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 Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Hebrews chapter 1.

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 While you're getting there, just a little aside, a little over a week ago I turned 39, and I'm feeling that.

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 But then I realized that I got an extra short haircut.

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 I sat down with the barber and said, do whatever you want to, which I think is the kind of attitude you should have when you're 39.

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 And this is the haircut he gave me.

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 And then I got contacts, which I realize that many of you have never seen me without glasses.

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 It's been a while.

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 The reason I got contacts is because I used to always wear contacts, but we had a baby, and we just paid him off.

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 He's almost three, and I felt like I could afford contacts once again.

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 I just, I want you all to know that I am not having a midlife crisis.

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 It just kind of all happened at the same time, so I'm okay.

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 I can't guarantee what will happen next January, but at least for now.

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 Our text for today is Hebrews chapter 1, verse 1, and the first half of verse 2.

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 It's my intention, although we know how this goes, to preach a brief sermon this morning as an introduction to the book of Hebrews.

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 But this brief sermon, I hope, is going to be a brief sermon with a long introduction.

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 So I just want you to hang tight on Hebrews chapter 1, verse 1 and 2, as I work to give you some background to the book of Hebrews.

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 The book of Hebrews is a gorgeous book of the Bible.

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 It is extremely well written.

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 And we'll talk a bit more about that soon.

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 As such, it can also be a bit perplexing.

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 If you've ever taken up the task of studying the book of Hebrews, you know exactly what I mean.

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 As we work through it in this next year, I'm sure I'll feel that more than I even do now.

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 I have a wonderful commentary by a man named William Lane, who's a contemporary, highly respected New Testament authority.

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 And he wrote this in his introduction to his commentary.

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 Hebrews is a delight for the person who loves puzzles.

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 Its form is unusual.

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 Its setting in life is uncertain.

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 And its argument is unfamiliar.

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 It invites engagement in the task of defining the undefined.

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 Undefined are the identity of the writer, his conceptual background,

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 the character and location of the community addressed,

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 the circumstances and date of composition,

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 the nature of the crisis to which the document is a response,

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 the literary genre,

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 and the purpose and plan of the document as a response.

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 Although these undefined issues continue to be addressed and debated vigorously,

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 no real consensus has been reached.

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 It's encouraging because we begin a study of the book of Hebrews, is it not?

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 There is probably no other book of the Bible of which more has been written

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 and more opposition exists because we're laboring to define the undefined.

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 There's some things that are unclear about this book.

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 So, Lane then goes on to do a very careful work

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 to give us what I like to call the probabilities and the likelies.

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 So, you'll hear me use those words quite a bit to say probably.

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 So, we're going to talk about the writer of Hebrews

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 because we don't actually know.

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 We don't have a confidence in who wrote the book of Hebrews.

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 But we could say something like probably so-and-so or such-and-such,

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 which I won't really do.

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 But we may do that in some other areas,

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 the probabilities and the likelies.

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 There is, though, one matter without contention.

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 The theme of Hebrews is

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 the supremacy and finality of Jesus Christ.

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 The supremacy and finality of Jesus Christ.

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 Christ is greater than.

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 You can fill in anything in that blank.

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 Christ is greater than.

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 And the writer of Hebrews makes the case

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 that Christ is greater than angels.

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 Christ is greater than priests.

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 And Christ is greater than any old covenant institution.

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 Christ is supreme.

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 And Christ is the final word.

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 God has spoken by His Son.

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 We'll see in our text this morning.

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 And we need now no new revelation.

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 God spoke in Christ and in the New Testament

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 that gives witness to Christ.

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 So, Jesus is also final in this way.

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 The supremacy and finality of Jesus Christ.

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 Now, let's talk about some things we can know

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 and maybe guess at

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 about the author,

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 about the audience,

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 and about the occasion of this writing.

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 Now, the author is presumably

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 within the circle of Paul.

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 Pauline's circle, missionary band.

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 You remember that Paul would travel around.

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 He'd pick up a disciple

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 and leave a disciple behind.

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 They were constantly in this melee

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 of joining and splitting apart.

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 Although, with fair confidence,

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 we can say that the author was not Paul.

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 So, we can see that he was part of the circle of Paul

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 because in Hebrews 13, verse 23,

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 he says,

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 you should know that our brother,

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 Timothy,

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 has been released,

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 with whom I shall see you

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 if he comes soon.

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 So, he often has the intention

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 of coming back and joining this people,

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 and he anticipates

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 that Timothy will join him.

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 And this is the Timothy we know

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 as Paul's compatriot.

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 Right?

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 However,

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 we do not believe that he is Paul

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 because the language of Hebrews

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 constitutes the finest Greek

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 in the New Testament.

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 Now, you might think,

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 gosh, but Paul's writing.

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 And yes, I agree with you on that.

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 But even as we say that,

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 we have to go,

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 oh, but the writer of Hebrews.

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 It is the finest Greek

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 in the New Testament.

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 Right?

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 We don't really have a standard

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 for that as American Christians.

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 So, we have to look to scholars

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 to help us with it.

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 Again,

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 William Lane says

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 that the writer of Hebrews,

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 Greek,

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 is far superior

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 to the Pauline standard.

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 And,

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 it contains within it

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 very distinctive imagery.

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 Ship Adrift,

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 chapter 2, verse 1.

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 An anchor gripping the seabed,

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 chapter 6, verse 19.

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 A double-edged sword,

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 chapter 4, verse 12.

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 And these are all images

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 that are foreign to Pauline usage.

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 He never again,

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 he never picks these things up,

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 I shouldn't say again.

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 He never does use any of this imagery.

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 And it's wonderful imagery.

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 If you stick with me for very long,

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 you'll hear me use the same imagery

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 because when I find one that works,

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 I use it.

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 Right?

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 And Paul doesn't do that

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 in any of his letters.

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 And so,

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 this man,

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 I think with fair certainty,

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 we can say,

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 was in the circle of Paul,

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 but was not Paul.

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 We also,

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 with some fair certainty,

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 can know that he was a

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 Hellenistic Jewish Christian.

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 That is to say,

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 he was Jewish

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 in his ethnic descent,

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 but he was Hellenistic,

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 it means he's a Greek-speaking Jew.

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 He had been part of dispersion

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 and his family had been spread abroad

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 and then had come down through.

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 So,

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 the Hellenistic Jews

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 were those who were primarily,

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 predominantly,

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 Greek-speaking Jews.

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 Hebrews.

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 And we can presume this

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 because the book of Hebrews

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 is full,

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 it is,

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 it is just chock full

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 of Old Testament references,

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 but they are exclusively

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 from the Septuagint.

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 The Septuagint,

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 the Septuagint was the Greek translation

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 of the Old Testament.

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 This would have been the Old Testament

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 of the Hellenistic Jews.

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 Much like we pick up our English copies

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 of the text,

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 they would have picked up

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 a Greek copy,

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 a translated Greek copy

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 of the text.

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 It's called the Septuagint.

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 And all of his citations

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 are from that text.

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 So,

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 maybe he knew his audience

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 so well,

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 who were also most likely

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 Hellenistic Jewish Christians,

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 that he was using their text,

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 but his familiarity with it

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 probably means that it was also his.

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 It was the text that he himself

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 would have learned from.

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 The book of Hebrews

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 is a work of eloquent rhetoric.

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 Eloquent rhetoric.

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 So, the author makes a case

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 and then spends the letter

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 defending that case.

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 Because of that,

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 I like Apollos as the writer.

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 I can't know this for sure,

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 but I just like him.

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 If I was going to say,

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 I've got to pick one,

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 that's my guy

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 I'm going to pick.

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 And this is because,

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 and this is as complicated

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 as my argument will be,

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 and then I'll move on.

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 Luke writes in Acts 18,

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 verse 24,

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 Now a Jew named Apollos,

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 a native of Alexandria,

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 Hellenistic Jewish Christian,

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 came to Ephesus.

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 He was an eloquent man,

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 competent in the Scriptures.

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 And this phrase eloquent man

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 was used to describe somebody

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 who had been trained in rhetoric.

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 So, we know that Apollos

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 was a Hellenistic Jew.

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 He was a Christian.

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 And he had been trained in rhetoric.

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 And Luke then tells us,

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 verse 24,

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 that he was competent

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 in the Scriptures.

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 What would have been

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 Apollos' Scriptures?

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 The Septuagint,

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 that Greek translation

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 of the Old Testament.

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 That's it.

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 That's why I like him for it.

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 And not beyond.

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 So, I will not refer to Apollos

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 as the author.

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 I will just say

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 the writer of Hebrews.

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 Now, this eloquence

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 that's here used to describe Apollos

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 can most certainly be used

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 to describe the writer of Hebrews

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 is persuasive speech or writing.

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 I think we really quickly think

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 of eloquence as beautiful speech.

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 And it can be that.

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 The book of Hebrews is that.

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 But moreover,

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 the word means persuasive writing.

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 Sometimes beautiful writing

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 is persuasive.

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 But that's the point,

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 is that the author of Hebrews

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 is an eloquent writer.

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 Has made the case

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 very carefully

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 and very well

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 for the supremacy

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 and finality

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 It's very likely

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 that the writer of Hebrews

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 was a trained man.

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 He'd been trained in this art

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 of being persuasive

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 with words.

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 But at the end of it all,

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 he is unknown

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 and obscure.

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 We're just not sure.

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 Let's talk a little bit

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 about his audience.

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 Again, as I said,

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 I believe that these were

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 Hellenistic Jewish Christians

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 because of the use

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 of the Septuagint.

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 They were Greek-speaking Christians

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 of Jewish descent.

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 And these were

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 Hellenistic Jewish Christians

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 that had not seen Jesus

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 but had heard the gospel

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 and believed.

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 This was a church

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 that had been

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 formed by

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 those who had gone out

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 to preach the good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Hebrews 2, verse 1.

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 The writer says,

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 Therefore,

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 we must pay much closer attention

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 to what we have heard

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 lest we drift

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 away from it.

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 In other places

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 in the New Testament,

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 Paul will say things like

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 what we have seen

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 and heard.

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 So it's most likely

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 that they hadn't seen

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 but they had heard.

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 They had heard this good news

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 and believed it

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 and became Christians

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 as such.

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 We also believe,

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 with the kind of certainty

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 that we can have,

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 that this group of Christians

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 had an Italian

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 locust,

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 location,

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 the center.

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 They were somewhere

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 in the realm

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 of Italy.

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 And there's some clues

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 in the text

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 that they were in

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 an urban environment

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 and so many will say

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 likely they were somewhere

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 in or around Rome.

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 Hebrews 13, 24,

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 the writer says,

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 Greet all your leaders

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 and all the saints.

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 Those who come from Italy

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 send you greetings.

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 But we think

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 he's referring to people

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 who had been sent

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 from them,

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 who knew them,

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 right,

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 or sent from them

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 to where he was

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 are simply saying,

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 oh hey,

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 you're writing a letter

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 back to them?

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 Please let them know

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 we said hello.

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 So it's likely

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 this is where

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 they're located

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 but once again,

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 unknown

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 and obscure.

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 We're not really

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 sure.

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 Now we know

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 a little bit more

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 about the occasion

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 but not the specifics

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 of it.

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 Why is the writer

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 of Hebrews

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 writing?

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 Why is it that he

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 thinks it's so important

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 to develop

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 such a beautiful work

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 to convince them

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 of the supremacy

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 and finality

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 of Jesus Christ?

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 We know a bit

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 about what was

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 going on

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 with them.

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 We believe

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 that this was

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 a first century letter

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 likely written

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 before A.D. 70

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 which is when

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 the temple in Jerusalem

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 was destroyed.

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 And we believe

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 this because

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 he uses language

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 speaking of the

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 sacrificial system

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 as if it's still

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 happening.

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 He doesn't speak

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 of it in past tense.

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 He speaks of it

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 in present tense.

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 And in A.D. 70

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 when the temple

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 was destroyed

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 that service

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 stopped.

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 It no longer

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 existed

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 at that point.

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 So Hebrews

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 chapter 7

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 verse 27

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 and 28

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 he says

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 he has no need

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 speaking of Christ

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 like those high

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 priests

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 to offer

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 sacrifices daily

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 first for his

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 own sins

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 and then for

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 those of the

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 people

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 since he did

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 this once for

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 all when he

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 offered up

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 himself.

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 For the law

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 appoints men

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 in their weakness

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 as high priests

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 but the word

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 of the oath

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 which came later

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 than the law

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 appoints a son

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 who has been

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 made perfect

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 forever.

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 So you see

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 that present

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 feeling to the

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 text that he's

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 writing there.

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 So it likely

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 happened

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 this letter

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 was written

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 before the

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 temple was

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 destroyed.

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 It also

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 likely happened

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 we don't know

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 but probably

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 after the

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 Christian persecution

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 under the

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 Roman emperor

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 Claudius.

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 The Roman

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 historian

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 Suetonius

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 wrote in

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 Life of the

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 Deified

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 Claudius

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 quote

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 there were

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 riots in

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 the Jewish

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 quarter

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 at the

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 instigation

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 of

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 Crestus

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 as a result

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 Claudius

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 expelled

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 the Jews

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 from Rome.

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 Modern

00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:27.759
 historians

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 widely agree

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 that

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 Crestus

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 is a

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 reference

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 to Christ.

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 It's a

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 mishearing

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 it's a

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 Romanization

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 of the

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 word

00:16:37.160 --> 00:16:38.400
 Christ.

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 And so

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 this Roman

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.139
 historian

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 tells us

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 that there

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 was a

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 time we

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 think

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 around

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 AD

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 49

00:16:44.280 --> 00:16:45.120
 when

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 Jewish

00:16:45.780 --> 00:16:46.280
 Christians

00:16:46.280 --> 00:16:46.580
 were

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.340
 expelled

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 from Rome.

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 So that

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 may place

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 this group

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 having already

00:16:52.520 --> 00:16:54.080
 bore up

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.520
 under some

00:16:54.520 --> 00:16:55.020
 persecution

00:16:55.020 --> 00:16:55.379
 as we'll

00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:56.240
 see in a

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 moment

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 sent out

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 of Rome

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 possibly

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 living still

00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.120
 in an

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 urban

00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:00.700
 environment

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 on the

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 edges

00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:02.000
 of

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.700
 their

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:04.220
 suburban

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.319
 Christians.

00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.819
 They were

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.460
 a suffering

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.160
 group of

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.539
 Christians

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.500
 and they

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 would

00:17:12.100 --> 00:17:13.380
 suffer

00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:14.880
 further.

00:17:15.840 --> 00:17:16.200
 It's the

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.680
 purpose of

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.100
 the very

00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:17.840
 writing of

00:17:17.840 --> 00:17:19.160
 this letter.

00:17:19.340 --> 00:17:19.500
 It's a

00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.559
 very pastoral

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.500
 work.

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:22.819
 Hebrews

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.500
 chapter 10

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.400
 verse 32

00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:25.200
 and following

00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.000
 but recall

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.259
 the former

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 days

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.459
 possibly

00:17:28.459 --> 00:17:29.019
 these

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.879
 days

00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.359
 under

00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.480
 Claudius

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:31.919
 when

00:17:31.919 --> 00:17:33.059
 after you

00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:33.179
 were

00:17:33.179 --> 00:17:33.559
 enlightened

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:33.799
 you

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.179
 endured

00:17:34.179 --> 00:17:34.919
 a hard

00:17:34.919 --> 00:17:35.500
 struggle

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.000
 with

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.119
 sufferings

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:38.000
 sometimes

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.859
 being publicly

00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:39.599
 exposed to

00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.119
 reproach

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.819
 and affliction

00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:41.959
 and sometimes

00:17:41.959 --> 00:17:43.139
 being partners

00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:44.019
 with those

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.039
 so treated

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:46.159
 for you

00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:47.059
 had compassion

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:47.859
 on those

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.500
 in prison

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.899
 and you

00:17:48.899 --> 00:17:49.519
 joyfully

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.539
 accepted

00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:51.639
 the plundering

00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:51.939
 of your

00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:52.359
 property

00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:53.179
 since you

00:17:53.179 --> 00:17:53.519
 knew that

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:53.759
 you

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.379
 yourselves

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:54.839
 had a

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.139
 better

00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:55.979
 possession

00:17:55.979 --> 00:17:57.039
 and

00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.759
 an

00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.179
 abiding

00:17:58.179 --> 00:17:58.559
 one.

00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.000
 Part of

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.240
 his

00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:01.779
 writing

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.639
 to convince

00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:02.939
 them of

00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:03.359
 the supremacy

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:03.919
 of Christ

00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:04.379
 is to

00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:04.859
 remind

00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:05.339
 them

00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:05.979
 that they

00:18:05.979 --> 00:18:06.659
 also

00:18:06.659 --> 00:18:07.279
 believed

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.859
 in the

00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:08.179
 supremacy

00:18:08.179 --> 00:18:09.539
 of Christ.

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.339
 That they

00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:11.299
 had suffered

00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:12.159
 and in the

00:18:12.159 --> 00:18:13.199
 process of

00:18:13.199 --> 00:18:14.000
 suffering

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:16.000
 had lost

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.659
 property.

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.419
 Possibly

00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:18.699
 they were

00:18:18.699 --> 00:18:19.000
 driven

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:20.179
 out of

00:18:20.179 --> 00:18:20.419
 Rome

00:18:20.419 --> 00:18:21.659
 altogether.

00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.819
 And then

00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:24.959
 they would

00:18:24.959 --> 00:18:25.319
 suffer

00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:25.979
 further.

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.459
 The author

00:18:27.459 --> 00:18:27.819
 writes

00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.099
 Hebrews

00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:28.819
 chapter 12

00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.879
 verse 4

00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:31.339
 In your

00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:31.979
 struggle

00:18:31.979 --> 00:18:32.939
 against sin

00:18:32.939 --> 00:18:33.339
 you have

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:34.619
 not yet

00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.619
 resisted

00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.479
 to the

00:18:36.479 --> 00:18:37.399
 point of

00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:37.779
 shedding

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:39.240
 your blood.

00:18:40.139 --> 00:18:40.419
 It would

00:18:40.419 --> 00:18:40.740
 seem

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.099
 there's a

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.379
 hint

00:18:41.379 --> 00:18:41.899
 there

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.679
 that no

00:18:42.679 --> 00:18:43.119
 one had

00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:43.839
 yet been

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:44.539
 martyred

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:44.939
 for their

00:18:44.939 --> 00:18:45.339
 faith

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.500
 but that

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.899
 this was

00:18:46.899 --> 00:18:47.459
 coming

00:18:47.459 --> 00:18:48.919
 their way.

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:49.959
 So we

00:18:49.959 --> 00:18:50.259
 see there's

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.659
 a great

00:18:50.659 --> 00:18:51.240
 deal of

00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.619
 suffering

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:51.919
 that has

00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:52.259
 happened

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.519
 to these

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.339
 Hellenistic

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 Jewish

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 Christians

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 and we're

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 going to

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 see in

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 our study

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 of it

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 that the

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 temptation

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 for them

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 then was

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 to simply

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 go back

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 to Judaism.

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 This had

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 been accepted

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 by Rome

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 and there

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 was no

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 persecution

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 for those

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 who worshipped

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 God in

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 that way.

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 It was

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 Christ followers

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 who were

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 being persecuted.

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 It was

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 Christ followers

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 as Jesus

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 said

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 who were

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 suffering

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 the way

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 he suffered.

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 They were

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 the ones

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 who were

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 filling up

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 what was

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 lacking

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 in the

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 afflictions

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 of Christ.

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 So there

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 was this

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 temptation

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 to say

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 oh but

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 the old

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 ways

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 weren't

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 too far

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 off the

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 mark

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 were they?

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 And the

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 writer of

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 Hebrews

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 says

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 absolutely

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 you cannot

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 go back

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 you know

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 this Christ

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 and he is

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 supreme

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 and he is

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 final.

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 So

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 at the end

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 though we

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 don't know

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 the specific

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 circumstances

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 verses

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 and so

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 it is

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 still a

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 bit

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 unknown

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 and

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 obscure.

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 Even the

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 literary

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 genre

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 of this

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 letter

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 is a

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 bit of

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 a

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 head

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 scratcher.

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 I would

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 suggest

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 to you

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 that it is

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 written

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 more

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 as a

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 sermon

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 than as

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 a letter.

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 In fact

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 it kind of

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 starts out

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 that way.

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 You see

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 all of

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 Paul's

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 letters

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 begin

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 with a

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 greeting.

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 This

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 does not.

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 There is

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 no greeting

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 whatsoever.

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 It just

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 launches

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 right in

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 to the

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 discourse.

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 And it

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 remains

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 at this

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 pace

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 almost

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 to the

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 very

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 end.

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 All the

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 way through

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 chapter 13

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 and verse

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 21.

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 And then

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 there seems

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 to be this

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 postscript

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 added to

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 it.

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 Like,

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 oh and

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 by the

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 way,

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 goodbye.

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 Seems

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 to be the

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 way that

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 it's

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 written.

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 So this

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 man who's

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 most likely

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.120
 trained in

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 this

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 rhetoric,

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 unable to

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 be with

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 them and

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 speak these

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 words,

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 wrote the

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 words down.

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 It's like

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 a sermon

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 manuscript.

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 And I

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 am so

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 encouraged by

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 that possibility

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.140
 because most

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 of the

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.160
 preaching we

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.759
 have recorded

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 in the

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 Bible are

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 very short

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 presentations.

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 Oh,

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 I love

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 that there's

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 a 13

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 chapter one

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 now.

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 It's

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 pretty

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 fantastic.

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 It helps

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 me preach

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.500
 longer than

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 45 minutes

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 to make a

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 case for

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 such a

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 thing.

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.640
 Again,

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.460
 there's a

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.819
 thesis,

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.220
 right?

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.860
 The supremacy

00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.900
 and finality

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.360
 of Jesus

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 Christ,

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.059
 which he

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 lays out

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 in verses

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 one through

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 four.

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 And then he

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 goes on

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 through the

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 rest of

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 the text

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 to defend

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 what he's

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 saying in

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 those first

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 four verses.

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 And then he

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:26.139
 ends with

00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:27.900
 chapter 13

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 and verse

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.099
 22,

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 I appeal to

00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:30.920
 you brothers,

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 bear with my

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 word of

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.900
 exhortation,

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 for I have

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 written to

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.779
 you briefly.

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 So he

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:39.359
 even calls

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:39.980
 what he's

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:41.019
 written a

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:42.180
 word of

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.759
 exhortation.

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 He uses

00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:46.819
 the Bible

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.500
 to make

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.619
 his case.

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 Very

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.139
 sermon-esque

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:50.859
 in that

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.619
 sense.

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.319
 He is

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.220
 appealing to

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.000
 what we

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.460
 now call

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 the Old

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 Testament,

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 what was

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 their

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:56.639
 scripture

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:58.379
 in their

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 day.

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 And in

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.700
 doing so,

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.460
 he exposes

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.960
 both the

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.079
 unity and

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.799
 the disunity

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.240
 of the

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.980
 old and

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.259
 new

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.379
 covenants.

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 We don't,

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:08.940
 as New

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.180
 Testament

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:09.599
 Christians,

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.700
 disregard the

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.480
 Old Testament.

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 There's much

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.779
 continuity between

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.139
 the two.

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 There's also

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.639
 discontinuity.

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 And we

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:17.879
 should be

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.460
 careful and

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.000
 think through

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 this very

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 carefully.

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 I think the

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 book of

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.000
 Hebrews is

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 going to

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.539
 serve us

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 well as

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 we work

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:23.920
 on that

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.319
 together.

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:27.039
 William Lane

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.579
 again.

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:29.339
 Hebrews is

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:30.579
 impregnated

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:30.960
 with the

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.440
 Old Testament.

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.819
 The writer

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.720
 makes vital

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.519
 use of the

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.000
 Old Testament

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.700
 text in

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.259
 developing

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:38.000
 his persuasive

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.839
 sections as

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.319
 well as

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.279
 those that

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.579
 are more

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.240
 theologically

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.879
 oriented.

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.839
 Every chapter

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.720
 is marked

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.759
 by explicit

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.740
 or implicit

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.720
 references to

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.079
 the biblical

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.559
 text.

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.059
 The writer's

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.460
 use of

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:50.819
 scripture

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:52.180
 expresses his

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.779
 conviction

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.640
 of the

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.140
 continuity

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:55.640
 between God's

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 speaking and

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.259
 action under

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.779
 the Old and

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.420
 New Covenants,

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 which had

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 urgent implications

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.200
 for Israel

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.220
 and for the

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.640
 church.

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 He

00:23:03.780 --> 00:23:05.100
 presupposes

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:06.060
 both an

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 essential

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:08.040
 unity and

00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:08.580
 a development

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:09.320
 between the

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 old and

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.380
 new economies

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.040
 of redemption.

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 A detailed

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.300
 knowledge of

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:13.680
 the Old

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.480
 Testament is

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.540
 indispensable for

00:23:15.540 --> 00:23:16.300
 understanding what

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 the writer of

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.900
 Hebrews is

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 endeavoring to

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 say.

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 He assumes

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 on the part

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 of his

00:23:22.780 --> 00:23:23.600
 audience a

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 deep

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 familiarity

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 with our

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 contents.

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 I don't

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 know that we

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.380
 could say of

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:30.020
 us that we

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 have a deep

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.759
 familiarity

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.720
 with the

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.159
 Old Testament

00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:33.940
 text.

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 Hebrews is

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 going to help

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.859
 us to become

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.799
 more familiar

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.779
 with it.

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 We're going to

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 have to do

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.759
 some work

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 together because

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 the writer of

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:44.240
 Hebrews assumes

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.159
 a deep

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.639
 familiarity.

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 He knows his

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.980
 audience and

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.039
 he knows that

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 he can both

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.879
 explicitly and

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.980
 implicitly quote

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.539
 the Old Testament

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.460
 text and just

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.259
 keep right on

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.039
 moving.

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 This would have

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.579
 been read as

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.180
 a single

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 sitting.

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 This was a

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.440
 sermon.

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.840
 And we're

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.019
 going to

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.320
 break it

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:02.500
 up over a

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.799
 year and

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.140
 a half.

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 We've got

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.779
 some work

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.320
 out ahead of

00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:08.019
 us to

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:09.279
 wring out

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.500
 all that the

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:10.840
 writer of

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.980
 Hebrews intends

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.559
 by God's

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.320
 good hand

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:14.500
 for us to

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.059
 understand.

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.039
 So imagine

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.039
 for a moment

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.539
 with me,

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.759
 likely a

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:22.200
 small church,

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.420
 likely meeting

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.279
 in a home

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.820
 on the edge

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.440
 of Rome,

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:29.039
 having been

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.700
 kicked out of

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 the city,

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:33.180
 being tired,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.559
 beat down,

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:38.039
 beleaguered in

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.580
 their pursuit

00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:39.700
 of Christ.

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.819
 They had

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:42.720
 already suffered

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:44.120
 much,

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.640
 feeling a

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.840
 temptation to

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:48.100
 walk away from

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:49.200
 this faith.

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.420
 Some of them

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.319
 we'll see in

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.140
 Hebrews chapter

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.059
 10 had already

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.980
 stopped gathering

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.840
 together with the

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.140
 church.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.680
 They had just

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.559
 ceased doing it

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.400
 altogether.

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.840
 This is a

00:24:58.840 --> 00:25:00.759
 tired group

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:02.019
 of Christians.

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.200
 And the word

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.860
 goes out.

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.240
 Hey, we

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.800
 received a

00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:07.540
 letter from

00:25:07.540 --> 00:25:09.519
 the author

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.019
 of Hebrews.

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.880
 And so

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.400
 they're gathered

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.940
 together,

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.340
 eager

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.120
 expectation.

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.440
 What is the

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.060
 word that he's

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.960
 bringing to

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.340
 us?

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.259
 We want to

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.680
 hear.

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.560
 God seems

00:25:21.560 --> 00:25:22.480
 to be silent.

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.900
 What would you

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.599
 say to us

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.279
 from the text

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.180
 to help us

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:27.319
 at this time?

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.140
 And somebody

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.319
 stands up and

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.299
 opens the

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.279
 letter and

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.759
 says,

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:34.079
 long ago,

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:36.380
 at many times

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.299
 and in many

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.839
 ways,

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.960
 God spoke to

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.700
 our fathers

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.039
 by the

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.539
 prophets.

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.960
 But in these

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.860
 last days,

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.259
 he has spoken

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.980
 to us

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.339
 by his

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.680
 son.

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.319
 Beloved,

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.099
 this is God's

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.240
 word to

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.700
 us.

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.880
 It was

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.319
 written for

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.960
 his glory

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.900
 and our

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.660
 good.

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.860
 We would

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.180
 all do

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.480
 well to

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.940
 listen to

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.599
 it in

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:00.900
 order to

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.400
 believe

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.920
 its

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.860
 promises

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:04.420
 and obey

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.059
 its commands.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.139
 Christians.

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.019
 The writer of

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.299
 Hebrews,

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.700
 out of a

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.659
 great love

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.379
 for this

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.839
 little

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.119
 beat-down

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.940
 beleaguered

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.799
 church,

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.659
 employs

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.799
 his eloquence

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:19.319
 to speak

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.099
 of the

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.839
 eloquence

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:22.139
 of God.

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.019
 Our

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.539
 God

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.579
 is a

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.079
 God

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.579
 who

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.460
 speaks.

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.059
 He is

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.460
 not

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.139
 silent.

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:31.980
 In

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.519
 Hebrews,

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.539
 he uses,

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:33.980
 our

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.720
 God uses,

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.019
 an

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.559
 unknown

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.019
 author

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.200
 writing to

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.420
 an

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.940
 unknown

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.960
 audience.

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.500
 He uses

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.740
 an

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.279
 obscure

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.819
 author

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.259
 and an

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.720
 obscure

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.279
 church

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.279
 to make

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.059
 much

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.720
 of

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.600
 himself.

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.660
 Our

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.059
 God

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.380
 is a

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.640
 God

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:49.860
 who

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:51.319
 communicates

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.700
 and he

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.660
 communicates

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:54.279
 convincingly

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.680
 about

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.440
 himself

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.440
 that we

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.339
 would

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.079
 know

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.420
 him.

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.160
 What an

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.940
 astounding

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:02.200
 reality.

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.299
 May we

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.819
 make much

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.200
 of him

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.599
 as we

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.079
 consider

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.960
 this

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.279
 little bit

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.799
 of text

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.639
 this

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:08.980
 morning.

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.740
 First,

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.039
 let's

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.460
 consider

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.039
 the

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.619
 eloquence

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.180
 of God

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.099
 in the

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.659
 past.

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.819
 The writer

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.200
 of Hebrews

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.579
 says,

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.720
 long ago,

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:22.240
 many times

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.000
 and in

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.919
 many ways,

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.419
 God

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.859
 spoke to

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.519
 our fathers

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.599
 by the

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.019
 prophets.

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.019
 God

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.019
 says,

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.240
 now I

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.339
 don't

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.619
 think the

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:30.960
 writer of

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.299
 Hebrews

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.220
 intends to

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.599
 leave this

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.240
 little point

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.460
 out,

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.720
 but I

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.119
 just want

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.720
 to add,

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.019
 not only

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.299
 is there

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.900
 a prophetic

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.720
 eloquence,

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.799
 God's

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.339
 people to

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.940
 hear from,

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.400
 but there's

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.279
 also a

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.980
 cosmic

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.019
 eloquence.

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.420
 God

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.299
 spoke the

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.400
 world into

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.000
 existence

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.779
 and he

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.599
 designed it

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.000
 in such

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.519
 a way

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.319
 to say,

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.539
 look at

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.099
 me.

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.039
 Here's the

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.759
 creation

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.200
 and it

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.000
 exists to

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.400
 worship

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.319
 the

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.920
 Creator.

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.940
 Psalm 19

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.759
 verses 1

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.900
 through 4,

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.000
 the heavens

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.200
 declare the

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.299
 glory of

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.519
 God,

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:07.720
 His

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.319
 greatness,

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.619
 His

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.379
 grandeur,

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.220
 and the

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.019
 sky above

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.900
 proclaims

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.440
 His

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.039
 handiwork.

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.119
 Day to

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.599
 day it

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.480
 pours out

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.579
 speech

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.940
 and night

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.460
 to night

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.319
 reveals

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:20.379
 knowledge.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.579
 There is

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.099
 no speech,

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.660
 nor are

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.259
 there words

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.920
 whose voice

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.740
 is not

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.559
 heard.

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.539
 Their voice

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:27.940
 goes out

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.220
 through all

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.579
 the earth

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:28.920
 and their

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.339
 words to

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.720
 the end

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:29.980
 of the

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.259
 world.

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.700
 In

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.339
 them He

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.859
 has set

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.579
 a tent

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.579
 for the

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:33.859
 Son.

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.099
 Our

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.500
 God

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.339
 speaks

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.460
 cosmically

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.400
 that we

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.500
 would know

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.740
 Him.

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.579
 There's a

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:39.900
 cosmic

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.400
 eloquence

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.960
 to our

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.279
 God.

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.400
 There's

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.960
 also this

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.779
 prophetic

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.380
 eloquence.

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.720
 At

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.579
 many times

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.480
 and in

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.720
 many ways

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.500
 God

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.359
 spoke to

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.539
 our

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.019
 fathers

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.440
 by the

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.759
 prophet.

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.220
 God

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.920
 spoke to

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.960
 Moses

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.420
 at

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:57.039
 Sinai

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.279
 in

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.680
 thunder

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:57.960
 and

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.420
 lightning

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.779
 and

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:58.980
 with

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.160
 a

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.700
 trumpeting

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.519
 voice.

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.940
 God

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.460
 spoke

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.880
 to

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.340
 Elijah

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.759
 at

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.440
 Horeb

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.660
 in

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:04.880
 a

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.700
 still

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.759
 small

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.840
 voice.

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.360
 God

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.660
 spoke

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:09.840
 to

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.400
 Ezekiel

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.720
 in

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.160
 visions.

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.140
 God

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.500
 spoke

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.740
 to

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.220
 Daniel

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.660
 in

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.680
 dreams.

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.779
 God

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.220
 appeared

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.519
 to

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.000
 Abram

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.320
 in

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:17.680
 human

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.100
 form

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.259
 and

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.420
 to

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.759
 Jacob

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.840
 as

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:19.980
 an

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.279
 angel.

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.579
 God

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:21.960
 spoke

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.399
 by

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.259
 the

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.639
 law,

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.339
 by

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.759
 warning,

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.039
 by

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.920
 exhortation,

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.200
 by

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.740
 type,

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.160
 and

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.619
 by

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:29.180
 parables.

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.039
 He

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.559
 spoke

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.559
 in

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.339
 many

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.339
 ways.

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.160
 When the

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.660
 prophets

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.619
 prophesied,

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.700
 they used

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.279
 as many

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.759
 varied

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.700
 forms.

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.639
 Direct

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.139
 oracles,

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.720
 questions

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.319
 and answers,

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.759
 bizarre

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.399
 symbolic

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:46.059
 acts,

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.659
 sermons

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.179
 and

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:49.139
 mysterious

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:50.519
 signs.

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.000
 At

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.639
 many

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.399
 times

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:53.819
 and

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.299
 in

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.819
 many

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.539
 ways,

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:55.940
 God

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.559
 has been

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.460
 declaring

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.019
 to the

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.399
 world,

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.000
 I

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.839
 am.

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.279
 And

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.379
 He

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.619
 has been

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:01.919
 telling

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.119
 the

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.299
 world

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.579
 how

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.759
 it

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:02.919
 is

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.099
 that

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.359
 we

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.799
 can

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.440
 know

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.980
 Him.

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.579
 And

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.659
 He

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:07.779
 has

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:07.919
 been

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.200
 doing

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.579
 this

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.039
 in

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.899
 the

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.059
 Old

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.399
 Testament

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.779
 and

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.039
 now

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.399
 on

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:11.700
 into

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:11.919
 the

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.259
 New

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.919
 progressively.

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:14.899
 He

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:14.980
 has

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.139
 been

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:15.619
 revealing

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.219
 Himself

00:30:16.219 --> 00:30:16.799
 ever

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.479
 more

00:30:17.479 --> 00:30:18.419
 across

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.099
 the

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.519
 text

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.919
 with

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.479
 now

00:30:20.479 --> 00:30:20.719
 the

00:30:20.719 --> 00:30:21.259
 great

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.779
 fulfillment,

00:30:21.979 --> 00:30:22.299
 the great

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.099
 finality

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.739
 in the

00:30:23.739 --> 00:30:24.139
 person

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.819
 and

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.239
 work

00:30:25.239 --> 00:30:26.099
 of

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.359
 Jesus

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.959
 Christ.

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:28.239
 Many

00:30:28.239 --> 00:30:28.839
 times

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.879
 and

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.079
 in

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.500
 many

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:32.219
 ways.

00:30:33.479 --> 00:30:33.659
 And

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.019
 consider

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.500
 these

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:36.179
 Hellenistic

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.659
 Jewish

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:37.259
 Christians

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.719
 who had

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:37.959
 this

00:30:37.959 --> 00:30:38.359
 Old

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.919
 Testament

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.739
 text

00:30:39.739 --> 00:30:40.959
 that

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.259
 God

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.459
 had

00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:41.719
 been

00:30:41.719 --> 00:30:42.539
 silent

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.819
 for

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.279
 many

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.199
 years.

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.200
 God

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.360
 did

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.539
 not

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.940
 have

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.180
 a

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.980
 prophet.

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:48.360
 The

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.519
 book

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.720
 was

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.400
 closed

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:49.779
 in

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.160
 a

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.640
 sense

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.220
 and

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.519
 then

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.100
 with

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.559
 Christ

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:52.779
 it

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.620
 reopened

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:53.819
 and

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.080
 God

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.880
 roars

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.080
 into

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.279
 the

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.600
 world

00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:56.200
 again.

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.480
 Know

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.059
 me

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:59.319
 by

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.580
 my

00:30:59.580 --> 00:30:59.920
 Son.

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.360
 So

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.940
 let's

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.200
 consider

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.400
 the

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.819
 eloquence

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:03.960
 of

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.279
 God

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.279
 in

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.400
 the

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.799
 present.

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.240
 The

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.440
 writer

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:07.600
 of

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:07.819
 Hebrews

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.340
 says

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:08.720
 but

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.120
 in

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.539
 these

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.160
 last

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.840
 days

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.600
 He

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.799
 has

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.220
 spoken

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.180
 and

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.360
 there's

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.539
 this

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.039
 precious

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.799
 conjunction

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:17.000
 pay

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.440
 attention

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.799
 when you

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.120
 see

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.559
 the

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:18.960
 conjunction

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.140
 but

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:22.360
 in

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.700
 these

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.539
 last

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.160
 days

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.380
 God

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.819
 spoke

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.220
 in

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.539
 this

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:26.940
 way

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.539
 at

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.860
 time

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.019
 many

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.440
 times

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.579
 and

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:28.720
 in

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.120
 many

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.759
 ways

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.579
 but

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.519
 no

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.259
 more

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.420
 now

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:35.480
 God

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.680
 has

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.059
 spoken

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:37.140
 in

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.380
 his

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.779
 son

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:39.259
 God

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.720
 spoke

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.279
 he has

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.720
 spoken

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.079
 and

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.380
 he

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.839
 is

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.579
 now

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.199
 today

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:44.179
 speaking

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:45.819
 in

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.019
 his

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.359
 son

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:48.480
 I

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.699
 came

00:31:48.699 --> 00:31:49.159
 across

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.919
 trying

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.059
 to

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.240
 search

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.339
 for

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.439
 the

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:50.659
 lyrics

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:50.839
 of

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:50.939
 an

00:31:50.939 --> 00:31:51.199
 entirely

00:31:51.199 --> 00:31:51.539
 different

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.000
 song

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.419
 the

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:53.779
 lyrics

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.159
 to

00:31:54.159 --> 00:31:54.279
 a

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.459
 hymn

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:54.639
 that

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:54.899
 we

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.059
 should

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.539
 probably

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.059
 learn

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.619
 called

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:57.939
 God

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.099
 is

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.419
 spoken

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:58.939
 by

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.539
 the

00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.919
 prophets

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.119
 by

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.339
 a man

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.500
 named

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.839
 George

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.419
 W

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:02.419
 Briggs

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:03.159
 please

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.319
 somebody

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.659
 tell me

00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:03.859
 if you

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.000
 know

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.199
 him

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.359
 and

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:04.819
 we

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.099
 shouldn't

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.259
 sing

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.379
 a

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.599
 song

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.559
 I

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.859
 love

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.019
 the

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.299
 lyrics

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.299


00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.500
 of

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.759
 this

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.599
 three

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:08.959
 verses

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.720
 he wrote

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.000
 God

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.180
 has

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.559
 spoken

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.039
 by

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.240
 the

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.620
 prophets

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.279
 spoken

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.720
 the

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.600
 unchanging

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.480
 word

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.480
 each

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.740
 from

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.259
 age

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.519
 to

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.000
 age

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.740
 proclaiming

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.259
 God

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.579
 the

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.100
 one

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.460
 the

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.960
 righteous

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.480
 Lord

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.579
 mid

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.740
 the

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.180
 world's

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.720
 despair

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.039
 and

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.559
 turmoil

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.480
 one

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.000
 firm

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.480
 anchor

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.079
 holding

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.039
 fast

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:29.019
 God

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.480
 eternal

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.299
 reigns

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.720
 forever

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.400
 God

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.600
 the

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:32.039
 first

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:33.140
 and

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.500
 God

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.840
 the

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.319
 last

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.420
 second

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.779
 verse

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:37.059
 God

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.240
 is

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.619
 spoken

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.119
 by

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.700
 Christ

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.139
 Jesus

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:40.399
 Christ

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.619
 the

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.139
 everlasting

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.740
 son

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.259
 brightness

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.920
 of

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.119
 the

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.759
 father's

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.200
 glory

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.099
 with

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.259
 the

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.660
 father

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.299
 ever

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.039
 one

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.240
 spoken

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.539
 by

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:48.759
 the

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.119
 word

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.779
 incarnate

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.259
 God

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.500
 of

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.960
 God

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.279
 ere

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.799
 time

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.059
 was

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.539
 born

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.639
 light

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.019
 of

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.440
 light

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.940
 to

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.420
 earth

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.259
 descending

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.619
 Christ

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.160
 as

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.759
 God

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 in

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 human

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 form

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 verse

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.019
 three

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 God

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 is

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.599
 speaking

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.559
 by

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 the

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.240
 spirit

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 speaking

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 to

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 our

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.559
 hearts

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.240
 again

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.119
 in

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 the

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 age

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 long

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.240
 word

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.059
 declaring

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.879
 God's

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.279
 own

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.819
 message

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.339
 now

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.339
 as

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 then

00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:18.819
 through

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 the

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 rise

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 and

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:19.959
 fall

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 of

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.519
 nations

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 one

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.439
 sure

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 faith

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.199
 is

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 standing

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 fast

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 God

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 abides

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 the

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 word

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 unchanging

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 God

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 the

00:33:27.959 --> 00:33:28.519
 first

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 and

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 God

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 the

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 last

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 good

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 he's

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 spoken

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 to

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 us

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 in

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 the

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 present

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 in

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 these

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 days

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 by

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 his

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 son

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 and

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 now

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 the

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.319
 spirit

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 testifies

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 through

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 the

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 scripture

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 to

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 his

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.259
 son

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.779
 we

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.039
 have

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 such

00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:47.419
 a

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.799
 treasure

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!

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:49.279
 in it

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.279
 God

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.259
 and

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.420
 so

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.000
 lastly

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 the

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 eloquence

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 of

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.819
 God

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:53.980
 in

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 the

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.500
 person

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.139
 of

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.539
 Christ

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 he

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.220
 has

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.660
 spoken

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.359
 in

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.980
 the

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.299
 last

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.799
 days

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.399
 by

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 his

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 son

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.759
 this

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 could

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.019
 be

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.460
 translated

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.160
 in

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:04.000
 his

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.740
 son

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.899
 a

00:34:06.899 --> 00:34:07.200
 familiar

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.500
 text

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.700
 to you

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:07.980
 may be

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.340
 John

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.079
 chapter

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.639
 one

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.599
 verses

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:10.980
 one

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.159
 and

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 two

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.599
 and

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:11.739
 then

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:11.900
 I'll

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.119
 read

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.880
 verse

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.039
 fourteen

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.380
 in the

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.699
 beginning

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.079
 was

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.279
 the

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:16.739
 word

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.559
 and

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.659
 the

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:17.799
 word

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:17.959
 was

00:34:17.959 --> 00:34:18.219
 with

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.500
 God

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.599
 and

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.719
 the

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.000
 word

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.859
 was

00:34:19.859 --> 00:34:20.939
 God

00:34:20.939 --> 00:34:21.599
 he

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.759
 was

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:21.879
 in

00:34:21.879 --> 00:34:21.979
 the

00:34:21.979 --> 00:34:22.259
 beginning

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.619
 with

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.339
 God

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:23.759
 in

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:23.959
 verse

00:34:23.959 --> 00:34:24.479
 fourteen

00:34:24.479 --> 00:34:25.319
 and

00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.439
 the

00:34:25.439 --> 00:34:25.739
 word

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.139
 became

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.879
 flesh

00:34:26.879 --> 00:34:27.419
 and

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 dwelt

00:34:27.939 --> 00:34:28.599
 among

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 us

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.779
 and

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:29.899
 we

00:34:29.899 --> 00:34:30.059
 have

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.539
 seen

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.799
 his

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.119
 glory

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.619
 glory

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:31.899
 as

00:34:31.899 --> 00:34:32.059
 of

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.219
 the

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.619
 only

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.159
 son

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.779
 from

00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:33.939
 the

00:34:33.939 --> 00:34:34.339
 father

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:35.359
 full

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:35.579
 of

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.119
 grace

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.319
 and

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:38.359
 truth

00:34:38.359 --> 00:34:40.039
 here

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.139
 in

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.239
 our

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.579
 English

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.399
 text

00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:42.219
 the

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.539
 word

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.079
 translated

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.719
 word

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:43.979
 is

00:34:43.979 --> 00:34:44.099
 the

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.259
 Greek

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.539
 word

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.379
!

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:47.000
 It's

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.240
 a

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:48.800
 manifestation

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.380
 of

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.519
 it's

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.760
 a

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.640
 representation

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.740
 of

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:51.960
 the

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.260
 thing

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.420
 that

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.599
 it

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.340
 speaks

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:54.900
 to

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.360
 you

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.539
 could

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.840
 think

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.599
 also

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.860
 in

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.320
 terms

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.640
 of

00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:00.500
 word

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.900
 being

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.140
 a

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.640
 good

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:01.960
 word

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.119
 to

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.280
 put

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.380
 in

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.519
 this

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.880
 place

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.079
 but

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.160
 you

00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:03.280
 could

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.480
 also

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.720
 think

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:03.860
 in

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.119
 terms

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.360
 of

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.320
 communication

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.140
 or

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:07.740
 eloquence

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:10.059
 God

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.300
 has

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.000
 spoken

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.220
 by

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:13.019
 his

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.440
 son

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.139
 he

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.320
 has

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.240
 communicated

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.780
 to

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.119
 us

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.320
 eloquently

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.679
 by

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.579
 his

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.980
 son

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:23.760
 God's

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.460
 desire

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.900
 to

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.320
 make

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.960
 himself

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.740
 known

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.920
 he

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.240
 did

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:28.820
 most

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.440
 fully

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.260
 he

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:30.920
 communicated

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.440
 that

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.659
 to

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.000
 us

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.559
 in

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.940
 Jesus

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.559
 Christ

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.920
 and

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.159
 so

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.519
 I

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.700
 just

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:36.860
 want

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.000
 to

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.780
 reread

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.720
 John

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:38.960
 chapter

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.360
 1

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.000
 verse

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.220
 1

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.539
 and 2

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.740
 and

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:40.920
 verse

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.320
 14

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.619
 and

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:41.760
 I'm

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:41.820
 going

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:41.880
 to

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.300
 replace

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.679
 the

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.000
 word

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.780
 word

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:45.540
 with

00:35:45.540 --> 00:35:45.700
 the

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.200
 words

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.600
 the

00:35:46.600 --> 00:35:46.900
 phrase

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.880
 eloquent

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.840
 communication

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:51.260
 I

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.519
 just want

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.680
 you to

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.000
 hear it

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.260
 this

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.640
 way

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:54.860
 just

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.420
 Christ

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.380
 in

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.500
 the

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.900
 beginning

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:58.540
 was

00:35:58.540 --> 00:35:58.720
 the

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.220
 eloquent

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.240
!

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.340
 the

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.840
 eloquent

00:35:59.840 --> 00:35:59.760
!

00:35:59.760 --> 00:35:59.980
 communication

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:02.620
 was

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:02.940
 with

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.240
 God

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.440
 and

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.600
 the

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:03.960
 eloquent

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.560
 communication

00:36:04.560 --> 00:36:05.180
 was

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.840
 God

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.940
 he

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.120
 was

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.220
 in

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.320
 the

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.640
 beginning

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:08.700
 with

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.100
 God

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:10.240
 and

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.420
 the

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.820
 eloquent

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.540
 communication

00:36:11.540 --> 00:36:12.180
 became

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:12.720
 flesh

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:12.980
 and

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.299
 dwelt

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.599
 among

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:13.939
 us

00:36:13.939 --> 00:36:14.559
 and

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.659
 we

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:14.779
 have

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.000
 seen

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.159
 his

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.480
 glory

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.359
 glory

00:36:16.359 --> 00:36:16.699
 as

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:16.839
 of

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:16.959
 the

00:36:16.959 --> 00:36:17.139
 only

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.419
 son

00:36:17.419 --> 00:36:17.599
 from

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:17.739
 the

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.039
 father

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.619
 full

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.159
 of

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.779
 grace

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:21.339
 and

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:21.799
 truth

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:24.199
 see

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.379
 beloved

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:24.619
 we

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.019
 are

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:26.259
 created

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:27.239
 for

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.659
 worship

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.459
 this

00:36:28.459 --> 00:36:29.079
 intrinsic

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.399
 it

00:36:29.399 --> 00:36:29.539
 is

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.980
 built

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.559
 into

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.000
 us

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.839
 worship

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.339
 is

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:33.179
 inevitable

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:34.139
 you

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.839
 will

00:36:34.839 --> 00:36:35.799
 worship

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:37.099
 something

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.239
 things

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:40.159
 you'll

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.439
 worship

00:36:40.439 --> 00:36:41.099
 others

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.880
 we

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.019
 have

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.079
 a

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.219
 whole

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.679
 culture

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.000
 built

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.179
 on

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.319
 that

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.500
 people

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.619
 are

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.940
 famous

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.139
 for

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.400
 being

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.019
 famous

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:46.839
 you'll

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.119
 worship

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.779
 yourself

00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:48.960
 all the

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.480
 various

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.460
 manifestations

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.880
 of

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.179
 who

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.339
 you

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:51.559
 think

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.699
 you

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:51.920
 should

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.139
 be

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.319
 or

00:36:52.319 --> 00:36:52.539
 what

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.759
 you

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.659
 deserve

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:55.679
 you'll

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:55.960
 worship

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.960
 a

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.420
 job

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:59.239
 you'll

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.480
 worship

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.960
 a sports

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.360
 team

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.839
 you'll

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.059
 worship

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.239
 a

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.579
 political

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.360
 ideology

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:04.699
 worship

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.400
 is

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.380
 inevitable

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:08.619
 but

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:08.940
 worship

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.140
 that

00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:09.240
 is

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:09.420
 not

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.740
 placed

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.160
 fully

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.440
 on

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.740
 God

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.160
 himself

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:11.400
 the

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.980
 creator

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.640
 is

00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:13.079
 called

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:14.619
 idolatry

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:16.500
 it's

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.700
 called

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.460
 idolatry

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.240
 the

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.579
 worship

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:18.780
 of

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.300
 lesser

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.200
 things

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:21.920
 and

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.019
 it

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.180
 is

00:37:22.180 --> 00:37:22.619
 damning

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.860
 for

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.300
 us

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.000
 and

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.119
 it

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.240
 is

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.800
 heartbreaking

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.300
 to

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.740
 God

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:27.480
 we

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.640
 were

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:28.180
 created

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.400
 to

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.579
 be

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.380
 worshipers

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.960
 of

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.320
 God

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.519
 his

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.160
 creation

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:31.740
 singing

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.300
 his

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:33.460
 praise

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.740
 as

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.200
 the

00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:34.460
 rest

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.619
 of

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.160
 creation

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:36.200
 does

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:37.439
 but

00:37:37.439 --> 00:37:37.579
 we

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.739
 as

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.039
 humans

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.379
 marred

00:37:38.379 --> 00:37:38.559
 by

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:38.980
 sin

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.639
 turn

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:40.879
 away

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:41.219
 from

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.879
 the

00:37:41.879 --> 00:37:42.179
 creator

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:42.599
 God

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.480
 and

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.639
 turn

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:43.799
 to

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.399
 lesser

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:45.719
 worship

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:47.179
 there

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.339
 is

00:37:47.339 --> 00:37:47.739
 no

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.579
 higher

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.099
 good

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.399
 for

00:37:49.399 --> 00:37:49.819
 man

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.659
 than

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:50.799
 he

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:50.980
 would

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.439
 worship

00:37:51.439 --> 00:37:51.839
 the

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:52.219
 one

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.819
 who

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.179
 created

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.500
 him

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.799
 God

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.139
 gives

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.319
 this

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.519
 to

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.819
 us

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.059
 in

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.299
 so

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:56.719
 many

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.099
 ways

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.879
 communicates

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:57.960
 it

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.059
 to

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.179
 us

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.279
 in

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.460
 so

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.639
 many

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:58.839
 ways

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.099
 because

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.239
 he

00:37:59.239 --> 00:37:59.719
 loves

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.099
 us

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:01.399
 he

00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:01.819
 knows

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:02.000
 the

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.219
 best

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.379
 thing

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:02.619
 for

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:02.739
 us

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:02.859
 is

00:38:02.859 --> 00:38:03.000
 to

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.399
 orient

00:38:03.399 --> 00:38:03.679
 our

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.019
 worship

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.299
 as

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.419
 it

00:38:04.419 --> 00:38:04.639
 should

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:04.799
 be

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.179
 oriented

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.179


00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.559
 fix it

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.179
 firmly

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.779
 on

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.879
 him

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:11.619
 Jonathan Edwards

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.219
 once wrote

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:13.439
 and this is on the front of your bulletin

00:38:13.439 --> 00:38:14.899
 in very tiny font

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:16.439
 thank you Andy for making this fit

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:23.400
 he wrote

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:25.159
 God is the highest

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:26.159
 good

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.679
 of the reasonable

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.420
 creature

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:30.119
 the enjoyment

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.460
 of him

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.740
 is our

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.440
 proper

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.900
 and this

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.659
 the only

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.240
 happiness

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:34.220
 with which

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:35.000
 our souls

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:36.000
 can be

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.539
 satisfied

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.880
 all of the

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.179
 idols

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.559
 will fail

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.720
 us

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.000
 at some

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.340
 point

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.880
 God

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.200
 is the

00:38:40.200 --> 00:38:40.679
 only

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.099
 one

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.900
 that

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.000
 will

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.400
 satisfy

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.059
 to

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.360
 go

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.559
 to

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:43.860
 heaven

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.380
 fully

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.920
 to enjoy

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.260
 God

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.480
 is

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.280
 infinitely

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.740
 better

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.400
 than the

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.579
 most

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.099
 pleasant

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.039
 accommodations

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:50.019
 here

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:51.200
 better than

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:51.980
 fathers and mothers

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.400
 husbands

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.180
 wives or

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.599
 children

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.320
 or the

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.760
 company

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.360
 of any

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.140
 or all

00:38:56.140 --> 00:38:56.800
 earthly

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.740
 friends

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:59.000
 these

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.980
 are but

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:01.119
 shadows

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:02.500
 but the

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.160
 enjoyment of

00:39:03.160 --> 00:39:03.480
 God

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.960
 is the

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.900
 substance

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:06.519
 these

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.860
 are but

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.500
 scattered

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.059
 beings

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.860
 but God

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.480
 is the

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.099
 sun

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.579
 these

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:11.940
 are but

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.960
 streams

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:14.059
 but God

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.639
 is the

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.239
 fountain

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:17.039
 these

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.319
 are but

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:17.920
 drops

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:19.279
 but God

00:39:19.279 --> 00:39:19.900
 is the

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.679
 ocean

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:22.420
 infinitely

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.339
 greater

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:24.679
 infinitely

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.239
 worthy

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:26.019
 of all

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.759
 of our

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:27.239
 worship

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:31.119
 I want

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.319
 to read

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:31.519
 now

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.900
 John

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.179
 chapter

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:32.639
 1

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:34.000
 verse

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.679
 18

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:37.059
 no one

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.599
 has ever

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.199
 seen

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.699
 God

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:39.759
 the only

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:40.159
 God

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.599
 he's talking

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.019
 about the

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.379
 word

00:39:41.379 --> 00:39:41.719
 there

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:43.019
 the eloquent

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.039
!

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.659
 communication

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.159
 Jesus

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:45.119
 Christ

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.059
 who is

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.559
 at the

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.119
 father's

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.480
 side

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.259
 he

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:48.960
 has

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.440
 made

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.879
 him

00:39:49.879 --> 00:39:51.199
 known

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:53.919
 we can

00:39:53.919 --> 00:39:54.319
 know

00:39:54.319 --> 00:39:54.739
 God

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:54.940
 and we

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.379
 can worship

00:39:55.379 --> 00:39:55.899
 him rightly

00:39:55.899 --> 00:39:56.639
 because

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.859
 God has

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.460
 spoken to

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.879
 us in

00:39:58.879 --> 00:39:59.519
 these last

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.039
 days

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.940
 by

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.839
 his

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:03.239
 son

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:05.339
 my

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:05.839
 hope

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.799
 for our

00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.159
 study

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.039
 of

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.319
 Hebrews

00:40:08.319 --> 00:40:11.879
 I

00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:12.099
 hope

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.339
 that we

00:40:12.339 --> 00:40:12.479
 would

00:40:12.479 --> 00:40:12.939
 greater

00:40:12.939 --> 00:40:13.659
 appreciate

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:15.279
 both

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:15.500
 the

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:15.939
 continuity

00:40:15.939 --> 00:40:16.899
 and

00:40:16.899 --> 00:40:17.299
 the

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:18.039
 discontinuity

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.419
 of the

00:40:18.419 --> 00:40:18.719
 old

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.739
 and new

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:20.199
 covenants

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:21.039
 and

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.399
 therefore

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:22.279
 the

00:40:22.279 --> 00:40:22.559
 old

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:22.919
 and

00:40:22.919 --> 00:40:23.339
 new

00:40:23.339 --> 00:40:24.419
 testaments

00:40:24.419 --> 00:40:25.419
 that the

00:40:25.419 --> 00:40:25.639
 scripture

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:26.139
 would become

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.519
 more

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.879
 precious

00:40:26.879 --> 00:40:27.939
 to us

00:40:27.939 --> 00:40:29.319
 because

00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:29.779
 God

00:40:29.779 --> 00:40:29.979
 has

00:40:29.979 --> 00:40:30.359
 spoken

00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:31.559
 to us

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:32.299
 by it

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:33.119
 it is

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.359
 this

00:40:33.359 --> 00:40:33.699
 book

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:34.099
 that gives

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.579
 testimony

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.920
 to who

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.779
 Christ

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.500
 is

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.359
 we don't

00:40:38.359 --> 00:40:38.659
 worship

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.159
 the Bible

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.559
 but we

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:39.799
 worship

00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.000
 the

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.519
 Christ

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:41.119
 of

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.859
 the

00:40:41.859 --> 00:40:42.139
 Bible

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.519
 it's

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.699
 a

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.059
 precious

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.500
 thing

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:45.039
 to those

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.179
 who

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.400
 follow

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:45.839
 Jesus

00:40:45.839 --> 00:40:47.739
 secondly

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:49.539
 I hope

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:50.279
 that we

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.440
 would

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.900
 greater

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.679
 love

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.400
 the

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:52.679
 risen

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:53.440
 Christ

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.480
 that we

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.659
 would

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:55.059
 greater

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.500
 love

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:56.480
 the

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.679
 risen

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.099
 Christ

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:58.019
 that we

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.199
 would

00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:58.659
 so

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.099
 love

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.299
 the

00:40:59.299 --> 00:40:59.500
 risen

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.920
 Christ

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.819
 that we

00:41:00.819 --> 00:41:01.000
 would

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.319
 worship

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:01.519
 him

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.639
 with

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.280
 greater

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:03.440
 fervor

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.179
 in the

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.679
 face

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.360
 of

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:05.820
 opposition

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:07.420
 that we

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.699
 would be

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.360
 a people

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.900
 who

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.820
 persevere

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.539
 to the

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:11.059
 end

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.900
 for the

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.119
 glory

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.599
 of God

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.039
 this

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.500
 is

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:13.860
 the

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.280
 goal

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.659
 of the

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:14.960
 writer

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.480
 of

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.739
 Hebrews

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:17.119
 he

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:17.320
 is

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:17.599
 saying

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:17.759
 to

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.099
 these

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.599
 people

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.300
 Christ

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.960
 is

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.820
 better

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.340
 he

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.699
 is

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.440
 supreme

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.360
 don't

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:23.619
 give

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:23.940
 up

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.719
 press

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.179
 on

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:25.320
 to

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.500
 the

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:25.920
 end

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.940
 there's

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.059
 a

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.420
 great

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.840
 glory

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.079
 that

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:28.500
 awaits

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.840
 you

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:30.000
 don't

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.200
 look

00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:30.400
 for

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.940
 ease

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.340
 and

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.780
 comfort

00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:32.240
 in

00:41:32.240 --> 00:41:32.640
 this

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:33.220
 world

00:41:33.220 --> 00:41:33.980
 look

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.420
 for

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:35.820
 Christ

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.800
 because

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.140
 in

00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:37.620
 him

00:41:37.620 --> 00:41:38.660
 God

00:41:38.660 --> 00:41:39.720
 has

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.140
 spoken

00:41:40.140 --> 00:41:42.420
 I

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:42.579
 want

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:42.740
 to

00:41:42.740 --> 00:41:43.400
 conclude

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:43.880
 with a

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:45.019
 small

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.360
 anecdote

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:46.920
 I'm

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.140
 reading

00:41:47.140 --> 00:41:47.539
 now to

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:47.680
 our

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:48.100
 boys

00:41:48.100 --> 00:41:48.880
 the

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.200
 Chronicles

00:41:49.200 --> 00:41:49.340
 of

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:49.660
 Narnia

00:41:49.660 --> 00:41:51.920
 we've

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:53.180
 read

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:54.059
 the

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.220
 Lion

00:41:54.220 --> 00:41:54.340
 the

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.460
 Witch

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:54.519
 and

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.600
 the

00:41:54.600 --> 00:41:54.960
 Wardrobe

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.620
 and

00:41:56.620 --> 00:41:57.059
 we've

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.300
 just

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.600
 finished

00:41:57.600 --> 00:41:57.920
 reading

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.240
 Prince

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.820
 Caspian

00:41:58.820 --> 00:42:00.019
 and

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.300
 yes

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:00.440
 in

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.579
 that

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:00.860
 order

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.119
 because

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.300
 it's

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.420
 the

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:01.680
 published

00:42:01.680 --> 00:42:01.960
 order

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.139
 and

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.260
 it's

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.400
 the

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.680
 right

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:02.860
 way

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.000
 to

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.159
 read

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.400
 it

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:06.360
 I

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.680
 stand

00:42:06.680 --> 00:42:06.880
 by

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.139
 that

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.519
 without

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:07.960
 apology

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:10.820
 and

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:11.180
 in

00:42:11.180 --> 00:42:11.460
 Prince

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.000
 Caspian

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.200
 the

00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:13.740
 Pevensies

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.300
 the

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:14.619
 children

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.099
 if

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:15.200
 you're

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:15.300
 not

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:15.500
 familiar

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.599
 with

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:15.680
 the

00:42:15.680 --> 00:42:15.860
 story

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.000
 I'm

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.059
 going

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.119
 to

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:16.340
 totally

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:16.680
 confuse

00:42:16.680 --> 00:42:16.860
 you

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.519
 there's

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:17.680
 four

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:17.940
 children

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.039
 and

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.119
 their

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:18.460
 siblings

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:19.360
 the

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.500
 Lion

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.639
 Witch

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:19.780
 the

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:20.139
 wardrobe

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:20.820
 they're

00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:21.360
 drawn

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:21.760
 back

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:21.940
 to

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:22.280
 Narnia

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.480
 and

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.619
 it's

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:22.880
 many

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.519
 thousands

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:23.800
 of

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.019
 years

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.659
 on

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:28.800
 the

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.119
 throne

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.880
 and

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.300
 it's

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:30.880
 very

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:31.220
 far

00:42:31.220 --> 00:42:31.380
 into

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.519
 the

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:31.659
 book

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:31.800
 it's

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.000
 a little

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.220
 over

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.539
 halfway

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:32.800
 into

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:32.960
 the

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.139
 book

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.659
 before

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.099
 the

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.500
 character

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.059
 in

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.800
 C.S.

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:35.960
 Lewis'

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.380
 writing

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:36.559
 that

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:36.920
 represents

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.460
 Christ

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.159
 shows up

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.500
 and his

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:38.800
 name

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.159
 is

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:40.079
 Aslan

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.820
 and he

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:40.940
 is

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.139
 a

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.480
 lion

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.220
 right

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:42.840
 Lewis'

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.300
 writing

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:43.579
 is

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:44.019
 just

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.720
 fantastic

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:45.539
 my

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:45.980
 heart

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.559
 skips

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:46.960
 a beat

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.900
 when I

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.159
 see the

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:48.380
 name

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.519
 on

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:48.619
 the

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:48.940
 page

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.260
 it

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:49.559
 stands

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.840
 out

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.039
 on

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.139
 the

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.519
 page

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:51.360
 oh

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:51.659
 good

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.000
 Aslan

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.119
 is

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:52.220
 on

00:42:52.220 --> 00:42:52.360
 this

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:52.619
 page

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:52.800
 this

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:52.940
 is

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.539
 fantastic

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:55.420
 wonderful

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:55.940
 writing

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:57.639
 Aslan

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:57.820
 doesn't

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.059
 show up

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.119
 until

00:42:58.119 --> 00:42:58.300
 much

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:58.519
 later

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:58.619
 in

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:58.719
 the

00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:58.980
 story

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.159
 and

00:42:59.159 --> 00:42:59.300
 it's

00:42:59.300 --> 00:42:59.460
 the

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.800
 youngest

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.659
 of

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:00.860
 the

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.179
 Pimansi

00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:01.440
 children

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:02.219
 that

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:02.679
 notices

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:02.900
 him

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.559
 first

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.659
 she

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.019
 sees

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.219
 him

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:05.380
 the

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:05.559
 others

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:05.759
 don't

00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:06.000
 see

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.279
 him

00:43:06.279 --> 00:43:06.960
 finally

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.219
 she

00:43:07.219 --> 00:43:07.579
 actually

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:08.199
 encounters

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.420
 him

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.539
 and I

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:08.639
 just

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.759
 want

00:43:08.759 --> 00:43:08.840
 to

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:08.980
 read

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.139
 a

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.360
 little

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:09.679
 bit

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:10.139
 to

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.460
 you

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:13.860
 Lewis

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:14.179
 writes

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.579
 she

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:15.259
 rushed

00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:15.259


00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:23.539


00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:23.739
 do

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:24.000
 was

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.099
 that

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:24.219
 she

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:24.380
 was

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:24.699
 kissing

00:43:24.699 --> 00:43:25.059
 him

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.500
 and

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:25.639
 putting

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:25.980
 arms

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.500
 as far

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.759
 around

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:26.920
 his

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.079
 neck

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.219
 as

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:27.340
 she

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:27.679
 could

00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:28.300
 and

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:28.779
 burying

00:43:28.779 --> 00:43:28.980
 her

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:29.420
 face

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:29.579
 in

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:29.719
 the

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:30.119
 beautiful

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.539
 rich

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.279
 silkiness

00:43:31.279 --> 00:43:31.920
 of

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.079
 his

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.460
 mane

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:34.219
 Aslan

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:34.599
 Aslan

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:34.900
 dear

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.519
 Aslan

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.880
 sobbed

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:36.099
 Lucy

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.400
 at

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:37.079
 last

00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:38.539
 the

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:38.960
 great

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.400
 beast

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:39.880
 rolled

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:40.480
 over

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:40.779
 on

00:43:40.779 --> 00:43:40.980
 his

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.360
 side

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:41.759
 so

00:43:41.759 --> 00:43:41.900
 that

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.119
 Lucy

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.619
 fell

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:43.159
 half

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:43.480
 sitting

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:43.639
 and

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:43.860
 half

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.279
 lying

00:43:44.279 --> 00:43:44.559
 between

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:44.739
 his

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:44.980
 front

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.400
 paws

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:46.239
 he

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:46.559
 bent

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.039
 forward

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.699
 and

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:48.000
 just

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.360
 touched

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.579
 her

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:48.980
 nose

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.480
 with

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:49.659
 his

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:50.000
 tongue

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.000


00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.739
 his

00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:51.019
 warm

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.280
 breath

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:51.519
 came

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.840
 all

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.179
 around

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.400
 her

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:52.900
 she

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.500
 gazed

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.920
 up

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.159
 into

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.360
 the

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:54.880
 large

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.719
 wise

00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:56.920
 face

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:58.579
 welcome

00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:59.000
 child

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.579
 he

00:43:59.579 --> 00:43:59.860
 said

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:01.199
 Aslan

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.420
 said

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:01.739
 Lucy

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:02.519
 you're

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:03.119
 bigger

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:05.440
 that

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:05.579
 is

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.099
 because

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.639
 you

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:06.800
 are

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 older

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