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 Well, good evening. Lovely to be with you. We're going to start our series proper, Joseph and the Gospel of Many Colors.

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 This was one of those weeks where I started on Monday, and I didn't really get the passage until Wednesday afternoon,

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 having spent a lot of time in it, and I hope as we look at it you'll see some of the hard work that's gone into putting this together.

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 It's called juxtaposition.

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 This is Zionachana. That's his name.

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 He is the head of the biggest family in the world.

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 He's also the head of a polygamous Christian cult known as Chana, after himself.

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 He has 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, and 33 grandchildren.

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 The family live in a 100-room, four-story house in Bekawang village in India.

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 The family, all 167 of them, are organized with military precision.

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 A normal evening meal requires 30 chickens, 132 pounds of potatoes, and 220 pounds of rice.

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 The interview that Zionachana did with the Guardian newspaper.

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 He was asked, how does your family stay together?

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 And he said, my family is a harmonious picture of mutual love, care, and respect.

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 My family is a harmonious picture of mutual love, care, and respect.

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 Well, as we climb into Genesis chapter 37, and the beginning of the Joseph story proper,

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 we see Jacob has 35 less wives, 81 less children.

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 But it is anything but a picture of mutual love, care, and respect.

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 It is a messy, grisly, sordid, and divided rabble of schemers, murderers, liars, and haters.

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 It is reading portions of Scripture like the ones we're about to read

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 that we have caused to doubt whether 2 Timothy 3 verse 16 is true.

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 We're forced to ask, is this really inspired Scripture?

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 Is this really breathed out by God?

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 Is it actually useful to us?

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 How can it correct us, teach us?

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 What will it do to train us in righteousness?

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 Well, my hope is by the time that we all leave tonight,

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 we'll go, this is a real portion of Scripture.

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 This isn't just something that Moses inserted to fill up the pages

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 because he wanted to get 50 chapters as a nice round number.

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 But for that to happen, we need God's help.

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 So why don't we pray together?

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 Paul rejoiced that whilst in Ephesus, he said,

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 I have proclaimed the whole counsel of God and not shrug back.

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 So Lord, as we come to this section of your word,

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 that we would in all honesty prefer to skip over,

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 would you speak to us through it?

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 Would you do it for Jesus' sake?

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 And in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you've got a Bible, please turn to Genesis chapter 37.

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 So we're going to call chapter 37 the white sheep of the family.

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 The white sheep of the family referring to Joseph,

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 who seems to be a stellar example of faithfulness

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 amidst a rabble of black sheep.

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 First thing I'd love you to do is look at chapter 37 verse 2.

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 Do you see how that starts?

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 This is the account of Jacob's family line.

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 That phrase is what's called a toledoth saying.

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 And there's 11 of them in Genesis.

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 The first one's in chapter 2 verse 4,

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 where it says these are the generations of how the earth came into being.

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 The second one is chapter 5 verse 1,

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 where it says these are the generations of Adam.

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 And then we get all the characters that we mentioned last week

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 with this toledoth saying.

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 Chapter 37 verse 2 is the last toledoth saying,

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 the 11th toledoth saying in Genesis.

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 And it refers to Jacob and his family.

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 In fact, Genesis 37 verse 2 is the last toledoth saying

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 in the whole of the Old Testament.

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 Because from this moment on,

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 the entire story will be focused around this genealogy.

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 The genealogy of Jacob,

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 whose name is changed to Israel,

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 and God's dealing with them

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 throughout the remaining 38 books of the Old Testament.

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 There's one other toledoth saying in the Bible.

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 And it comes in Matthew chapter 1 verse 1.

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 This is the genealogy of Jesus,

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 the Messiah,

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 the son of David,

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 the son of Abraham.

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 That when God does a new thing

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 through his son

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 to create a new Israel,

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 there's a new toledoth saying.

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 And a new toledoth saying

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 that we're all a part of.

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 As those welcomed as children of God

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 through the Lord Jesus.

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 When God starts a new thing

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 with a new Israel formed in

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 and through his son.

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 He says,

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 I want to mark this.

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 This is the genealogy

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 of Jesus,

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 the Messiah.

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 And so we move on

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 and we learn about Joseph.

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 It's funny that it's Jacob's family,

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 but the first character

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 we're introduced to is Joseph.

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 And actually he's going to be the main character

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 for the remaining 13 chapters

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 of the book of Genesis.

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 He has more ink written about him

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 in Genesis than anybody else.

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 He is a big player.

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 And we're all very familiar with the story.

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 When I was growing up,

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 we were one of the posh families

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 who had a car with a CD player.

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 And the only CD we actually owned

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 was Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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 So by the age of 12,

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 I could pretty much recite the whole thing by heart.

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 And I would give you a rendition,

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 but I am keen that you'll stay

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 and not depart.

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 Joseph is the ostracized brother.

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 And I think as we see

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 the first 11 verses unfold,

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 we see just how ostracized he is.

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 Do you see in the remainder of verse 2,

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 he's working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah.

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 That these are the sons

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 of the two slave women,

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 Rachel's slave and Leah's slave.

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 That it seems like

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 even amongst the legitimate brothers,

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 the daughters of Rachel and Leah,

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 and the daughters of the slave women,

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 he seems to be thrown

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 towards the slave women.

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 That he seems to be treated

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 by his brothers as not the real deal,

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 not a legitimate son.

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 And then verse 3,

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 we read now,

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 Israel, Jacob loved Joseph

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 more than any of the others.

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 Jacob loves Joseph most,

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 even though he's the 11th born son.

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 He loves him the most.

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 Why does he love him the most?

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 Well, the passage says

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 because he was born to Jacob

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 in his old age.

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 But also he's the first son of Rachel.

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 Jacob's one true love.

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 The one that he really wanted to marry.

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 The one that he worked 14 years

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 in order that he could be married to her.

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 Do we love that passage in Genesis?

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 One of the most romantic bits in the Bible.

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 That Joseph worked for seven years,

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 but it seemed like merely days

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 because his love for Rachel was so great.

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 And so Joseph,

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 Rachel's firstborn son,

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 becomes his favorite.

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 And isn't it strange

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 how Jacob repeats the sins

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 of his father, Isaac?

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 That what predetermined

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 Jacob's early life?

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 Well, it was the fact

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 that Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob.

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 And here we are,

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 the sins of fathers repeated

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 in their children.

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 That Jacob loves Joseph most.

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 And he wants to show this,

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 he wants to mark this

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 by giving Joseph

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 a coat of many colors.

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 Although to really ruin it for you,

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 the Hebrew doesn't really suggest

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 many colors.

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 It simply says many threads.

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 And lots of people

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 are coming around to the idea

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 that it's not many threads

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 of many colors,

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 but many threads.

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 Because it was a long-sleeved coat

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 that went down to his ankles.

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 It was an ornate robe.

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 And the significance is enormous.

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 Because you give this coat

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 to somebody in middle management.

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 You give this coat to somebody

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 who's not going to be

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 scrabbling around

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 doing the manual labor.

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 What Joseph is actually doing

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 in this passage

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 is he's giving Joseph

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 a promotion.

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 He's promoting him

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 from amongst his brothers

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 to be an overseer

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 over his brothers.

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 And do you see this?

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 Joseph,

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 who's already ostracized

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 by his brothers,

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 that's been compounded massively.

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 That's been compounded massively

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 by somebody being promoted

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 from among their peers.

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 And so hatred,

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 the spark of jealousy

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 is turned

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 to an inferno of hatred.

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 Joseph compounds the issue.

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 God gives him a dream

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 of these sheaves

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 bowing down to Joseph.

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 Joseph sheaves.

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 And then there's picture

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 of the stars

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 bowing down to Joseph

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 with the moon

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 and the sun as well.

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 So it's compounded.

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 The gap,

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 the gulf

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 that existed

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 between them

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 is widening

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 and widening

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 and widening.

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 Do you see

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 how many times

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 it says

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 that they hated him?

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 Look at verse 4.

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 They hated him

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 and could not speak

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 a kind word

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 about him.

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 Verse 5.

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 They hated him

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 all the more.

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 Verse 8.

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 End of.

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 And they hated him

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 all the more

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 because of his dream

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 and what he had said.

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 Verse 11.

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 His brothers

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 were jealous of him.

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 This is absolute hatred

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 for their brother Joseph.

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 And so it moves on

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 in verse 12

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 that Joseph

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 now has this

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 executive role.

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 So while all his brothers

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 go to do the heavy

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 serious shepherding,

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 Joseph stays at home

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 to do the paperwork

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 and play minesweeper

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 on the PC.

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 And he's not

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 until it comes

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 that Jacob

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 wants Joseph

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 to go and do

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 a sight visit.

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 Until he says,

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 I think it's time

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 you went to check

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 on the flock

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 and your brothers

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 as well.

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 This is a very serious,

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 this is a very dangerous

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 and very distant

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 mission.

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 It's dangerous

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 because of the place.

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 the place

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 they're camped

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 is Shechem.

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 This has real

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 significance

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 because back

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 in Genesis

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 chapter 34,

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 a guy called

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 Shechem

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 steals

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 the brother

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 sister

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 Dina.

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 He abducts her,

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 he defiles her

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 and he tries

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 to make her

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 his wife.

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 And Simeon

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 and Levi

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 deceive the Shechemites

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 as they say,

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 yeah,

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 you can have our sister

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 but we insist

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 that you're all

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 circumcised.

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 And so all the

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 Shechemites are

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 circumcised

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 and while they're

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 still sore,

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 it says,

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 after the third

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 day,

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 Levi and Simeon

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 butcher them all.

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 And then as

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 they're all dead,

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 all the other

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 brothers come

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 and they plunder

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 the city.

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 And now Jacob

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 is sending

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 Joseph to this

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 place

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 to check up

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 on those

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 brothers

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 who are

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 shepherding

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 the flock

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 there.

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 It's also

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 distant

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 that where

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 Jacob and

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 Joseph are

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 and where

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 Shechem is

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 is about

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 50 miles.

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 That's a long

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 journey by foot

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 to do a

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 site visit.

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 And Joseph

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 in response

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 says the only

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 words he says

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 in the whole

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 chapter.

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 He says

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 as it's put

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 in the NIV

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 very well,

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 the literal

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 is here I

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 am.

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 It's the

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 word of an

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 obedient son

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 carrying out

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 the will of

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 their father.

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 So obediently

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 Joseph goes

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 on the long

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 and dangerous

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 journey to do

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 a site

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 inspection.

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 And he

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 gets to

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 Shechem

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 and there's

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 no flocks

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 and there's

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 no brothers.

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 Now if

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 Joseph was

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 a legalist

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 he'd go

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 home at

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 that point.

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 I remember

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 growing up

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 that my mum

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 told me to

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 tidy my

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 room.

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 So I did

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 but I

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 simply took

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 all the

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 mess out

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 of my

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 room and

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 threw it

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 on the

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 landing.

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 And I

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 said to

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 my mum

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 my room

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 is tidy.

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 The

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 landing

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 that's

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 your

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 business.

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 It

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 hurt a

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 lot.

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 That's

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 what

00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:22.919
 legalists

00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.100
 do.

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 They do

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 just

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 enough.

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 Joseph

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 gets to

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 Shechem

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 there's

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 no

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 brothers

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 he

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 should

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 have

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 gone

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 home.

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 But he

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 chats

00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:28.839
 to a

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 man

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 who

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 says

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 they've

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 gone

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 to

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 Dothan.

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 Dothan's

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 another

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 13 miles.

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 50 plus

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 13 is a

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 63 mile

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 journey.

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 And his

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 brothers see

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 him coming.

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 A plan

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 is hatched

00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:45.199
 and then

00:14:45.199 --> 00:14:45.759
 they know

00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.519
 by killing

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 Joseph

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 they will

00:14:47.699 --> 00:14:48.240
 end his

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 delusions

00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:50.079
 of grandeur.

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 and will

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 certainly

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 make sure

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.139
 that the

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 dream of

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 bowing down

00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.400
 to him

00:14:54.400 --> 00:14:54.820
 will never

00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:55.240
 happen.

00:14:57.400 --> 00:14:57.759
 Reuben

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 seems to

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 be like a

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 good guy

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 because he

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 steps in.

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 He says

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 let's not

00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:02.540
 get blood

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 on our

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 hands

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 let's just

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 throw him

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 in the

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 pit

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 and leave

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 him to

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 die.

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 Although

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 it seems

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 from the

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 reading of

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 verse 29

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 that Reuben

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 wants to

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 come back

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 later

00:15:12.660 --> 00:15:13.740
 and save

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 Joseph.

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 Perhaps

00:15:15.900 --> 00:15:16.240
 to get

00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:16.660
 back in

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 Jacob's

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 good books

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 having

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 already

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 slept

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:19.960
 with

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 Bilhah

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 Jacob's

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 wife

00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.700
 in

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 chapter

00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.600
 35

00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:24.340
 verse 22.

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 So Reuben

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:26.899
 thinks if he

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 can bring

00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:28.539
 Joseph back

00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:29.240
 unharmed

00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.820
 he'll be

00:15:29.820 --> 00:15:30.159
 back in

00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:30.440
 the good

00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:30.860
 books.

00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.279
 So they

00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.919
 strip him

00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:37.519
 and they

00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:37.860
 throw him

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.080
 in the

00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:38.419
 pit

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.980
 and then

00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:40.399
 they care

00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:40.860
 so little

00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.259
 that they

00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.899
 have lunch.

00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:43.879
 They sat

00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.320
 down for

00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:44.820
 a sandwich

00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.820
 verse 25

00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:46.220
 and

00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:49.080
 and then

00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:49.779
 an Ishmaelite

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.259
 caravan

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:51.039
 arrives

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:53.220
 and Judah

00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.259
 sees a way

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:54.879
 not just

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.399
 not to get

00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.000
 blood on his

00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.600
 hands but to

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.159
 make a pretty

00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:57.680
 penny as

00:15:57.680 --> 00:15:57.940
 well.

00:15:59.700 --> 00:15:59.980
 And so

00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.700
 Joseph is

00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:01.879
 sold for

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.560
 20 pieces

00:16:02.560 --> 00:16:03.139
 of silver

00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:06.039
 and then

00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:06.940
 they deceive

00:16:06.940 --> 00:16:08.060
 Jacob

00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:10.159
 they kill

00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:10.680
 a goat

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:12.600
 they dip

00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:12.980
 in his

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.460
 robe

00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.899
 they take

00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.259
 it back

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.659
 to their

00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.139
 dad

00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.659
 and they

00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.059
 play the

00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:18.379
 innocent

00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:18.879
 we found

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.399
 this

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:21.279
 do you

00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:21.480
 know

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:21.759
 whose

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.319
 it is

00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:25.419
 and

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:25.799
 Jacob

00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.159
 is

00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:26.679
 utterly

00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:28.139
 inconsolable

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:30.679
 well that's

00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:31.059
 the famous

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.600
 story

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:33.799
 but what

00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.059
 do we

00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:34.580
 make of

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.000
 it

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:36.720
 what sort

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.220
 of things

00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:37.500
 are we

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.080
 supposed to

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.639
 make of

00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.139
 this

00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:40.580
 is it

00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.259
 the application

00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:41.600
 that if

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.080
 your brothers

00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.720
 are shepherding

00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.299
 in the distance

00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:43.980
 don't go

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:47.980
 is it

00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:48.460
 try and

00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.320
 drive a

00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:50.180
 higher price

00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:50.779
 with the

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.360
 Ishmaelites

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.740
 if you're

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.159
 selling your

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.460
 brother

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:54.259
 what are we

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.800
 to do

00:16:54.800 --> 00:16:55.980
 well I think

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.379
 there's three

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.000
 things that I

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.580
 think massively

00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:58.259
 help us in

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:58.720
 this passage

00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:00.480
 this passage

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.100
 is there to

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.580
 help us

00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.639
 with and

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.080
 to teach

00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.560
 us

00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:04.500
 here's the

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.120
 first

00:17:05.120 --> 00:17:06.819
 obedience

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.900
 doesn't mean

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.519
 comfort

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:10.420
 obedience

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.940
 doesn't mean

00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.460
 comfort

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:14.319
 Moses is

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:15.579
 very clear

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.100
 in this

00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:16.559
 passage

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.180
 he gives

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.960
 nothing about

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.600
 how Joseph

00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:19.340
 feels

00:17:19.340 --> 00:17:21.079
 what Joseph

00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.840
 does

00:17:21.840 --> 00:17:23.259
 it says

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.059
 nothing about

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.720
 whether he's

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.539
 stirring them

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.259
 all the time

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.960
 by playing the

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.539
 superiority

00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.400
 cards

00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.900
 it says

00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:30.559
 nothing that

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.220
 every time he

00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.840
 came into his

00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:32.579
 brother's presence

00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.640
 he was wearing

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.400
 the robe and

00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.160
 pretending that he

00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.880
 was on a Milan

00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.660
 catwalk

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:38.000
 none of that

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:40.539
 all it simply

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.299
 says

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:43.119
 is Joseph

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:44.079
 was obedient

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:45.700
 Joseph

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.740
 obeyed

00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.559
 and at every

00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:48.319
 point Joseph

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.200
 obeys things

00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.940
 didn't get better

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.359
 for him

00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.119
 they got worse

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:53.440
 he did exactly

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.339
 what was expected

00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.819
 of him

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.720
 and at every

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.319
 point he

00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:57.339
 paid the

00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:58.000
 price

00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:03.299
 same in

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.339
 our lives

00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:06.339
 obedience

00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.839
 being obedient

00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:08.379
 to the

00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:09.059
 Lord Jesus

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.579
 is no

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.039
 guarantee

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.480
 of a

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.859
 comfortable

00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.419
 life

00:18:11.419 --> 00:18:12.240
 in fact

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.799
 obedience

00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.779
 to Jesus

00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:16.099
 leads to

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.919
 more hatred

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 being

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:19.019
 despised

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:20.179
 being spoken

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 against

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 being ridiculed

00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:23.059
 being belittled

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 than if you

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 just stay

00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:24.879
 quiet and

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 fit in

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 obedience

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 does not

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 mean

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.480
 comfort

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.200
 comforts

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:31.640
 and unless

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 we know

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.620
 that

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 we'll be

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 surprised

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:34.700
 when it

00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.440
 gets tough

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:37.319
 we'll be

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:37.779
 surprised

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.240
 when the

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.759
 road gets

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.299
 rough and

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 steep

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:41.339
 we'll be

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:41.799
 like the

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 seed that

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 falls on

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.079
 the rocky

00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.519
 ground

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.160
 that will

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.900
 receive the

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.579
 word with

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 joy

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.539
 but have

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.240
 no root

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.839
 so when

00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.480
 tribulation

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.220
 and persecution

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.259
 arise on

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 account of

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 the gospel

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.940
 immediately

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.519
 we'll fall

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 away

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:57.500
 there is a

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.519
 real cost

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.259
 to following

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.619
 Jesus

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.399
 a tangible

00:19:00.399 --> 00:19:00.939
 cost

00:19:00.939 --> 00:19:02.019
 to being

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.879
 obedient to

00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.079
 him

00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.839
 and unless

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.599
 we realize

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.079
 that we

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.619
 will not

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.059
 weather the

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.379
 storm

00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:08.779
 unless we

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:10.059
 see that

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.899
 obedience to

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:11.699
 Jesus is the

00:19:11.699 --> 00:19:12.619
 most important

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.019
 thing

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:14.839
 that comes

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.159
 at the

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 highest price

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:18.500
 we'll always

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.159
 sit down

00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:20.759
 remain quiet

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.259
 and blend

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 in

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 point number

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:23.980
 two

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 God is

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 never

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.019
 mentioned

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.279
 but

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.779
 everywhere

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.339
 present

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.460
 God is

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:29.860
 never

00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:30.620
 mentioned

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:31.480
 but

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.180
 everywhere

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:33.039
 present

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.039
 I think

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 what we

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.740
 see in

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.339
 this chapter

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.400
 is that

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.759
 God is

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.400
 awesome

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:39.019
 in his

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.880
 providence

00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:42.500
 though he

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.019
 is not

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.400
 mentioned

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:43.900
 we see

00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.740
 his hand

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:46.759
 in every

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.140
 sentence

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.839
 every

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:50.360
 act

00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:52.400
 moving

00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.039
 his pieces

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.399
 around

00:19:53.399 --> 00:19:53.599
 the

00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.000
 board

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.759
 so that

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.059
 Joseph

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.480
 will be

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:56.779
 in just

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.099
 the right

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.659
 place

00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:59.059
 when the

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.579
 crunch time

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.259
 comes

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.720
 providence

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.299
 according to

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.819
 the Westminster

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.379
 confession

00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:04.159
 says this

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:05.339
 providence

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.539
 is that

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.379
 God the

00:20:07.379 --> 00:20:08.200
 creator of

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.019
 all things

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.119
 does uphold

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:10.839
 direct

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.639
 dispose

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.440
 and govern

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.259
 all creatures

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.059
 actions

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.879
 and things

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.619
 from the

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 greatest

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.639
 even to

00:20:16.639 --> 00:20:17.159
 the least

00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:17.960
 by his

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.539
 most

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.420
 wise

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:19.980
 and holy

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.460
 care

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.200
 according

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.660
 to his

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.400
 infallible

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.220
 foreknowledge

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:23.860
 and the

00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.340
 free and

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:24.860
 immutable

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.759
 counsel

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.240
 of his

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.559
 own

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:26.900
 will

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.860
 to the

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.240
 praise

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.600
 of his

00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:29.120
 wisdom

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.700
 power

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.380
 justice

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.059
 goodness

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:32.460
 and mercy

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:34.299
 let me

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.700
 just point

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.240
 out six

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.340
 examples

00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:37.079
 of this

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:38.120
 number one

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.720
 Joseph is

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:38.980
 in a

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.759
 dysfunctional

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.200
 family

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.240
 that seems

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.380
 massively

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.120
 play into

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.680
 the unfolding

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.039
 of the

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.500
 story

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.960
 the

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.500
 presentation

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.119
 of an

00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:47.720
 ornate

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.200
 robe

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.000
 only

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.900
 widens

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.420
 the gulf

00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:50.779
 between

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.180
 Joseph

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.559
 and his

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:51.920
 brothers

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.259
 meaning

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.599
 that when

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:52.859
 we get

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.299
 to crunch

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.500
 point

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:53.819
 they want

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.160
 to kill

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.420
 him

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.019
 or at

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.200
 least

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.480
 sell

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.740
 him

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.680
 point

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.019
 three

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.500
 he gets

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.700
 to

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.079
 Shechem

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.880
 and it

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.319
 just so

00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.619
 happens

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.039
 there's a

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.539
 man in

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.839
 Shechem

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.359
 who knows

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.700
 where his

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.000
 brothers

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.259
 are

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.460
 in

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:02.980
 Dothan

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.720
 number

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.059
 four

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.539
 they throw

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:04.900
 him in

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.579
 a cistern

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.380
 and Moses

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:06.900
 is so

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.339
 clear

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.559
 the

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.180
 cistern

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.960
 was empty

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.660
 there was

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.180
 no water

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.880
 in it

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.680
 Joseph

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.240
 wasn't

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.539
 treading

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:13.920
 water

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.480
 until the

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.960
 Ishmaelites

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.500
 arrived

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.660
 there was

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.279
 no water

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.000
 in it

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.940
 point

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.420
 five

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.800
 the

00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:20.360
 caravan

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:20.860
 arrived

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.259
 at just

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.660
 the right

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.160
 time

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:24.460
 point

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.100
 six

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:26.100
 last

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:26.700
 verse

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.960
 he ended

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.400
 up being

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:28.800
 sold

00:21:28.800 --> 00:21:29.060
 to

00:21:29.060 --> 00:21:29.660
 Potiphar

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.779
 one of

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.160
 Pharaoh's

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.519
 officials

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.120
 the captain

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:33.160
 of the

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.600
 guard

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.860
 some people

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.200
 will say

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.539
 this is

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:35.759
 just

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.460
 chance

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.620
 it's

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:37.840
 just

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.820
 happenstance

00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:40.200
 but I

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.779
 think Moses

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.420
 is inviting

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:41.940
 us to see

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.180
 it as

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.900
 providence

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:45.019
 God is

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.500
 not like

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.100
 some grand

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.420
 chess

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:46.880
 master

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.680
 who sees

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:47.940
 what's

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.300
 happening

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:48.700
 and then

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.600
 reacts

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:51.640
 but God

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.060
 knows the

00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.460
 end from

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.980
 the beginning

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:54.460
 he knows

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:54.759
 how the

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.340
 story is

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.800
 to unfold

00:21:55.800 --> 00:21:56.660
 yes everyone

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.280
 does what

00:21:57.280 --> 00:21:57.740
 they see

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.180
 fit to

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.519
 do

00:21:58.519 --> 00:22:00.000
 but they

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.640
 only actually

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.320
 end up doing

00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:02.019
 what God

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.460
 has predestined

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.420
 to happen

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:08.380
 an awesome

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:09.279
 providence

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.920
 God's

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.480
 hand of

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.920
 providence

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.500
 moving the

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.900
 pieces

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.980
 around the

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.580
 board for

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:15.519
 his glory

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:17.140
 and the

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.580
 ultimate

00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:18.220
 blessing

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.940
 of many

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.620
 many people

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:22.420
 and it's

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.820
 the same

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.300
 in your

00:22:23.300 --> 00:22:23.920
 life

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.539
 God very

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.060
 seldom

00:22:26.060 --> 00:22:26.740
 at least

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.140
 in my

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.380
 life

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:28.120
 miraculously

00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.840
 intervenes

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.140
 in my

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.500
 day to

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.820
 day

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:31.359
 that never

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.839
 happens

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.200
 really

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:34.579
 but he

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:34.980
 is

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.119
 providentially

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.980
 guiding

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.720
 each of

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.679
 our lives

00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:41.500
 providing

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.039
 what we

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.539
 need

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.179
 bringing

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:43.679
 chance

00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:44.339
 encounters

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.559
 with people

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.059
 for whom

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.399
 we can

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:46.980
 influence

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.319
 for the

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.539
 Lord

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.000
 Jesus

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:52.179
 providentially

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:52.579
 bringing

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.200
 into our

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.679
 lives

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.419
 a church

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:54.839
 family

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.339
 whom we

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.240
 can walk

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.859
 through

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.659
 life with

00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:59.419
 to encourage

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.000
 us

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.080
 and spur

00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.480
 us on

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.000
 to love

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.420
 and good

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.039
 deeds

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:05.259
 but we

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.700
 need eyes

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.160
 to see

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.680
 it

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:08.360
 or else

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.779
 we'll miss

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.240
 it

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.360
 that God

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.740
 is doing

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.620
 infinitely more

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.220
 behind our

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.660
 backs than

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.080
 he is in

00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.560
 front of our

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:13.940
 face

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.140
 and it's

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.620
 only as we

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.140
 look back

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.620
 and see his

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.060
 kindness

00:23:17.060 --> 00:23:17.759
 his goodness

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.600
 his sovereignty

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.480
 and his

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.140
 providence in

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.560
 our lives

00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:20.860
 that we

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.600
 really start

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:21.900
 to give

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.539
 him thanks

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.620
 for all

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:23.900
 that he's

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.420
 been doing

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:26.860
 point three

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.360
 this is a

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:27.680
 shadow

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.519
 story

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:30.259
 in Hebrews

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.799
 it talks

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.339
 about things

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.779
 that happened

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.299
 in the Old

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.680
 Testament

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.160
 are like

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.720
 shadows

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:35.400
 of things

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.980
 to come

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.799
 this story

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.359
 about an

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.279
 obedient son

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.720
 who goes

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.220
 on a long

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.740
 journey out

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.319
 of obedience

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.920
 to his

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.400
 father

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:44.579
 who ends

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.200
 up being

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.039
 rejected by

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.519
 his own

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.980
 and sold

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.559
 for silver

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.700
 and suffers

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.299
 at the hands

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.740
 of wicked

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.139
 men

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:51.779
 yet ultimately

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.460
 leads to

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.220
 saving many

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.740
 is a shadow

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.240
 of a better

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.859
 story

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.559
 a better

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.459
 story of

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:59.639
 a greater

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.259
 obedient

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.819
 son

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.879
 who goes

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.279
 on a

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.679
 greater

00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:03.479
 journey

00:24:03.479 --> 00:24:04.240
 from the

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.839
 glories

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.339
 of heaven

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.719
 to the

00:24:05.719 --> 00:24:06.119
 squalor

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.740
 of earth

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.759
 who came

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.159
 to his

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.639
 own

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.359
 and his

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.779
 own

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.539
 did not

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.939
 receive

00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.240
 him

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:14.039
 who was

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.500
 betrayed

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.119
 for silver

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.579
 into the

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:15.959
 hands of

00:24:15.959 --> 00:24:16.579
 wicked men

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.419
 who nailed

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:17.759
 him to

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.359
 a cross

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.119
 and through

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.619
 this God

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:19.979
 would be

00:24:19.979 --> 00:24:20.519
 pleased to

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.159
 save many

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:22.899
 even you

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.700
 and me

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:25.240
 now we need

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.720
 to be very

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.380
 careful when

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.960
 we read the

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.540
 old testament

00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:28.080
 that we don't

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.980
 allegorize

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:30.160
 that we don't

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.720
 try and see

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.440
 Jesus under

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.220
 every stone

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.680
 and round

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.380
 every corner

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.840
 in every

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.300
 symbol

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:36.680
 but I think

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.220
 if we read

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.900
 Acts 7

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.680
 and Stephen's

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.340
 speech before

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.740
 he gets

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.040
 stoned

00:24:40.040 --> 00:24:40.759
 this is exactly

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.500
 what he says

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:43.900
 that just as

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.580
 Joseph was

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.400
 rejected by

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.120
 his brothers

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:47.220
 so you

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.060
 rejected the

00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:48.480
 Lord of

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.900
 life the

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.580
 Messiah when

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.000
 he came

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.800
 that's exactly

00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.640
 how Stephen

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:54.480
 uses the

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.900
 story

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.620
 and so

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.720
 we see that

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.440
 Joseph is the

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.900
 white sheep

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.580
 of the family

00:24:59.580 --> 00:25:01.120
 and we learn

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.740
 that obedience

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.480
 doesn't mean

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.000
 comfort

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.420
 that God is

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.200
 never mentioned

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.920
 but everywhere

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.420
 present

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.140
 and that it's

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.620
 a shadow

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.300
 a type

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:10.380
 of things

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.880
 to come

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:12.740
 and so

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.320
 if you thought

00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:13.640
 that was

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.160
 grisly

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:15.340
 chapter 38

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:16.280
 knocks the

00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:16.780
 socks off

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:17.160
 it

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:19.259
 well it seems

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.820
 like a very

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:21.240
 strange interlude

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.940
 doesn't it

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:23.660
 like we

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.660
 had Joseph

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.220
 who we know

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.000
 about and he

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.539
 ends up in

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.840
 Egypt

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:28.019
 and we're

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.500
 expecting

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.120
 Potiphar's

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.660
 wife

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:31.720
 but we get

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.120
 this really

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:33.320
 awkward interlude

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.039
 about Judah

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.840
 in this rather

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.779
 sordid

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.860
 chain of

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.480
 events

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:40.380
 Judah's

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.160
 debauchery

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.160
 is put before

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.440
 the unfolding

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.960
 of the rest

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.740
 of the story

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:47.620
 yet

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.720
 it is an

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.759
 important link

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:51.819
 not just

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.200
 in the

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.299
 Joseph story

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.240
 but in the

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.940
 remainder of

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.400
 our Bible

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.799
 and I want

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.259
 to just take

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.900
 five minutes

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.420
 to show you

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.819
 why

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.660
 the first

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.120
 thing we see

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.759
 is this

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.940
 that Judah

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.579
 goes down

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:05.140
 it's written

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.700
 even more

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.599
 explicit than it

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.319
 captures it in

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.759
 the NIV

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.460
 it says Judah

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.220
 went down

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.680
 from his

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.120
 family

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.880
 and he

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.839
 turned aside

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.759
 to see his

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.339
 friend

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:17.679
 the Adolamite

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.159
 named

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:18.819
 Hira

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:20.079
 he went

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.599
 down and

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.079
 he turned

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.500
 aside

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.220
 and the way

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.879
 that language

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.519
 is always

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.500
 used is

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.500
 about rebellion

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:27.799
 the rest of

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.159
 the Bible

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.699
 is the same

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.299
 word used

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.279
 of Jonah

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.579
 who goes

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.399
 down to

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:32.740
 Joppa

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.240
 and down

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.619
 into the

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:33.779
 ship

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.059
 it's that

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.899
 same idea

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:37.339
 Judah is

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.899
 leaving

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.939
 the covenant

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:39.539
 family

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.939
 and the

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:41.359
 covenant

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.000
 land

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.399
 saying

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.659
 I want

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.099
 nothing

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.000
 to do

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.399
 with any

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:45.719
 of you

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:45.879
 now

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.219
 he's

00:26:46.219 --> 00:26:46.759
 turned

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.299
 aside

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:49.539
 and then

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.859
 we see

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.699
 his lust

00:26:50.699 --> 00:26:52.919
 he saw

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:54.539
 he took

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.759
 he went

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.479
 into her

00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:58.099
 it's that

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.639
 explicit

00:26:58.639 --> 00:27:00.279
 he sees

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.559
 Shua

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.679
 he took

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.039
 Shua

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.959
 he went

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.459
 in

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:04.399
 to Shua

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.919
 and Shua

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.279
 is a

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.179
 Canaanite

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:08.479
 the very

00:27:08.479 --> 00:27:09.199
 people

00:27:09.199 --> 00:27:10.019
 who

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:13.700
 are not

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.559
 to marry

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:16.019
 God's

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.319
 chosen

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.839
 people

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:19.819
 we see

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.460
 the length

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.059
 that Abraham

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.799
 goes to

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.539
 to get

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:24.139
 a wife

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.940
 for Isaac

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.960
 who's not

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.339
 from the

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.740
 surrounding

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.200
 region

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.519
 do you know

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.920
 that great

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.559
 story where

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.019
 the servant

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.579
 goes

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.440
 and he hangs

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.839
 out on the

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.480
 side of town

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.819
 and this

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.339
 girl comes

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.680
 along

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.339
 and she

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.639
 waters

00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.379
 his camels

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.119
 so he

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.379
 thinks

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.920
 she must

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.220
 be the

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.520
 one

00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:38.520
 because

00:27:38.520 --> 00:27:39.460
 Isaac

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.900
 is to

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.240
 marry

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.640
 one of

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:40.920
 God's

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.200
 covenant

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.580
 people

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:41.920
 and here

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.300
 we see

00:27:42.300 --> 00:27:42.820
 Judah

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:44.480
 going

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.020
 completely

00:27:45.020 --> 00:27:45.400
 the other

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.740
 way

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.740
 it's a

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.020
 rapid

00:27:48.020 --> 00:27:48.640
 decline

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.640
 Judah

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.380
 isolates

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.800
 himself

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:51.120
 and we

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.560
 see so

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:51.960
 quickly

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.460
 he gets

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.920
 into all

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.280
 sorts of

00:27:53.280 --> 00:27:53.600
 trouble

00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:55.540
 see that

00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:55.880
 in our

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.160
 church

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.540
 don't we

00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:57.020
 that people

00:27:57.020 --> 00:27:57.680
 isolate

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.180
 themselves

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.380
 and they

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.100
 wander away

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.560
 and all too

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.060
 quickly the

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.580
 decline is

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:01.880
 rapid

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:04.380
 I wonder

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.840
 if God

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.360
 would place

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.720
 on our

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.020
 hearts

00:28:06.020 --> 00:28:06.480
 those that

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.820
 we used

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.120
 to see

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.600
 a lot

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.920
 and now

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.320
 not so

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.540
 much

00:28:09.540 --> 00:28:09.780
 and I

00:28:09.780 --> 00:28:09.980
 wonder

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.300
 if he

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:10.840
 would send

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.300
 us

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:12.460
 to reach

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.800
 out to

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.080
 them and

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.400
 bring them

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.880
 back before

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.220
 they get

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.960
 into deep

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.080
 and desperate

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:16.740
 difficulty

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:20.400
 he takes

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.040
 Shua as

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.620
 a wife

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:23.880
 and they

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.320
 have three

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.880
 sons

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:26.360
 and it

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.740
 seems when

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.080
 it comes

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.700
 to registering

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.200
 the birth

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.620
 Judah's

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.000
 lost for

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.380
 word so

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:29.680
 he calls

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.020
 the first

00:28:30.020 --> 00:28:30.220
 one

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.560
 Ah

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:33.319
 he calls

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.700
 the second

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:33.960
 one

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.500
 Onan

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.919
 and then

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.240
 he calls

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.639
 his third

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:36.879
 son

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.240
 Sheila

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.799
 which doesn't

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.200
 sound like

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.500
 a very

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.899
 masculine

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.359
 name for

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.700
 a boy

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.139
 either

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:42.940
 and then

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.299
 he sets

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.839
 about getting

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.179
 them all

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.599
 married

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:46.759
 and so

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.379
 Ur marries

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.039
 Tamar

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:51.099
 there's only

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.740
 one problem

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.119
 though

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:54.399
 verse 7

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.559
 Ur

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.119
 Judah's

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.779
 firstborn

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.779
 was wicked

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.139
 in the

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.539
 Lord's

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.039
 sight

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:00.700
 so the

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:00.960
 Lord

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.359
 put him

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.879
 to death

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:03.539
 he's

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.000
 judged

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.259
 in real

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.740
 time

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.279
 and in

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.480
 this

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.839
 sight

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.420
 they have

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.879
 Leverite

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.299
 marriage

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.539
 although

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.000
 Leverite

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.279
 marriage

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.639
 isn't going

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.119
 to be

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.180
 written down

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.460
 until

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.879
 Leviticus

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.379
 25

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:15.440
 where that

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.839
 if your

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.460
 elder brother

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.799
 dies

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.659
 your responsibility

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.399
 is to

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:18.839
 marry

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.779
 his wife

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.099
 and to

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.700
 bring her

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.119
 into the

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.659
 family home

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.200
 and provide

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.759
 heirs

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.139
 most famous

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.779
 example of

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.099
 that is

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.500
 Ruth and

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.079
 Boaz

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:29.240
 and so

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.759
 Tamar

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.399
 marries

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:31.279
 Onan

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:33.139
 the only

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.759
 problem is

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.079
 is that

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.539
 Onan

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.319
 is also

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.779
 evil

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:37.460
 and he

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.119
 is killed

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:40.480
 he wants

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.159
 to not

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:41.799
 produce an

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.220
 heir for

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.599
 Ur

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.639
 and the

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.259
 Lord judges

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.539
 him

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.179
 verse 10

00:29:45.179 --> 00:29:45.960
 so the

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.480
 Lord put

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.819
 him to

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.199
 death

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:47.960
 also

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:49.899
 so it

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.539
 seems that

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.240
 Tamar's

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.779
 last hope

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.099
 of a

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.460
 husband

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.500
 and having

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.079
 offspring

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.919
 for Ur

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.919
 is Sheila

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:58.039
 but

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.539
 Judah's

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.039
 afraid

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.680
 that

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.120
 Tamar

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.500
 is a

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.960
 witch

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:02.980
 and so

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.360
 in verse

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.880
 11 he

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.700
 deceives

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.800
 Tamar

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:07.720
 Judah

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.200
 then said

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.500
 to his

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.100
 daughter-in-law

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.640
 Tamar

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.940
 live as

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.340
 a widow

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:11.720
 in your

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.200
 father's

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.539
 household

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.120
 until my

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.380
 son

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.700
 Sheila

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.400
 grows up

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.720
 but as

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.500
 an excuse

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.740
 for he

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.200
 thought

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.019
 he might

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.500
 die too

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.580
 just like

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:22.100
 his brothers

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:24.120
 so Tamar

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.660
 rather than

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.080
 live in the

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.460
 house

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.360
 to which

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:26.660
 he had

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:26.900
 come

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.279
 is sent

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.680
 back

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.840
 to where

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.200
 she had

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.620
 come

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.500
 from

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:32.579
 Judah

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.059
 has no

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.559
 intention

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.920
 of Tamar

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.480
 marrying

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.180
 Sheila

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.620
 so what's

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:37.840
 going to

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.279
 happen to

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.079
 Tamar

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:40.539
 well it

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.019
 seems that

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.519
 a long

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.039
 period

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:43.579
 unfolds

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:45.259
 and

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.740
 Shua

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.860
 Judah's

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.840
 wife dies

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:49.840
 and after

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.440
 Judah had

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.039
 recovered from

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.620
 his grief

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.299
 he went up

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.960
 to Timna

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.279
 to the

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.639
 men who

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.059
 were shearing

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.759
 his sheep

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.599
 and his

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.859
 friend

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.460
 Hiru the

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.039
 Adolamite

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.519
 went with

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.819
 him

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:01.200
 and Tamar

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.099
 gets word

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:03.839
 of Judah's

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.940
 travel plans

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:09.779
 and she

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.319
 disguises

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.899
 herself as

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.639
 a prostitute

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.200
 lures

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.559
 her father-in-law

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:19.460
 is going

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.679
 to be

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:20.079
 paid a

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.460
 goat

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:22.819
 gets left

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.399
 his signet

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:23.599
 ring

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.159
 his cord

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.500
 and his

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.859
 staff

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.179
 as a

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.419
 down

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:25.779
 payment

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.399
 a guarantee

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:29.860
 and so

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.800
 Judah goes

00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:31.220
 home

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.660
 sends a

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.900
 servant

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.280
 with the

00:31:32.280 --> 00:31:32.660
 goat

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:34.920
 can't

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.519
 find this

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.960
 temple

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.660
 prostitute

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:40.060
 and so

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.440
 the goat

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.180
 remains

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.060
 it's very

00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:42.820
 interesting as

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.320
 I look this

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.640
 week

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.380
 the goat

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.820
 seemed to

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.140
 play a

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.660
 pretty big

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.340
 part in

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.820
 this

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:48.420
 family

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.900
 line

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.160
 if you

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.720
 remember

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.259
 when

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.840
 Jacob

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.519
 deceived

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.060
 Isaac

00:31:54.060 --> 00:31:54.560
 that he

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.200
 was Esau

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.600
 what did

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:55.940
 he do

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.280
 he put

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.960
 goat's

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.619
 fur on

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.240
 his arms

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.700
 to make

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.200
 him look

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.759
 hairy

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.519
 back in

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.339
 chapter 37

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.960
 when it

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.399
 seemed that

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:03.839
 Joseph

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.599
 had been

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.099
 killed

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.279
 by wild

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.740
 animals

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.099
 what did

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.379
 they do

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.879
 they dipped

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.420
 his coat

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.019
 in goat's

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.259
 blood

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.879
 and here

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.460
 we find a

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.859
 goat at

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.240
 the centre

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.539
 of a

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:13.899
 deception

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.500
 as well

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.480
 I don't

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.639
 think

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:15.920
 I don't

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.160
 know if

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.359
 that's

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.740
 significant

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.000
 I'll

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.200
 just

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.960
 put it

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.259
 out there

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.519
 as a

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.960
 freebie

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:22.960
 the truth

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.519
 is found

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.220
 out

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.960
 that

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:29.460
 somebody

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.119
 says to

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.539
 Judah

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.399
 your

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.779
 daughter

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.099
 in law

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.539
 is guilty

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.779
 of

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.399
 prostitution

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.720
 and as

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.059
 a result

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.359
 she is

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.539
 now

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:34.960
 pregnant

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:37.019
 Judah

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.279
 said

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.779
 bring her

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:37.980
 out

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.319
 and let

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.619
 her be

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:38.899
 burned

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.559
 to death

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:41.379
 seems so

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:42.079
 one-sided

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.579
 doesn't it

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:42.859
 I mean

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.180
 Judah

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.660
 was hardly

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.039
 a man

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.639
 of restraint

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:44.980
 when he

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.339
 was going

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.680
 up to

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:45.899
 shear

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.259
 his

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.019
 cattle

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:49.359
 the minute

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.720
 he gets

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.079
 wind of

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.200
 it

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.559
 he goes

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.819
 we need

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.440
 a bonfire

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:54.000
 but you

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.160
 see

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.799
 Tamar's

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.720
 ahead of

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.200
 the game

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:58.079
 she sent

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.740
 a message

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.359
 I am

00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.759
 pregnant

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:01.079
 to the

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.400
 man who

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.980
 owns these

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.539
 and Judah's

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.139
 mortified

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:06.319
 truth is

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.799
 found out

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.079
 that the

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.759
 deception's

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.240
 unveiled

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.960
 and Judah

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.859
 is undone

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:14.079
 so what

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.259
 do we

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.599
 make of

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.059
 this

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:17.059
 how do

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.439
 we apply

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:17.879
 this to

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.679
 our lives

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:24.439
 I think

00:33:24.439 --> 00:33:24.899
 three things

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.179
 again

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:27.639
 firstly I

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.219
 think Moses

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:28.619
 has done

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.179
 something really

00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:29.740
 clever in

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.459
 his editorial

00:33:30.459 --> 00:33:31.000
 work

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.059
 that he's

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:33.039
 juxtaposed

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.939
 Judah's

00:33:33.939 --> 00:33:34.899
 unrestraint

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.619
 Judah's

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.539
 debauchery

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:38.319
 and what

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.639
 are we going

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:38.939
 to learn

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:39.319
 next

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.619
 we're going

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:39.839
 to learn

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.199
 about

00:33:40.199 --> 00:33:41.159
 Joseph's

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:42.099
 restraint

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:43.119
 and his

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.699
 celibacy

00:33:43.699 --> 00:33:45.359
 that again

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.119
 he's showing

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:48.159
 Joseph's

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.879
 unusual

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.699
 obedience

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:51.799
 his unusual

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.379
 character

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.899
 over and

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.399
 or against

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:53.959
 the mire

00:33:53.959 --> 00:33:54.279
 and the

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.659
 pit

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:55.799
 that he

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.459
 comes from

00:33:56.459 --> 00:33:59.079
 that his

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.699
 faithfulness

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.279
 shines out

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.819
 all the more

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.319
 against the

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.740
 backdrop

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:03.159
 of the

00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:03.679
 family that

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:04.079
 he comes

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.480
 from

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:06.019
 first one

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.799
 juxtaposition

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:08.259
 Judah's

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:09.000
 debauchery

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.460
 set aside

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.320
 set against

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.599
 Joseph's

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.539
 celibacy

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:16.679
 secondly I

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.119
 think this is

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.900
 a real turning

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.420
 point in

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.800
 Judah's

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.360
 life

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.440
 we saw in

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.440
 chapter 37

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.420
 that Judah

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.159
 was quite keen

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.739
 on making a

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.219
 quick buck

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.579
 from his

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.940
 brother

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:26.599
 that he has

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.159
 ten brothers

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.619
 in the field

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.019
 he's thinking

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.760
 two pieces of

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.380
 silver that's a

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.119
 great day's work

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:32.079
 we see him

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.679
 here he's not

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.559
 exactly a knight

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.059
 in shining

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.319
 armour he's a

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:37.519
 rat bag but

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.139
 we see in

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.859
 chapter 28

00:34:38.859 --> 00:34:42.599
 verse 26 a

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.159
 real turning

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.579
 point

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.960
 Judah recognised

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.920
 them and said

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.199
 she is more

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.500
 righteous than I

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.619
 since I wouldn't

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.500
 give her to my

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.799
 son Shailah

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:55.099
 she is more

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:56.579
 righteous than I

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.619
 this is an

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.340
 omission of

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:01.239
 guilt on

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.719
 Judah's

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.139
 part

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:04.699
 his omission

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.279
 of sin

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:06.219
 you could say

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:07.000
 that this is

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.039
 repentance

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:11.779
 and actually we're

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.279
 going to see that

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:13.179
 this is a defining

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.199
 moment in Judah's

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.659
 life

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:16.960
 before chapter 38

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.119
 verse 26 he is

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.599
 a rapper

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:20.920
 the next time we're

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.519
 going to see him

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.940
 he is

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:23.980
 Jacob's chief

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.559
 carer

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.980
 he's going to be

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.639
 the one who

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.920
 says no I'll

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.840
 take Benjamin's

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.380
 place

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:32.059
 and we're going

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.900
 to see that

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:35.400
 this confession of

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:36.079
 guilt is the

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.840
 hinge on which

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.519
 that transformation

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.420
 happens

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.579
 repentance

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:42.280
 is always the

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.720
 hinge on which

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.300
 transformation

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.079
 happens

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:46.599
 that when we

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.240
 come to God

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.820
 and say do you

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.460
 know what I've

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.000
 messed up

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:50.720
 I'm guilty and

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.400
 deserve nothing

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.980
 and yet there's

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.380
 Jesus

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.619
 that's when

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.220
 transformation

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.940
 happens

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:58.059
 repentance is

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.860
 key in

00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:00.099
 Judah's life

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:02.860
 lastly and with

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.539
 this we're done

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:06.240
 Judah is a key

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.900
 inclusion

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:08.599
 as we looked at

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.360
 last week it is

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.079
 through Judah that

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.880
 the promised seed

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.500
 would come

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:14.360
 Ruth chapter 4

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.539
 verse 18 will

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:17.200
 take this son

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.920
 who seems to

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:19.380
 just pip his

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.980
 brother to the

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:21.019
 post to be born

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.840
 is in Ruth

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.739
 chapter 4 verse

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.519
 18 and it's

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.500
 from Peres

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:27.420
 we go down and

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.099
 we go down and

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.239
 we get to Obed

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:31.940
 and Obed is the

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:33.360
 father of David

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:35.800
 we see back in

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.900
 Matthew chapter 1

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:38.880
 that Tamar is

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:40.960
 included in the

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.980
 genealogy of the

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.559
 Lord Jesus

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:46.000
 so significant

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:48.860
 because Tamar's a

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.940
 Gentile and an

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.920
 outsider and yet

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:53.139
 we see that the

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.159
 promise to Abraham

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.980
 that through his

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.059
 seed all the

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.699
 nations of the

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.179
 earth will be

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:58.719
 blessed happens

00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:00.019
 three generations

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.519
 later

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:04.599
 it's almost as

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.900
 though Jesus is

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.679
 choosing his

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:08.279
 ancestors to show

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:09.380
 the kind of people

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.860
 whom his death

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.519
 would mean

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.460
 salvation for

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:14.760
 to show the

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.780
 depth and breadth

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.140
 of his

00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:17.240
 exhaustible grace

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.980
 because there's

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.780
 four women in

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:20.000
 Jesus's genealogy

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:22.320
 Tamar a

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:23.099
 Gentile who

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.940
 pretends to be a

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.700
 prostitute

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:26.940
 Rahab a

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:28.039
 Gentile who

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.800
 is actually a

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.460
 prostitute

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:31.980
 Ruth who

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.940
 is an outsider

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:34.099
 not a

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:35.059
 prostitute but a

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:36.019
 Moabite who's a

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.780
 descendant of an

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.960
 incestuous relationship

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.840
 between Lot and his

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:41.720
 daughter and

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:42.699
 Bathsheba who's an

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:43.440
 adulterer

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:46.800
 do you think

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:48.039
 that Jesus

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.880
 chooses his

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:50.039
 ancestors to show

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.920
 the inexhaustible

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.699
 grace that his

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.599
 death will mean for

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.480
 all who will come to

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.199
 him in repentance

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.840
 and faith

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:57.500
 you look at that

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.579
 genealogy and you

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.420
 see that there is no

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:01.460
 limit to God's

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:03.519
 grace that he

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.260
 pours it out

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.840
 he makes

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.539
 outsiders

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.820
 insiders

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:09.480
 he makes the

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.179
 unclean

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.900
 clean

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:12.619
 and he makes

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.779
 those without

00:38:13.779 --> 00:38:14.659
 hope and without

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.480
 God in the world

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:17.079
 children of the

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.759
 living God

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:19.199
 who will inherit

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:20.159
 eternal life

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.699
 by grace

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:23.139
 through faith

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:24.619
 in Christ

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:25.840
 where do I

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.099
 pray

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:32.779
 God

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.360
 Father God we do

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:34.079
 pray that your

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.699
 word would

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.619
 resonate with us

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.199
 as we go on

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.559
 from this

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.000
 place

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:39.019
 Father that what

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.779
 is your truth

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.380
 seared on our

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.880
 hearts would

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.519
 continue to

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.519
 reverberate in

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.159
 our lives

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:45.880
 Father that we

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.759
 would live in the

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.599
 light of grace

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.960
 that it would

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:50.039
 shape everything

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.980
 about us

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.440
 it would mean

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.420
 obedience

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:55.260
 Father it would

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.940
 mean counting

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.599
 the cost

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:58.460
 it would mean

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.059
 giving up

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.579
 comfort

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:01.400
 in order to be

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.300
 dangerous for the

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.840
 Lord Jesus

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:06.300
 Father may you

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:07.280
 use us this week

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:08.280
 to make outsiders

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:09.019
 insiders

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:11.420
 may you use us

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.940
 to make

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.380
 creatures of wrath

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:14.260
 into children of

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:15.039
 the living God

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:17.179
 and Father will

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.860
 you do it all

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.659
 for your glory

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:20.219
 by the power

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:21.279
 of your spirit

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:23.300
 in order that

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:24.000
 your grace

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.360
 would have

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.860
 effect

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:26.539
 in the lives

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.139
 of people

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:28.340
 in our life

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:30.199
 Father do this

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:31.219
 for the glory

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:31.779
 of your son

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.279
 we pray

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.699
 in his mighty

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.059
 name

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.940
 Amen