WEBVTT 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:02.240 Good morning, everyone. 00:00:04.219 --> 00:00:07.400 Will you please pray with me as we come to God's Word? 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:19.280 Lord God, as we've just sung, my prayer is you would show each one of us how holy you 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:29.160 are, how set apart, set apart from creation and set apart in your goodness. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.500 That you alone are good. 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:37.679 Help us to see your goodness as we look at your Word now. 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:39.280 In Jesus' name I pray. 00:00:40.140 --> 00:00:40.460 Amen. 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:52.359 Well, I was sitting in the dentist's waiting room and an ad came on the TV. 00:00:52.359 --> 00:01:02.140 There's this bright light followed by the swirling stars and then this gloomy earth with a volcano 00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:09.319 erupting and a brutish man walking around and then a child blowing out a birthday cake and 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:14.620 a rocket launching to the moon and then out of the mouth of a man came one word, wow. 00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:22.620 And he's standing in Audi looking at the specials. 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:24.980 Wow. 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:34.760 Stephen J. Gould, he's an evolutionary biologist, he says this, 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:43.439 We are here simply because one odd group of fish had a peculiar anatomy that just happened to be able to 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:47.160 transform itself into legs for terrestrial creatures. 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:50.880 Now, he goes on and explains the story a bit more. 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:56.580 We yearn for a higher answer, but none exists. 00:01:56.579 --> 00:02:05.819 This explanation, though superficially troubling, if not terrifying, is ultimately liberating. 00:02:06.679 --> 00:02:11.740 We have to construct, therefore, any meaning ourselves. 00:02:14.219 --> 00:02:15.340 Okay, that's one story. 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:19.699 I can't stop you. 00:02:19.699 --> 00:02:27.139 If you want to construct your meaning buying specials, I can't stop you doing that. 00:02:27.859 --> 00:02:36.719 Or will you let Genesis speak directly into those yearnings Stephen is talking about that we've all got? 00:02:40.459 --> 00:02:49.000 Now, I think as Christians, some of us, we've reacted against our modern, 00:02:49.699 --> 00:02:52.399 story, explanation of everything. 00:02:53.219 --> 00:02:58.299 And there's been huge debate over seven literal day creation or not. 00:02:58.500 --> 00:03:00.459 And that's been a very important debate, 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:06.780 especially for apologetics to show that belief in Scripture is rational. 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:13.919 These chapters, they prompt so many questions. 00:03:14.219 --> 00:03:16.039 I found that in our Bible study group. 00:03:16.399 --> 00:03:18.859 They were just prompting question after question for us. 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:22.979 But we don't always get the answers we're searching for. 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:27.179 And so I want to ask you this morning, before we dive in, 00:03:27.899 --> 00:03:33.319 like any part of Scripture, we've got probably more than these two options, 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:35.119 but let me boil them down to these two. 00:03:35.799 --> 00:03:41.179 We can sit in judgment over the text and force our questions onto it. 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:48.520 Or we can sit under the text and let God give us the better questions we should be asking 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:50.640 and the ones he's giving us answers to. 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.700 Now, that's true of all of Scripture. 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.319 So what posture are you coming to Genesis with? 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:05.500 I want to give you a multiple choice question of a scenario. 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.519 And if you're not sure, don't choose B, okay? 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:12.400 You can't do that this time. 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:12.780 All right. 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:17.519 You see, walking down the street, a man just in severe poverty. 00:04:19.100 --> 00:04:22.019 He looks miserable. 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:23.740 He smells miserable. 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:25.040 And he's begging. 00:04:25.960 --> 00:04:26.780 Now, what do you do? 00:04:27.259 --> 00:04:27.960 Here's your options. 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:31.079 Now, there's probably way more than these options, but here's a few. 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:33.860 A, do you feel disgust at him? 00:04:35.540 --> 00:04:40.019 Because obviously he did something in his past life to deserve that karma. 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:42.340 Do you feel disgust? 00:04:42.339 --> 00:04:51.739 B, do you tell him to meditate how illusionary his suffering is to reach nirvana, remove all desire? 00:04:52.359 --> 00:05:02.799 C, do you feel pity towards him and give part of your 2.5% of your income according to the five pillars of Islam? 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:06.739 Do you, D, feel nothing towards him? 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:07.519 It's not your problem. 00:05:07.799 --> 00:05:09.779 Let him construct his own meaning in life. 00:05:10.479 --> 00:05:11.519 It's not your problem. 00:05:12.339 --> 00:05:15.060 Or, if you would find it fulfilling, you could help him. 00:05:16.899 --> 00:05:25.459 E, do you tell him or tell his family, go appease your ancestors, the spirits of your ancestors, so that you get better blessing? 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:36.079 F, do you see his value as royalty in the image of God, though he smells? 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:41.939 Do you see yourself like him, bankrupt spiritually? 00:05:41.939 --> 00:05:47.600 I just wanted to give a taste. 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:54.319 The questions that Genesis answers dramatically affect how we live our life. 00:05:54.980 --> 00:05:57.079 They answer the big questions of life. 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:00.120 Who made everything? 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:01.120 Who made the universe? 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:02.259 Who governs it at all? 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:03.180 Who am I? 00:06:03.259 --> 00:06:03.860 Who are people? 00:06:03.860 --> 00:06:07.319 What's the goal? 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:08.080 What's the point? 00:06:08.939 --> 00:06:10.139 How should we relate? 00:06:10.340 --> 00:06:11.340 What went wrong? 00:06:11.960 --> 00:06:14.340 Why is there such a thing as poverty and misery? 00:06:17.220 --> 00:06:20.100 Here's the big questions that Genesis gives us. 00:06:20.100 --> 00:06:24.660 These ones answer the yearnings of our heart. 00:06:24.980 --> 00:06:31.260 And these questions, if we listen to Genesis, they create the yearnings we should be having as well. 00:06:34.700 --> 00:06:38.340 So, as Sam said, we're going to be covering a large section. 00:06:38.339 --> 00:06:48.419 The reason being is that we covered these chapters last year, and so I'm guessing there's a fair chunk of people who heard those. 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:57.459 So, go back for a refresher, or if you weren't here for those, they're online if you want to slow down and go through these chapters in more detail. 00:06:57.620 --> 00:07:00.359 So, we're just going to be helicopter flyover today. 00:07:02.579 --> 00:07:05.519 So, let's get into these big questions of life. 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:06.359 Who? 00:07:07.359 --> 00:07:07.759 Who? 00:07:09.099 --> 00:07:12.459 Genesis 1, before anything was, God was. 00:07:14.019 --> 00:07:15.759 God's not part of his creation. 00:07:17.339 --> 00:07:19.799 Creation isn't the extension of God. 00:07:21.099 --> 00:07:24.299 He is above it, but always involved in it. 00:07:24.339 --> 00:07:28.500 He's before it, and therefore has authority over it. 00:07:29.739 --> 00:07:32.000 He created everything out of nothing. 00:07:32.179 --> 00:07:33.059 Ex nihilo. 00:07:33.779 --> 00:07:35.519 Sean, you can tell me later if I pronounce that right. 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:38.179 No return trip to Bunnings. 00:07:38.339 --> 00:07:39.459 Because he forgot something. 00:07:40.659 --> 00:07:41.679 Like, no blueprint. 00:07:42.099 --> 00:07:46.219 No angel engineer to get counsel from or project manage. 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:48.940 It's all out of his self-sufficiency. 00:07:48.940 --> 00:07:50.200 It's out of his wisdom. 00:07:50.340 --> 00:07:51.100 It's his power. 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:51.940 It's his goodness. 00:07:53.940 --> 00:07:55.920 The heavens and the earth. 00:07:56.340 --> 00:07:57.160 Everything in them. 00:07:57.300 --> 00:07:58.020 Everything in between. 00:07:58.019 --> 00:08:06.659 Now, we all know when you go to a country that's not yours, when you go to a house that isn't yours, we all know this. 00:08:08.479 --> 00:08:11.439 Their house, their rules, right? 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:14.100 You come into my house. 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:16.959 Do you put your feet on my coffee table? 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:18.879 You watch me. 00:08:19.540 --> 00:08:20.319 It's my house. 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:21.060 Do I do it? 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:22.160 If I do it, go for it. 00:08:23.060 --> 00:08:24.500 My house, my rules. 00:08:24.779 --> 00:08:25.839 Your house, your rules. 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:26.660 We get that. 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:29.620 He's the only creator. 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:32.500 His house, his rules. 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:38.039 All things owe their being to him. 00:08:38.179 --> 00:08:38.720 Him alone. 00:08:39.059 --> 00:08:42.860 He alone deserves our trust to provide and protect. 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:48.279 He alone deserves our obedience, our allegiance. 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:50.519 His house, his rules. 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:52.200 That's the who. 00:08:54.580 --> 00:08:55.879 What about how? 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:57.679 How did God create? 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:09.120 Now, some see violence and darkness and death as essential to our origin story. 00:09:09.239 --> 00:09:12.899 And I'm going to put the atheistic evolution in that camp. 00:09:14.239 --> 00:09:16.219 Because death is just natural. 00:09:16.859 --> 00:09:20.039 The chaos and the violence is part of the process. 00:09:22.479 --> 00:09:24.759 So, too, in Moses' day. 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:29.740 So, just listen to a bit of the Babylonian creation beliefs of his day. 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:32.139 The Enuma Elish. 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:41.019 A god named Apsu, sweet water, and his wife Tiamat, salt water. 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:42.759 It's kind of nice so far. 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:43.779 Husband and wife. 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:46.120 Bore children and grandchildren. 00:09:46.340 --> 00:09:54.220 But they became so noisy that Apsu decided to murder his sons and grandsons to have silence again. 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:57.399 I don't know how many of you can relate to that. 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:01.820 But one of his sons murdered him first. 00:10:03.899 --> 00:10:09.660 Then one of the sons, Marduk, the greatest of all the gods, started fighting his mother, Tiamat. 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:12.139 Tiamat created dragons and beasts. 00:10:12.560 --> 00:10:16.720 And Marduk killed her with an arrow, stood on her body, split her skull. 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:18.980 Kids are it. 00:10:19.180 --> 00:10:19.540 Sorry. 00:10:19.660 --> 00:10:20.840 Sorry for any kids in the room. 00:10:21.180 --> 00:10:22.000 Cut her arteries. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:25.220 He took her body, divided it into two parts. 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:26.700 One part became the sky. 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:27.860 The other became the earth. 00:10:28.220 --> 00:10:33.960 And then Marduk created mankind to do all the menial work on the earth to serve the gods. 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:38.400 God said, Mm-hmm. 00:10:38.400 --> 00:10:39.320 Okay. 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.500 God said, Let there be light. 00:10:43.660 --> 00:10:44.860 And there was light. 00:10:46.280 --> 00:10:50.460 God said, Let there be, and it was so. 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:54.920 God said, Let there be, and it was so. 00:10:56.280 --> 00:10:59.580 God said, Let there be, and it was so. 00:10:59.580 --> 00:10:59.639 Great. 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:09.319 the true God he is personal he's totally sovereign there's no rivals 00:11:09.319 --> 00:11:13.639 he's rational it's got purpose he's speaking 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:21.519 verse 2 might seem strange at first but it's the key 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:26.639 I think to unlocking this chapter the earth was without form and void empty 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:34.899 and darkness was over the face of the deep and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:41.500 waters here we see the kind of God that he is he doesn't accept darkness as necessary evil he 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:44.139 doesn't call it good he only calls the light good 00:11:44.139 --> 00:11:54.620 he is the kind of God who is above evil he's above the darkness and he brings order out of the chaos 00:11:54.620 --> 00:12:04.100 he brings light out of the darkness life into the emptiness and how does he do it he does it by his 00:12:04.100 --> 00:12:07.820 word his all-powerful word 00:12:07.820 --> 00:12:17.779 the other thing we see here is by his word he forms and he fills which matches verse 2 it's 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:24.779 formless and empty he first forms in day 1 2 3 and then he fills in day 4 5 6 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:30.179 so day 1 2 3 he forms the conditions for life he creates the order 00:12:30.179 --> 00:12:33.759 day and night atmosphere and sea land and ocean 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:39.079 life requires separation distinct in its proper place 00:12:39.079 --> 00:12:44.779 after the forming is complete we've got day 4 5 6 he fills the emptiness with life 00:12:44.779 --> 00:12:56.899 life we've got the sun noon stars filling the heavens we've got conscious life in the atmosphere and oceans day 5 and then day 6 we've got land animals and mankind is the pinnacle 00:12:56.899 --> 00:13:01.199 he creates order out of chaos 00:13:01.199 --> 00:13:06.779 he forms the conditions for life and then fills it with such diversity 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:07.279 diversity 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:17.600 like you know what a gum tree is we all know what a gum tree is or we should do 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:22.439 there's like 900 species of gum tree 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:23.879 isn't that 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:26.839 someone can correct me later if that's wrong but 00:13:26.839 --> 00:13:28.439 google tells me that at least 00:13:28.439 --> 00:13:30.740 isn't it it's incredible this world isn't it 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:32.379 the feeling God does 00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:36.820 so people are creatures 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:38.299 Genesis says but 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:41.559 much much more 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:43.899 God created man in his own image 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:49.080 in the image of God he created him male and female he created them 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:52.059 not just animals 00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:56.879 we shouldn't expect just animal behavior from one another 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:00.679 not slaves to serve the gods because 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:02.039 they don't want to do 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:04.159 the menial tasks 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.639 this is a profound 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:09.399 statement about 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:10.439 human 00:14:10.439 --> 00:14:11.980 dignity 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:12.960 and value 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:13.740 and purpose 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:16.899 royalty 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.980 where royalty 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:20.759 is what this verse is saying 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:23.840 you've never met 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.960 an ordinary person 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:29.340 we're made to relate 00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:30.000 to God 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:31.440 communicate with him in a way 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:32.560 animals just can't 00:14:32.560 --> 00:14:33.960 we're made to represent him 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:35.080 we're image 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:36.320 we're meant to image him 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:36.900 we're meant to 00:14:36.900 --> 00:14:38.940 show his character 00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:40.360 as we go about life 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:41.440 and rule the world 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.080 under him 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:47.879 as a theologian said 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:50.340 Colin Buchanan 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:54.639 birds were made for flying 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:56.299 flip flat 00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:57.139 flippity flat 00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:59.559 fish were made to swim 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.220 splish splash 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:02.019 splishity splash 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:04.179 you and me were made by God to love 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:06.220 and treasure him 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:08.759 we're made in his image 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.639 to know him 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:13.759 so creation tells us 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.159 he is absolutely sovereign 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:17.759 over heaven and earth 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.600 his house 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:19.580 it's his rules 00:15:19.580 --> 00:15:23.120 creation tells us the kind of God he is 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.659 he is a redeeming God 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:26.399 he brings order out of chaos 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.259 he is above 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.720 the darkness 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.840 and brings light 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:32.200 he's above the emptiness 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:33.779 and brings life 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.980 he's a redeeming God 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:36.179 it's his house 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:36.960 it's his rules 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:38.279 he's a God who 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:41.460 rules by his word 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:43.580 his word is life giving 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:45.580 and all powerful 00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:48.620 and we know he is personal in nature 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:51.360 because he's made us 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:52.220 persons 00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:53.840 in his image 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:55.639 at the heart of the universe 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.620 isn't this nebulous force 00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.919 there's a beating heart 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:01.700 he's personal 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:07.159 okay 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:08.440 I'm going to 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:08.960 abruptly 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:10.799 hand over to James there 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:12.580 to read from Genesis 2 00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:13.580 if you want to follow along 00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:14.200 1 to 18 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:17.759 thus the heavens 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.480 and the earth 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.040 were finished 00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:20.520 and all the host of them 00:16:20.520 --> 00:16:22.500 and on the seventh day 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:23.780 God finished his work 00:16:23.780 --> 00:16:24.480 that he had done 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:25.680 and he rested 00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:26.720 on the seventh day 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.740 from all his work 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.379 that he had done 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:30.620 so God blessed 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:31.520 the seventh day 00:16:31.520 --> 00:16:32.500 and made it holy 00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.640 because on it 00:16:33.640 --> 00:16:34.360 God rested 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:35.400 from all his work 00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:36.000 that he had done 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.620 in creation 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:39.780 these are the generations 00:16:39.780 --> 00:16:40.759 of the heavens 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.500 and the earth 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.520 when they were created 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:44.559 in the day of the Lord 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:46.340 that God made the earth 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:47.120 and the heavens 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:50.600 when no bush of the field 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.639 was yet in the land 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.899 and no small plant 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.480 of the field 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.539 had yet sprung up 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:55.639 for the Lord God 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.399 had not caused it 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:57.559 to rain on the land 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.639 and there was no man 00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.500 to work the ground 00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.519 and a mist 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.179 was going up 00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:01.819 from the land 00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.840 and was watering 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.500 the whole face 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.000 of the ground 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:06.440 then the Lord God 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.319 formed the man 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.920 of the dust 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.779 from the ground 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.960 and breathed 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.819 into his nostrils 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.980 the breath of life 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:13.160 and the man 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.539 became a living creature 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:17.480 and the Lord God 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:18.440 planted a garden 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.000 in Eden 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:20.180 in the east 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.880 and there he put 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.319 the man 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:23.259 whom he had formed 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:25.160 and out of the ground 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.900 the Lord God 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.819 made to spring up 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.680 every tree 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.360 that is pleasant 00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:28.960 to the sight 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.940 and good for food 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:31.960 the tree of life 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.539 was in the midst 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.079 of the garden 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:34.160 and the tree 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:34.880 of the knowledge 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.680 of good and evil 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:38.660 a river flowed 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.259 out of Eden 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.500 to water the garden 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:42.200 and there it divided 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.480 and became four rivers 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.980 the name of the first 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.799 is the Pishon 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:47.359 it is the one 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.039 that flowed 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.000 around the whole land 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.420 of Havala 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.559 where there is gold 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:52.099 and the gold 00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:53.039 of that land 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.599 is good 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:55.519 delium and onyx stone 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:55.900 are there 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:58.160 the name of the second river 00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.900 is the Gihon 00:17:58.900 --> 00:18:00.480 it is the one 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.059 that flowed 00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.839 around the whole land 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.339 of Cush 00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:03.900 and the name 00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:04.579 of the third river 00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.460 is the Tigris 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:07.119 which follows east 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:08.099 of Assyria 00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:09.779 and the fourth river 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.599 is the Euphrates 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:13.699 the Lord God 00:18:13.699 --> 00:18:14.399 took the man 00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:14.899 and put him 00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.379 in the garden 00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:15.779 of Eden 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.579 to work it 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.259 and keep it 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:18.599 and the Lord God 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:19.399 commanded the man 00:18:19.399 --> 00:18:19.839 saying 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:21.319 you may surely eat 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:21.959 of every tree 00:18:21.959 --> 00:18:22.539 of the garden 00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.819 but of the tree 00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:24.319 of the knowledge 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:24.979 of good and evil 00:18:24.979 --> 00:18:25.899 you shall not eat 00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.819 for in the day 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.559 that you eat of it 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.739 you shall surely die 00:18:28.739 --> 00:18:31.199 then the Lord God 00:18:31.199 --> 00:18:31.599 said 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.559 it is not good 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.159 that the man 00:18:33.159 --> 00:18:33.919 should be alone 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:35.840 I will make him 00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:36.279 a helper 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.440 fit for him 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:42.680 single God 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:44.500 non-smoker 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:46.660 seeks attractive 00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:47.420 creation 00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:48.420 with good sense 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:48.880 of humour 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:51.800 now don't get me 00:18:51.800 --> 00:18:52.039 in trouble 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.740 well I suppose 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.320 you can get me 00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:53.660 in trouble 00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.779 I'm quoting someone 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.580 but I'm using the quote 00:18:55.580 --> 00:18:58.680 it was Michael Reeves 00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.060 who said that 00:18:59.060 --> 00:18:59.740 I just liked it 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.279 because it kind of 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.860 captured like 00:19:00.860 --> 00:19:01.759 why did God 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.320 create 00:19:02.320 --> 00:19:02.980 was he lonely 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:05.620 like why 00:19:05.620 --> 00:19:06.880 what would motivate 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.460 God to create 00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:10.480 if he's content 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.160 in himself 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:13.860 he wasn't lonely 00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:15.860 and he didn't 00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:16.539 need it 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:18.220 for his identity 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.059 as creator 00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:20.920 to be realised 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:22.599 so it's not 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.700 this weird sense 00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.599 in which he needs 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.339 us for him 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.920 to be 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:27.160 himself 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.920 creator 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:29.019 he is self-sufficient 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:30.900 he freely 00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:32.579 chose to create 00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.839 as Sam's 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.439 already introduced 00:19:34.439 --> 00:19:35.019 this morning 00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:36.339 it's like 00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:37.000 his life 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.699 his love 00:19:37.699 --> 00:19:39.179 overflowed 00:19:39.179 --> 00:19:40.839 it's not that 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.480 he was empty 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.599 but he 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.460 overflowed 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:47.519 so why 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.339 why did God 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.720 create 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:50.099 the seventh 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.740 day 00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.859 introduces a 00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.939 huge theme 00:19:52.939 --> 00:19:53.679 in scripture 00:19:53.679 --> 00:19:54.460 the theme 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.159 of rest 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.360 rest 00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:57.540 now 00:19:57.540 --> 00:19:58.660 don't confuse 00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.019 this 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.420 with the 00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.880 mosaic 00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:00.440 law 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.540 where 00:20:01.540 --> 00:20:02.820 Israel 00:20:02.820 --> 00:20:03.519 were to rest 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.960 on the 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.600 seventh day 00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:05.279 don't confuse 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.759 it with that 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:07.500 this is God 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:07.960 resting 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:09.080 God rested 00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.640 on the seventh 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:09.960 day 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.720 now chapter 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:10.980 one 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.320 I've already 00:20:11.320 --> 00:20:11.720 seen 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:13.180 he is hardly 00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.800 a God 00:20:13.800 --> 00:20:14.560 who needs 00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:16.340 to catch 00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:16.960 his breath 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.820 he spoke 00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:19.759 and it was so 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:23.339 the emphasis 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.420 on the seventh 00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:25.079 day is 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.359 it is 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:26.980 finished 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:28.240 the heavens 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.599 and the earth 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.359 were finished 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.940 the seventh 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.259 day 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.539 God finished 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.379 his work 00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.799 creation 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:35.200 is done 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:37.420 then he 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:37.900 rests 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:39.900 it's like 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.619 a builder 00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.240 of a house 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.920 what does he 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.400 do when he 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:43.859 puts down 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.539 his tools 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:46.220 the house 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.599 is done 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:46.900 what does 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.240 he do 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:49.299 he moves 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.579 in 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:51.819 he enjoys 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.099 it 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.660 with his 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.120 family 00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:54.500 I think 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.779 it's like 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.400 the goal 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.339 of rest 00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.759 here 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:58.400 in his 00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:58.920 home 00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.940 with his 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.380 people 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:03.779 so I think 00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.500 chapter one 00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.779 is a panoramic 00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.240 view 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.839 where 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:08.359 God alone 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.059 is ruling 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.819 over heaven 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.240 and earth 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.779 he is above 00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.099 it all 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.400 he is 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.500 transcendent 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.500 his house 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.359 his rule 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:15.259 and then chapter 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.599 two 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.120 zooms 00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:17.059 right in 00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.859 on one 00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.460 particular 00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.980 place 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.460 part of 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.819 the earth 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.119 called 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.519 Eden 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:24.639 and it 00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:24.919 shows 00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.759 God dwelling 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.200 in it 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.579 with his 00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.000 people 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.440 he is 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.019 present 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:34.359 so what's 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.799 the best 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.559 part of 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:35.899 God's 00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.339 home 00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:37.200 of this 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.919 rest 00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:38.419 do you 00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:38.740 think 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:40.579 as you 00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:40.960 are hearing 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.579 the descriptions 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.179 as you 00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:42.879 imagine it 00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.139 in your 00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.480 mind's 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.639 eye 00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.019 is it 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.220 the place 00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.679 itself 00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:46.039 is it 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.559 the garden 00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:48.099 gold 00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.399 is 00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.759 everywhere 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.079 I don't 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.339 know how 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.480 much 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.759 gold 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:49.940 you 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.240 own 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.019 it's 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.279 just 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.339 overflowing 00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:52.839 with 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.419 abundance 00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.019 riches 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:56.919 the food 00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:58.519 is pleasant 00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.519 to the sight 00:21:59.519 --> 00:21:59.919 and good 00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.539 for food 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.359 some in 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.899 this room 00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:05.960 eat to 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.259 live 00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.799 others 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.259 live to 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.480 eat 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.799 is it 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.359 the food 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:11.119 is it 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.519 the place 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.879 itself 00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.179 is it 00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:12.759 the health 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:14.599 and beauty 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.359 and dignity 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.119 of Adam 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.519 and Eve's 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:16.839 body 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.379 mentally 00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:18.160 and physically 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:19.099 in order 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:20.859 the capacity 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.460 to never 00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.879 die 00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.299 they've got 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.099 access to 00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.460 the tree 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:23.940 of life 00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.240 is it 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.940 is that 00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.259 the best 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--> 00:23:09.200 sake of 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.500 time 00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.639 I made 00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:11.319 the reading 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.539 a bit 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.899 shorter 00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.339 but the 00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.559 chapter 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:12.980 ends 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.279 with 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.680 man 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:14.879 and 00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.399 wife 00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:17.019 coming 00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.259 into 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.839 marriage 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.720 covenant 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.240 love 00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.139 is 00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.119 family 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.619 the high 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:22.960 point 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:24.599 is that 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:24.940 the best 00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.220 thing 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.639 about 00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:27.759 Eden 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:29.039 about 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.379 God's 00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.759 home 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:33.639 well 00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:33.920 something 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.220 running 00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.539 through 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.359 all this 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.779 chapter 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.720 which shows 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.039 us what 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:38.019 the best 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.740 thing is 00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.180 now that's 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.799 all good 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.779 it's all 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.099 good 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.680 God wants 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.299 to bless 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.180 what is 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.500 good 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:45.659 but the 00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.119 best thing 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.619 we see 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:48.379 is that 00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.180 he's present 00:23:49.180 --> 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God 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.659 is 00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.379 righteous 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:16.099 he only 00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.619 blesses 00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:16.960 what is 00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.440 good 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:20.200 our 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.700 daily 00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.299 reality 00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.539 we 00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.299 receive a 00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.599 lot of 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:23.799 good 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.240 gifts 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:26.339 I was 00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.920 a bit 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.619 staggered 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.240 walking in 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.440 the 00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.700 walls 00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.319 and shops 00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.319 the other 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.639 day 00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:32.240 I don't 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.379 know 00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.680 it's just 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:32.980 people 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.579 enjoying 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.259 donuts 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.099 and coffee 00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:36.559 and exchanging 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.920 money 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:38.200 and I 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.299 don't 00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.480 know 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.759 I was 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.200 staggered 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.539 by it 00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.900 for some 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.140 reason 00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.860 we get 00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.299 so many 00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.539 good 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:42.920 gifts 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.420 but 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:45.580 for all 00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.039 we have 00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:47.019 where we 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.860 live now 00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:49.960 is constant 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.940 daily 00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.100 toil 00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.860 is a word 00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.319 repeated 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.880 in this 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.180 chapter 00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.039 struggle 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.860 life is 00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.400 struggle 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.319 conflict 00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.220 pain 00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.460 death 00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.819 is where 00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.319 we live 00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.740 and it's 00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.460 a loud 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.880 daily 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.400 reminder 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.900 we're not 00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.380 home 00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:07.759 we're in 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.299 exile 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:11.139 everywhere 00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.079 we look 00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:14.480 the universe 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.259 has been 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.759 thrown 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.659 back into 00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.259 chaos 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.960 and darkness 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:20.639 instead of 00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.379 peace with 00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.759 God 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.700 we feel 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.220 guilt 00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.279 and shame 00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.180 and hide 00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.359 in fear 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.720 of his 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.159 judgment 00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:32.159 instead of 00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.680 this state 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.599 of innocence 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:36.539 the constant 00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.199 battle 00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.659 in our 00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:38.119 choices 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.579 and our 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.000 motives 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.459 for good 00:30:39.459 --> 00:30:39.919 and evil 00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:42.099 there's this 00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.579 chaos 00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.179 within us 00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.799 we look at 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.459 family and 00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:46.480 social relationships 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:48.019 and they're 00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.659 fractured 00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:51.259 the woman's 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.920 glory 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:53.680 in bringing 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:55.200 image bearers 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.540 into the 00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:55.840 world 00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.460 is now 00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.400 filled with 00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.040 pain 00:30:58.040 --> 00:31:00.040 emotional 00:31:00.040 --> 00:31:00.840 and physical 00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:03.400 between men 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.820 and women 00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.960 even in 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.460 marriage 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:07.740 the harmonious 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:09.320 naked 00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.720 and not 00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.259 ashamed 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.320 and partnership 00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:12.340 in worshipping 00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.940 God in the 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.240 garden 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:15.100 does that 00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.860 characterise 00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.680 marriages 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.040 now 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.480 it's the 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.059 battle 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.480 of the 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.899 sexes 00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.659 the fight 00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.440 for control 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.480 for dominion 00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.940 shifting 00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.599 the blame 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:27.700 and mankind's 00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.379 rule over 00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.079 creation is 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.659 frustrated 00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:31.480 like why do 00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.819 we have a 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.819 housing crisis 00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:34.119 in Australia 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.099 like we're 00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.759 an abundant 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.339 nation 00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.839 and yet 00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:39.159 still 00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.779 so many 00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.139 people 00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:41.539 are struggling 00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:43.639 our work 00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.500 is frustrated 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:46.019 by the sweat 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.659 of your brow 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:48.600 and we 00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.120 feel that 00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.420 we're in 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.779 exile 00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.560 more than 00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:50.759 ever 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.279 and we 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.640 get the 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.240 loudest 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.259 reminder 00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.759 whenever 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.660 you attend 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.220 a funeral 00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.840 whenever you 00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.759 go to the 00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.360 grave site 00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:58.680 and you 00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.259 see that 00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.680 hole 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.140 or the 00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.640 crematorium 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.200 you know 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.820 what's behind 00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.519 that curtain 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:10.379 for you 00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:11.000 are dust 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.639 and to 00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:12.960 dust 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.420 you shall 00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.079 return 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.920 we're in 00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.420 exile 00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.900 we've got 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.559 daily 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.200 daily 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.940 reminder 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:22.480 what went 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.960 wrong 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.299 why 00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.920 what went 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.279 wrong 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:29.860 I think 00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.600 the description 00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.340 here of 00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:32.920 Adam and 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.660 Eve's sin 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.480 is kind of 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.840 like a 00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.360 teenager 00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:37.220 sorry 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.799 teenagers in 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.000 the room 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.340 a rebellious 00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:39.860 teenager 00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.400 not every 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.840 teenager 00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.200 okay 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:43.480 who claims 00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.640 who puts 00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.480 their flag 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.920 in their 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.339 room 00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:48.400 they claim 00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.019 territory 00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.620 my 00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.140 possession 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:52.700 they want 00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.799 they've set 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.180 up a 00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.700 sovereign 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:56.120 independent 00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:57.180 state 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.700 I'm not 00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.420 paying taxes 00:32:58.420 --> 00:33:00.079 it's 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.660 it's like 00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.599 that willfully 00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.120 forgetting 00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:04.680 who their 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.220 parents 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.680 they owe 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.579 their being 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.779 to their 00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.319 parents 00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.700 willfully 00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.120 forgetting 00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.920 all that 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.519 their parents 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.319 do for them 00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.799 and have 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.519 done for them 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.640 just putting 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.220 all that 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.500 out of 00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.819 mind 00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.880 and rebelling 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.460 against 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:19.140 their parents 00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.660 authority 00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.160 claiming 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.839 autonomy 00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:22.240 they want 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.440 all the 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.700 house 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:22.920 and the 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.460 comforts 00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.680 keep 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:23.920 paying 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.079 the 00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.380 bills 00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:26.380 I just 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.539 don't 00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.700 want 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:26.980 you 00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.400 here 00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.860 in my 00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.160 room 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:29.700 I think 00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.100 it's 00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.380 kind of 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.799 like that 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.500 when 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.960 Adam and 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.319 Eve 00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.519 disobeyed 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.860 God 00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:35.740 it is 00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.220 not 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.880 just 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.319 eating 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.640 some 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.220 forbidden 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.960 chocolate 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.680 ice cream 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:41.200 indulgence 00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.460 here 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.319 this is 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.980 cosmic 00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.660 rebellion 00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.860 this 00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.279 is 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.220 we've 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.400 already 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:46.680 covered 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.259 God's 00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.640 house 00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.420 God's 00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.820 rule 00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:51.060 it's 00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.920 declaring 00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.540 autonomy 00:33:52.540 --> 00:33:55.480 and 00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.980 sin 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.580 is 00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:57.820 rejection 00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.440 as we've 00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.680 seen 00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.080 in chapter 00:33:59.080 --> 00:33:59.400 two 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.740 the 00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:00.980 Lord 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.300 wants 00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:01.820 to be 00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.660 present 00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.779 relating 00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.779 in his 00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.060 house 00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.440 with us 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.820 we're 00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.440 rejecting 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.960 that 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.300 love 00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:08.820 we don't 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.300 want you 00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.880 in our 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.220 life 00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.659 sin 00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:10.899 is 00:34:10.899 --> 00:34:11.819 rebellion 00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:12.500 it's 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.939 rejection 00:34:13.939 --> 00:34:17.339 and Adam 00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.679 is the 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.000 head of 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.459 the family 00:34:18.459 --> 00:34:19.339 he's ruined 00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:20.159 the whole 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.699 family 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:23.119 and we've 00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.599 inherited 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:25.879 his rebellious 00:34:25.879 --> 00:34:26.500 and rejecting 00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.059 nature 00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:31.259 well I think 00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.219 what we've 00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.459 read 00:34:32.459 --> 00:34:33.259 we can go 00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.939 one step 00:34:33.939 --> 00:34:34.359 further 00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.119 so sin 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.559 is 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.159 it's 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.679 rebellion 00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.000 it's 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.559 rejection 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.799 I think 00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:41.279 the dialogue 00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.940 the focus 00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.340 here is on 00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.840 the dialogue 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.360 between 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.940 Eve 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.440 and Adam 00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.400 who says 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.659 he was 00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.239 with her 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.079 and 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:50.420 the serpent 00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:53.539 I think 00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.000 this is the 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.559 best case 00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.880 study 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.699 of what 00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.219 sin is 00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.840 because you 00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.579 cannot blame 00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.000 this on 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.559 environment 00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.199 you can't 00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.559 blame it 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.159 on upbringing 00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.719 you can't 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.480 blame it 00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.340 on nature 00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:04.559 that nature 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:04.960 nurture 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.519 argument 00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.239 irrelevant 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.959 this is 00:35:06.959 --> 00:35:08.179 this is 00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.500 the best 00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.779 case 00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.399 study 00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:09.859 of what 00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.579 is sin 00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:15.039 I think 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.799 from verse 00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.619 one to 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.259 verse 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the 00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.739 beginning 00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:51.179 is still 00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.719 above 00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:52.619 the 00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.119 chaos 00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.579 and the 00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:53.920 sin 00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.239 and the 00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:54.619 evil 00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.119 and death 00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.759 he's above 00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:55.980 it 00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.679 and he 00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:56.820 can 00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.179 rescue 00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.559 us 00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:00.840 creation 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.300 was all 00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.559 God's 00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:01.860 work 00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:04.099 and I 00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.420 think we 00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:04.719 seek 00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.519 redemption 00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.259 is all 00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:06.539 God's 00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.780 work 00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:10.559 we get 00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:10.840 two 00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.280 glimpses 00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:11.780 of hope 00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:13.019 in 00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.340 Genesis 00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.679 three 00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:15.159 and it's 00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.440 all 00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.779 God's 00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.059 doing 00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:17.279 the 00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:17.599 first 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:17.919 glimpse 00:40:17.919 --> 00:40:18.339 we get 00:40:18.339 --> 00:40:18.879 even 00:40:18.879 --> 00:40:19.419 when he's 00:40:19.419 --> 00:40:19.739 handing 00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:20.019 down 00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.179 the 00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.559 judgments 00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.059 we get 00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.279 a 00:40:21.279 --> 00:40:21.699 promise 00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:21.940 in 00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.159 verse 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.639 15 00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:23.799 that 00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:24.960 a 00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.639 descendant 00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:25.819 of 00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:26.319 Eve 00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:27.259 a 00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:27.539 human 00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:27.919 being 00:40:27.919 --> 00:40:28.159 is 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.319 going 00:40:28.319 --> 00:40:28.460 to 00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:29.139 crush 00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:31.500 Satan's 00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.960 serpent's 00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.239 head 00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:34.179 now 00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.440 it's just 00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.319 a little 00:40:35.319 --> 00:40:35.879 promise 00:40:35.879 --> 00:40:36.219 we're like 00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:36.679 what does 00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.079 that mean 00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.559 and we need 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:37.919 the rest 00:40:37.919 --> 00:40:38.480 of the 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.759 Bible 00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:39.899 to hear 00:40:39.899 --> 00:40:40.279 what that 00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:40.559 means 00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:40.960 but from 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.179 this 00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.500 point 00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.679 on 00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:41.940 we're 00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.259 looking 00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:42.500 for 00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.619 a 00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.000 descendant 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.139 of 00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.360 Eve 00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.579 who's 00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:43.699 going 00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:43.799 to 00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.380 crush 00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:46.639 Satan 00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.259 and his 00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:47.820 lies 00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:49.099 about 00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.460 God 00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.019 for good 00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:51.559 so we 00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:51.820 get that 00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.259 promise 00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:54.259 the other 00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:54.820 glimpse of 00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.139 hope 00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.820 is in 00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.059 verse 00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.679 21 00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.440 Adam 00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.739 and Eve 00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.179 tried to 00:40:58.179 --> 00:40:58.440 cover 00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.920 themselves 00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.199 with 00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.799 fig leaves 00:40:59.799 --> 00:41:00.219 God 00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:00.500 would have 00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.759 none 00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.039 of that 00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.539 stop 00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.039 hiding 00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.880 your 00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.500 moral 00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.960 religious 00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.420 effort 00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.820 they're 00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:04.980 like 00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.279 fig 00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:05.579 leaves 00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:05.820 they 00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:08.159 are not 00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:08.739 a good 00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:08.960 enough 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.320 cover 00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:12.260 but 00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.980 amazingly 00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:14.460 verse 21 00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.120 the Lord 00:41:15.120 --> 00:41:15.360 God 00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:16.059 made 00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.660 for 00:41:16.660 --> 00:41:17.039 Adam 00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.580 and Eve 00:41:17.580 --> 00:41:17.960 and for 00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.500 his wife 00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.740 garments 00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:20.620 of skins 00:41:20.620 --> 00:41:22.360 and clothed 00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.100 them 00:41:23.100 --> 00:41:26.519 animal skins 00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.440 this required 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.940 death 00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:30.320 we need 00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:30.840 clothing 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:32.840 to stand 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:34.480 unashamed 00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:35.300 before God 00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:36.980 but we 00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.440 don't make 00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.640 it 00:41:37.640 --> 00:41:38.720 he gives 00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:38.960 it 00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.639 and it's 00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:39.840 going to 00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.280 require 00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.820 death 00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:48.340 so God's 00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:48.740 house 00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:50.159 God's 00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:50.559 rules 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:52.639 his purpose 00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.760 for creation 00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.519 saying it 00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.240 is finished 00:41:55.240 --> 00:41:55.720 is for him 00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:56.199 to move 00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:56.699 into his 00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.019 house 00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.539 to dwell 00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.019 with us 00:41:58.019 --> 00:42:00.240 to be 00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.800 present 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.300 in his 00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.699 home 00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.280 with us 00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:03.000 in abundance 00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:05.760 but we're 00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.380 in exile 00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:09.780 the good 00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.140 news 00:42:10.140 --> 00:42:10.559 of the rest 00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:10.780 of the 00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.119 Bible 00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:12.740 is that 00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:13.559 God's 00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.500 working 00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.079 to bring 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.460 us 00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.940 home 00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:18.820 creation 00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.260 it is 00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.760 finished 00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:21.480 when we 00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:22.360 come to 00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.760 Abraham 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:23.360 and the 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.800 people of 00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.200 Israel 00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:26.820 the high 00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:27.380 point of 00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:28.059 their story 00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.800 is the 00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.340 building of 00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:29.760 the temple 00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:32.260 the emphasis 00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:32.900 when Solomon 00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.580 finishes the 00:42:33.580 --> 00:42:33.960 temple 00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:35.000 is it is 00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.480 finished 00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.480 it is gold 00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.140 everywhere 00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:38.340 they're in the 00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:38.840 place 00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:40.300 God is with 00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:40.620 them 00:42:40.620 --> 00:42:43.520 but they go 00:42:43.520 --> 00:42:44.080 into exile 00:42:44.080 --> 00:42:46.060 sin is too 00:42:46.060 --> 00:42:46.680 deep a problem 00:42:46.680 --> 00:42:49.460 we need a 00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.200 greater redemption 00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:51.500 and so the plan 00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:53.120 no one was 00:42:53.120 --> 00:42:53.980 expecting is the 00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:55.280 creator himself 00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:56.720 becomes an 00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.840 offspring of Eve 00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:59.559 and we hear 00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:00.059 those words 00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.600 again on the 00:43:00.600 --> 00:43:00.940 cross 00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:02.400 it is 00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:03.019 finished 00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:04.940 it is 00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:05.480 finished 00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:08.280 reconciliation 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:12.660 even 00:43:12.660 --> 00:43:13.160 adoption 00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:16.220 Jesus said 00:43:16.220 --> 00:43:16.840 before he went 00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.420 to the cross 00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:18.360 in my father's 00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:18.920 house are 00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.740 many rooms 00:43:19.740 --> 00:43:21.940 if I go 00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.360 and prepare 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:22.820 a place 00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:23.200 for you 00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:24.440 I will 00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:25.000 come again 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:26.000 and will 00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.680 take you 00:43:26.680 --> 00:43:27.820 to myself 00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:29.440 that where 00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:29.960 I am 00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:31.039 you may be 00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.380 also 00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:32.580 that's why 00:43:32.580 --> 00:43:32.840 he went 00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.400 to the cross 00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:35.380 to finish 00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:36.500 to bring us 00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:36.860 home 00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:37.500 to finish 00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:38.120 that work 00:43:38.120 --> 00:43:38.820 and so we're 00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:39.780 leaning forward 00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.920 now as 00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.420 Christians 00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:42.940 waiting for 00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:44.980 that final 00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.320 word 00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.880 that final 00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:46.240 promise 00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:46.640 I'm going 00:43:46.640 --> 00:43:46.960 to make 00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.700 all things 00:43:47.700 --> 00:43:48.000 new 00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:49.120 and again 00:43:49.120 --> 00:43:49.480 we hear 00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.120 those words 00:43:50.120 --> 00:43:52.220 it is done 00:43:52.220 --> 00:43:52.980 it is 00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.539 finished 00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:55.840 I'm 00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.360 the alpha 00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.840 and the 00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.219 omega 00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:58.159 the beginning 00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:59.099 and the 00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.420 end 00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:02.559 it's God's 00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:03.019 work to 00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.719 redeem us 00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:06.099 he's above 00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:08.059 the chaos 00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.639 and the 00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:09.000 darkness 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.599 it is 00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.139 finished 00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:11.559 all good 00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:11.940 news 00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:13.579 will you pray 00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:13.900 with me 00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.480 let's pray 00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:24.980 oh father 00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.360 we've 00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:27.900 we've covered 00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.619 so much 00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.119 ground 00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:29.760 and so 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:32.600 I pray 00:44:32.600 --> 00:44:33.000 that 00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:37.440 you would 00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.100 help 00:44:38.100 --> 00:44:38.780 each one 00:44:38.780 --> 00:44:39.100 of us 00:44:39.100 --> 00:44:39.780 to see 00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:40.180 you 00:44:40.180 --> 00:44:41.380 as you 00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:41.800 truly 00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:42.220 are 00:44:42.220 --> 00:44:44.900 help us 00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:46.400 to see 00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:47.100 you as 00:44:47.100 --> 00:44:47.820 Lord of 00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.240 all 00:44:48.240 --> 00:44:50.320 help us 00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:51.560 to love 00:44:51.560 --> 00:44:52.060 the fact 00:44:52.060 --> 00:44:52.540 that you 00:44:52.540 --> 00:44:53.460 are a 00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:53.980 relational 00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.400 God 00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:54.920 who wants 00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.680 to dwell 00:44:55.680 --> 00:44:56.160 with us 00:44:56.160 --> 00:44:58.040 Lord help 00:44:58.040 --> 00:44:58.880 us to see 00:44:58.880 --> 00:44:59.480 ourselves 00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.179 in light 00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:00.559 of you 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:02.800 to 00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.639 recognize 00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:04.579 our 00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:06.059 rebellion 00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:06.619 and our 00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:07.039 rejection 00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.539 of you 00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:08.079 and help 00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.699 us to see 00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:09.079 that you're 00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.500 a God 00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.780 who 00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:11.740 comes 00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.360 and finds 00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:12.800 us 00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.219 and to 00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:13.539 bring us 00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:13.940 home 00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:17.740 Lord I 00:45:17.740 --> 00:45:18.240 pray that 00:45:18.240 --> 00:45:19.300 you would 00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:19.659 just 00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:21.539 enlarge our 00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.059 vision of 00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:22.400 who you 00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:22.740 are 00:45:22.740 --> 00:45:24.460 in each 00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:24.740 of our 00:45:24.740 --> 00:45:25.179 hearts 00:45:25.179 --> 00:45:26.719 in Jesus 00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.079 name I 00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.280 pray 00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.820 Amen 00:45:27.820 --> 00:45:33.320 you 00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:49.960 I 00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:53.580 want to