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 Luke chapter 1 verses 26 through 38. This is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, authoritative word for you, his people.

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 Luke 1, starting at 26.

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 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David.

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 The virgin's name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.

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 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying and considered what manner of greeting this was.

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 Then the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

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 Verse 31.

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 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son and he shall be called Jesus.

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 He will be great and will be called the son of the highest and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

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 And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever and ever.

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 And of his kingdom, there will be no end.

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 Then Mary said to the angel, How can this be since I do not know a man?

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 And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the highest will overshadow you.

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 Therefore, also the Holy One who is to be born will be called the son of God.

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 Now, indeed, Elizabeth, your relative has gone and also conceived a son in her old age.

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 And this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

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 For with God, nothing will be impossible.

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 Then Mary said, Behold, the maidservant of the Lord.

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 Let it be to me according to your word.

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 And the angel departed from her.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we praise you that you have not left us in darkness,

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 but you have shown the light of your glory into this world in the person of Jesus Christ.

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 We praise you for the light that has overcome the darkness

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 and for how the gospel of Jesus Christ, our Savior and our Lord,

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 how this gospel continues to conquer and push back the darkness.

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 Lord, no shadow can stand before your unfolding glory.

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 We praise you, Father, that you speak still today,

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 that your Holy Spirit makes your word active and sharp and alive.

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 We pray that your word will shine into the darkest places, Lord,

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 of our minds that need to be enlightened and reformed,

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 and that you'll draw us, Father, by your love, by your conquering power,

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 to more and more conform to this image and likeness of your Son,

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 that he will be glorified,

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 and the purpose of his mission will be fulfilled in us as people.

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 We ask this for your glory, for our good, and for his precious namesake.

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 Amen.

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 Well, failure to prepare is fatal.

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 History teaches us this.

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 If the Romans were to set their eyes on your piece of land

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 and you were not ready for them to come with their army and their artillery,

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 it was game over for you.

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 You know how the Roman Empire would expand and conquer.

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 They would begin by surrounding your countryside.

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 They would then destroy your farms,

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 cut off your supply of food,

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 so that you become starved and weakened on the inside of the walls.

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 After a while, if you were to try to negotiate with the Romans,

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 they would give you a settlement that is so unfavorable,

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 they would drive you into poverty by heavy taxes.

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 If you were to fight when you're already weakened without food,

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 you would easily get slaughtered,

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 and any survivors would then become their slaves.

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 Failure to prepare for a conquering kingdom is fatal.

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 This is the time of Advent.

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 Advent.

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 And I want to encourage you that Advent is a time of Christ's kingdom coming

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 and for us to prepare for it.

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 Where does that word Advent come from?

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 Well, after Julius Caesar in about the year 100 before Christ,

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 he won a battle in Asia Minor,

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 so just north of Philippi, where we've been going in our series.

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 He later returned home,

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 and famously, or at least supposedly, according to historians,

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 he declared those famous three words in Latin,

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 veni, vidi, vici.

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 It's a phrase that means I came, I saw, and I conquered.

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 What does that have to do with the word advent?

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 Well, that verb, venire, or ven,

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 it means to move towards, to draw nigh, to approach,

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 to arrive at, to be present, or to advance upon.

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 It means I came to that land that I saw, and I conquered it.

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 It's the coming of a conquering king.

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 Since God finished the revelation of the Old Testament,

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 there have been 400 years without a prophet being risen up,

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 and the spirit poured out so they could give new revelation.

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 400 years without an angel showing up from heaven,

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 and speaking on behalf of God to God's people.

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 And there's been a remnant waiting for those 400 years

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 for the coming of the king,

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 the coming of Messiah, the anointed one.

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 They're waiting for him to come.

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 Those 400 years were 400 years of advent,

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 making themselves ready,

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 preparing themselves because the king is coming to their land.

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 An example of this remnant that was waiting

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 for the coming of the anointed one,

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 you can actually turn a page forward in your Bible.

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 It's Luke chapter 2, verse 25.

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 We read of Simeon.

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 He's described as being just and devout.

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 He's a man whose faith is serious.

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 He's wanting to be in the presence of God,

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 to stand forgiven and righteous before the Lord,

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 devout to search the scriptures.

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 And it says that Simeon, Luke 2, 25, was waiting.

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 He was waiting for the consolation of Israel,

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 and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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 And he's one of many who will prophesy,

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 and who will burst forward into song.

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 So, beloved congregation,

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 Advent is not bells and smells.

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 Advent is a time to get your soul ready

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 for the second coming of Christ.

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 My question for us today is,

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 are you ready for the coming of the Lord?

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 Are you ready for the coming of the Lord?

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 I want to see in Luke 1,

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 four ways to be ready

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 for the king that's coming

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 and advancing his kingdom.

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 The first one is this,

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 in verse 26,

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 to be ready for the coming of the Lord.

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 Realize that heaven invades earth

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 when you least expect it.

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 Heaven invades earth when you least expect it.

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 In verse 26, we read,

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 now in the sixth month,

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 what is this point of reference?

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 You can go back two verses.

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 So look at Luke 1, verse 24.

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 We're told Elizabeth had conceived,

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 even though she was in her old age.

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 It was God miraculously allowing

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 someone much beyond the age

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 of giving birth to a child

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 to become pregnant.

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 And then we're told in verse 24

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 that she hid herself five months.

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 So this clarifies,

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 it's now the sixth month

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 of Elizabeth's pregnancy.

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 The angel Gabriel

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 was sent by God

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 to a city of Galilee named Nazareth.

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 See, heaven,

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 it will invade earth

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 when you least expect it.

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 Picture this trip.

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 Gabriel, an angel of the Lord,

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 God most high.

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 His trip goes from glory

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 to utter simplicity.

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 It goes from highest heaven

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 to Nazareth.

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 Look in Luke chapter 1, verse 19.

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 Gabriel had made another appearance

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 and he described himself this way

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 in Luke 1, 19.

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 I am Gabriel

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 who stands

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 in the presence

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 of God.

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 This is where Gabriel stands.

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 This is where he goes to work.

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 It's in the presence

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 of God.

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 What does the Bible say

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 about the presence of God?

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 In Hebrews 12, 22,

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 we're told the presence of God.

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 It's a heavenly Mount Zion,

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 the city of the living God

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 surrounded by an innumerable

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 company of angels.

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 So there stands Gabriel

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 before God the creator

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 with an innumerable company

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 of angels in heaven.

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 Revelation 4 and 5

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 described heaven

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 as a place of worship

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 where the voice of angels

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 is crying out

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 the glory and the praise of God

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 along with all the souls

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 that God has redeemed

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 throughout the Old

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 and the New Testament

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 by the great host

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 that surround the throne of God.

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 And we're told in Luke 15, 10

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 that heaven,

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 the presence of God

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 is a place of joy

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 that the angels of God,

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 they burst forth in joy,

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 rejoicing over one sinner,

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 who repents.

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 That's where Gabriel

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 gets to work

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 day and night

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 before the throne of God.

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 And from the holy throne

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 of God in heaven,

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 he sends Gabriel

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 to Nazareth.

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 Simple,

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 middle of nowhere,

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 quiet town of Nazareth.

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 When God gave to the Israelites

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 the land of Israel,

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 the promised land,

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 you remember how

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 the 12 tribes,

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 the two half tribes

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 are made into 13,

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 but they each were given

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 a portion of land

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 in Israel.

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 Well,

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 this place of Nazareth

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 was given to the half tribe

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 called Nap,

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 I'm sorry,

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 to the tribe of Naphtali.

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 It was the son

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 of Rachel's

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 maidservant.

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 maidservant.

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 So not the beloved Rachel,

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 but the place

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 where Rachel's bond slave,

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 her son,

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 was given.

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 This land of Nazareth

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 had turned

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 to worship the idols.

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 They had been conquered

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 by the Assyrians

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 much before

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 the two southern tribes

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 fell to idolatry.

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 The people that lived

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 in the land of Nazareth

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 had been scattered,

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 carried away.

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 There had been a remnant

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 that had been left back,

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 but then

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 when the Lord brought them

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 back out of captivity

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 and they began

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 to live in the land,

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 the Assyrians

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 had purposely

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 intermingled them

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 and mixed them.

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 So these northern tribes

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 were looked down upon

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 by the two southern tribes

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 as being impure,

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 unkosher.

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 Even the other Galileans

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 who lived in this

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 northern region

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 would mock Nazareth

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 as an out-of-the-way place.

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 It's not something

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 you would expect

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 anything great

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 to come from.

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 You remember

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 the words of Nathaniel

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 in John 1.46.

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 He said,

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 can anything good

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 come out of Nazareth?

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 Well, we read that

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 in verse 26.

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 This is exactly the town

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 that the Lord

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 sent Gabriel to.

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 And in verse 27,

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 we read,

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 it was to speak

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 to a virgin

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 who was betrothed

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 to a man

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 whose name was Joseph

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 of the house of David.

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 A person would be betrothed.

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 Their parents

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 would talk to other parents

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 and they would agree

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 that this daughter

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 around the age 13

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 would be given

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 in marriage

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 to this boy

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 or this young man.

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 You would be betrothed

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 for one year.

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 It was legally binding.

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 And during this one year,

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 it was a period

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 of testing

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 to make sure

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 that the two

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 could remain pure

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 for one another.

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 It was a period

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 of chastity.

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 If this betrothed girl

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 were to

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 become impure,

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 then the young man

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 who was betrothed

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 to her

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 during this one year period,

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 he had two options.

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 He could apply

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 justice to her

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 according to Deuteronomy

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 chapter 22

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 verse 21,

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 and he would stone her

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 as an adulteress

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 for being unfaithful.

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 Or he could choose

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 to show her mercy

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 by divorcing her quietly.

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 Mary's relatives

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 were told

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 she traveled down

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 to visit Elizabeth,

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 so that was

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 her side of the family

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 that lived in the hill

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 country around Jerusalem.

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 And Elizabeth's husband

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 had been chosen

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 to be the high priest

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 that year.

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 We also know that

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 Joseph had to travel

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 down to Bethlehem

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 to trace his family

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 heritage down south.

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 Bethlehem is very close

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 to Jerusalem

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 as well.

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 But how did this

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 young couple end up

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 not close to Jerusalem,

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 the pure tribes,

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 but way up in Nazareth,

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 out of the middle

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 of nowhere?

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 We don't know

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 the details of their story.

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 It's likely that

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 either their parents

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 or grandparents

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 for work and survival

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 had to migrate

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 within the country.

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 We do know that

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 Joseph and Mary

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 were working class

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 and very poor

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 because when they came

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 to bring a sacrifice,

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 they didn't bring a lamb.

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 They had to bring

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 a poor man's offering,

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 which was pigeons.

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 And we knew that

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 Joseph was a carpenter's

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 apprentice,

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 getting started,

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 learning a trade.

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 And this is where

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 the angel Gabriel

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 shows up.

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 We don't get a lot

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 of details about

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 the life of Mary

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 and Joseph or Jesus

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 in those formative years,

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 but we do read

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 in Luke 4,

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 chapter,

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 I'm sorry,

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 chapter 4,

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 verse 16,

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 that it was in Nazareth

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 where Jesus had been

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 brought up,

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 that Jesus went

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 to the synagogue.

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 Synagogue would be

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 not a temple,

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 but a place

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 where God's people

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 could go to read

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 the scriptures

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 for themselves.

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 And Jesus went there

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 on a Sabbath,

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 as was his custom,

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 and he stood up

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 and read.

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 So growing up

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 with these poor,

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 simple parents,

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 going to the synagogue,

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 hearing the word

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 of God read,

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 this is the simple

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 upbringing of the

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 Son of God.

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 Small town,

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 small church,

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 you work,

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 you study,

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 you do it again

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 the next week.

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 heaven will break

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 into earth

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 when we least

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 expect it.

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 It might feel

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 the same for you

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 today.

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 Your life is simple,

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 it's routine,

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 feels very mundane,

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 and here we have

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 a small group

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 of people awaiting

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 the coming of the

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 Messiah,

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 the King,

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 the promised one,

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 and they're living,

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 devout,

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 reading his word,

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 studying his word,

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 coming to hear

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 from the Lord

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 week after week.

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 Will we be ready

00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:46.080
 for the next

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 coming of the King?

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 1 Thessalonians 4,

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 16 and 17

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 says that the Lord

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 himself,

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 again,

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 will descend

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 from heaven,

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 not Gabriel this time,

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 it will be Jesus

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 Christ himself.

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 He will come

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 to earth again,

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 and it will be

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 with a great shout,

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 with the voice

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 of an archangel,

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 with the trumpet

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 of God,

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 and the dead

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 in Christ

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 will rise first.

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 Then we who are

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 still alive,

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 we will be caught

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 up together

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 with them in the clouds,

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 and we will meet

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 the Lord in the air.

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 Heaven will burst

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.820
 onto this earth

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 when we least expect

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 it once again.

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 So let's be ready

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 for the next coming

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 of the Lord.

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 The second way

00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:28.639
 we do this

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 is to realize

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 that our salvation

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 depends entirely

00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.920
 on God's grace

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 for you in Christ.

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 Realize that

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 your salvation

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 depends

00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:39.439
 entirely

00:16:39.439 --> 00:16:40.919
 on God's grace

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 for you

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 in Christ.

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 I want to point

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 this out with

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 Mary

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 and her response

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 to the angel.

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 Look at verse 27

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 at how Mary

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.080
 is described.

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 We're told by

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 this same author

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 under the inspiration

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 of the Holy Scripture

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 that Simeon

00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.879
 was devout

00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.620
 and just.

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 And that's how

00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:03.700
 Elizabeth and Zacharias

00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.319
 were described.

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.099
 But to Mary

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.980
 there's no description

00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:06.339
 given.

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.400
 Look at verse 27.

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 It simply says

00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:09.800
 the virgin's name

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 was Mary.

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 Not pointing out

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 any other blessings

00:17:14.040 --> 00:17:14.720
 or attributes

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:16.820
 or meritorious traits

00:17:16.820 --> 00:17:17.759
 of this young one.

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:19.980
 Verse 28 says,

00:17:20.120 --> 00:17:21.019
 Having come in,

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.580
 the angel said

00:17:22.580 --> 00:17:23.300
 to Mary,

00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.519
 Rejoice,

00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.040
 highly favored one.

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.900
 The Lord is with you.

00:17:28.340 --> 00:17:29.200
 Blessed are you

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:30.560
 among women.

00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.019
 Do you see

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.660
 the simplicity

00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:33.160
 of it?

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:35.600
 such a quiet town

00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.240
 you can almost hear

00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.120
 the door crack

00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:37.600
 open,

00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:38.779
 screech,

00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:39.519
 and then here comes

00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.700
 Mary entering the house

00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:41.960
 and before her

00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.680
 is an angel

00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.900
 who moments ago

00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:44.740
 was in the presence

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.800
 of God most high.

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.560
 But this greeting

00:17:47.560 --> 00:17:48.540
 is very calm.

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.220
 There's no ceremony

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:50.720
 to it.

00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:51.680
 It just simply says,

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.720
 Rejoice,

00:17:53.060 --> 00:17:53.600
 favored one.

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:55.259
 The Lord is with you.

00:17:56.100 --> 00:17:56.660
 Blessed are you

00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:57.279
 among women.

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:59.960
 And Mary's response

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.740
 in verse 29

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:02.299
 says that when she saw him,

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.279
 the angel Gabriel,

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.639
 Mary was troubled

00:18:04.639 --> 00:18:05.599
 at his saying

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.700
 and considered

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.420
 what manner

00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.779
 of greeting this was.

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 We have to understand

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.000
 their custom

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.859
 to realize

00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:13.099
 what that sentence means.

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.039
 A great example

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:16.000
 that was helpful to me

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.139
 is,

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 do you remember

00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.639
 in the Old Testament

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 when one of the patriarchs

00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:22.059
 was going to meet another

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 or when we had

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:25.180
 Jacob going back

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 to meet Esau

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:27.359
 and there's,

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:28.440
 send the caravans

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.019
 out in front

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.859
 with all the gifts

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 and let me come

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.559
 and make myself

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.440
 low before him

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.380
 and show like,

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 I'm submissive to you.

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 You're the Lord

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:38.079
 in this relationship.

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 I'm humbling myself

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:40.259
 as I greet you.

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 So how a greeting

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.740
 happened in the custom

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:44.359
 of the ancient Hebrew people,

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 it was establishing

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.359
 right off the bat,

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 how are we going

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.599
 to interact

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:48.279
 with one another?

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 And it would be presumptuous

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.420
 for a 13-year-old girl

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 who has nothing

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.700
 to be described by

00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:55.859
 except that she was young

00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.339
 and virgin

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 to expect

00:18:57.919 --> 00:18:59.359
 to be on the same level

00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:00.979
 as the angel Gabriel

00:19:00.979 --> 00:19:02.079
 from the presence

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.579
 of the Lord

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.399
 who strikes fear

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:03.879
 in anyone.

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:06.059
 So she's surprised

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.779
 at what manner

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.899
 of greeting is this?

00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.159
 The angel

00:19:09.159 --> 00:19:10.359
 from God's presence

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.119
 is greeting me

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.539
 and saying,

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:13.179
 you are highly favored.

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 The Lord

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:16.799
 is blessing you

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 above all other women.

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 This doesn't make

00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:21.039
 any sense.

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.779
 She's the one

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.159
 who should be

00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:23.079
 making herself low

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.819
 and giving

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:25.379
 these exalted

00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:26.399
 greetings and praise

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:27.960
 to this glorious figure

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.539
 from heaven.

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.439
 In verse 30,

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.419
 the angel said to her,

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.799
 Do not be afraid, Mary.

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:34.379
 You have found favor

00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:35.639
 with God.

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 You have found favor

00:19:37.919 --> 00:19:39.099
 with God.

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.439
 That phrase,

00:19:43.659 --> 00:19:44.460
 to find favor

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.039
 with God,

00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.799
 has been used

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:47.279
 by the Roman Catholic Church

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:49.000
 to create an entire

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:50.740
 idolatrous body

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.299
 of teaching.

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.379
 The Roman Catholic

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:55.460
 Council of Trent

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.579
 wrongly interpreted

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.359
 that phrase,

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.339
 to have found favor

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.899
 with God,

00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.500
 as to be full

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.259
 of grace.

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 And it's then taught

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 that Mary is all holy.

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 If you're full

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.379
 of God's grace,

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 there's no room

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.460
 for sin,

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 therefore you are

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 fully all holy.

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 Pope Pius IX

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:14.220
 in 1854

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.059
 taught that Mary

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 was redeemed

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 from the moment

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 of her conception.

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 It just keeps adding

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 on these requirements

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 then for Mary

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 to give birth

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 to the Holy Son of God.

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 How could her sin

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 have not polluted him?

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 And therefore,

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 she must have never

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 had sin in her whole life.

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 She would have also

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 been sinless.

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 All of this is based

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 on that exact little phrase,

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 you have found favor

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 with God.

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 The verb is

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 to have found.

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 So that's a good translation.

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 You have found favor

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 with God.

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 The word favor

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 in the Greek

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 is karim.

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 Karim.

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 And that literally

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.720
 means grace.

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 152 times or so

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 that word is used

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 in the New Testament.

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 130 of those times

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 it's translated

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 as grace.

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 It's a mere handful

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 of times

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 where it's translated

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 as anything other

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 than grace.

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 Here's an example

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.779
 in Acts 15, 11.

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 It's through the grace

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:15.160
 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 through the karim

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.640
 that we shall be saved.

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 You hear the word of God

00:21:20.540 --> 00:21:21.380
 of the gospel

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 and you believe.

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 God who knows the heart,

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.860
 he acknowledges you

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 by giving you

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 the Holy Spirit

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 and purifying your heart

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 by faith.

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 So that's the same translation

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 of the word karim,

00:21:32.300 --> 00:21:32.720
 grace.

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 This phrase,

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 to have found favor

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 in the eyes of God,

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 this also brings to mind

00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:40.340
 a couple passages

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 in the Old Testament

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 where that same description

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 is given.

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 In Genesis 6, 8,

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.300
 we're told that Noah

00:21:46.300 --> 00:21:47.519
 found grace

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.660
 in the eyes

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.660
 of the Lord.

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 Now the Hebrew word

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 is chin,

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:53.040
 Noah found chin,

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 and so how is that

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.100
 word translated?

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 Well in Exodus 13, 17,

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 God said of Moses,

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 you, Moses,

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.400
 have found chin,

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.580
 or you have found grace

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.780
 in my sight

00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.860
 and I know your name.

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.759
 The sins of Noah,

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.920
 the sins of Moses

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.660
 are very clear

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.380
 in the Old Testament.

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:10.880
 The point is that

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:12.160
 God looked upon

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.320
 all those who deserve

00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:14.440
 punishment and wrath

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.480
 for their sin

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:17.120
 and instead of giving them

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.820
 what they deserve,

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.820
 they are ill-deserving.

00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:19.260
 Instead,

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.620
 he gives them favor

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:21.600
 and blessing

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.920
 and it's the same word

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.000
 to describe to Mary

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:25.880
 finding grace

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:27.500
 in the sight of God.

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 We read in verse 38,

00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:32.000
 Luke 1, 38,

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.340
 then Mary said,

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:33.900
 behold,

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.640
 the maid servant

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.340
 or the bond slave

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:38.500
 of the Lord.

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:40.039
 Let it be to me

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.519
 according to your word.

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.119
 And then the angel

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.099
 departed.

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.859
 See,

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.900
 even Mary's faith

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:48.420
 is nothing extraordinary.

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.920
 Mary's faith

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:51.119
 is simply the faith

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.859
 of a child.

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.299
 She is trusting

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.180
 this word

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.619
 that the Lord

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.259
 has given her,

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.799
 surrendering to the Lord

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.220
 himself,

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.900
 trusting in his word.

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:02.059
 And that's how she is ready

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:03.180
 for the coming of the Lord.

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.460
 She receives this

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.339
 by faith,

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.779
 trusting in the grace

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.880
 of God to her.

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.900
 Alone.

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.039
 For you to be ready

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.099
 for the coming of the Lord,

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.660
 that's the response

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.700
 that God calls of you

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.140
 as well.

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.519
 When Christ returns,

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.759
 don't remain unrepentant,

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.680
 proud.

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.720
 See,

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.279
 the demons

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.619
 know that God

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.460
 is coming again.

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.579
 In Mark 1, 24,

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.859
 they say to Christ

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.740
 that his first coming,

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.200
 what have you to do

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.700
 with us,

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:32.019
 Jesus of Nazareth?

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.319
 Have you come

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:34.400
 to destroy us?

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.660
 We know who you are,

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.759
 the Holy One

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.560
 of God.

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.540
 So the faith

00:23:39.540 --> 00:23:40.259
 of the demon says,

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.500
 yes,

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.120
 he is coming

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.019
 and he will destroy

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.519
 all those

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.519
 who do not bow

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.340
 their knee to him.

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.100
 They fear

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.860
 the first coming

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.779
 of the Lord.

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.480
 And Paul words

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.300
 very sternly

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:51.800
 in 1 Corinthians 16,

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.400
 22,

00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:53.380
 if anyone

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.400
 does not love

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.779
 the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.160
 let him be

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.779
 accursed.

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.700
 And then he says,

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.759
 oh come,

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.960
 Lord Jesus.

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.519
 Maranatha.

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.640
 See,

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.140
 that should be

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.539
 our prayer

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.039
 in the face

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.660
 of injustice.

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.319
 Someone who

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.880
 denies Jesus Christ,

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.620
 does not believe

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.559
 God at his word,

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.120
 stands proud

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:16.160
 and unrepentant

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.920
 before the Lord.

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.960
 Our prayer should

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.840
 simply be to turn

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.779
 to God and say,

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.059
 come quickly,

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.000
 Lord Jesus.

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.700
 My temptation

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.559
 is to take matters

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.600
 into my own hands,

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.600
 but I need to remember

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.500
 I'm a sinner

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.240
 just like that.

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.840
 I would be just

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.440
 as blind

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.600
 if God hadn't

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.660
 shown me his grace

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:34.059
 and shown me his favor

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.559
 when I'm ill-deserving.

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.820
 Because my salvation

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.759
 depends entirely

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.660
 on God's grace

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:41.019
 for me in Christ.

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.200
 And then it changes.

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.320
 I can pray,

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.000
 come quickly,

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.680
 Lord Jesus.

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.240
 Not because

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.460
 I live in fear

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.240
 like these demons,

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:49.420
 but because I trust

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:51.480
 I am fully pardoned,

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.519
 fully forgiven,

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.900
 fully united to God

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:55.000
 by the person

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.240
 and work of Jesus.

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.940
 I stand

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:58.320
 in his grace alone.

00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:00.200
 Well,

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.740
 the third way

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.319
 to be ready

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.299
 for the next coming

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.859
 of the Lord

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.000
 is to trust

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.359
 that he is

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.460
 who he says

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.359
 he is.

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.980
 To be ready

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.500
 for the coming

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.000
 of the Lord,

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:11.299
 trust that the Lord

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.480
 is who he says

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.039
 he is.

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.960
 Look at verse 31.

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.480
 We read,

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.119
 Behold,

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.740
 the angel tells Mary,

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.740
 you will conceive

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.159
 in your womb

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:22.279
 and bring forth

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.839
 a son

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.939
 and shall call

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.659
 his name

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.399
 Jesus.

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:27.759
 and he will be great

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.180
 and will be called

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.700
 the son

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.560
 of the highest.

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.120
 The Lord God

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:33.200
 will give him

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.280
 the throne

00:25:34.280 --> 00:25:35.500
 of his father David

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:37.680
 and he will reign

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.280
 over the house

00:25:38.280 --> 00:25:39.340
 of Jacob forever

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:41.100
 and his kingdom

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:42.340
 there will be no end.

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.740
 Mary,

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.140
 do you trust

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.860
 that Jesus

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:49.259
 is who he says

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.280
 he is?

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.519
 Both Mary

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.220
 and Joseph

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.780
 were told

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.460
 by the angel

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.019
 to give

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.960
 this baby

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.539
 the name

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.059
 Jesus.

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.000
 And we know

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.660
 that Mary

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.259
 goes to visit

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.660
 Elizabeth

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.440
 but then the next

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.960
 thing that happens

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.579
 is that Mary

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.000
 and Joseph

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.039
 travel together

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:08.000
 and they would

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.740
 have so much

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.940
 to process together

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.980
 that God

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.480
 has revealed

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.920
 to them

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:13.180
 and making sense

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.720
 of what God

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.579
 has told them

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.619
 by the mouth

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.619
 of his own angels

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.279
 his servants

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.879
 and messengers

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.440
 that came from

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.960
 the presence

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.539
 of God

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.500
 most high.

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:22.900
 so they can

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.400
 refer now

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.920
 to this little

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.819
 baby in the tummy

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.660
 as Jesus

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.539
 like parents

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.359
 love to do

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.420
 and as they're

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.240
 talking together

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.000
 husband and wife

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.720
 as they travel

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:32.099
 to Bethlehem

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.599
 Jesus

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.779
 his name

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.319
 will be

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.039
 Yeshua

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.359
 Yeshua

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.559
 means to save

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.680
 in Exodus

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.160
 14

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.640
 13

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:43.799
 Moses

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:45.200
 is given

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.759
 this word

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.759
 stand firm

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.819
 and see

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.640
 the salvation

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:50.180
 of the Lord

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.359
 which he

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:51.960
 will work

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.480
 for you

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.019
 today

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.960
 to read

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.319
 that with

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.700
 the Hebrew

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.420
 word inserted

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.079
 it's this

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:58.440
 stand firm

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.400
 and see

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.359
 the Yeshua

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.500
 of the Lord

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.500
 which he

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 will work

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 for you

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 today

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 Yeshua

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 means

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 salvation

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 and you

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 can picture

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 Mary's thoughts

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 well Isaiah

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 43 11

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 God says

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 behold I

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 am

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 the Lord

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 and there

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 is no

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 other

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 savior

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 besides

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 me

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 God

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 says

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 I

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 am

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 the

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 Lord

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 there

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 is

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 no

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 other

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 savior

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 besides

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 me

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 and

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 Isaiah

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 45 22

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 says

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 turn to

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 me

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 and be

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 saved

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 all the

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 ends

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 of the

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 earth

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 for I

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 am

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 God

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 and there

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 is

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 no

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 other

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 see

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 the

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 teaching

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 of the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 is

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 very

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 clear

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 there

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 is

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 one

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 being

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 capable

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 of

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 saving

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 sinners

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 and who

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 is it

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 it's

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 God

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 himself

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 there

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 is

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 no

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 one

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 else

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 who

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 can

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 save

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 there

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 is

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 no

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 other

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 savior

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 besides

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 God

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 I

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 am

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 the

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 Lord

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 himself

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 and

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 Joseph

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 recalls

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 Matthew

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 121

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 in fact

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 turn there

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 so you can

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 see it

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 with your

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 own

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 eyes

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 Matthew

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 121

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 the

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 angel of

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 the

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 Lord

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 appeared

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 to

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 Joseph

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 in a

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 dream

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 saying

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 Joseph

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 son

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 of

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 David

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 do

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 not

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 be

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 afraid

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 to

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 take

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 to

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 you

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 Mary

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 your

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 wife

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 for

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 that

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 which

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 is

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 conceived

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 in

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 her

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 is

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 of

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 and

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 she

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 will

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 bring

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 forth

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 a

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 son

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 and

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 you

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 will

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 call

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 his

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 name

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 Yeshua

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 salvation

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 for

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 he

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 will

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 save

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 his

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 people

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.519
 from

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 their

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 sins

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 how

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 much

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 of

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 this

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 could

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 Mary

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 and

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 Joseph

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 have

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 put

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 together

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 with

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 what

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 God

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.500
 revealed

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 to

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:02.900
 them

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 we

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 can

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 use

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.960
 a

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.860
 logical

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.620
 syllogism

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 to

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 arrive

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 at a

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 conclusion

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 that

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 sound

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 here's

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 the

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 first

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 premise

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 according

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 to

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 Isaiah

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 43

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 there

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 is

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 no

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 savior

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 besides

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 God

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 here's

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 the

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 second

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 premise

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 we

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 got

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.000
 to

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 reconcile

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 according

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:22.880
 to

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.120
 Matthew

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 21

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 Jesus

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 will

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.920
 save

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 his

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 people

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.480
 from

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 their

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 sins

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:28.740
 do

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:28.819
 you

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:28.960
 get

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 this

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 there's

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.299
 no

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 savior

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.139
 besides

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.519
 God

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.359
 Jesus

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.759
 will

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.180
 save

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 his

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.900
 people

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.599
 from

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:34.819
 their

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.180
 sin

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.779
 the

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:36.980
 only

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.480
 conclusion

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.700
 you

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.879
 can

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.200
 draw

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.839
 is

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.039
 that

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.460
 Jesus

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.599
 in

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:40.839
 your

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.259
 womb

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.339
 is

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 God

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:45.539
 look

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:45.700
 at

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.079
 Mary's

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.740
 response

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.119
 go back

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 to

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.460
 Luke

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 chapter

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.180
 one

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 we're

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 told

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 that

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 Mary

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 was

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 reflective

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.700
 you

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:52.779
 know

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:52.960
 she

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.460
 pondered

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 these

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:53.960
 things

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.119
 in

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 her

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 heart

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 we're

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 told

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 two

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 times

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 there's

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 so

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 much

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 to

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 ponder

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 here

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 and

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 as

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 she

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 ponders

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 and

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 meditates

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 at

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 some

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 point

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 inspires

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 her

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 and

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 she

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.660
 bursts

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 into

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 song

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 look at

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 Luke

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 chapter

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 one

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 verse

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 46

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 Mary

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 says

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.779
 my inner

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.200
 being

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.060
 my soul

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:13.620
 magnifies

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.100
 the

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 Lord

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:16.720
 in my

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.220
 womb

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.700
 is the

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.080
 one who

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.300
 will

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.100
 magnify

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 all of

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.000
 God's

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 attributes

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.940
 to the

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 world

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.539
 God

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:29.980
 God

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 my

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 Savior

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.899
 Jesus

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.939
 salvation

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.579
 the

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 only

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 one

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.539
 who

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.700
 will

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:34.939
 take

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.159
 away

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.399
 the

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:35.639
 sins

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:35.799
 of

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 his

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.279
 own

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.639
 people

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:36.919
 my

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.159
 own

00:30:37.159 --> 00:30:37.599
 sins

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:39.220
 and

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.399
 he

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:39.539
 will

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.700
 be

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.039
 called

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.819
 son

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 of

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 the

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.779
 highest

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 the

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 phrase

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 is

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 El

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 Elion

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 El

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 means

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 God

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 and

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 it's

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 the

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.099
 Lord

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 God

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.920
 in

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.799
 excelsis

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.619
 it's

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.940
 God

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.599
 most

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.220
 elevated

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 is

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 what

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 the

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 one

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.059
 inside

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 of

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 me

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.960
 will

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.119
 be

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 called

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is

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 not

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 a

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 created

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 angel

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 he

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 is

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 not

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 a

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.579
 spirit

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.000
 making

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 appearances

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 on

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 earth

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.819
 but

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 only

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 co

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 existent

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 eternal

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 God

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 the

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 son

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 creator

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 of

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 all

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 without

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 beginning

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 without

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 end

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 who

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 took

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 on

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 a

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 growing

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 fetus

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 body

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 inside

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 the

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 womb

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 of

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 simple

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 Mary

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 in

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 middle

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 of

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 nowhere

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 Nazareth

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 in

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 verse

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 32

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 Luke

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 132

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 the

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 angel

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 says

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 the

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 Lord

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 God

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 will

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 give

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 him

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 the

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 throne

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 of

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 his

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.819
 father

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 David

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 and

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.419
 he

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 will

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 reign

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 over

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 the

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 house

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 of

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 Jacob

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 forever

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 and of

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 his

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 kingdom

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 there

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 will

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 be

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 no

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.619
 end

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:46.660
 you

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:46.819
 got

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.039
 your

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.660
 finger

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:47.920
 there

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.079
 in

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.420
 Luke

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.980
 you've

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 turned

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.399
 to

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 Matthew

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 1

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 do

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.339
 this

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.720
 fast

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:52.920
 but

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.059
 I

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.279
 don't

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.420
 want

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.539
 to

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.779
 lose

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:53.879
 you

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.019
 but

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.220
 what

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.319
 I

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.500
 want

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.599
 you

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.720
 to

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:54.879
 see

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.000
 are

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.180
 two

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.619
 things

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.720
 this

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.119
 reference

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.420
 to

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.000
 the

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.420
 father

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.240
 from

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.379
 the

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.559
 line

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.720
 of

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.019
 David

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.200
 you

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.299
 know

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.420
 he

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.579
 says

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.779
 the

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.079
 throne

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:02.160
 God

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.339
 will

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.539
 give

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:02.700
 him

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:02.899
 the

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.220
 throne

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.379
 of

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.559
 his

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.879
 father

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.359
 David

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.099
 Jesus

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.460
 gets

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.680
 the

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:05.980
 lineage

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.220
 of

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.440
 David

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.680
 from

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.920
 both

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.299
 Mary

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.980
 and

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.299
 Joseph

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.039
 it's

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.259
 because

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.440
 we

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.599
 get

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:09.819
 two

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.180
 different

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.059
 genealogies

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.620
 there's

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:11.740
 a

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.319
 genealogy

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.940
 in

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.220
 Matthew

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.579
 chapter

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:13.980
 1

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.579
 and

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.779
 there's

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.059
 another

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.680
 genealogy

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:15.860
 in

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.079
 Luke

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.460
 chapter

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.740
 3

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:16.960
 you're

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.160
 welcome

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.339
 to

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.539
 flip

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:17.779
 back

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:17.940
 and

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.160
 forth

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.299
 and

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.480
 also

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.799
 study

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:18.980
 this

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.180
 more

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.559
 carefully

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.500
 yourself

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:22.339
 the

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.920
 genealogy

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.099
 in

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.339
 Matthew

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.680
 chapter

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.140
 1

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.220
 leads

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.559
 to

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.120
 Joseph

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.720
 who

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:26.900
 is

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.380
 legally

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.640
 the

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:27.920
 father

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.160
 of

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.460
 David

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.140
 and

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.279
 the

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.480
 angel

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.839
 refers

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.099
 to

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.819
 Joseph

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.339
 son

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.500
 of

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.839
 David

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.720
 and

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:32.960
 so

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.660
 legally

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.339
 in

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.579
 terms

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.700
 of

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:34.860
 the

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.180
 census

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.460
 within

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.839
 Israel

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.240
 Joseph

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.539
 is

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.660
 of

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:39.779
 the

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:39.960
 line

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.120
 of

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.360
 David

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.700
 Jesus

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:40.960
 is

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.180
 born

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.640
 legally

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.160
 into

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.360
 the

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.799
 household

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.279
 of

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.559
 Joseph

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.839
 son

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:43.980
 of

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.240
 David

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.299
 but

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.900
 Mary

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.120
 is

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.360
 also

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.620
 from

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:46.759
 the

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.000
 line

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.160
 of

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.460
 David

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.079
 and

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.200
 if

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.319
 you

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.500
 look

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:48.680
 at

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.039
 Luke

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.460
 chapter

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.819
 3

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.160
 it's

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.339
 a

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.620
 different

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:51.339
 genealogy

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.880
 than

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.160
 Matthew

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.500
 chapter

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.860
 1

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:55.920
 Mary's

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.339
 lineage

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.299
 which

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.460
 is

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.700
 given

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:57.960
 in

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.440
 Luke

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.860
 chapter

00:32:58.860 --> 00:33:00.079
 3

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.420
 it

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.779
 also

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.259
 includes

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.440
 the

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.700
 line

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:02.980
 of

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.319
 David

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.019
 so

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.140
 the

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.299
 other

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.519
 names

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.660
 are

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.960
 different

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.099
 but

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.259
 the

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.480
 meeting

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.740
 point

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:05.900
 is

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.059
 from

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.259
 this

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.579
 line

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.740
 of

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.059
 David

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.700
 both

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:07.900
 in

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.160
 Mary

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.920
 and

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.380
 in

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.680
 Joseph

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:11.660
 and

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:11.799
 if

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.900
 you

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.079
 think

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.359
 about

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.960
 the

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.400
 audience

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.599
 of

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:13.779
 each

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:13.920
 of

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.099
 these

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.579
 books

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:16.259
 Matthew

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.519
 was

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.720
 written

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.059
 for

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.539
 Jews

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.680
 who

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:17.819
 would

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.079
 believe

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.240
 the

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.579
 gospel

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.799
 and

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:19.900
 they

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.079
 wanted

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.380
 to be

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.500
 able

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.620
 to

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:20.799
 see

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.019
 this

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.240
 like

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.700
 tracing

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:21.940
 out

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.099
 the

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.799
 patriarchal

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.160
 line

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:23.819
 it

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.099
 leads

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.279
 to

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.559
 Jesus

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:24.960
 Christ

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.240
 born

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.420
 under

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.599
 the

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.940
 house

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.400
 of

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.799
 Joseph

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.120
 in

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.700
 Bethlehem

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.140
 all

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.279
 of

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.400
 the

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.880
 prophecies

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.059
 are

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.500
 fulfilled

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.920
 but

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.480
 Luke's

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.859
 gospel

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.180
 comes

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.559
 later

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.220
 all

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.339
 of

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.480
 us

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.660
 need

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:36.779
 to

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.259
 understand

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.720
 how

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:37.880
 is

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.039
 this

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.279
 good

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.519
 news

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.700
 for

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:38.880
 me

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.059
 as

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.339
 well

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.259
 and

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.380
 we

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.539
 can

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.740
 look

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:40.900
 at

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.319
 Luke's

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.000
 genealogy

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:43.880
 and

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.000
 you

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.200
 see

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.400
 where

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.599
 this

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 one

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 ends

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 up

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 it

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.380
 goes

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 all

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:46.700
 the

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:46.980
 way

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.720
 to

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.120
 Adam

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:50.319
 described

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.559
 as

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.740
 the

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:50.940
 son

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.120
 of

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.400
 God

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.579
 who

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.819
 God

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.120
 made

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.279
 in

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.460
 his

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.920
 image

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:54.079
 see

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:55.480
 the

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.980
 promise

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.359
 to

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.779
 Adam's

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.099
 wife

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.420
 Eve

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.579
 is

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:57.799
 that

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.120
 the

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.500
 seed

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.819
 of

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.220
 woman

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.720
 will

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.019
 destroy

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.240
 the

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.660
 serpent's

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:00.859
 head

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:02.299
 and

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.480
 this

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.640
 is

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:02.859
 good

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.200
 news

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.380
 for

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.680
 Jew

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.080
 and

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:04.620
 Gentile

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 for

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 all

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 of

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.380
 us

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 who

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.660
 can

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:05.900
 trace

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.059
 our

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.340
 lineage

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.640
 all

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:06.720
 the

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:06.819
 way

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.059
 back

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.259
 to

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.559
 Adam

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.400
 and

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.500
 in

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.659
 our

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.119
 catechism

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.380
 today

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.539
 we

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 read

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.039
 how

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.579
 in

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.119
 Adam's

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.440
 fall

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.840
 sinned

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:11.980
 we

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.300
 all

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.220
 but

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.460
 now

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.679
 from

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:13.860
 that

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.260
 same

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.679
 fallen

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.139
 line

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.260
 comes

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 the

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.760
 seed

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:16.940
 of

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.240
 woman

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.199
 the

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.539
 lineage

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.800
 of

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.340
 Mary

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.559
 the

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.840
 lineage

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.119
 of

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.500
 Eve

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.800
 all

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:20.900
 the

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.019
 way

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.320
 back

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.559
 it's

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.900
 God

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.480
 keeping

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.679
 his

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.039
 promise

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.500
 for

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.639
 the

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:23.860
 whole

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.320
 world

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.539
 isn't

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.679
 this

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:25.820
 a

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.099
 beautiful

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.539
 gospel

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:29.719
 how

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.079
 is it

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.219
 that

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.460
 the

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.719
 seed

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:30.880
 of

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.279
 woman

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.619
 could

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:31.820
 bring

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.019
 a

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.300
 savior

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.920
 the

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.079
 old

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.400
 testament

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.739
 always

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.199
 describes

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.400
 the

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.639
 seed

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.840
 of

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.239
 a

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.519
 man

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.779
 you

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:35.980
 know

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.599
 Abraham

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.860
 to

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.119
 your

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.400
 seed

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.619
 it's

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:37.779
 always

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:37.980
 in

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.239
 reference

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.440
 to

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.599
 the

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.000
 man's

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.300
 line

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:40.480
 but

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.619
 the

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:40.920
 promise

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.099
 in

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.380
 Genesis

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.639
 3

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.019
 15

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.199
 is

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.380
 the

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.599
 seed

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:42.759
 of

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.079
 woman

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.519
 would

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:43.779
 crush

00:34:43.779 --> 00:34:43.960
 the

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.380
 serpent's

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.579
 head

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.480
 and

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.679
 here

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:45.820
 in

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:45.980
 the

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.539
 genealogy

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.719
 in

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:46.880
 Luke

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.179
 3

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.320
 and

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.460
 the

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.920
 promise

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.559
 of

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.000
 Mary

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.719
 without

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.559
 the

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:50.880
 physical

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.179
 help

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.360
 of

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.679
 Joseph

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.539
 bringing

00:34:56.539 --> 00:35:17.699
 to

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.059
 not

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.239
 only

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.420
 that

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.619
 he

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:18.820
 is

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:18.940
 who

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.079
 he

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.360
 says

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.480
 he

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.599
 is

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.759
 but

00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:19.960
 he

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.239
 will

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.519
 do

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.739
 what

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:20.920
 he

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.279
 says

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.440
 he

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.599
 will

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:21.739
 do

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:23.320
 what

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.460
 does

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.599
 he

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:23.779
 say

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:23.920
 he

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.039
 will

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.159
 do

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.320
 to

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.559
 Mary

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:24.860
 look

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.000
 at

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.199
 verse

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.679
 34

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:30.399
 Mary said to the angel, how can this be since I do not know a man?

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:32.639
 This is the biblical sense of knowing.

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.359
 She's saying, I am a virgin.

00:35:34.919 --> 00:35:35.559
 Verse 35.

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:42.759
 And the angel answered and said to her, the Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the highest will overshadow you.

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:49.019
 Therefore, also that the Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

00:35:49.919 --> 00:35:52.739
 Well, in the Apostles Creed, we confess these two things.

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:59.239
 That Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary.

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:06.279
 Mary herself, an eyewitness telling Luke, the historian, her eyewitness account.

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:08.439
 She affirms this in verse 34.

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.379
 I am a virgin.

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.579
 I have never known a man.

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:15.559
 And we're told that Jesus was, in verse 35, conceived this way.

00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:22.000
 The Holy Spirit will come upon Mary and the power of the highest will overshadow you.

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:27.699
 God's creative power as an overshadowing act.

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.579
 There's no need for contact.

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:39.119
 God will truly generate a male child in the womb of this young lady, Mary, by the creator himself.

00:36:39.959 --> 00:36:43.000
 His own power through which he brought the world into being.

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:50.219
 The Holy Spirit will give to the God-man, Jesus Christ, the divine nature.

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:56.239
 Mary, from her egg, will give to Jesus Christ, the human nature.

00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:07.619
 God himself would miraculously cause the Y chromosome of a male to be in the female egg.

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:11.440
 This is genetically, biologically impossible.

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:17.440
 Scientists would have no way of replicating this, even on the quote-unquote lowest forms of life.

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:25.859
 This will be a male created in the womb of a female without the help of another human male.

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:27.980
 This is an act of God.

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:34.260
 In verse 34, he's described as the Holy One.

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:39.159
 See, our Lord Jesus Christ knew no sin.

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:41.820
 2 Corinthians 5.21

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:46.559
 Our Lord Jesus Christ did no sin.

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:48.420
 1 Peter 2.22

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:52.139
 Our Lord Jesus Christ had no sin.

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:54.440
 1 John 3.5

00:37:54.440 --> 00:38:02.159
 We're told that the body of our Lord Jesus Christ was prepared for him inside Mary's womb by the Holy Spirit of God.

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:03.380
 Hebrews 10.5

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:12.079
 So how did this sinless Holy One enter and develop and grow inside the womb of Mary?

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:17.340
 Verse 35 gives us this word, overshadowed.

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:20.559
 That the Holy Spirit would overshadow Mary.

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:31.239
 Gabriel uses the same word with this promise to Mary that the Old Testament had used to describe the presence of God in the Holy of Holies.

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:33.099
 In the Jewish tabernacle.

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:36.460
 In Exodus chapter 40, verse 35.

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:39.920
 The New Testament is given to us in Greek.

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:41.579
 The Old Testament in Hebrew.

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:48.299
 But there was also a Hebrew, I'm sorry, a Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament called the Septuagint.

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:55.660
 So when the New Testament uses a Greek word, you can see where that Greek word was used in this Greek translation of the Old Testament.

00:38:56.780 --> 00:39:03.360
 And we're told in Exodus 40.35 that Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting.

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:03.920
 Why?

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:09.240
 Because the glory of the Lord had overshadowed and filled it.

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:13.079
 The cloud had settled and rested over it.

00:39:13.419 --> 00:39:17.939
 And the glory of the Lord so filled the tent of meeting that Moses couldn't get in.

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:21.319
 That's the overshadowing glory of God.

00:39:21.899 --> 00:39:24.139
 The same thing happened at the dedication of the temple.

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:26.799
 Where the priests couldn't come in physically.

00:39:26.979 --> 00:39:29.500
 They were blocked because of the weight of God's glory.

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:31.079
 It so filled the temple.

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:36.099
 That's overshadowing glory of the Holy Spirit.

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:39.559
 It's the spiritual splendor.

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:45.299
 All of God's attributes manifested in the space and time of earth.

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:48.059
 So that there's a physical block.

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:50.639
 I can't even approach the Holy of Holies.

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:53.259
 Because God's presence has overshadowed it.

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:57.579
 And that's the promise given to Mary.

00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:00.179
 God will do what he says he will do.

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:04.799
 The glory of God will overshadow you, young Mary.

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:07.099
 God will do what he says he will do.

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:09.500
 Isaiah 7.14 says,

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:12.039
 The Lord himself will give you a sign.

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:19.679
 Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel.

00:40:20.779 --> 00:40:24.099
 Well, there's that suffix again, L, which means God.

00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:28.159
 God with us.

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.239
 God with us.

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:42.479
 Mary's womb became a holy of holies for the holy son of the holy God.

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:48.659
 God with us.

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:51.959
 Conceived by the Holy Spirit.

00:40:53.399 --> 00:40:55.219
 Born of the Virgin Mary.

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:58.879
 Now look at Luke 1.37.

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:02.779
 Do you believe that God will do what he says he will do?

00:41:04.399 --> 00:41:08.619
 I love how Gabriel's message from the presence of God himself.

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:11.219
 It ends with encouragement.

00:41:13.279 --> 00:41:14.559
 Luke 1.37.

00:41:15.379 --> 00:41:19.219
 For with God, nothing will be impossible.

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:24.959
 I think the best translation is by the American Standard Version of this phrase.

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:29.639
 No word of God shall be void of power.

00:41:30.899 --> 00:41:33.699
 No word of God shall be void of power.

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:37.099
 God will do what he says he will do.

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:42.459
 God accomplishes his purposes through the power of his word.

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:43.460
 God bless you.

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.460
 God bless you.

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:46.440
 Psalm 33.6 and 9.

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:49.679
 By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made.

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:53.659
 And by the breath of his mouth, all their host.

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:56.820
 For he spoke and it came to be.

00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:01.280
 He commanded and it stood firm.

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:05.880
 No word of God shall be void of power.

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:12.860
 Brothers and sisters, trust that the Lord will do what he promises.

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:15.340
 Make sure you're ready.

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:21.900
 Let's be among the remnant that are waiting for the coming of the king.

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:26.420
 God did what he said he would do.

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:32.559
 Our Lord Jesus Christ came to this earth just the way God promised he would.

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:35.900
 And our Lord Jesus Christ is coming again.

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:38.360
 His kingdom is advancing.

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:41.299
 And his kingdom will be established.

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:49.179
 The final promise is not simply that he would come to earth and die for our sins.

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:51.259
 But that he would be risen.

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:53.279
 And that he is coming again.

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:56.460
 And of his throne and dominion there will be no end.

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:58.000
 That's the end of the story.

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:01.699
 We long for the Messiah.

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:03.339
 Come quickly, Lord Jesus.

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:05.460
 We search the scriptures.

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:06.379
 We pray together.

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:07.599
 We encourage one another.

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:14.239
 Heaven will again invade earth when the world least expects it.

00:43:14.779 --> 00:43:15.460
 Let's be ready.

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:17.299
 Would you pray with me?

00:43:22.299 --> 00:43:24.099
 Father, we thank you for your promises.

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:29.079
 Father, we thank you for your revelation of yourself through Jesus Christ.

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:31.519
 The full radiance of your glory.

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:36.579
 Please prepare our hearts so that we will be ready for when you come again.

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:37.719
 Amen.

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:37.819
 Amen.

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:37.880
 Amen.

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:37.920
 Amen.

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 Well, we get to celebrate the Lord's Supper in the most fitting way,

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 because we celebrate his work and his first coming,

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 and we look forward to the promises that he will still fulfill in his second coming.

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 We celebrate the Lord's Supper every week together.

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 This is for believers, for those of you who know that this is the blood of your Savior,

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 shed for the forgiveness of your sins.

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 It's the only way you could be right with God.

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 We're told to partake in a worthy manner to make sure that we are in the faith,

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 receiving Christ by grace alone.

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 We're to keep the feast with sincere hearts, grounded in God's promises,

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 not with malice or wickedness in our lives.

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 If you trust in the worth of Christ's blood to forgive you fully,

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 and you know that the Spirit of Jesus dwells in you,

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 then come to his table, visitors, to feed your faith upon him.

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 He is set before you today again, Christ clothed in his gospel.

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 I want to give you two encouragements as you meditate

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 and celebrate the glorious work of Jesus for you.

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 Think of those comforting words from Gabriel to Mary.

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 These are God's words for other sinners like you and me,

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 as they were for Mary.

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 You can approach the holy, holy, holy God now through Christ.

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 You don't need to be afraid.

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 In Christ, you have found favor with God.

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 Jesus Christ is great here with his people.

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 He is exalted, magnified, declared to be great, son of the highest.

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 So by coming forward, you're proclaiming that this is who Jesus is,

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 that he is the Lord God himself,

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 who will have the throne of his father, David.

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 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,

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 and of his kingdom there will be no end.

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 This is what you're proclaiming with God's people

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 as we prepare for his return.

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 And if the spirit of the Lord is making your heart tender again today,

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 praise him.

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 You might be asking like Mary,

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 how can this be for a person like me?

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 And so hold on to the promise that the Holy Spirit is the one

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 who moves to give new life.

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 He overshadows his people still.

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 He moves with the power of the highest.

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 And Jesus Christ, the Holy One,

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 is the Son of God through whom all of this is made possible.

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 For with God, nothing will be impossible.

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 So by coming to the Lord's Supper,

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 you're declaring like Mary as well,

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 I receive this by faith.

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 Behold the bond slave of the Lord,

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 and let it be in my life according to your word.

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 Respond that same way today.

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 Amen.

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 You know, and as we see around the Christmas decorations,

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 there's one that I think is a great reminder,

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 and it's the wreath.

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 The wreath has the spikely leaves of the evergreen,

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 reminding us of the crown of thorns,

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 and then the red berries on it,

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 which remind us of the drops of Christ's blood.

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 But when you see that,

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 remember that's of his first coming.

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 And a picture of his second coming is right here,

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 the banquet feast,

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 when he would drink the wine that he's been waiting to drink

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 in celebration of all his bride being with him

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 in his father's house forever and ever.

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 And of his dominion, there will be no end.

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 So keep those two images in mind

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 with the person and work of Jesus Christ

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 for you again today.

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 You may be served.

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 Thank you.