to many

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.359
 perhaps.

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.579
 Insignificant

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:24.000
 to most.

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.819
 Yes.

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.660
 But we

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.099
 are here

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.660
 and through

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.799
 us as

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.480
 followers of

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.240
 Jesus it

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.960
 can be said

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:35.379
 truly the

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.940
 kingdom of

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:37.079
 God is in

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.579
 your midst.

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:41.759
 our faith

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.119
 is not

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.559
 just something

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.859
 that we

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.200
 keep in

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.720
 our pocket

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.940
 until the

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.819
 end to

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.319
 get into

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.339
 the big

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.680
 event.

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.400
 The

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.680
 kingdom

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.720
 and the

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.259
 life that

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.619
 we're meant

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.200
 to live as

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.839
 citizens of

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.220
 the kingdom

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.000
 is today.

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.720
 It's

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.039
 now.

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.720
 We are

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.200
 part of a

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.599
 nation

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.759
 today.

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.680
 And I'm

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.079
 not talking

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.700
 about Canada.

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.099
 We have

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:09.160
 our allegiance

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.740
 and our

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.700
 obligation to

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.440
 a national

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.480
 leader today.

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.279
 And I'm

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.740
 not talking

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.360
 about Mark

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:17.220
 Carney or

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.940
 King Charles.

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.720
 Listen to

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.120
 these words

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.600
 of Peter,

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.240
 the apostle.

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.840
 He says,

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:26.060
 you are a

00:31:26.060 --> 00:31:26.920
 chosen people,

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.700
 a royal

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.380
 priesthood,

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.860
 a holy

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.340
 nation,

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.240
 God's

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.620
 special

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.140
 possession,

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.960
 that you

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.840
 may declare

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:37.500
 the praises

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.980
 of him

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.519
 who called

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.019
 you out

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.640
 of darkness

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.799
 into his

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.240
 wonderful

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.619
 light.

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.819
 I like to

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.339
 think when I

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.720
 read this

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.299
 verse of

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.440
 rider nation,

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.539
 I always

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.000
 like that

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.319
 term,

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.059
 because even

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.420
 though it's

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.240
 primarily made

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.779
 up of people

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.839
 from Saskatchewan,

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:57.220
 it's a term

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.819
 that sort of

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.779
 transcends the

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.640
 geopolitical

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.119
 boundaries,

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.819
 the provincial

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.519
 boundaries.

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.319
 Rider nation is

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.839
 made up of

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.599
 rider fans from

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.119
 all over the

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.500
 country.

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.379
 In some

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.740
 cases,

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:09.279
 people are

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.159
 even in the

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.779
 midst of other

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.699
 team loyalties,

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.799
 and yet they

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.740
 belong to

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.399
 rider nation.

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.719
 They cheer for

00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:16.179
 the riders.

00:32:17.219 --> 00:32:18.559
 It is truly,

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.179
 in a sense,

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.939
 a nation

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:21.119
 within the

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.439
 nation.

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.919
 I think that's

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.539
 a good picture,

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.379
 a helpful picture

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.019
 of the kind of

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.659
 thing that Jesus

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.480
 is describing.

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.019
 The kingdom

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.599
 of God is

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.379
 right now

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:31.139
 in your

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.500
 midst.

00:32:32.199 --> 00:32:33.000
 It exists,

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.400
 and I'm not

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:34.859
 talking about

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.279
 the riders

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.559
 here,

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.119
 so don't be

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.460
 offended.

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.279
 It exists

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.440
 imperceptibly

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:40.759
 and unimpressively

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:42.500
 as a nation

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.319
 within the

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.660
 nation.

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.759
 It's a nation

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.279
 made up of

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.140
 people from

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:49.259
 all the

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.720
 nations.

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.579
 It transcends

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.279
 political

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.799
 boundaries.

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.299
 I mean,

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.900
 if we consider

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.500
 ourselves to be

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.980
 a part of

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.640
 rider nation,

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.359
 how much

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.460
 more should

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.019
 we consider

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.859
 ourselves as

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.720
 followers of

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:02.980
 Jesus,

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.579
 to be a

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.920
 part of

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.900
 his nation?

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.019
 Those of

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.240
 you who

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.740
 love to

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.480
 watch or

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.200
 play sports,

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:15.140
 do you

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.519
 wear your

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.360
 colors proudly

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.559
 at your

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.100
 team's

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.559
 games?

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.960
 Do you

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.240
 wear your

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.960
 colors proudly

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.500
 even when

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.839
 you're not

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.279
 at the

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.519
 game?

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.019
 Do you

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.579
 make much

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:26.900
 of your

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:28.079
 team at

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.319
 every

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.980
 opportunity,

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.519
 especially if

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.240
 someone decides

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.539
 they're going

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.319
 to talk down

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.279
 against them?

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.339
 Does your

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.859
 heart swell

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.419
 with pride

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:36.039
 whenever they

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.619
 score or

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.119
 whenever they

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.419
 win?

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.379
 That's just

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.859
 sports and

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.399
 recreation.

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.460
 We should

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.839
 be no

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:47.240
 less as

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.700
 Christians.

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.019
 Do you

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.359
 wear your

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.200
 colors proudly

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.579
 as a

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.319
 citizen of

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.759
 the kingdom

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.299
 of heaven?

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.559
 Even when

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:56.879
 you're not

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.379
 in church?

00:33:57.380 --> 00:34:00.260
 do you

00:34:00.260 --> 00:34:00.880
 make much

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.180
 of your

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.620
 king,

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.580
 Jesus,

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:05.560
 and his

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:05.980
 kingdom,

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.340
 even when

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.660
 you're not

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.200
 in church?

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.980
 This is

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.260
 where the

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.820
 trouble lies

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.059
 though.

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.340
 We don't

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.720
 like to

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.160
 make much

00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:16.559
 of something

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.059
 that not

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.420
 everybody

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.099
 can see.

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:22.640
 Even

00:34:22.640 --> 00:34:23.740
 sometimes

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.460
 people oppose

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.660
 it.

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:26.000
 And so

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.519
 we don't

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.799
 want to

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.279
 make much

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:27.519
 of a

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.759
 kingdom

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.119
 that's

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.599
 invisible

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.319
 or that

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:31.059
 has humble

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.619
 beginnings

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.940
 because our

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.739
 world values

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.839
 what's

00:34:34.839 --> 00:34:35.339
 impressive.

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.699
 The fast

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.159
 growing,

00:34:39.399 --> 00:34:40.519
 the stuff

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.119
 that starts

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.739
 with greatness.

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:44.000
 is

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.899
 yet these

00:34:44.899 --> 00:34:45.239
 parables

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.679
 help us

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.000
 see that

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.759
 there is

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:46.979
 this

00:34:46.979 --> 00:34:47.379
 tension

00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:47.919
 and it's

00:34:47.919 --> 00:34:48.299
 normal.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.959
 People

00:34:51.959 --> 00:34:52.439
 will look

00:34:52.439 --> 00:34:52.759
 at our

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.119
 faith

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.899
 and say

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.819
 what is

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.099
 that?

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.019
 What

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.399
 difference

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:01.739
 is that

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.000
 going to

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.259
 make?

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.459
 Just like

00:35:05.459 --> 00:35:05.719
 a little

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.359
 seed or

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:06.779
 a little

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.699
 bit of

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.019
 yeast.

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:10.980
 But listen

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.460
 again to

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.800
 what Peter

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.280
 said to

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.719
 the churches

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.139
 in his

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.420
 letter.

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.579
 2 Peter

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.199
 3.9

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.699
 or 3.3

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.019
 I should

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.280
 say.

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.800
 He said

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.360
 above all

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.780
 you must

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.340
 understand

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.659
 that in

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.099
 the last

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.519
 days

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.219
 scoffers

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.759
 will come

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.699
 scoffing

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.219
 and following

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.800
 their own

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.199
 evil

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.800
 desires.

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.400
 They will

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.880
 say where

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.420
 is this

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.780
 coming?

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.519
 He promised.

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.559
 Ever

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.980
 since our

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.400
 ancestors

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.840
 died

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.179
 everything

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.759
 goes on

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.019
 as it

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.259
 has

00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:35.679
 since the

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.039
 beginning.

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.920
 In other

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.340
 words they'll

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.860
 be saying

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.420
 we don't

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.900
 see it.

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.539
 Where is

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.980
 the kingdom?

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.619
 Where is

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.019
 the king?

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.099
 He goes

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.579
 on to say

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:45.940
 the day

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.179
 of the

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.519
 Lord will

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.719
 come like

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.139
 a thief.

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.380
 Jesus said

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.800
 that too.

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.259
 The world

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.719
 will look

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.480
 in complete

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.280
 surprise at

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.239
 this unexpected

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:57.000
 reality and

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.820
 realize all

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.440
 along this

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:00.619
 kingdom was

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:02.059
 there among

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.400
 us and

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:05.059
 now it's

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.400
 risen.

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.960
 It's the

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.300
 thing.

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:11.440
 the people

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.679
 of the

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:11.920
 kingdom

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.300
 they were

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.059
 there all

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.480
 along.

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:13.880
 They were

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.519
 trusting in

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.820
 this.

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:22.800
 If you

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.119
 could lay

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.500
 your life

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.880
 down for

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.500
 one cause

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.360
 what would

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.659
 it be?

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.619
 If you

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.000
 can use

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.460
 your words

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.880
 to sing

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.360
 the praises

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.800
 of one

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.159
 thing

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.059
 what will

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.380
 it be?

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.019
 I hope

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.460
 it's not

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.019
 writer

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.440
 nation.

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:39.559
 I hope

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.780
 it's

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.099
 Jesus

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.639
 nation.

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.460
 For you

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.719
 are a

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:44.980
 chosen

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.460
 people

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:47.219
 a holy

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.719
 nation

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:49.179
 God's

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.599
 special

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.099
 possession

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:51.360
 that

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:52.099
 you may

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.559
 declare

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.179
 the praises

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.699
 of him

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.780
 who called

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.599
 you out

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.199
 of darkness

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.880
 into his

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.280
 wonderful

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.659
 light.

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:01.039
 God is

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.579
 building his

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:01.860
 kingdom.

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.440
 It may not

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.900
 look like

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.480
 much now

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.519
 but in

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.920
 time it

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.440
 will be the

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.079
 greatest that

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.480
 this world

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.920
 has ever

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.179
 known.

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.539
 It will

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.779
 be the

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.360
 most amazing

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.940
 place in

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.299
 which to

00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:13.799
 live and

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.219
 build a

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:16.779
 home and

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.299
 it's what we

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.619
 should be

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.119
 setting our

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:19.380
 hearts and

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:19.779
 our hopes

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.039
 on.

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.759
 Let's pray.

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:30.920
 Father in

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.280
 heaven it

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.000
 takes faith

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.760
 for us to

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.700
 embrace this

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.940
 in the world

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.260
 that we

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.760
 live in.

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:38.020
 You know

00:37:38.020 --> 00:37:38.940
 that and

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.620
 so we ask

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.460
 for your

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.960
 help in

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.840
 these moments

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:43.920
 to really

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.660
 believe these

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:46.260
 words and

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:47.120
 to put our

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:47.860
 lives on

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.500
 these words.

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:50.980
 these words

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.360
 that you

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.780
 gave us

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.300
 Lord they

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.760
 are the

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:55.679
 rock and

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.079
 what the

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.480
 world is

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.000
 telling us

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.579
 is important

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.239
 is the

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.559
 sand.

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.059
 Help us

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.639
 build our

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.039
 lives on

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.639
 your words

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:04.239
 and trust

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:05.400
 them deeply.

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.179
 We ask

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.539
 this in

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.920
 your name.

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.099
 Amen.