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 Jeremiah 51 ended with verse 64, which said,

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 Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

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 And that likely marked the end of the record of Jeremiah's prophecies.

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 And chapter 52, which Justin just read for us, is really an epilogue of the book.

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 The final chapter of Jeremiah is based largely on 2 Kings, chapter 24, verse 18, to chapter 25, verse 30.

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 So that's kind of an important reference because I'll be continually referring back to that.

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 Because a large chunk of it, most of it really is word for word taken from those two chapters of 2 Kings.

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 And the only difference being really the verses 22 to 26 of chapter 25 of 2 Kings,

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 which is the story of the assassination of Gedaliah, the governor of Judah,

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 governor of the new, I guess, province of Babylon.

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 Judah is a province of Babylon.

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 Because that was already covered extensively earlier in chapters 40 to 41 of Jeremiah.

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 And the reason why the editor of the book seems to have added this ending epilogue to the prophecies

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 seems to be to show that the word of the Lord through Jeremiah has been fulfilled.

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 That Jeremiah's prophecies, every single one of them was fulfilled.

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 And you can see in the structure of this chapter that one by one,

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 everything that Jeremiah prophesied was fulfilled.

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 You can see the destruction of Jerusalem, the despoiling of the temple,

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 the deportation of Judah, and the discharge of Jehoiachin.

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 And all of this is intended to show us that those who believe in God's promises

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 can have hope even in desperate situations.

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 That let me just pray.

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 I seek God's help as we go on.

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 God, we submit this time to you.

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 We need you to speak.

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 For your word to pierce through the division of bone and marrow, soul and spirit.

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 To have its effect on us.

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 And to build our faith in you and our hope in your promises.

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 So won't you please do that in us as your church this morning in worship.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So verses 1-2 give us a concluding assessment of King Zedekiah's legacy.

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 He was the last king of Judah.

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 So read with me.

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 Verses 1-2, chapter 52.

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 It says,

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 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king.

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 And he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem.

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 His mother's name was Hamotel, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libna.

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 The Jeremiah of Libna mentioned here is not Prophet Jeremiah.

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 Jeremiah, as you may have assumed.

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 So who is Jeremiah of Anaphoth.

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 That's the prophet.

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 So Zedekiah is definitely not Jeremiah's grandson.

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 And further, the prophetic assessment of King Zedekiah was this.

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 That he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 According to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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 The comparison with Jehoiakim is a little bit surprising at first.

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 If you remember what kind of King Jehoiakim was throughout the book of Jeremiah.

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 Because we saw in chapter 36, Jehoiakim is the defiant king who cut up the scroll of Jeremiah's prophecies.

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 And burned it piece by piece in his own furnace.

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 And not only that, after doing that, he ordered the arrest of Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch.

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 And he was also the king, as we found out in chapter 26.

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 Who had earlier killed one of the prophets of the Lord, Uriah.

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 And so he is Jehoiakim by all accounts is an evil king.

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 Zedekiah, however, is a little bit more complicated if you look at him.

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 Because he's, on multiple occasions, he has sought out the support of Jeremiah.

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 He sought his counsel.

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 In fact, as we saw in chapters 37 and 38, Zedekiah was kind of a closet supporter of Jeremiah.

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 He believed Jeremiah.

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 But nonetheless, because Zedekiah, due to his fear of the nobility in his nation.

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 And his fear of the masses, he kept Jeremiah in prison under house arrest.

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 And he did not obey the word of God.

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 And because of that, he receives the exact same verdict as Jehoiakim in God's eyes.

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 Zedekiah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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 Good intentions that don't translate into actionable steps that show that you had no intention of doing good.

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 So God's assessment of Zedekiah is the same as that of Jehoiakim.

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 So, Christian brothers and sisters, I want to exhort you.

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 The Spirit of God dwells in you.

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 And you know what the Lord requires of you.

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 But if you intend to do it without making any plans to do it and actually doing it, then it is no different from Zedekiah.

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 As James 1.22 says,

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 Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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 Jesus says in John 15.9-10,

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 It doesn't matter in the end how much we claim to love God.

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 It doesn't matter how well we present ourselves to others as mature believers.

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 If we are not keeping Christ's commandments, then we are not abiding in the love of Christ.

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 So then do we daily find God's mind in His word and seek to obey everyone of His commands?

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 What is the Holy Spirit bringing to your mind right now?

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 Let us be doers of the word, not hearers only like Zedekiah.

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 That's a sight point that's coming up as we read.

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 And then the consequence of Zedekiah's disobedience is given in verse 3.

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 Because of the anger of the Lord, it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that He cast them out from His presence.

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 The disobedience of Judah was so severe and the Lord's subsequent anger so intense,

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 it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that God cast them out from His presence.

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 And that phrase here of God casting them out from His presence is exactly the same phrase in Hebrew that was used in chapter 7, verse 15,

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 where God said to the people of Judah that if they persist in their sin, I will cast you out of my sight.

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 Slightly different in the English, but in Hebrew it's exactly the same phrase.

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 And this is explicitly stated here in verse 3 to show that that prophecy was fulfilled.

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 As God had threatened, He has cast them now out from His presence.

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 That prophecy has been fulfilled.

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 In the first half of verse 3 tells us that it was God who cast them out from His presence due to His anger.

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 And that's the ultimate and divine reason for the disaster that befalls Judah.

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 But there's a second reason also.

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 The second half, read what it says, the second half of verse 3.

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 And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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 That's the immediate human reason for the disaster that befalls Judah.

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 And those two reasons are not mutually exclusive.

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 Why did Jerusalem fall?

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 Why was Zedekiah captured?

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 Why was the temple destroyed?

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 The divine reason is that God expelled Judah from His presence because of their sin.

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 And the human reason is that Zedekiah foolishly rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

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 The Bible always simultaneously affirms divine sovereignty and human responsibility.

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 They are not mutually exclusive.

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 So yes, God is, in an ultimate sense, sovereignly responsible for everything that happens in your life and in this world.

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 But in an immediate sense, you are humanly responsible for everything that you say and do.

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 And the one does not negate the other.

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 That's what we see here in verse 3.

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 And then starting in verses 4 to 6, we are told what happened when the Babylonians invaded Jerusalem.

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 Read with me.

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 It says,

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 To destroy all the surrounding stronghold cities, one by one, as we saw in chapter 34, verse 7.

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 And that effectively severed all communication and supply lines to Jerusalem and made them basically famished.

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 It brought about a famine in the city.

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 And during that, we can state that's when Nebuchadnezzar focused his assault on the city walls.

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 And it says in verses 7 to 9,

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 Then a breach was made in the city.

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 And all the men of war fled and went out from the city by night by the way of a gate between the two walls by the king's garden.

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 And the Chaldeans were around the city.

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 And they went in the direction of the Arabah.

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 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho.

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 And all his army was scattered from him.

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 Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath.

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 And he passed sentence on him.

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 The Babylonians had surrounded the city.

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 But apparently there was some kind of a secret gate between the two walls by the king's garden.

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 And Zedekiah and his fighting men used that to sneak out in the middle of the night.

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 But the Babylonian army catches wind of this and overtakes them.

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 And Zedekiah, when they are overtaken, is deserted by all his soldiers and is captured.

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 And then the sentence he receives in Riblah is severe.

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 It says in verses 10 to 11,

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 The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes.

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 And also slaughtered all the officials of the Judah at Riblah.

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 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains.

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 And the king of Babylon took him to Babylon and put him in prison till the day of his death.

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 It's this cruel punishment.

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 He kills his own sons and then takes his eyes out.

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 That's the last thing he sees before he rots away in prison.

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 And this too is the fulfillment of chapter 38 verses 14 to 23.

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 Jeremiah had warned Zedekiah that if he surrenders that he would survive.

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 That he would not be taken.

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 But because he does not surrender to Babylon and refuses the word of the Lord.

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 He is caught and brought to the face of Nebuchadnezzar as Jeremiah prophesied.

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 And his children are slaughtered as Jeremiah prophesied.

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 Again, this is a fulfillment of the word of the Lord.

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 And then verses 12 to 16 tell us about the destruction of all the landmarks in Jerusalem.

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 It says,

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 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that was the nineteenth year of the king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

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 Nebuchadnezzar, the captain of the bodyguard who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

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 Now, if you compare it, you may have seen some people bring this up.

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 Second Kings 25.8, which is basically a parallel.

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 It tells us that Nebuchadnezzar, the captain of the bodyguard, came to Jerusalem in the fifth month on the seventh day of the month.

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 Unlike this verse, which says he came on the tenth day of the month.

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 And the difference, I think, is that 2 Kings 25.8 tells us that Nebuchadnezzar came to Jerusalem on the seventh day.

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 That's the day he arrived.

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 But here in Jeremiah 52.12, it's telling us that Nebuchadnezzar entered Jerusalem on the tenth day.

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 So he came, he arrived on the seventh day, but does not enter until the tenth day.

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 I mentioned that in case you noticed it, because to show you that it's not a contradiction.

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 Nebuchadnezzar then arrived on the seventh day, but did not enter the city until the tenth day, possibly waiting for the intensity of the battle to subside.

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 And especially considering the fact that Jeremiah 52 and 2 Kings 25 are almost word for word identical,

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 I find it hard to imagine that that slight change was accidental.

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 I think that's a deliberate change.

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 After he entered Jerusalem, he says in verse 13,

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 So the Babylonians were not merely about quelling a rebellious state.

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 They wanted to demoralize them as a nation and break their pride.

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 And so they burned the house of the Lord, the great temple of Jerusalem.

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 Apparently there was no one from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee there in Babylonian camp to designate the Jerusalem's temple as a protected historic site.

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 And that's significant because 1 Kings 9.10 tells us that it took Solomon 20 years to build a temple and the king's palace.

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 20 years.

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 To give you some perspective, it only took 8 years to build the Colosseum in Rome.

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 10 years to build the temple of Artemis in Ephesus.

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 Only comparable ancient construction is the Pyramid of Giza, which took 20 years, like the temple and palace.

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 So all this to say, the temple and the royal palace that Solomon built were constructions of epic proportions.

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 And if it hadn't been for the Babylonians who destroyed them,

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 they would have certainly been numbered among the world's ancient wonders of the world.

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 So this calamity is too, again, prophesied by Jeremiah.

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 He had said regarding the temple and the city of Jerusalem in chapter 26, verse 9,

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 This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without inhabitant.

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 Shiloh was the Israelite city where the tabernacle of God, the dwelling place of God before the temple was built,

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 was set up after the conquest of Canaan.

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 And even though Shiloh was the dwelling place of God at that time in Israel's history,

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 due to Israel's sin, God abandoned it and the Israelites were defeated by the Philistines.

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 And the Ark of God was captured and the Covenant was captured and the city, Shiloh, was reduced to a heap of ruins.

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 And Jeremiah had prophesied that that would happen exactly to Jerusalem and to the Jerusalem temple.

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 And that word of the Lord has been fulfilled.

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 Jeremiah, verse 14, 52 verse 14, recounts even further destruction.

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 It said,

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 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

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 The word broke down is a key word in this book, in the book, especially in Jeremiah's commission as a prophet.

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 When God first called Jeremiah to the prophetic ministry, he said in chapter 1, verse 10,

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 See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms to pluck up and to break down,

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 to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

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 Similarly, in chapter 18, verse 7, God declared that it is his prerogative as the sovereign creator to pluck up a nation and to break it down as he sees fit.

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 And God repeated that regarding his own people in chapter 31, verse 28,

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 And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy and bring harm.

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 So I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the Lord.

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 So the breaking down of the walls of Jerusalem, which represents the breaking down of the kingdom of Judah,

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 it was an integral part of Jeremiah's commission.

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 So that too is a fulfillment of the word of the Lord.

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 So that's a destruction of Jerusalem.

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 And then we see the despoiling of the temple in verses 17 to 23.

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 This was not the first time that the Babylonians looted the temple.

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 After their first invasion of Jerusalem in 597 BC, they carried away various temple furnishings and utensils.

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 And that's recorded in 2 Kings 24, 13.

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 But they did leave some things behind.

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 And it may have been because some of these items were too large and too heavy to take back.

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 They had come prepared for war, not necessarily to carry back a caravan.

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 And some of the looted items were probably replaced as well by this time, 586 BC,

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 when the second Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem took place.

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 And so there were plenty of spoils for the Babylonian army inside the temple to enjoy.

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 And you might recall from chapters 27 and 28 that some false prophets in Judah were prophesying

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 that the Lord will soon bring back all the vessels of the temple that were carried off during the first invasion,

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 Babylonian invasion.

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 But then Jeremiah said this in chapter 27 verses 19 to 22.

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 For thus says the Lord of hosts,

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 concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

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 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he took into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon,

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 Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,

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 and all the nobles of Judah in Jerusalem.

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 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,

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 concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem.

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 They shall be carried to Babylon and remain there until the day when I visit them, declares the Lord.

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 Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.

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 So now keep that in mind, this prophecy from chapter 27 in mind as you read our present passage,

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 chapter 52 verses 17 to 19.

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 It says,

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 And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord,

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 and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord,

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 the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all the bronze to Babylon.

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 And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the basins and the dishes for incense

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 and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service.

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 Also the small bowls and firepans and the basins and the pots and the lampstands

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 and the dishes for incense and the bowls for drink offerings.

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 What was of gold, the captain of the guard took away as gold,

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 and what was of silver as silver.

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 The things that Jeremiah had prophesied would be carried off to Babylon

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 were the pillars, the sea and the stands which supported and the rest of the vessels.

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 And in exactly that order, verses 17 to 19 tell us that the valuable items in the temple

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 were all carried off to Babylon in fulfillment of the word of the Lord.

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 And Jeremiah wants to make sure that we understand that these were not just trinkets,

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 little earrings,

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 and these are significant items, treasures of great value.

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 So verses 20 to 23 tell us this.

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 It says,

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 As for the two pillars, the one sea, the 12 bronze bowls that were under the sea

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 and the stands which Solomon the king had made for the house of the Lord,

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 the bronze of all these things was beyond weight.

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 As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was 18 cubits,

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 its circumference was 12 cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow.

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 On it was a capital of bronze.

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 The height of the one capital was five cubits.

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 A network and pomegranates of all the bronze were around the capital.

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 And the second pillar had the same with pomegranates.

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 There were 96 pomegranates on the sides.

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 All the pomegranates were 100 upon the network all around.

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 So the bronze of all these things was beyond weight.

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 That might explain why they were left behind after the first Babylonian invasion.

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 It was simply too much for them to haul home.

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 But this time they came prepared.

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 The Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all the bronze to Babylon.

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 The bronze sea was designed,

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 intent originally to hold water,

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 representing the forces of chaos,

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 and subdued and brought to order by the Lord at creation.

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 And it was used for ritual washing.

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 And 1 Kings 7, 23 to 26 described this bronze sea as a magnificent piece of metallurgy,

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 about 15 feet in diameter and 7 feet high,

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 all in cast bronze 3-inch thick.

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 It held about 10,000 gallons of water.

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 And that enormous bronze sea rested on top of 12 bronze bulls,

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 grouped in threes arranged on each side of the stand.

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 And the pillars were about 18 cubits with 12 cubits in circumference.

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 That's about 40 feet tall and over 4 feet in diameter.

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 And these massive columns were decorated with ornate capitals,

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 which are the heads, the topmost parts of the pillar that touch the surface that it's supporting.

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 And according to 1 Kings 7, 17 to 19,

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 there were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars.

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 Likewise, he made pomegranates in two rows around the one lattice work to cover the capital that was on the top of the pillar.

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 Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily work.

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 So it's a little bit hard to follow that.

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 Let me explain.

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 The capitals were decorated with lattices of checker work,

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 like the lattices of like an apple pie,

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 and a pattern of wreaths chained together.

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 And on top of that were rows of pomegranates, 96 to be exact, according to verse 23.

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 And then the pillar was topped off with lily work, sculpted like a lily flower.

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 So this was an exquisite piece of metalworking.

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 And these expensive, beautiful items made of gold, silver, bronze,

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 and these sacred items set apart for the worship of the Lord

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 were all broken in pieces and carried off to Babylon to be melted and repurposed.

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 Now why are all these details provided?

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 All of these are gone now, right?

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 Broken to pieces and carried off as spoils of war.

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 So I think these descriptions are included here to convey that sense of loss and longing

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 that the Judeans were feeling.

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 There's a mournfulness in these descriptions,

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 almost like a couple that's describing their luxury car,

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 their pride of possessions that they had,

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 which had been totaled in an accident,

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 is now being towed off to a junkyard.

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 It's like, oh, like, that's the kind of longing,

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 that loss is being conveyed here in all these descriptions,

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 detailed descriptions of the furnishings that were lost.

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 This, the furnishings within the temple represented Israel's worship.

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 Israel's past history and their future hope as a nation

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 were all wrapped up around the temple in Jerusalem.

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 And so these inscriptions convey a sense of dashed hopes, crushed dreams.

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 We're supposed to feel the tragedy of it all.

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 And after the despoiling of the temple,

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 we read about the deportation of Judah in verses 24 to 30.

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 But before Nebuchadnezzar sends people into exile,

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 he kills all people of stature

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 in order to cripple Judah's ability to reorganize and form a coalition.

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 So that's what he does in verses 24 to 27.

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 He strikes them down.

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 And then in verses 28 to 30 is recorded the number of exiles.

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 The Judeans were reported, it seems,

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 in mass to Babylon on three specific occasions.

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 Read verses 28 to 30 with me.

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 It says,

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 This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive.

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 In the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans.

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 In the 18th year of Nebuchadnezzar,

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 he carried away captive from Jerusalem 832 persons.

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 In the 23rd year of Nebuchadnezzar,

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 Nebuchadnezzar, the captain of the guard,

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 carried away captive of the Judeans 745 persons.

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 All the persons were 4,600.

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 So again, if you compare it to its source material, 2 Kings 24.

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 2 Kings 24, 14 tells us that the total number of exiles

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 at the first deportation was 10,000 people,

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 which is significantly larger than the 3,023 recorded here.

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 Most likely, the difference is that 10,000 people

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 is a rounded estimate that includes men, women, and children,

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 while 3,023 is a more precise figure

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 that only includes the men who are counted.

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 This was a standard way in the ancient world

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 to estimate a large crowd size.

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 You just count the men, and then you multiply it by two,

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 and add a percentage, and you have this population

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 of men, women, and children.

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 So if 3,023 Judeans represent only the men,

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 the other two numbers, 832 and 745,

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 probably also represent only the men.

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 So while it says here in verse 30

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 that all the persons that were deported were 4,600,

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 if you count the women and children,

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 it's probably in the range of 15,000 to 20,000.

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 That's not a large number.

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 This is a tiny and very discouraging number.

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 You're supposed to be discouraged

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 by this number as you're reading this.

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 Because in the modern world, right,

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 a city has a population between 20,000,

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 I mean 100,000, 300,000 people,

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 which is why Cambridge is a city.

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 A population of 20,000 to 100,000

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 is considered a large town,

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 like Concord, North Reading, or Newburyport.

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 And then Judah, I mean,

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 and then a population of 1,000 to 20,000,

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 which is what the range of this population of exiles is,

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 is considered a town, right?

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 A large town, it's a smaller town.

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 And so Judah's population has been decimated by the war,

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 and likely a good number of them died

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 as they were going to Babylon as well.

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 And so they're now a size of a small town.

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 To give you a perspective,

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 in Numbers chapter 1, verse 46,

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 it tells us that the total number of men

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 who came out at the time of the exodus from Egypt

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 was 603,550.

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 That's only the men.

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 So the Judean exiles in Babylon

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 are now about 2.5% of the number of people

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 that originally came out of Egypt as a nation.

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 This is a tragic state of things.

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 And look again at the last sentence of verse 27.

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 It says,

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 So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

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 That makes it sound as if the entire nation of Judah

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 was sent off into exile.

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 Even though some Judeans remained in the land

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 because God had declared in Jeremiah 24

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 that the future of Israel

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 lay with the exiles in Babylon.

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 It lies with the exiles in Babylon

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 and not with the remnant of Judah.

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 So this pitiful number of exiles,

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 in a real sense,

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 represents the totality of the nation.

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 All of Israel.

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 Now a small town

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 going pathetically into exile in Babylon.

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 This too is a fulfillment

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:23.480
 of the word of the Lord.

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 It's devastating if you think about

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:29.160
 and connect back to Israel's history.

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 Israel's covenant relationship with God

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 began with the promises that God made to Abraham.

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 And what did he promise him in Genesis 12?

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 God called Abraham to leave his country,

00:27:40.020 --> 00:27:40.860
 his people,

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 and his father's house

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 and promised to give him,

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 if he did that,

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 a land and a nation.

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 A people and a place

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 and promised his presence

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:52.080
 to dwell among them.

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 A people,

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 a place,

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 and the presence of God among them.

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 And chapter 52

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:58.140
 is a systematic undoing

00:27:58.140 --> 00:28:00.180
 of that promise.

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 The people are decimated

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 and deported,

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 the place is destroyed,

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.220
 and the presence of God

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.280
 has deserted them.

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:10.000
 The destruction of Jerusalem,

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.420
 the despoiling of the temple,

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.780
 and the deportation of Judah

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 represent the dashed dreams

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 and hopes of Israel.

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 But there's a glimmer of hope

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 in the last four verses of Jeremiah 52.

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 It says in verses 31 to 34,

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 And in the 37th year

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 of the exile of Jehoiachin,

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 king of Judah,

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 in the 12th month,

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 on the 25th day of the month,

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 Evel Merodach,

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.219
 king of Babylon,

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 in the year that he began to reign,

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:41.179
 graciously freed Jehoiachin,

00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:42.000
 king of Judah,

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 and brought him out of prison.

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 And he spoke kindly to him

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 and gave him a seat

00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:48.379
 above the seats of the kings

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 who were with him in Babylon.

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 So Jehoiachin put off

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.140
 his prison garments,

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.420
 and every day of his life

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.279
 he dined regularly

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.200
 at the king's table.

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 And for his allowance,

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.339
 a regular allowance

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.460
 was given to him by the king,

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 according to his daily needs,

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:01.500
 until the day of his death,

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 as long as he lived.

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.700
 As Jeremiah prophesied

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:11.500
 in chapter 22, verse 27,

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.180
 Jehoiachin,

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.640
 also known as Jehoiachin,

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:15.559
 will never return from exile.

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.259
 And that too is a fulfillment

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.640
 of the word of the Lord.

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.640
 It's a fulfillment

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.460
 of the word of the Lord.

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.500
 But for those who are not

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:24.180
 looking out for the promises of God,

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.799
 this is an insignificant event, right?

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.220
 I mean, he's still in exile.

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.259
 The entire nation

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:29.299
 is still subject to Babylon.

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.200
 What's the big deal?

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.380
 The king gets a nice treatment

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.360
 in the palace.

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:34.220
 But it's significant

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:38.019
 because the discharge

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:39.059
 of Jehoiachin,

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:41.620
 which is included here,

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:44.180
 is intended to give

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.440
 the Judean exiles hope.

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.420
 Because throughout

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.980
 the book of Jeremiah,

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.019
 all the prophecies,

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.519
 the side-by-side

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.980
 with the prophecies

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.440
 of judgment

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.740
 were always promises

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.660
 of restoration.

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:57.059
 And this seems to be

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.140
 the initial stirrings

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.519
 of that.

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.860
 And God had promised

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.759
 in chapter 24

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:02.140
 that I will regard

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.539
 as good the exiles

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.059
 from Judah

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.220
 whom I have sent away

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.180
 from this place

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.779
 to the land

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.539
 of the Chaldeans.

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.819
 I will set my eyes

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.660
 on them for good

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.480
 and I will bring them

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.380
 back to this land.

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.519
 I will build them up

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.500
 and not tear them down.

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.240
 I will plant them

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.259
 and not pluck them up.

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.559
 I will give them a heart

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.000
 to know that I am the Lord

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.819
 and they shall be my people

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:21.420
 and I will be their God

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.900
 for they shall return to me

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:24.559
 with their whole heart.

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:27.099
 So this is beginning to be,

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:29.220
 it's showing the beginning

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.379
 of God's favor

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.920
 and perhaps that hope,

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:33.599
 for people who are holding

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.200
 on to that hope

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.779
 of restoration,

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.579
 this is a sign for them.

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.359
 And throughout chapter 52,

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.500
 Jeremiah made it a point

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:42.559
 to prove that every single word

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.019
 of the Lord was fulfilled.

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.420
 And if the judgment

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.319
 that God threatened

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.019
 was fulfilled,

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.059
 then the restoration

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.160
 that he promised

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.519
 will also be fulfilled.

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.559
 And that's why

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:53.480
 even in the book of Jeremiah,

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.980
 written at the lowest point

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:57.160
 of Israel's history,

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.960
 it ends with a note of hope.

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.879
 Because those who believe

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.859
 in God's promises

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.700
 can have hope

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:05.119
 even in desperate situations.

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.900
 And this hope

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.740
 is not disappointed

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.819
 because God had promised

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.859
 in chapter 33

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:11.940
 that he would raise up

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.680
 a king from the line of David

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.539
 who will execute

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.860
 justice and righteousness

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:17.200
 and restore God's people.

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:19.019
 And the Gospel of Matthew,

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.820
 chapter 1,

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.100
 verse 12 to 16,

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.700
 it connects the genealogy

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:25.220
 of the Messiah,

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.340
 Jesus Christ,

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.200
 from,

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:29.019
 it traces it from Jehoiachin,

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.320
 who was just freed

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.580
 by Evo Merodach

00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:34.120
 during the Babylonian exile.

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.759
 And so Jesus

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:37.320
 is the king that comes,

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.140
 the last,

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.840
 ultimate,

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.919
 an eternal king

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:41.220
 who reigns forever.

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.159
 And he's the one

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:43.419
 who fulfills the hope

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:45.579
 of the Judean exiles.

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.299
 So the people

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.259
 in Jeremiah's day

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.839
 were mourning

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.439
 the destruction

00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:50.039
 of the temple,

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.599
 the despoiling of the temple,

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:53.179
 and the deportation of Judah.

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.519
 But Jesus is the one

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:56.000
 who brings the restoration

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:57.859
 of all these things.

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.659
 And let me show you.

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.099
 First,

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.319
 after the deportation

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.699
 of Judah,

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:03.079
 Judah ceased to exist

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:04.139
 as a sovereign nation.

00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:06.960
 But Jesus brings about

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.540
 the restoration

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:08.380
 of God's people

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:10.600
 by forming a new Israel

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.360
 that includes

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:13.140
 both Jews and Gentiles.

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.960
 In Hosea 11, 1,

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.640
 God said,

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:17.160
 When Israel was a child,

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:18.320
 I loved him,

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.780
 and out of Egypt

00:32:19.780 --> 00:32:21.520
 I called my son.

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.880
 Here, God's using

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.060
 the language of sonship

00:32:24.060 --> 00:32:24.840
 to describe

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:26.280
 the nation of Israel.

00:32:26.520 --> 00:32:28.240
 But in Matthew 2,

00:32:28.520 --> 00:32:29.759
 verses 13 to 15,

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.040
 we see that Jesus,

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:32.720
 along with his earthly parents,

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.900
 fled to Egypt

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:35.019
 and stayed there

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.500
 until the murderous

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.220
 Herod died.

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.620
 And Matthew tells us

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.400
 about that incident.

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.180
 This was to fulfill

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.900
 what the Lord

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.600
 has spoken

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:44.400
 by the prophet Hosea.

00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:46.040
 Out of Egypt

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:47.940
 I called my son.

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.259
 Matthew is quoting

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.140
 from Hosea

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.900
 to say that God,

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.560
 what God said

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:53.780
 about the nation of Israel,

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.240
 essentially,

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:55.640
 he's applying it to Jesus.

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:57.860
 Jesus is the new Israel,

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.820
 the son of God,

00:32:59.040 --> 00:33:00.080
 who succeeds

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:01.120
 where the nation of Israel

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.960
 had failed.

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.460
 And unlike Israel,

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.799
 Jesus obeys his father

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.340
 perfectly,

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.519
 even unto death

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.240
 on the cross,

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.220
 and so that through

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.140
 his death on the cross,

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.019
 Jesus makes way

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.680
 for sinners

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.600
 to be forgiven

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:13.120
 and reconciled to God.

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.220
 And all those

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.400
 who repent of their sins

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.400
 and believe in Jesus

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.920
 for salvation

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.960
 are united with him

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.460
 and who is the new Israel

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.380
 and become part

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:22.319
 of that true Israel

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:24.000
 as adopted children of God.

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.340
 That's what Ephesians 2

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:26.500
 and Romans 9 tells us.

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.539
 So Jesus fulfills

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.100
 this promise.

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.319
 Likewise,

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.299
 Judah mourned

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.439
 the despoiling of the temple.

00:33:32.199 --> 00:33:33.459
 But Jesus restores

00:33:33.459 --> 00:33:34.299
 the temple of God

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.519
 and the worship of God

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.119
 in himself.

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:38.119
 In John chapter 2

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:39.299
 verses 21 to 22,

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:40.599
 Jesus says that his body

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.759
 is the temple of God.

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.240
 He says his body

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.139
 is the temple of God

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:45.240
 and that he will die

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.980
 and be raised up

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.740
 on the third day.

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:48.079
 Because in the Old Testament,

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.719
 the temple was the focal point

00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:50.519
 of all worship.

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:52.359
 It was uniquely indwelled

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.439
 by the presence of God.

00:33:53.719 --> 00:33:54.059
 And therefore,

00:33:54.199 --> 00:33:55.519
 believers from all over the world

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.400
 had to gather

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.879
 at the temple in Jerusalem

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.460
 to worship.

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.039
 And the believers' communion

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.579
 with God,

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.359
 their walk with him

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.379
 was in a real sense

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:04.379
 confined to that locale.

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:06.000
 But it was mediated

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.500
 by the temple.

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.900
 But now Jesus says

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.659
 after he's come

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.960
 and after he dies

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.880
 and is raised from the dead,

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.920
 he says he replaces

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.440
 the temple.

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.920
 And the proper worship

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.559
 will be given

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.780
 no longer through the temple

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:17.159
 but through Jesus

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.820
 because the Son

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:20.159
 reveals the Father.

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.199
 He's indwelled,

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.659
 mutually,

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.860
 they mutually indwell

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.380
 one another.

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:25.680
 And he is the abode of God

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.420
 on earth,

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.579
 the new center of worship.

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.660
 And just as formerly

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.900
 sacrifices were made

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.840
 in the old temple

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.920
 to atone for the sins

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.619
 of God's people,

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:35.380
 in this new temple,

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:37.180
 the ultimate sacrifice

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:37.660
 is made

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:39.260
 and Jesus is sacrificed

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:40.460
 on the cross

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:42.440
 as the unblemished

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.099
 Lamb of God

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.980
 to cover our sin

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:46.460
 and he's raised up

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.579
 for our justification.

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:49.579
 So that all those

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.940
 who repent of their sins

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:52.000
 and believe in Jesus

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.780
 are united with him

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:55.079
 and themselves

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:56.519
 become the temple

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.320
 of God

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.500
 indwelled by the Spirit.

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.079
 That's why

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.500
 1 Corinthians 3,

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.199
 16 to 17

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.579
 said,

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.239
 Do you not know

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:05.039
 that you are

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.920
 God's temple

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:07.739
 and that God's Spirit

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.940
 dwells in you?

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.380
 If anyone destroys

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.039
 God's temple,

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.480
 God will destroy him

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.340
 for God's temple

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.820
 is holy

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:15.539
 and you are that temple.

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.679
 And finally,

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.500
 Judah mourned

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.179
 the destruction

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.860
 of Jerusalem

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:21.180
 but this too

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:22.360
 is being restored

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.980
 by Jesus.

00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:24.880
 In Revelation 21,

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.140
 1 through 5

00:35:26.140 --> 00:35:27.519
 tells us that

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.960
 about new Jerusalem

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.860
 will come

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:31.079
 and that new Jerusalem

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.880
 is described

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:33.880
 as the bride of Christ.

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:35.220
 It's the church of God.

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.960
 Jesus is the one

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.720
 who constitutes

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.860
 a new Jerusalem

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:40.300
 and all his people

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.220
 are part of that

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:41.840
 new Jerusalem

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.820
 that's being fulfilled.

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.519
 And he says

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.180
 in Revelation 21,

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.460
 it's the new heavens

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.220
 and a new earth

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:49.000
 and I heard

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.639
 a loud voice

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.199
 from the throne

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.559
 saying,

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.099
 Behold,

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.639
 the dwelling place

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:52.980
 of God

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.639
 is with man.

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.400
 He will dwell

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.860
 with them

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.360
 and they will be

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.980
 his people

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:57.059
 and God himself

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.800
 will be with them

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.679
 as they are God.

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.099
 He will wipe away

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.880
 every tear

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.659
 from their eyes

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.380
 and death

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.300
 shall be no more.

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.360
 Neither shall there

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.860
 be mourning

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.500
 nor crying

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.559
 nor pain anymore

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.980
 for the former things

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:09.119
 have passed away.

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.420
 And he who was

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.220
 seated on the throne

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.559
 said,

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.079
 Behold,

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.179
 I am making

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:15.059
 all things new.

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:17.699
 Also he said,

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.440
 Write this down

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.599
 for these words

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.320
 are trustworthy

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.519
 and true.

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.440
 So Jesus

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.559
 is the Savior

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.639
 and King

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.719
 who restores

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:29.039
 the dashed hopes

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.980
 and dreams

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.900
 of all Israel

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:32.059
 and he is our

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.880
 Savior and King

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.420
 who restores

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.480
 our dashed hopes

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.500
 and dreams

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.420
 as well.

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:39.279
 What are your

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:40.320
 dashed dreams?

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.719
 Maybe you've been

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:44.239
 disappointed

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.399
 or you're depressed

00:36:45.399 --> 00:36:46.339
 because your life

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:47.359
 is not what

00:36:47.359 --> 00:36:47.759
 you thought

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.259
 it would be.

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.419
 You thought

00:36:51.419 --> 00:36:51.939
 you would be

00:36:51.939 --> 00:36:52.959
 a globetrotting

00:36:52.959 --> 00:36:54.519
 successful businessman

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.399
 or a freelancer

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:55.959
 but instead

00:36:55.959 --> 00:36:57.579
 you feel like

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:57.959
 your work

00:36:57.959 --> 00:36:58.539
 is mundane

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.439
 and purposeless.

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.399
 You thought

00:37:03.399 --> 00:37:03.759
 you would be

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.579
 a picture-perfect

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.279
 mom with

00:37:05.279 --> 00:37:05.939
 little

00:37:05.939 --> 00:37:08.219
 picture-perfect

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.959
 well-dressed

00:37:08.959 --> 00:37:09.539
 darlings.

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.039
 But instead

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.759
 your days

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.360
 involve a lot

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:15.300
 of sleepless nights

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:16.940
 tantrums

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.960
 soil diapers

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:19.779
 stained clothes

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.460
 whining

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.000
 crying

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.559
 and cleaning

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.179
 after these

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.539
 little

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.119
 yet tireless

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.539
 agents

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.279
 of chaos.

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:29.400
 You thought

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.099
 you would be

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:31.699
 an acclaimed

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.279
 artist

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:34.320
 musician

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.960
 writer

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.920
 photographer

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:37.940
 or photographer

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:40.320
 but instead

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.880
 you feel like

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.240
 you're always

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.179
 pulling teeth

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.000
 just to get

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.500
 some

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.539
 payment

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:46.240
 just to get

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.679
 some

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.800
 publication

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:51.000
 and you face

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.400
 a lot of

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.960
 rejections

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.619
 and criticisms.

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.440
 Earthly hopes

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.159
 and dreams

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.820
 never quite

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.320
 looked like

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.980
 what we had

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.599
 imagined them

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.000
 to be

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.840
 even

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.860
 for the most

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.679
 successful

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.260
 people.

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.780
 The world

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.300
 is fallen

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.579
 and the

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.880
 curse

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.800
 of sin

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.380
 means that

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.800
 as God

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.360
 said to

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.740
 Eve

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:11.199
 in Genesis

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.920
 3.16

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.679
 there will

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.260
 be pain

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.900
 in child

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.280
 bearing

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.119
 including

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.780
 I think

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.099
 child

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.500
 learing.

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.639
 And the

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:18.800
 curse

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.119
 of sin

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.440
 means

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.760
 as God

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.199
 said to

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.519
 Adam

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.980
 in Genesis

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.639
 3.17

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.119
 to 19

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.940
 in pain

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.860
 you will

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.260
 eat

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.639
 of the

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:24.820
 fruit

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.039
 of your

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.340
 labor

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:25.699
 all the

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:25.860
 days

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.059
 of your

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.280
 life.

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.619
 By the

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:26.900
 sweat

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.159
 of your

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.500
 face

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.860
 you shall

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.099
 eat

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.519
 bread.

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.920
 Pain

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.480
 is part

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.000
 of earthly

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.659
 existence.

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.000
 Work

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.480
 is never

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:34.880
 easy.

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.180
 Whether

00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:35.420
 you're

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.539
 a

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.059
 homemaker

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.519
 or a

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.740
 bread

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.019
 winner

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.000
 that's

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.220
 the

00:38:38.220 --> 00:38:38.539
 nature

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.740
 of

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.019
 living

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.240
 in

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.380
 a

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.599
 fallen

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.059
 world.

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:40.720
 And

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:40.940
 anyone

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.160
 who

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.480
 tells

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.640
 you

00:38:41.640 --> 00:38:42.260
 otherwise

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:43.160
 is

00:38:43.160 --> 00:38:43.519
 lying.

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.019
 Or

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.220
 they're

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.420
 so

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:45.740
 rich

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.000
 that

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.160
 they're

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:46.380
 actually

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.660
 not

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:46.880
 doing

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.059
 any

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.260
 work.

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.460
 They're

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.640
 paying

00:38:47.640 --> 00:38:47.880
 someone

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.059
 else

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.140
 to

00:38:48.140 --> 00:38:48.240
 do

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.360
 their

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.640
 work.

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.880
 Relationships

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.360
 are never

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.740
 easy

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.940
 because of

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.160
 the

00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:54.559
 sinfulness

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.920
 of our

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.240
 hearts.

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.519
 There

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:55.680
 is

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.200
 strife

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.559
 and

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.019
 stress

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.200
 in

00:38:57.200 --> 00:38:57.519
 all

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.059
 parenting

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.720
 all

00:38:58.720 --> 00:38:59.200
 marriages

00:38:59.200 --> 00:38:59.680
 all

00:38:59.680 --> 00:39:00.099
 dating

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.500
 all

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.079
 friendships.

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.900
 every

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.340
 day

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:02.579
 we

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.179
 feel

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.420
 that

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.599
 this

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.819
 world

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:04.299
 is not

00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:04.659
 the way

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:04.819
 it's

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.019
 supposed

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.440
 to be

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:05.960
 and

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.179
 we're

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.440
 supposed

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.940
 to feel

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.239
 that way

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.699
 because it's

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.239
 not the

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:08.539
 way

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:08.779
 it's

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.039
 supposed

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.500
 to be.

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:13.099
 we live

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.480
 in a

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:13.840
 sinful

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.780
 fallen

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.619
 world

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:17.780
 and

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.039
 if we

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.460
 place

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.699
 our

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.039
 hopes

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.420
 and

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.800
 dreams

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.239
 on

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:20.579
 it

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:20.880
 it

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.079
 will

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.559
 crumble

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.119
 under

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.480
 our

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.239
 expectations.

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.260
 Jesus

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:27.320
 is the

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.800
 only

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.219
 one

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:28.539
 who

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.719
 can

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.159
 free

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.480
 us

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:29.719
 from

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:29.880
 the

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.260
 penalty

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.519
 and

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.760
 power

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:30.980
 of

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.179
 sin

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.679
 and

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:31.940
 he

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.340
 is

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:32.539
 the

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.780
 only

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.059
 one

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.239
 who

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.480
 can

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.860
 make

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.440
 all

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.059
 things

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.860
 new.

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.659
 The

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.019
 only

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.400
 hope

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.599
 that

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:38.780
 will

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.179
 never

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.500
 be

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.139
 disappointed

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.440
 for

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.779
 you

00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:41.379
 is

00:39:41.379 --> 00:39:41.659
 that

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.099
 hope

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.519
 in

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:42.980
 Jesus

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.940
 Christ.

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.419
 The

00:39:44.419 --> 00:39:44.759
 new

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:45.219
 Israel

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.619
 the

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:46.019
 new

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.559
 temple

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:46.919
 and

00:39:46.919 --> 00:39:47.079
 the

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.339
 new

00:39:47.339 --> 00:39:47.779
 Jerusalem

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.199
 and

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:48.559
 because

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.440
 of

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.000
 Jesus

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.719
 according

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:50.919
 to

00:39:50.919 --> 00:39:51.239
 2nd

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.739
 Corinthians

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:54.259
 1.20

00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:56.440
 all

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.679
 the

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.119
 promises

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.659
 of God

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.440
 find their

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:58.980
 yes

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.779
 in

00:39:59.779 --> 00:40:00.199
 Christ

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.519
 as we

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.639
 were

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:00.859
 saying.

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.199
 That

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:02.339
 is

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.639
 why

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:02.819
 it

00:40:02.819 --> 00:40:02.960
 is

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.159
 through

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.500
 him

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.699
 that

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:03.839
 we

00:40:03.839 --> 00:40:04.119
 utter

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.419
 our

00:40:04.419 --> 00:40:04.759
 amen

00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.460
 to

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.879
 God

00:40:05.879 --> 00:40:06.219
 for

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:06.480
 his

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:06.859
 glory.

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:07.679
 We

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.259
 believe

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:11.760
 those

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:11.900
 who

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.320
 believe

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:12.520
 in

00:40:12.520 --> 00:40:12.840
 God's

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.360
 promises

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.020
 can

00:40:14.020 --> 00:40:14.240
 have

00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:14.500
 hope

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.900
 even

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.300
 in

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.420
 the

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:15.780
 most

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.220
 desperate

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.820
 situations.

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:17.260
 What

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.380
 are

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.520
 some

00:40:17.520 --> 00:40:17.940
 promises

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.180
 of

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:18.360
 God

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.520
 that

00:40:18.520 --> 00:40:18.760
 you

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:18.980
 can

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.220
 remember?

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:19.440
 What

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:19.620
 has

00:40:19.620 --> 00:40:19.900
 God

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.680
 promised

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.060
 to

00:40:21.060 --> 00:40:21.360
 you?

00:40:23.060 --> 00:40:23.600
 Isaiah

00:40:23.600 --> 00:40:24.000
 14

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.660
 29

00:40:24.660 --> 00:40:24.900
 to

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.280
 31

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.580
 He

00:40:25.580 --> 00:40:25.960
 promised

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.400
 us

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:26.600
 He

00:40:26.600 --> 00:40:26.840
 gives

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.260
 power

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.460
 to

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.620
 the

00:40:27.620 --> 00:40:27.980
 faint

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.600
 and

00:40:28.600 --> 00:40:28.760
 to

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:29.080
 him

00:40:29.080 --> 00:40:29.260
 who

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:29.420
 has

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.660
 no

00:40:29.660 --> 00:40:30.000
 might

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.240
 he

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.820
 increases

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.420
 strength

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.000
 even

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.440
 youth

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:32.780
 shall

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.260
 faint

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.480
 and

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:33.680
 be

00:40:33.680 --> 00:40:34.019
 weary

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.460
 and

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.740
 young

00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:35.000
 men

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.280
 shall

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:35.660
 fall

00:40:35.660 --> 00:40:36.240
 exhausted

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:36.780
 but

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.000
 they

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.200
 who

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:37.500
 wait

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:37.680
 for

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:37.820
 the

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.100
 Lord

00:40:38.100 --> 00:40:38.420
 shall

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.760
 renew

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.000
 their

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.500
 strength

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:40.080
 they

00:40:40.080 --> 00:40:40.420
 shall

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.900
 mount

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.220
 up

00:40:41.220 --> 00:40:41.680
 wings

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.660
 like

00:40:42.660 --> 00:40:43.019
 eagles

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.540
 they

00:40:43.540 --> 00:40:43.800
 shall

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.160
 run

00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:44.340
 and

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.580
 not

00:40:44.580 --> 00:40:44.820
 be

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.220
 weary

00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:46.980
 they

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.220
 shall

00:40:47.220 --> 00:40:47.560
 walk

00:40:47.560 --> 00:40:47.720
 and

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:47.960
 not

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.400
 faint

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:49.740
 are

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:49.920
 you

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.400
 faint

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.680
 and

00:40:50.680 --> 00:40:51.019
 weary

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:55.820
 Deuteronomy

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.239
 31

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.500
 8

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.639
 says

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:56.900
 it is

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.059
 the

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.360
 Lord

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.559
 who

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:57.920
 goes

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.420
 before

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.800
 you

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.380
 he

00:40:59.380 --> 00:40:59.559
 will

00:40:59.559 --> 00:40:59.780
 be

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.099
 with

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.440
 you

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:00.820
 he

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:00.940
 will

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.199
 not

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.559
 leave

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:01.739
 you

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:01.920
 or

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.500
 forsake

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.800
 you

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.219
 do

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.539
 not

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.039
 fear

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.420
 or

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 be

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 dismayed

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 are

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 you

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 afraid

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 to

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.280
 feel

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 forsaken

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 Romans

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 8

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 28

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 says

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 and

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 we

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 know

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 that

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 love

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 God

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 all

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 things

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 work

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 together

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 for

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 good

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 are

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 called

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 according

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 to

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 his

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 purpose

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 Proverbs

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 chapter

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 3

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 verses

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.780
 5

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 to

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 6

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 trust

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 with

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 all

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 your

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 heart

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 and

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 do

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 not

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 lean

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 on

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 your

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 own

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 understanding

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.600
 in

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 all

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 your

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 ways

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 acknowledge

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 will

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 make

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 your

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 paths

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 straight

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 Matthew

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 6

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 31

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 33

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 therefore

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 do

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 not

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 be

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 anxious

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 saying

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 what

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 shall

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 we

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 eat

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 or

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 what

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 shall

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 we

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.659
 drink

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 or

00:41:52.839 --> 00:41:53.019
 what

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 shall

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.379
 we

00:41:53.379 --> 00:41:53.719
 wear

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.139
 for

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 the

00:41:54.279 --> 00:41:54.759
 Gentiles

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.059
 seek

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.319
 after

00:41:55.319 --> 00:41:55.559
 all

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.759
 these

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:56.059
 things

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.419
 and

00:41:56.419 --> 00:41:56.619
 your

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:56.980
 heavenly

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.419
 father

00:41:57.419 --> 00:41:57.879
 knows

00:41:57.879 --> 00:41:58.059
 that

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.179
 you

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.379
 need

00:41:58.379 --> 00:41:58.519
 them

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:58.759
 all

00:41:58.759 --> 00:41:59.099
 but

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.579
 seek

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.279
 first

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:00.639
 the

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:00.980
 kingdom

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.379
 of

00:42:01.379 --> 00:42:01.759
 God

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:02.139
 and

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.500
 his

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.059
 righteousness

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.759
 and

00:42:03.759 --> 00:42:04.019
 all

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.319
 these

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:04.639
 things

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:04.839
 will

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.000
 be

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.339
 added

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:05.579
 to

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:05.980
 you

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:07.939
 promises

00:42:07.939 --> 00:42:08.159
 of

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.439
 God

00:42:08.439 --> 00:42:11.279
 do you

00:42:11.279 --> 00:42:11.419
 feel

00:42:11.419 --> 00:42:11.799
 guilty

00:42:11.799 --> 00:42:12.059
 this

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.319
 morning

00:42:12.319 --> 00:42:13.799
 are you

00:42:13.799 --> 00:42:13.960
 coming

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.199
 with

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.559
 shame

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:14.839
 and you

00:42:14.839 --> 00:42:15.039
 feel

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.239
 like

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:15.460
 there's

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.579
 a

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.239
 barrier

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:16.579
 between

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:16.739
 you

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:16.879
 and

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:17.039
 God

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.360
 first

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.700
 John

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:17.960
 1

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.200
 9

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.400
 if

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:18.539
 we

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.980
 confess

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.240
 our

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:19.660
 sins

00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:20.160
 he

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.420
 is

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.039
 faithful

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.700
 and

00:42:21.700 --> 00:42:22.280
 just

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.740
 forgive

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:23.559
 us

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:23.800
 our

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.200
 sins

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:24.360
 and

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:24.500
 to

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.840
 cleanse

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.079
 us

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:25.280
 from

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:25.740
 all

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:26.980
 unrighteousness

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:29.519
 and if

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:29.720
 you

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.280
 are not

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:30.599
 yet

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.079
 a follower

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.300
 of

00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:31.539
 Jesus

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.960
 you

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.099
 have

00:42:33.099 --> 00:42:33.260
 not

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:33.480
 put

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:33.619
 your

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:33.860
 faith

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:34.019
 in

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.300
 Jesus

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:34.619
 yet

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:35.140
 here's

00:42:35.140 --> 00:42:35.260
 a

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:35.539
 wonderful

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:35.980
 promise

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.160
 from

00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:36.460
 Romans

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:36.840
 10

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.160
 9

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:37.340
 to

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:37.619
 10

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:38.240
 if

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:38.360
 you

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:38.940
 confess

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.220
 with

00:42:39.220 --> 00:42:39.380
 your

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:39.760
 mouth

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.000
 that

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.340
 Jesus

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:40.680
 is

00:42:40.680 --> 00:42:41.160
 Lord

00:42:41.160 --> 00:42:41.980
 and

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.320
 believe

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:42.640
 in

00:42:42.640 --> 00:42:42.800
 your

00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.180
 heart

00:42:43.180 --> 00:42:43.400
 that

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:43.619
 God

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:44.059
 raised

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.280
 him

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.620
 from

00:42:44.620 --> 00:42:44.820
 the

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.120
 dead

00:42:45.120 --> 00:42:45.700
 you

00:42:45.700 --> 00:42:46.200
 will

00:42:46.200 --> 00:42:46.880
 be

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.640
 saved

00:42:47.640 --> 00:42:48.580
 for

00:42:48.580 --> 00:42:48.760
 with

00:42:48.760 --> 00:42:48.920
 the

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.200
 heart

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:49.480
 one

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.940
 believes

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:50.140
 and

00:42:50.140 --> 00:42:50.300
 is

00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:50.860
 justified

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:52.060
 and

00:42:52.060 --> 00:42:52.240
 with

00:42:52.240 --> 00:42:52.400
 the

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:52.640
 mouth

00:42:52.640 --> 00:42:52.860
 one

00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:53.540
 confesses

00:42:53.540 --> 00:42:53.680
 and

00:42:53.680 --> 00:42:53.900
 is

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:54.420
 saved

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:56.300
 God

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:57.019
 holds

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:57.440
 out

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:57.720
 these

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:58.300
 promises

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:58.980
 to

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.340
 you

00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:00.400
 not

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:01.519
 as

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.680
 a

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:02.060
 no

00:43:02.060 --> 00:43:02.720
 or

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:03.240
 if

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:04.080
 or

00:43:04.080 --> 00:43:04.540
 maybe

00:43:04.540 --> 00:43:05.820
 perhaps

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:06.840
 but

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.120
 as

00:43:07.120 --> 00:43:07.880
 yes

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.800
 in

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.040
 Jesus

00:43:09.040 --> 00:43:09.540
 Christ

00:43:09.540 --> 00:43:11.300
 yes

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:13.460
 so

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:13.560
 that

00:43:13.560 --> 00:43:13.700
 we

00:43:13.700 --> 00:43:13.880
 can

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.280
 respond

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:14.519
 with

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:14.740
 our

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.200
 amen

00:43:15.200 --> 00:43:16.420
 we

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.080
 believe

00:43:17.080 --> 00:43:19.580
 so

00:43:19.580 --> 00:43:19.780
 take

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:19.920
 a

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.260
 moment

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:21.460
 if

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:21.560
 you

00:43:21.560 --> 00:43:21.700
 would

00:43:21.700 --> 00:43:21.960
 close

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.100
 your

00:43:22.100 --> 00:43:22.340
 eyes

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.500
 you

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:22.740
 can

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:22.900
 if

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:22.980
 it

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.200
 helps

00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:23.440
 you

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.360
 take

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:24.500
 a

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:24.740
 moment

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:25.100
 to

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:25.660
 reflect

00:43:25.660 --> 00:43:27.920
 on

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.120
 your

00:43:28.120 --> 00:43:29.080
 disappointments

00:43:29.080 --> 00:43:29.620
 your

00:43:29.620 --> 00:43:30.240
 defeats

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:31.560
 your

00:43:31.560 --> 00:43:31.980
 desperate

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.780
 situations

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:36.980
 and

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.160
 then

00:43:37.160 --> 00:43:37.420
 raise

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.580
 your

00:43:37.580 --> 00:43:37.980
 eyes

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.380
 the

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.560
 eyes

00:43:38.560 --> 00:43:38.720
 of

00:43:38.720 --> 00:43:39.039
 faith

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.700
 unto

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:40.060
 Jesus

00:43:40.060 --> 00:43:40.539
 Christ

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:40.779
 Christ

00:43:40.780 --> 00:44:10.760
 Thank you.