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 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,

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 Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt and remain there until I tell you,

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 for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.

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 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt

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 and remained there until the death of Herod.

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 This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet,

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 Out of Egypt I called my son.

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 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious,

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 and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem

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 and in all that region who were two years old or under,

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 according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

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 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah.

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 A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation.

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 Rachel weeping for her children.

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 She refused to be comforted because they are no more.

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 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

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 Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel,

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 for those who sought the child's life are dead.

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 And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

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 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod,

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 he was afraid to go there.

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 And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee.

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 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth,

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 so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled,

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 that he would be called a Nazarene.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 Inside the world's most authoritarian country,

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 North Korea pushes gross misinformation

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 and brainwashing propaganda on its citizens

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 to have absolute domineering control.

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 Really, with a propaganda strategy pushed on its citizens

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 from the cradle to the grave,

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 North Korean leaders have built this cult of personality

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 where they exaggerate and embellish the accomplishments

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 of its leaders,

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 really elevating them to this God-like status.

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 For instance, it's been reported that Kim Il-sung,

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 who is the country's founder,

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 they say that he never defecated and never urinated.

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 He never once went to the bathroom.

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 They say that his son, Kim Jong-il,

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 he was this God-like golfer.

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 In a sport where it's very hard for the average person

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 to score under 90,

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 and the best recognized score was just a score of 55,

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 they claim on his first go ever,

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 first time holding those clubs,

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 he scored a 38 with five hole-in-ones.

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 They claim that even his son, Kim Jong-un,

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 who is the leader of the country today,

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 he learned at the ripe old age of three years old

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 to drive a motor vehicle.

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 Just imagine our little Ina or our Zion

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 contributing their portion of the rent

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 because they're driving Uber.

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 These are ridiculous lies,

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 and they just scratch the surface

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 of what these people have been telling their citizens.

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 But I want to focus on one myth,

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 on the supernatural birth of the second son of Kim Jong-il.

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 And they claim that he was born at Mount Baekdu,

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 which is this legendary mountain,

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 according to folklore in North Korea,

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 has mythical qualities.

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 It's considered North Korea's ancestral homeland,

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 when in actuality,

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 he was just born in the Soviet Union.

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 And on top of that,

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 on his birthday,

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 the day he was born,

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 they say that winter magically turned into spring.

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 A double rainbow graced the sky,

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 and then a new star shone at night.

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 It's plagiarism, right?

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 This is just a bunch of laughable mumbo-jumbo, right?

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 It's quite frankly, though, evil lies.

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 The reality is that they have been many, many leaders

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 throughout the course of human history

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 that have lied like this.

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 They have set up these elaborate,

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 dramatized, supernatural birth narratives

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 to create this air,

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 this aura around them,

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 so that they have this destiny,

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 this calling to lead their people.

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 In this, they have taken facts,

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 and they've turned them into myths.

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 But as C.S. Lewis said,

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 our Jesus,

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 who was born of a virgin,

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 conceived by the Holy Spirit,

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 fully God and fully man,

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 his myth become fact.

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 We know this because,

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 unlike all these other fakers and liars,

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 who make up all the stuff,

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 all their lies after the fact,

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 Jesus Christ is the only man

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 who has been long expected,

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 long predicted,

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 long awaited.

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 By some estimates,

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 scholars have predicted

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 that Jesus has fulfilled

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 more than 200 prophecies

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 given by different Old Testament writers

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 written over many different centuries.

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 None like Jesus

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 are more anticipated and predicted.

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 And that's why theologian Lorian Bettner,

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 he says this,

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 in all the history of the world,

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 Jesus emerges as the only expected person.

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 No one was looking for such a person

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 as Julius Caesar or Napoleon

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 or Washington or Lincoln

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 to appear at the time that they did.

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 No other person has had his course foretold

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 and his work laid out for him

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 centuries before he was born.

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 But the coming of the Messiah

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 has been predicted for centuries.

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 So in our passage today,

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 when Jesus travels back and forth

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 from Israel and Egypt,

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 Matthew understands that

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 there's more to this story

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 than just Jesus' travel itinerary.

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 intimately familiar with the Old Testament,

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 Matthew sees in Jesus' birth narratives

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 how he is fulfilling

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 these century-old prophecies.

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 And how is he doing this?

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 He's reliving.

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 Jesus is reliving the story

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 and retracing the steps

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 of the nation of Israel.

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 He's taking upon himself

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 the role of Israel,

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 calling himself

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 the true and better Israel.

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 With this passage trio,

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 the trio of answered prophecies

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 that we see here,

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 Matthew is proving this main point,

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 that Jesus of Nazareth

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 is the foretold Messiah

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 and the true and better Israel.

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 And in turn,

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 we'll look how Jesus,

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 the true Israel,

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 he relives key moments

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 in the nation,

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 in the history of the nation of Israel,

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 how he relives the exodus,

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 relives the exile,

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 and then thereby setting up

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 a new expectation

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 for the Messiah King.

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 So we jump to the narrative

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 and we observe that

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 once the Magi,

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 they've defied King Herod

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 and they escape another way,

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 the sovereign, omniscient Lord,

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 he knows all the schemes of man

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 and he sends an angel to Joseph.

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 This is his second dream

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 in the birth narrative

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 in chapters one to two.

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 And he warns him

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 of Herod's evil plan

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 of infanticide.

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 Joseph receives this dream

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 in the wee hours of the morning

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 and really one can only imagine

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 what is going on

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 through his head.

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 Is it fear?

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 Is it anxiety?

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 What is going to happen

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 to my family?

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 What do I need to do

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 to maximize our chances

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 of survival?

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 Should I even go to Egypt?

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 Should I go somewhere safer?

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 Is he stressed or frustrated?

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 Are you serious, Lord?

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 You asked me to adopt this son

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 and now you're making me flee

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 from my life?

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 My life is already so hard enough

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 as a parent,

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 let alone the parent

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 of the Savior of the world.

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 Aren't you asking too much

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 of me, Lord?

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 Was he considering

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 delaying obedience?

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 You know, the trip

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 from here to Egypt

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 is over 150 miles long.

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 It's going to take over a week

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 with baby Jesus.

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 Shouldn't we just get

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 some extra sleep?

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 You know, what is that going to do

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 in the grand scheme of things?

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 If I just get another couple hours

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 of sleep and go in the morning,

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 after all, traveling by night

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 is so dangerous.

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 We don't know what emotions

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 Joseph might have wrestled with,

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 but we do know that

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 as the leader of the family,

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 Joseph did exactly

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 as he was told.

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 Matthew makes that clear

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 because his actions,

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 in verse 14,

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 they match exactly

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 to the command.

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 It's so much so that it sounds

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 like word-for-word repetition.

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 He doesn't drift back to sleep,

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 he doesn't dilly-dally,

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 but he wakes up his family

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 and they start their journey off

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 in the middle of the night.

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 Joseph lives out this simple hymn,

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 to trust and obey.

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 For there is no other way

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 but to be happy in Jesus,

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 but to trust and obey.

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 Jesus heads down to Egypt

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 fulfilling what the Lord

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 had spoken by the prophet Hosea.

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 When Israel was a child,

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 I loved him,

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 and out of Egypt,

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 I called my son.

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 If you have an ESV Bible,

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 you'll notice the footnote

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 in there that hyperlinks you

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 to the passage Hosea 11.1.

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 And so we flip back there

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 in our Old Testaments

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 and to read the quotation

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 in its original passage,

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 in its original context.

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 It's a habit that you should get into

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 if you are not in already.

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 And as you read it

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 in its original context,

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 you might be confused, frankly,

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 because the more you read

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 of Hosea 11,

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 the more you'll see

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 that this passage,

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 it's not like these clearly messianic,

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 suffering servant passages

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 in Isaiah,

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 passages that look forward,

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 but this seems to be a passage

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 that looks backward

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 to the exodus,

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 to the escape from Egyptian slavery.

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 So how can this be a text

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 that predicts the future Messiah

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 when it's looking backwards?

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 Is Matthew trying to fit

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 a square peg in a round hole here?

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 And it's worth hitting pause

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 doing a simple thought exercise here.

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 When you read Scripture,

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 what kind of book

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 do you compare it to?

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 What do you think Scripture

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 has to offer you?

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 Some of us read Scripture

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 like it's a book

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 of inspirational quotes,

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 believing that the greatest thing

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 that Scripture has to offer you

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 is positive emotion,

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 positive vibes.

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 We sit down in front of our Bibles

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 to go through our daily reading plan,

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 and if we're more chaotic,

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 then we'll play Bible roulette

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 and flip to any which passage.

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 And we scour the text

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 to be inspired,

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 to be encouraged,

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 to be motivated.

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 And we look through,

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 and if we get lucky,

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 we find a verse that we like.

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 I can do all things

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 through Him who strengthens me.

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 I like that.

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 So we'll rip that out of context,

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 and we'll apply that to our lives.

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 We'll remember that

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 and hold that throughout our days,

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 and we'll feel good.

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 We'll feel encouraged.

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 All that other stuff, though,

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 that's irrelevant.

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 We'll throw it out.

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 It's not important.

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 Others of us read Scripture

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 like a textbook,

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 believing that the greatest thing

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 that Scripture has to offer us

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 is knowledge.

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 Knowledge about God,

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 knowledge about theology,

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 knowledge about whatever hobby horse

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 you're into that day.

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 We read and extract

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 as much information.

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 It's just knowledge transfer.

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 That's what Scripture reading

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 is about to you.

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 Still others of us

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 treat Scripture

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 like a law book,

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 believing that the greatest thing

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 that Scripture has to offer you

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 is a moral code of ethics.

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 It's telling you,

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 do this.

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 Do that.

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 Don't do this.

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 Don't do that.

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 So every story in Scripture

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 is just about that moral nugget of truth

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 that we apply to our lives

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 and that we have to conform to.

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 Every character in each story

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 is an example

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 either to emulate or to reject.

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 While these contain some semblance of truth,

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 all these miss the mark

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 because Scripture

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 is a book about a person.

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 And the greatest thing

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 that Scripture has to offer you

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 is not positive emotion,

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 it's not mere head knowledge,

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 it's not a moral code of ethics

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 or morality,

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 but it is Christ.

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 On the road to Emmaus,

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 Christ revealed himself

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 to his disciples

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 and opened their eyes

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 to see that he is the very center

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 of Scripture.

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 He is the interpretive key

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 that unlocks the greater meaning

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 behind every single passage.

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 He says in Luke 24,

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 beginning with Moses

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 and all the prophets,

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 he interpreted to them

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 and all the Scriptures

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 the things concerning himself.

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 Matthew understood

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 that every single line,

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 every single story

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 is written about Christ.

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 It is written to prove our need

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 for a Messiah King

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 and it's written to engender hope

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 and expectation for his coming.

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 So no matter where you are

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 in the distant lands

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 of the 66 books of Scripture,

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 there is always going to be

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 a paved road

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 that leads you right back

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 to the center of Scripture.

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 That's Christ.

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 And one of these common roads,

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 often connecting these

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 two seemingly distant lands

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 of Scripture,

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 the Old and then the New Testament,

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 is called typology.

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 Just the study of consistent

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 and repeated patterns

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 based on the conviction

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 that God's workings

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 is consistent

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 throughout Scripture.

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 Compared to how composers

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 of movies

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 or musical soundtracks,

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 they do this thing

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 where they set up

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 a musical theme.

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 It's proper term,

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 it's called a light motif.

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 In the beginning parts

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 of the show

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 to get our ears

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 accustomed to this

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 particular tune.

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 And then later on

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 as the story progresses,

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 you get to the climax

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 where the theme

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 is going to be expanded upon.

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 It's going to be richer

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 and fuller

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 and more beautiful,

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 but all with the same

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 recognizable tune

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 as before.

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 Plenty of movies do this.

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 Lots of famous movies

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 do this.

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 If you watch Star Wars,

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 The Avengers,

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 you can even hear

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 those tunes in your head

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 right now.

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 That's how powerful

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 that repetition is.

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 Typology is exactly

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 like this

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 with lots of different

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 musical themes

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 playing out

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 in the Old Testament,

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 but then they all

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 come together

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 in this beautiful,

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 expanded, rich melody

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 of all these different themes

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 that have gone on

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 in the Old Testament,

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 in the person

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 and in the work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So this connection

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 from our passage

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 to Hosea 11, 1,

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 even though it's

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 looking backwards,

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 it's rooted

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 in Christ-centered

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 typology.

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 As we said,

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 this quote

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 in Hosea 11,

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 it's about the Exodus

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 where God delivered

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 his son Israel

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 from Egyptian slavery.

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 That was the first time

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 that that musical theme

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 played out.

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 In our passage today,

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 Matthew is hearing

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 something familiar.

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 He hears this musical theme

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 of the Exodus

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 play out once again,

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 only now

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 in the new Exodus

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 his son.

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 God calls him

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 out of Egypt

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 in the same way

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 as Israel

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 was called out

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 of Egypt.

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 And actually,

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 we can see that

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 Jesus is connected

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 to different roles,

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 both roles

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 in the Exodus,

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 both the deliverer

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 and the delivered.

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 Where am I getting this?

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 First,

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 Jesus is connected

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 to the deliverer,

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 Moses.

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 At the beginning

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 of Exodus,

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 we see that

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 Moses flees

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 the infanticide

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 of Pharaoh

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 in Exodus 1.

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 But now,

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 Jesus is fleeing

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 the infanticide

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 of Herod.

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 Later in his life,

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 after he murdered

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 a man,

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 Moses escapes

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 from Egypt

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 to Midian.

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 But then God

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 calls him back

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 to do his role,

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 to do his work

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 of saving his nation.

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 And he calls him

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 back in this way,

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 go back to Egypt

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 for all the men

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 who are seeking

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 your life

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 are dead.

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 If you look down

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 in your passage,

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 those words

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 are very similar

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 to Matthew 20

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 or Matthew 2.20.

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 There's even more.

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 Later in Matthew,

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 Jesus' face

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 shone brilliantly

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 during his transfiguration,

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 just like Moses' face

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 shone when he interacted

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 with God,

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 so much so that

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 he had to put a veil

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 over his face.

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 Guess who's at

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.839
 Jesus' transfiguration

00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.220
 too?

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 It's Moses.

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 So you guys see

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.799
 those connections.

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 So weaving these

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 connections together,

00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:14.159
 Matthew sees

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 this child Jesus

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 as the new

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 and better Moses.

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 In the Exodus,

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 Moses was sent

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 to deliver his people

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 from Egyptian bondage.

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 In the new Exodus,

00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.919
 Jesus is now sent

00:19:27.919 --> 00:19:29.579
 to deliver his people

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:31.819
 from their spiritual bondage

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 from sin and death.

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 All in Adam,

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 we were born

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 slaves to sin,

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 that when our sinful flesh

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:41.139
 commanded us,

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.659
 called us,

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 we couldn't do anything

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 but to listen.

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 And friend,

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 if you don't know

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 the power of your sin,

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 I'd argue it's because

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 you haven't tried

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 fighting your sin enough.

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 Here's C.S. Lewis

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 comment on this.

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 No man knows

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 how bad he is

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:02.139
 until he has tried

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 very hard to be good.

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 A silly idea

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 is current

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.859
 that good people

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 do not know

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 what temptation means.

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 This is an obvious lie.

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 Only those

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 who try to resist temptation

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 know how strong it is.

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 After all,

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 you find out

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 the strength

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 of the German army

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 by fighting it,

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 not by giving in.

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 That is why

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 bad people

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 in one sense

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 know very little

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 about badness.

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 They have lived

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 a sheltered life

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 by always giving in.

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 We never find out

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.419
 the strength

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 of the evil

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 impulse inside us

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 until we try

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.279
 to fight it.

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 If you know

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 how bad you are,

00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.740
 if you've tried

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.740
 very hard

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.459
 to be good

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 like I have,

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 praise be

00:20:54.959 --> 00:20:55.599
 to God

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 with me.

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 Praise God

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.240
 with me

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:59.179
 that our old self

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 was crucified

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 with Christ

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:03.039
 so that the body

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 ruled by sin

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.679
 might no longer

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.500
 have any power.

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 It's rendered

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 completely powerless

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 that we might

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.299
 no longer

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.120
 be enslaved

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.980
 to our sin.

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 Through Christ's

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.539
 death and resurrection,

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 Jesus has released

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 us from the power

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 of sin

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 so that all those

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 who are united

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 to Christ

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:25.100
 by faith,

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 not by our works,

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 but by faith

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 can hear sin's call

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 and we can finally

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 learn to say,

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 no,

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 I'm not going

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 to obey.

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 so may we

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 never,

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:37.080
 ever say

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:38.440
 that we can't

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.820
 defeat our temptations

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 and our sins.

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.740
 No matter how many

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:44.180
 times that you fell

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.200
 in your addictions,

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:47.000
 in your sin patterns,

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.560
 there is always

00:21:48.560 --> 00:21:49.640
 a way of escape

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:51.040
 with every temptation

00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:51.940
 that comes your way.

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.320
 No matter how many

00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:55.420
 times sinful flesh

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.420
 tempts you to lust,

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:58.700
 to be sinfully anxious,

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.220
 to be greedy,

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.019
 to be proud,

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.920
 to be selfish,

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.700
 you can always

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:05.160
 say no to temptation.

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.960
 It is a lie

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.720
 from Satan

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.599
 when you believe

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.259
 that you can't

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.799
 overcome those things.

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.960
 There have been

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.079
 moments in my life

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:16.379
 where I've excused

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.980
 my sin,

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.039
 where,

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.319
 of course I sinned,

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.599
 you know,

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.400
 that person was

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.379
 so mean to me,

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:24.079
 that person backstabbed me,

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.379
 of course I'm going

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:25.879
 to be selfish,

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.559
 no one else

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.539
 is looking out for me.

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:30.819
 What sins

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:32.000
 are you still

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.859
 justifying

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:35.039
 because you think

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.319
 that your circumstances

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.639
 are stronger

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:39.359
 than Jesus'

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:41.279
 work on the cross?

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.819
 Do you still think

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.619
 that you are just

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.440
 simply swept

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.119
 in the current

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:47.299
 of your circumstances?

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.180
 That is a lie

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:50.000
 from Satan

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:51.460
 because you are

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.639
 never a powerless

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.779
 victim to your

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.420
 circumstances.

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.659
 You can always

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.320
 say no

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:57.480
 because of the

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.300
 spirit that lives

00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:59.140
 within you.

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.620
 And friends,

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.279
 this is so much

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.000
 more than just

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.580
 psychologizing yourself,

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.620
 trying to,

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:04.880
 you know,

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.759
 hack your brain

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:07.120
 with positive thoughts,

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.320
 trying to get

00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:09.880
 the moral outcome

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:11.300
 or the behavior

00:23:11.300 --> 00:23:11.820
 modification

00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.480
 that you're

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.180
 trying to seek.

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.440
 This is a humble

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:17.200
 dependence

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:19.300
 upon the gospel

00:23:19.300 --> 00:23:20.640
 of Jesus Christ,

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.160
 which is the power

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.620
 of God

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.279
 for salvation

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.300
 to everyone

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.180
 and anyone

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.859
 who believes.

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.139
 Not only that,

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.539
 but Jesus is connected

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.579
 to the delivered,

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.779
 the delivered Israel

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.319
 as well.

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.240
 In the Exodus,

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.559
 God releases

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.960
 his child Israel

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.019
 from his bondage

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.359
 so that he can now

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.019
 worship God

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.720
 exclusively

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.460
 and now serve

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.740
 both as a recipient

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.119
 and a conduit,

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.279
 a channel of blessing

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.759
 onto the entire nations.

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:51.299
 But as Hosea says

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.500
 in the very next verse,

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:55.160
 after Hosea 11.1

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.599
 and 11.2,

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.119
 he says,

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.259
 the more they were called,

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.619
 the more they went away.

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.819
 They kept sacrificing

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.640
 to the Baals

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:04.099
 and burning offerings

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.660
 to idols.

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:07.220
 And despite God's kindness

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.859
 and grace to them,

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:10.079
 he didn't have to release

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.960
 them from Egypt,

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.359
 from their slavery,

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.720
 but Israel

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.140
 is an adulterous,

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.460
 faithless people

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:19.240
 repeatedly whoring

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.440
 after other idols

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.120
 and gods.

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.100
 But now,

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.620
 the true

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:26.059
 and better Israel,

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.620
 the better

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.580
 and true

00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.400
 Son of God

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.240
 has come

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.880
 in Jesus.

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.240
 Just like

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.460
 God called

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.400
 Israel

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:36.120
 when he was a child

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:37.039
 out of Egypt

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.860
 during the Exodus,

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.380
 Jesus,

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.000
 now he's called

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.700
 out of Egypt

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:42.100
 when he is a child

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:43.460
 in Matthew 2.

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.460
 And once he's

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.220
 summoned back

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.019
 to Israel,

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.559
 he's called

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.379
 to fulfill

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.639
 what his role

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:52.059
 is as the Messiah

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:53.019
 of Israel.

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.000
 And he demonstrates

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.419
 that he fulfills

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.619
 everything

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.619
 that Israel

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.480
 was supposed

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.899
 to be.

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.879
 We read later

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.639
 in Matthew

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.619
 how he is the better

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.619
 Israel in this way.

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.159
 For example,

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:08.159
 when God provided

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:09.139
 the miraculous

00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:09.700
 manna

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.440
 and water

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.379
 for 40 years

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:11.940
 in the wilderness,

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:14.000
 Israel grumbled,

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.339
 they complained,

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:17.899
 but true

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.980
 and better Israel.

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.659
 He fasts

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.699
 for 40 days

00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:22.199
 without food,

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.419
 without a drop

00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:23.919
 of water

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:26.220
 and he never

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.839
 grumbles

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.919
 or complains.

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.259
 He never puts

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.279
 God to the test.

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.419
 He never serves

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.139
 Satan,

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.179
 all those things

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.839
 which Israel

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.500
 had done

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.519
 for 40 years

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.099
 in the wilderness.

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.019
 How about that?

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.459
 Israel fails

00:25:40.459 --> 00:25:41.480
 to dispel

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.799
 and cast out

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.919
 all of the Canaanites

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:45.019
 in the promised land

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.759
 but instead

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.840
 intermingles,

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.039
 intermarries

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.940
 with them

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.060
 and that leads

00:25:50.060 --> 00:25:51.180
 them to their

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.860
 idolatry,

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.860
 their fornication.

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.360
 But Jesus,

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.779
 he keeps his mind

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.340
 on the mission.

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.519
 The true Israel

00:25:58.519 --> 00:26:00.259
 goes into the promised land

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.840
 and defeats

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:02.600
 all of God's enemies,

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.820
 namely Satan

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:05.460
 and his demons.

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.740
 He doesn't intermingle

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.600
 with them.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.320
 See,

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.600
 whenever Israel

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.420
 was tested,

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.740
 they failed.

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.660
 Whenever

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.580
 Jesus

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.620
 was tested,

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:17.440
 he passed

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:19.039
 with flying colors.

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:21.240
 Is that not

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.840
 the same

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.960
 with us,

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.759
 brothers and sisters?

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.920
 The law

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.460
 demands

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.279
 absolute

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.279
 perfection

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.800
 to be saved

00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:30.820
 because God

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.920
 is absolutely

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.640
 perfect.

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.660
 By that standard,

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.580
 no one

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.180
 is righteous,

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.039
 not a single

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.900
 one of us here.

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:42.480
 God has called

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.200
 us to worship

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.360
 him alone,

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:46.500
 but we have

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.440
 pursued idols

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.200
 like power,

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:48.580
 money,

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.160
 and sex.

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.600
 God has called

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.660
 us not to use

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.660
 his name in vain,

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:55.100
 but we have

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.800
 sinned with our

00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:56.019
 lips,

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.620
 haven't we?

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.660
 Sins of lip service,

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.200
 of unfulfilled

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.840
 oaths,

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:02.100
 of informality,

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.040
 when he is God.

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:06.119
 God has called

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.680
 us to honor

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.359
 our parents

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:08.059
 and our elders,

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.980
 but we've

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.539
 thought better,

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.159
 haven't we?

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.279
 God has called

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.839
 us not to

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.460
 kill,

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.480
 commit adultery,

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.680
 steal,

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.039
 lie,

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:16.420
 covet,

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.180
 but we have

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.779
 done all of

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.379
 those things,

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.940
 either in our

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.579
 bodies or in

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.099
 our hearts.

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:23.460
 In every place

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.519
 we have failed,

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.859
 Jesus has

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.399
 passed.

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.599
 Christ has

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.799
 passed every

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.720
 single test of

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:30.839
 his,

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.779
 every single

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.099
 one.

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.799
 But instead

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.299
 of writing

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.899
 his name

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.500
 on the exam

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.019
 alone,

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.899
 he has written

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.539
 the name of

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.519
 every believer

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.279
 on the exam,

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:40.199
 giving us,

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.980
 crediting us

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.859
 with his

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.839
 perfect grades.

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.899
 Why do we

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.500
 deserve this?

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.219
 We do not

00:27:46.219 --> 00:27:47.019
 deserve this.

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.419
 Therefore,

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.699
 because of our

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.459
 name on those

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.959
 exams,

00:27:52.459 --> 00:27:53.099
 because of our

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.139
 perfect grades

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.099
 in Christ,

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:56.059
 there is now

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:57.619
 no condemnation

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.439
 for those who

00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:59.000
 are in Christ

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.379
 Jesus.

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:00.899
 As we're

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.859
 united to him,

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.719
 the better

00:28:02.719 --> 00:28:03.539
 and true

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.219
 Israel.

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.240
 Praise be to

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.599
 God.

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:08.879
 I am a

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.099
 sinner.

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.839
 I've

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.199
 sinned

00:28:12.199 --> 00:28:13.500
 countless

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.259
 times without

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.719
 measure.

00:28:16.219 --> 00:28:16.639
 God,

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.699
 he shows me

00:28:17.699 --> 00:28:18.479
 unbelievable

00:28:18.479 --> 00:28:19.779
 mercy time

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.199
 and time

00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:20.539
 again.

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.179
 This is an

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.659
 unbelievable

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.299
 mercy we

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.159
 can't lose.

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.919
 We can't let

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.879
 gospel amnesia

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:28.039
 set in.

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:32.019
 Thank you,

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.359
 God.

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.899
 Move on in

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.399
 our passage

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.220
 that Jesus

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.019
 not only lives

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.799
 out the new

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.259
 exodus,

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.319
 but he lives

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.079
 out the new

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.779
 exile as well.

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.659
 Verses 16

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.200
 to 18.

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:47.019
 The wise men

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.980
 bought the

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.799
 holy family

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.879
 some time,

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.440
 but in the

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.700
 end,

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.539
 they only pour

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.599
 fuel onto

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:54.959
 Herod's fiery

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.859
 obsession with

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.359
 power,

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.279
 trying to keep

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.559
 it and

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.219
 control it.

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.879
 Ironically,

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.679
 Herod is

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:03.459
 tricked by the

00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:04.039
 very wise

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.859
 men that he

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.740
 tried to

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.619
 trick himself

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.339
 earlier in

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:08.599
 chapter 2.

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.699
 That should

00:29:10.699 --> 00:29:11.159
 have been his

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.939
 first clue that

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:13.119
 he is way in

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.879
 over his head

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:15.459
 and trying to

00:29:15.459 --> 00:29:16.359
 outdo or

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.099
 outsmart the

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.819
 sovereign Lord of

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.419
 the universe.

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.519
 Yet,

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.039
 in his

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.800
 blind

00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:21.360
 ignorance

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:22.460
 and unduly

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.000
 pride,

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.180
 enraged

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.600
 Herod,

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.779
 he starts

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.259
 to do some

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.519
 careful thinking,

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.700
 careful studying

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.860
 about when

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.600
 that star

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.100
 appeared,

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.519
 so that he

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.980
 could determine

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.880
 what age

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.700
 Jesus,

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.279
 the future

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.560
 king,

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.039
 might be.

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.720
 He decides

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.320
 then to

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:40.259
 massacre

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:42.100
 all of

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:43.220
 these male

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.920
 children,

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.560
 younger than

00:29:44.560 --> 00:29:45.019
 two years

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.420
 of age,

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.900
 in Jesus'

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.840
 birth town

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.400
 and region

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.360
 of Bethlehem.

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:52.000
 I imagine

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.920
 my own

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.279
 son,

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.640
 my precious

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.460
 newborn son,

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.820
 as one of

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.160
 these.

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.620
 It's a

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:00.980
 horrid

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.320
 evil.

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.960
 There are

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.460
 some who

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.539
 question whether

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.380
 Matthew made

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.880
 up this

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.300
 story,

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.940
 because there

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.460
 aren't any

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.460
 extra-biblical,

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.640
 any outside

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.300
 historic

00:30:13.300 --> 00:30:14.940
 sources that

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.680
 record this

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.019
 event,

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.900
 but this

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.480
 event is

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.279
 entirely

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.420
 historically

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.920
 plausible,

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.519
 because

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.980
 number one,

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:24.000
 the reality

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.420
 is when we

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.740
 read this

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.019
 passage,

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.519
 it sounds

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.639
 like thousands

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.099
 or maybe

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.700
 tens of

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.299
 thousands of

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.200
 children that

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.639
 are murdered,

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.720
 but the

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.680
 total population

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.460
 in the region

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.039
 of Bethlehem

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.599
 was likely

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.139
 no more

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.440
 than a

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.779
 thousand,

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.240
 so that

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.899
 likely meant

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.720
 only less

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.299
 than 20

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:39.619
 children that

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.319
 were murdered.

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.379
 Not to

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:42.059
 minimize this

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.279
 evil,

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.220
 but just to

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.940
 understand what

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.399
 the scale

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.759
 is.

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.039
 And given

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.839
 evil's

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.720
 Herod reputation

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:50.039
 that Sean

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.720
 talked about,

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:52.140
 this is really

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.779
 not beyond

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.140
 him.

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.220
 Yet despite

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.759
 Herod's

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.819
 carefully planned,

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.579
 soundproof scheme,

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:01.420
 he is no match

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.160
 for the sovereign

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.519
 Lord.

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:05.019
 Not only is the

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.180
 Lord able to

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.180
 save Jesus,

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.720
 but this

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.960
 terrible tragedy

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:11.000
 is actually

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.079
 incorporated

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.819
 into his

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.599
 story to

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.720
 build Jesus'

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.279
 birth narrative,

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.579
 to build his

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:20.059
 resume that

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.819
 he is the

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.599
 Messiah, that

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.279
 he is fulfilling

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.279
 yet another

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.359
 Old Testament

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.960
 prophecy.

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.200
 See, Herod

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.339
 tries to hurt

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.700
 Jesus, but in

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.640
 actuality he

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:32.380
 helps Jesus

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.839
 establish his

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.500
 Messiahship.

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.039
 Therefore, the

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.180
 Holy Family and

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.680
 Jesus can say,

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.019
 along with

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:43.000
 Joseph at the

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.859
 end of Israel

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.420
 to his

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.299
 betraying

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:47.019
 brothers, you

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.720
 meant it for

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.700
 evil, but God

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.460
 meant it for

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.700
 good.

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.440
 Yet one point

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.259
 should be made

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.119
 clear, our

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:55.619
 good God, he

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:57.759
 is never, ever

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:59.379
 responsible for

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.940
 evil sin.

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.059
 Throughout the

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.859
 book, Matthew

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:04.319
 introduces quote

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.440
 after quote from

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.220
 the Old Testament,

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.879
 and he introduces

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:09.779
 them all except in

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.420
 just two places,

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.879
 all of them uses

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:13.139
 the more purposeful

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:16.139
 word, so that, in

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:17.539
 order to, that's the

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.059
 Greek word.

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.839
 This happened in

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.899
 order to fulfill

00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.319
 scripture.

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:25.460
 But in two odd

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.740
 times, this being

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:28.960
 one of them, he

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.660
 uses the more

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:31.839
 passive word, then.

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.680
 Herod's infanticide

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:37.119
 then fulfills

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.599
 scripture.

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.879
 God does not

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.579
 kill these

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.659
 infants in order

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.480
 to fulfill

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.839
 scripture.

00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.299
 Do you guys

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.039
 understand the

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.599
 difference there?

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.959
 Yes, God is

00:32:45.959 --> 00:32:47.399
 sovereign over

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.799
 his creation, and

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:50.039
 he can use man's

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:51.179
 evil sin as part of

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.599
 his good plan, but

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.959
 yet scripture never

00:32:53.959 --> 00:32:55.399
 attributes, never

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.279
 ever attributes

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.799
 sin to him.

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.799
 God with us.

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:00.680
 And this passage

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:02.200
 adds another level

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.680
 of depth to

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:05.139
 Jesus' title of

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:06.759
 Emmanuel, God

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.779
 with us.

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.980
 Part and parcel

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.700
 of living in this

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:13.139
 broken land is to

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:14.539
 experience injustice,

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:17.119
 hurt, pain, sin.

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:20.599
 So if Jesus came

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:22.799
 and he established

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.740
 his own utopia,

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:27.039
 his own perfect land,

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.819
 living in the

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.859
 richest of palaces,

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.279
 in the safest of

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:32.139
 lands, what good

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:34.559
 would it be that

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.599
 Jesus has this

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.599
 title, Emmanuel?

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.319
 More than even,

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.920
 in what real sense

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:43.059
 would God really be

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.000
 with us?

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.000
 But no, as Tim

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.379
 Keller, pastor, has

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:50.579
 observed, even when

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.799
 God is sovereign

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:53.480
 over suffering, in

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.139
 teaching that is

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.899
 unique to the

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:56.019
 Christian faith among

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.980
 the major religions,

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.579
 God also made

00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:00.019
 himself vulnerable

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.819
 and subject to

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.259
 suffering.

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.899
 So if this Christmas

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.759
 season has been

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:09.739
 hard, it's been

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:11.639
 lonely, it's been

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.739
 full of grief, if

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:14.039
 this entire year has

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:18.860
 just been hard, know

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.159
 that Christmas that

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.279
 comes in three days

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:23.059
 has more to offer you

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.239
 than just gifts or

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:25.299
 superficial fun.

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:28.079
 This Christmas, you

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.480
 can remember that

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:31.239
 though he be eternal

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:33.960
 God, he came in the

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:35.340
 flesh and subjected

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:37.039
 himself to suffering.

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:40.079
 Here in his birth, but

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.539
 that much more at the

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:43.340
 cross, at the end of

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.380
 his life, in how he

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.759
 died.

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:49.000
 Jesus came to experience

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.280
 to the greatest degree

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:52.320
 of pain so that he can

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.400
 empathize, not just

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.260
 sympathize, he can

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:55.800
 empathize with your

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.160
 pain.

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.760
 He too wept.

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.340
 He too has lost loved

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.640
 ones.

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.460
 He too was backstabbed

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.920
 and betrayed.

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.780
 He too was lonely.

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.100
 So turn to Jesus, your

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:08.240
 greatest friend and

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:09.940
 comforter, the one who

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.240
 can bear the weight of

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.299
 all your pain this

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:13.079
 Christmas season.

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:17.379
 He is Emmanuel, God

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:19.519
 with us, God with you.

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.479
 And he does this

00:35:22.479 --> 00:35:23.819
 ultimately by experiencing

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:25.739
 the new exile,

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:27.759
 fulfilling the quoted

00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:30.619
 Jeremiah 31, 15,

00:35:31.399 --> 00:35:33.039
 that passage in verse 18

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.539
 in ours.

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:36.719
 Like before, this verse

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:38.739
 is not clearly messianic,

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:41.319
 but the key, again, is

00:35:41.319 --> 00:35:42.919
 to hear the music.

00:35:43.459 --> 00:35:44.539
 Hear the music of

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.259
 typology.

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:47.159
 Because again, this is a

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.099
 verse that looks

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.939
 backwards.

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:53.919
 Jeremiah 31, 15 is

00:35:53.919 --> 00:35:55.899
 about Rachel, the wife

00:35:55.899 --> 00:35:57.419
 of Jacob and one of the

00:35:57.419 --> 00:35:58.759
 mothers of the twelve

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.699
 tribes of Israel.

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:02.000
 And she is figuratively

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:03.799
 weeping over her

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:05.679
 murdered and exiled

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.379
 children.

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.460
 children.

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:08.940
 When Assyria came

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.360
 along, when Babylon

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:11.700
 came along, with

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.940
 terrible sieges, with

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:15.039
 vicious battles, conquered

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:16.539
 Israel and Judah.

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:20.539
 Now, Matthew is hearing

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.940
 that music again.

00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:23.960
 In the exile.

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:26.840
 In Jesus' birth

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:28.360
 narrative, this time

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:31.440
 Rachel, she weeps over

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.740
 the murdered children at

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:35.200
 the hands of Herod and

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:36.759
 the exiled child

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:39.259
 Jesus as he is sent

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.419
 out of the promised

00:36:40.419 --> 00:36:40.799
 land.

00:36:41.899 --> 00:36:43.119
 And this hits a

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.819
 particular nerve for

00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:46.179
 the Jews of Matthew's

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:48.179
 time, of Jesus' time.

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:50.239
 Because while they may be

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:51.659
 back in the promised

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:53.219
 land of Israel, they

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:55.039
 still see themselves in

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.539
 exile.

00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:57.759
 Yes, by the

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:59.099
 providence of God, by

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.239
 the faithfulness of God,

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:02.239
 a remnant of Israel has

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:04.460
 physically returned to the

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.840
 land.

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.740
 But Israel never gets

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:08.039
 back to its height of

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:10.059
 power and independence as

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.880
 she experienced like when

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:13.000
 King David ruled.

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.360
 Instead, different nations

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:18.980
 rule over Israel and kings

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:20.659
 like Herod can do this to

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:20.900
 them.

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:23.159
 How evil and how wrong.

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.960
 You even get a sentiment of

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:27.179
 this, or you even get a

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.539
 hint of this sentiment and

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:30.440
 the opening genealogy of the

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.699
 book.

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:32.539
 You read of the historical

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:34.119
 marker, key historical

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.559
 marker that they departed

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:38.319
 to Babylon, the

00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:40.460
 deportation of Babylon, but

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.819
 we never read that they've

00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:42.339
 returned.

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:45.599
 So they continue to wonder

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:48.339
 who will be the one to

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:49.980
 stop our mother Rachel's

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.319
 tears.

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.420
 years.

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:54.820
 But they misunderstood two

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:56.720
 big things about their

00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:57.340
 exile.

00:37:58.720 --> 00:38:01.640
 The why and the when of

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.280
 their exile.

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:05.660
 The why they were exiled out

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:07.780
 of the promised land, not

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:09.180
 because of a lack of political

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:11.340
 power, not because a lack of a

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:13.300
 political Messiah, but because

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:14.660
 of their sin.

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:17.379
 And then the when, the reality

00:38:17.379 --> 00:38:18.940
 is their exile has started

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:20.519
 long, long ago.

00:38:21.379 --> 00:38:24.219
 In fact, even when Adam and

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:26.379
 Eve were around, because

00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:27.799
 their exile started when they

00:38:27.799 --> 00:38:29.500
 were cast out of the Garden

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:32.019
 of Eden because of their sin.

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:36.500
 This is the capital E exile that

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:38.779
 Jesus has come to deliver us

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:41.039
 from, sinners like you and me.

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:44.639
 We've all been exiled out of

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:46.279
 the presence of a holy God.

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:49.079
 How did he do this for us?

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:52.300
 Galatians 3.13, Paul writes,

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:54.259
 Christ redeemed us from the

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:55.920
 curse of the law by becoming a

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.719
 curse for us.

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:58.820
 For it is written, cursed is

00:38:58.820 --> 00:39:00.239
 everyone who is hanged on a

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.460
 tree.

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:04.539
 The idea of being cursed, he's

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.920
 quoting Deuteronomy here.

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:08.219
 The idea of being cursed is

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:10.440
 synonymous to being exiled,

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:12.179
 spit out from the land.

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:16.179
 And so Paul is seeing that on

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:18.440
 the cross tree, Jesus experiences

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:20.980
 the greatest curse of being

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:23.300
 exiled from his holy father.

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:26.139
 The relationship that he enjoyed

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.880
 for eternity's past, before the

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:29.559
 foundation of the world, he was

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.179
 exiled.

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.940
 Because he took on all of our

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:35.559
 sin, all of our heinous sin was

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:37.039
 imputed upon Christ.

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:44.820
 Christ became this curse.

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:47.619
 He voluntarily walked into his

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:50.300
 exile, this capital E exile,

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:52.739
 because he knew that this was the

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:55.860
 only way for sinners to ever come

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:57.820
 back into the presence of God.

00:39:57.820 --> 00:40:00.980
 But Christ, and we sang about this

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:03.660
 earlier, in his perfection and

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:05.820
 glory, could not remain exiled,

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:07.620
 could not stay dead.

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:10.260
 But he would defeat the curse of

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.760
 the exile.

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:14.320
 In his resurrection, he sets an

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.240
 example for us, our future hope of

00:40:17.240 --> 00:40:19.360
 our resurrection, of our returning

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:22.480
 from exile, our full restoration in

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:24.400
 heaven, where we will be God's

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:26.300
 people and he will be our God.

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:30.180
 And there we will dwell with him as

00:40:30.180 --> 00:40:33.120
 we should, as we were intended for

00:40:33.120 --> 00:40:35.560
 10,000 years and for 10,000 more.

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:40.740
 Therefore, Christmas, it's marking the

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:42.380
 beginning of the end.

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:45.200
 The beginning of the end of our

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.740
 exile.

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:48.539
 We're making it back to the garden

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:53.100
 through this little infant child, this

00:40:53.100 --> 00:40:54.380
 tiny little baby.

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:57.340
 So you guys know, I just had a kid

00:40:57.340 --> 00:41:00.079
 and I spent this entire Advent season

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:02.599
 just marveling how Jesus looked like

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.539
 my son, Theodore.

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:07.440
 The most unexpected leader.

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:10.840
 He expects, or he sets up new

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:12.360
 expectations for us.

00:41:13.140 --> 00:41:15.440
 So we come to the third and final

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:17.619
 passage, or section of our passage,

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:21.019
 where Jesus returns from Egypt, now

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:23.599
 officially fulfilling the earlier stated

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:25.360
 prophecy, Hosea 11.1.

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:27.519
 He's finally out of Egypt, back into

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:27.860
 Israel.

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:32.019
 And he does this by fulfilling his

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:34.420
 promise by appearing to Joseph at the

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:37.400
 promised time when Herod died.

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:41.019
 Throughout scripture, God has never once

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:42.820
 reneged on his promises.

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.860
 Not once.

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:48.559
 From Adam to Abraham, from Joshua to

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:52.800
 Joseph, from Eve to Ezra, God has always

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:54.099
 been true to his word.

00:41:54.680 --> 00:41:56.180
 So why would he fail Joseph now?

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:58.519
 He's precisely at the right timing.

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:01.700
 So when Herod dies, he calls him through

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:03.200
 this angel, through another dream.

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:06.480
 Because Herod has died.

00:42:07.339 --> 00:42:09.000
 Witness the great reversal.

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:12.359
 The powerful, reigning King Herod has

00:42:12.359 --> 00:42:12.719
 died.

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:16.259
 The weak, small King Jesus has lived.

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:20.899
 Once again, Joseph follows the angels'

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:22.480
 commands to a T.

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:25.639
 Again, because Matthew has that repetition,

00:42:25.839 --> 00:42:27.259
 that exact repetition.

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:31.919
 And naturally, upon his arrival, upon his

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:35.519
 return, Joseph likely considered going

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:38.680
 first to Bethlehem, the place where

00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:39.639
 Jesus was born.

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:43.019
 But there's only one problem with that.

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:46.800
 And his name is Archelaus, the son of

00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:47.079
 Herod.

00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:51.480
 Even with Herod gone, the enemies of

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:52.760
 Jesus still linger.

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:54.220
 And we're going to see that throughout

00:42:54.220 --> 00:42:54.780
 his story.

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:59.780
 Once Herod died, parts of his kingdom

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:02.620
 were split up between his three sons.

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:06.100
 And Archelaus took over Judea and Samaria.

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:09.860
 And history records show that the Jews

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:11.940
 were no fans of this king.

00:43:13.740 --> 00:43:16.860
 Ancient Jewish historian Josephus records

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:22.080
 that when he began his reign, Archelaus

00:43:22.080 --> 00:43:25.780
 massacred some 3,000 Jews at Passover,

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:29.780
 one of the most revered events for the Jew.

00:43:31.180 --> 00:43:33.700
 He was even too cruel for Rome.

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.880
 So he kicked them off.

00:43:36.040 --> 00:43:38.700
 Rome kicked them off his throne in 6 AD,

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:41.360
 citing his tyranny, citing his evil.

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:44.120
 And they replaced him with one prefect,

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:46.180
 a Pontius Pilate.

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:50.500
 Not only did Joseph's fatherly instincts

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:53.660
 lead him away from Judea, but he was directed

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:56.599
 in another dream to withdraw to Galilee.

00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:00.000
 So Jesus directs his family to the town

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:03.299
 Nazareth, a town that's 70 miles north

00:44:03.299 --> 00:44:08.019
 of his birthplace, Bethlehem.

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:10.839
 And why Israel, or why Nazareth?

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:13.440
 According to Luke, this is really where

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:16.739
 Joseph and Mary were when they were betrothed

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:18.480
 before they had baby Jesus.

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:20.519
 So they should be well familiar with this town

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:20.920
 as well.

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:26.320
 These changes in plan were all to fulfill

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:28.860
 our third and final prophecy.

00:44:29.820 --> 00:44:31.539
 And this one is unlike the others.

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:35.380
 It's unique because in Matthew,

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:41.539
 there's not a single passage where he doesn't,

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:44.219
 or all the passages he quotes directly

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:48.400
 from one particular verse in the Old Testament.

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:52.200
 But here he's not directly quoting a passage

00:44:52.200 --> 00:44:52.940
 in the Old Testament.

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:57.780
 The word Nazarene, the word Nazareth,

00:44:58.079 --> 00:45:01.320
 it never comes up once in the Old Testament.

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:03.160
 It's fascinating.

00:45:03.380 --> 00:45:06.380
 Instead, it seems like Matthew is collaging together

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:08.019
 multiple prophecies.

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:11.700
 You'll see that literary clue in verse 23

00:45:11.700 --> 00:45:14.079
 when Matthew uses the plural prophets

00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:16.860
 instead of the singular prophet

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:18.940
 like he does in all the other times.

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:22.099
 What then are these prophecies

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:23.840
 that Matthew is collaging?

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:27.119
 Some think that Matthew is having,

00:45:27.319 --> 00:45:28.739
 or making a play on words.

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:33.039
 They see the Greek word Nazareth or Nazarene

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:36.019
 connected to the Hebrew word Natsar,

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:39.519
 which means branch or root.

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:41.360
 And so then you can hear,

00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:43.460
 if you're familiar with the Old Testament,

00:45:43.699 --> 00:45:46.559
 the fulfillment of prophecies like Isaiah 11,

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.619
 which reads,

00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:51.199
 there shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:53.679
 and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit,

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:56.699
 and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him.

00:45:57.739 --> 00:46:01.259
 This is entirely a plausible interpretation,

00:46:01.719 --> 00:46:04.440
 and it might not be mutually exclusive either,

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:07.300
 but I tend to agree more with those

00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:09.619
 who see that Matthew is not seeing

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.920
 the fulfillment of this prophecy

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:13.280
 necessarily in the specific name

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:15.460
 or in the place of Nazareth,

00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:18.360
 but rather what Nazareth represents.

00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:23.639
 Calling Nazareth a city in verse 23

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:25.440
 is likely not the best translation

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:29.000
 because when we hear of the word city,

00:46:29.139 --> 00:46:32.480
 we think of bustling metropolitan areas

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:34.820
 and gatherings of people

00:46:34.820 --> 00:46:38.579
 pushing the bounds of culture and advancement.

00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:41.679
 But no, by those standards,

00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:43.500
 Nazareth was no city.

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:46.059
 It was a small rural village

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:48.039
 with less than 500 people.

00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:52.760
 Moreover, Nazareth was in the region of Galilee,

00:46:53.199 --> 00:46:55.579
 not in the region of Judea.

00:46:56.820 --> 00:46:57.440
 And back then,

00:46:57.539 --> 00:47:00.199
 Judeans looked down upon the Galileans.

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:03.539
 Judeans were much more politically correct today,

00:47:03.739 --> 00:47:04.819
 for better, for worse,

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.659
 for better.

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:09.919
 But it's much like how the Civil War era,

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:11.539
 right, during the Union South,

00:47:11.859 --> 00:47:13.099
 or the Union North, rather,

00:47:13.659 --> 00:47:16.079
 looked down upon the Confederate South.

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:18.779
 They compared them to savage wilderness,

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:22.980
 a second-class citizenry,

00:47:23.239 --> 00:47:25.439
 and an outdated culture.

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:30.240
 Like this, the Judeans had their noses in the air,

00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:33.539
 and they scoffed at the idea of their Messiah King

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:36.599
 coming from a place like Galilee.

00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:38.480
 On top of that,

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:41.579
 it also seems like Nazareth has a particular reputation

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:44.179
 within the region of Galilee itself.

00:47:45.380 --> 00:47:47.559
 One of Jesus' disciples, Nathaniel,

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:51.720
 upon hearing that Jesus is from Nazareth,

00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:54.859
 and mind you, Nathaniel, he's from Cana,

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:56.639
 he's a Galilean too.

00:47:58.059 --> 00:48:00.279
 But then when he hears that Jesus is from Nazareth,

00:48:00.439 --> 00:48:00.899
 he says,

00:48:01.159 --> 00:48:03.199
 can anything good come out of Nazareth?

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:07.539
 If Nathaniel, a Galilean himself,

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:10.959
 reacted this way to Jesus the Nazarene,

00:48:11.319 --> 00:48:12.619
 imagine what Judeans,

00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:15.379
 imagine what the Pharisees thought,

00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:17.219
 that their savior king,

00:48:17.339 --> 00:48:18.500
 their future king,

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:22.019
 came from this dirty, lowly Nazareth.

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:24.699
 So then the words,

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:26.860
 he shall be called a Nazarene,

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:29.579
 it relates more to prophecies

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:31.599
 revolving Jesus' rejection,

00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:33.639
 his obscurity.

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:36.519
 Prophecies like Isaiah 53,

00:48:36.739 --> 00:48:38.659
 which predicts that the suffering servant

00:48:38.659 --> 00:48:41.500
 will be without form or majesty,

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:42.719
 that we should look at him,

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:46.679
 that he will be despised and rejected by men.

00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:53.940
 Now all this shows that God does not need

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:55.659
 to play the games of man

00:48:55.659 --> 00:48:58.480
 to make sure that Jesus is well-respected,

00:48:59.019 --> 00:49:00.780
 well-liked, popular.

00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:04.639
 Why would God need to fear the opinions of man?

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:07.320
 He doesn't abide by the rules

00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:09.320
 of our man-made beauty contests

00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:12.139
 to make sure that Jesus can save us from our sin.

00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:17.320
 No, God deliberately sends Jesus to Nazareth

00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:19.380
 to be raised there of all places

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:23.019
 to overturn all of man's expectations.

00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:27.800
 And see, this world never really stopped

00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:30.480
 looking down on Jesus, have they?

00:49:32.019 --> 00:49:34.760
 The arrogance and the smugness

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:36.320
 of the Judeans and the Pharisees

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:39.240
 has just continued right along

00:49:39.240 --> 00:49:40.460
 throughout church history.

00:49:40.460 --> 00:49:43.740
 And in our world today,

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:45.220
 there are plenty of those

00:49:45.220 --> 00:49:48.300
 who think that they're just a little too sophisticated,

00:49:49.260 --> 00:49:50.940
 just a little too educated

00:49:50.940 --> 00:49:52.920
 to believe,

00:49:53.740 --> 00:49:55.639
 to think and accept

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:57.980
 that Jesus is their Lord and Savior.

00:49:58.840 --> 00:50:00.900
 It's just too beneath them.

00:50:00.900 --> 00:50:00.980
 Now,

00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:05.699
 as I close,

00:50:05.860 --> 00:50:06.760
 I ask,

00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:09.719
 does that attitude rub off on you?

00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:12.619
 Do you pause?

00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:15.340
 Do your hands get a little clammy

00:50:15.340 --> 00:50:17.099
 whenever the topic of religion

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:19.360
 comes up with your coworkers?

00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:21.840
 Do you feel embarrassed?

00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:25.099
 Are you ashamed of this Christ,

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:26.380
 this Nazarene?

00:50:26.380 --> 00:50:30.460
 I confess I've struggled with this.

00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:32.599
 But we have to remember

00:50:32.599 --> 00:50:34.240
 that as Paul wrote,

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 God chose what is foolish in this world

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 to despise or to shame the wise.

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 God chose what is weak in the world

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 to shame the strong.

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 God chose what is low

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 and despised in the world,

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 even things that are not,

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 to bring to nothing things that are,

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 so that no human being

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 might boast in the presence of God.

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 God,

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 no other name

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 by which we must be saved

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 but the name of Jesus.

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 Only his name

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 that has been given to men

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 we can be saved from and by.

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 Christian,

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 no matter how much

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 they slander his name,

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 no matter how much

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 the world's smugness discourages you

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 or tempts you to belittle

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 or be embarrassed,

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 never be ashamed

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 to stand by

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 and to confess this name.

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 It's our highest

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 and greatest honor

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 to stand by Jesus.

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 Only this Nazarene

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 is the foretold Messiah,

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 fulfilling hundreds

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 of centuries-old prophecy.

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 Only this Nazarene

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 has come to release us

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 from the bondage

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 of our sin and death

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 and to bring us back

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 from exile.

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 Only this Nazarene

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 is the true

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 and better Israel

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 who has come

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 to fix all the stuff

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 that we have gotten wrong.

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 Praise be to God.

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 Pray with me.

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 Lord,

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 we look to you,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 again,

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 depending upon your strength.

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 My words are weak.

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 My words are insufficient,

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 but you are strong.

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 You are able.

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 You are strong, God.

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 So we look to you

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 in humble dependence.

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 Help us to remember you

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 and make much of you

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 in our lives.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.