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 God, we come before you this morning and ask that you might still our hearts, might still our thoughts.

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 That God, we might avail ourselves to you. Let your spirits be truth to us.

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 God, may you convict us. May you turn us towards you.

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 May us, let us have a greater understanding of who you are.

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 God, let us be people who love you more and love those around us more.

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 We ask this in your name. Amen.

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 We're looking today at Jeremiah 30-31.

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 I'm specifically focusing on the New Covenant when the Scripture reading was taking place.

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 That was just from Jeremiah 31, but we'll be looking at both chapters today.

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 As we begin today, I want to give you an illustration.

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 I want you to draw a picture in your mind.

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 Imagine that there is a mother and her child are walking towards a busy intersection.

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 And as they move towards the busy intersection, the cars are going by.

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 And the mother says to the child, stop. Stop. Stop.

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 And the child just keeps wandering into the road.

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 And then the mother grabs the child and she pulls the child back.

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 And then she says, what are you doing? You need to listen to me.

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 When I tell you to stop, you need to stop.

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 I love you so much. I just don't want you to get hurt.

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 You need to stop when I tell you to stop.

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 If we were to think of the book of Jeremiah, as we look at chapters 30-34 and that illustration,

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 today we are looking at the kiss on the forehead.

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 The I love you so much.

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 Chapters 30-34 in Jeremiah are called the book of consolation.

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 It's because the book of Jeremiah takes a respite from the message that it has been provided

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 to move towards a message of hope.

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 A message that God says, I'm with you.

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 There may be judgment coming, but I am still with you.

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 I will rescue you.

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 And we're going to be looking at that today.

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 One of the first things we see out of Jeremiah 30, in the first three verses,

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 is that restoration is going to be for all God's people.

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 Let me read the first part of Jeremiah 30 for us.

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 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord.

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 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel.

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 Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.

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 For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will restore my fortunes of my people,

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 Israel and Judah, says the Lord.

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 This message is to Israel and Judah.

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 And what is important about that is that this is a message for the entire nation.

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 The Israel to whom this message is provided, they were previously destroyed.

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 They were part of the northern tribes that were destroyed before this.

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 At the time of Jeremiah's writing, only two of the 12 tribes remain, Judah and Benjamin.

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 But when Jeremiah comes and says this is a message for Israel, he's saying it's for all of them.

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 Even those who have been sent away.

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 God says to Israel and Judah,

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 I will bring them back to the land that I gave their fathers,

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 and they shall take possession of it.

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 God promises restoration for his people.

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 He promises a return to their land.

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 As we go through the message today,

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 what we're going to see is we have three things that we're looking at.

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 The first is we're going to be looking at discipline.

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 A tool for training.

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 The second will be hope.

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 Love with an everlasting love.

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 And the third will be a new covenant.

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 A fulfillment of the old.

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 First, let's look at discipline.

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 A tool for training.

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 It begins with God acknowledging the woes of his people.

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 In verse 5 it says,

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 We have heard a cry of panic, of terror, and no peace.

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 The following verses provide imagery for their condition.

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 The people are described as showing the anguish of childbirth.

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 They're described as having a yoke on their neck.

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 They're being guided like a farm animal.

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 They are experiencing fear.

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 And discipline will come.

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 Verse 11 says,

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 For I am with you to save you, declares the Lord.

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 I will make a full end of all the nations, among whom I scattered you.

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 But of you I will not make a full end.

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 I will discipline you in just measure.

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 And I will by no means leave you unpunished.

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 There's two promises that come out of this passage.

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 The first promise is that I am with you.

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 God is saying to his people, I am with you.

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 The second promise, I, that is God, I will discipline you in just measure.

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 Discipline is coming.

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 Before we talk about that, let me just make a difference between discipline and vengeance.

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 Discipline and vengeance can sometimes look the same.

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 Something's done wrong and someone else does something back.

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 Someone responds to the wrong that has been done.

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 The difference is this, is that discipline seeks the betterment of the person.

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 Discipline is a tool for training.

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 It's a tool for building people up.

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 Vengeance, however, seeks harm towards the other person.

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 Vengeance is a tool of retribution.

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 God to his people is saying, I am sending punishment to you.

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 But I am with you to save you.

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 God seeks the betterment of his people.

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 God disciplines his people.

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 But God seeks vengeance on his enemy.

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 So in today's message, if you are part of God's people, this message is very hopeful.

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 If you are not part of God's people, this message might be quite discouraging.

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 It might feel quite hopeless.

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 If you are not part of God's people, you are his enemy.

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 But if you are the enemy of God, there is hope.

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 The door to God's house is always open.

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 And Jesus stands ready to welcome all who would come.

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 The reason for the discipline.

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 And we know that discipline is always warranted when it comes from God.

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 The reason for the discipline is that their guilt is great.

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 And their sins are flagrant.

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 And their disobedience is significant.

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 Let me read from verse 14, starting part of the way through that.

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 I have dealt you the blow of an enemy.

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 The punishment of a merciless foe.

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 Because your guilt is great.

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 Because your sins are flagrant.

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 Why do you cry out over your hurt?

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 Your pain is incurable.

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 Because your guilt is great.

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 Because your sins are flagrant.

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 I have done these things to you.

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 There is a purpose for this discipline.

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 It is a training tool.

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 It shows the consequences of flagrant sin.

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 And as a result of their flagrant sin and their disobedience, the people will be sent into exile.

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 One of the things that we see from that is that sin destroys God's relationship with his people.

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 Through discipline, God reveals that truth.

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 When people sin, they are separated from God's goodness.

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 The goal that God has for us is that we would be in a perfect relationship with him.

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 That there would be a perfect relationship between God and his people.

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 Verse 22 says,

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 You shall be my people.

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 And I will be your God.

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 And the purpose of discipline is to restore that relationship.

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 Through punishment, God seeks to restore the relationship.

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 The betterment of his people.

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 We see that once again from verse 11 when he says,

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 I am with you to save you.

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 Now, question of reflection for us.

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 Have you experienced the discipline that comes from God?

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 Have your personal sins resulted in harm?

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 More harm perhaps than seemed warranted?

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 More harm than it seems came to others who did the same things?

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 Be reminded that God disciplines those who he loves.

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 Sometimes we are like that foolish child who wanders into danger.

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 God is there to protect us.

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 God says to us,

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 I am with you to save you.

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 One of the things that we see here in Jeremiah 30

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 is also the destruction of the neighboring nations.

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 God has used these neighboring nations to Judah

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 to punish his people.

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 To that end,

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 these nations have experienced victory.

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 They have experienced the spoils that come from victories.

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 As for these victorious nations,

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 God proclaims in verse 11,

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 I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you.

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 These propersering nations will face judgment

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 after their temporary victory.

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 Their victory did result from God's intervention.

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 Their victory did not result from God's approval of them.

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 So while they have experienced victory,

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 it wasn't because God said that they were righteous

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 or they had done the right thing.

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 God was simply using them for his greater purposes.

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 As we reflect upon this with ourselves,

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 my encouragement for all of us

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 is that we would be people

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 who avoid situational theology.

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 And what I mean by that

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 is that we would be people

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 who avoid looking at the circumstances of our life

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 to see what that tells us about God.

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 Life's success does not mean you are blessed by God,

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 nor does life's difficulty mean that you are cursed by God.

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 Our circumstances, our present situation

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 does not necessitate a response from God.

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 A fundamental problem with situational theology

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 is it puts the individual at the center of our relationship with God.

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 Our behavior becomes the determining action for God's favor.

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 From this passage, an important point is iterated.

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 God's plans are beyond our understanding.

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 That's a good thing.

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 What might situational theology look like in our life?

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 It's like when you have a big exam coming up,

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 or you have a big job interview,

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 or you have that project to do at work,

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 and you want it to go well.

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 And you say to yourself,

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 I haven't read my Bible so much today.

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 I haven't read it yesterday.

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 Actually, this week has been bad.

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 Well, before I go to that job interview,

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 I'm reading my Bible this morning.

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 Not because you want to spend time with God,

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 but because you want that job interview to go better.

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 God is not there to be manipulated

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 by our decisions.

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 God is not there to be manipulated by our decisions.

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 Next big thing that we see,

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 our second point that we are looking at is hope.

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 And that is that we are loved with an everlasting love.

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 We're going to be in chapter 31 now.

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 Chapter 31 begins with the repeated goal.

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 In verse 1 it says,

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 I will be the God of all the clans of Israel.

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 They shall be my people.

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 The goal of the promise provides the theme for the following verses.

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 It begins with the assurance of deliverance.

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 Let me read that for us in verse 2.

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 The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness.

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 When Israel sought for rest,

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 the Lord appeared to him from far away.

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 The passage uses the imagery of the wilderness as a place of rescue.

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 We've seen that before in the scripture.

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 In the fleeing from Egypt,

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 where wilderness is a place of respite.

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 We'll see that in Revelation,

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 where the wilderness once again is described as a place of rest.

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 And God's motivation through all of that is love.

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 His love for his people.

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 We know God's goal.

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 That's perfect relationship with us.

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 I am your God.

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 You are my people.

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 We now know God's motivation.

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 Everlasting love for us.

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 The second part of verse 3 says,

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 I have loved you with an everlasting love.

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 And because of that love,

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 the passage continues on.

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 Therefore,

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 I have continued my faithfulness to you.

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 God is faithful to us because of his love.

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 No other reason.

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 I want us to reflect on that for a moment.

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 That we are the recipients of God's unconditional love.

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 Many people think God's love is conditional.

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 Much like that situational theology of which I spoke.

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 When we act one way,

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 we think God's love is abounding.

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 When we act another,

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 we think God's love is waning.

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 People who especially struggle with this unconditional love

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 that we have from God

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 are those who have experienced friends or families

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 using love as a tool of manipulation.

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 Knowing only conditional love.

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 These people struggle to believe that God's love might be boundless.

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 The problem is that when we view God's love as conditional,

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 as something to be earned,

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 is that it leads to guilt.

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 We can never live up to God's standard.

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 When we are constantly failing,

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 we are left feeling guilty for being a failure.

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 It's especially troubling.

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 When we act like God's love is conditional.

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 We act like God is a vending machine.

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 We put in the right combination of coins

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 and push the right buttons

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 and then we will receive the desired product.

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 God says to us,

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 go and experience the fullness

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 of that unfaltering love that I have for you.

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 Live with the freedom of knowing you are loved

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 by a perfect love,

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 no matter how you act.

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 Experience the overwhelming abundance of love that I have.

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 Stop spending your life searching for loose change.

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 God's saying to us,

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 stop searching for the love that I've already given you.

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 Stop believing the lies.

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 Start living in the freedom

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 of God's everlasting love.

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 Maybe you're asking,

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 I don't know where to start.

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 We're going to get there.

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 We're going to get there.

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 The next thing we see

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 out of the chapter 31

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 is that God intervenes for his people.

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 He builds, he saves, and he restores.

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 We see God building.

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 Verse 4.

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 He says,

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 Again, I will build you

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 and you shall be built,

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 O virgin Israel.

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 With building comes much favor.

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 They dance the dance of merrymakers.

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 They plant fruitful vineyards.

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 The people of Ephraim,

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 Ephraim is a reference to the ten tribes

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 that had previously been lost.

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 Ephraim was the largest of those ten tribes.

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 And so sometimes those ten tribes are called Israel.

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 Sometimes they're called Ephraim.

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 Ephraim, the people of Ephraim,

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 will go down to Zion,

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 which is Jerusalem,

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 to worship God.

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 Next we see that God saves.

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 The people are instructed in verse 7

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 to implore,

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 O Lord, save your people,

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 the remnant of Israel.

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 And God will save them.

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 God will send them home.

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 Verse 9, it says,

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 I will make them walk by brooks of water

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 in a straight path

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 in which they shall not stumble.

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 For anyone who has ever hiked

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 a lengthy trail,

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 you know the value of a path

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 that is along a stream,

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 straight,

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 and smooth.

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 We also see that God restores.

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 He brings His people back.

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 Not by their power,

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 but by God's power.

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 Let me read verse 10 for us.

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 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,

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 and declare it in the coastlands far away.

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 Say,

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 He who scattered Israel

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 will gather him

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 and will keep him

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 as a shepherd keeps his flock.

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 For the Lord has ransomed Jacob.

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 He has redeemed him

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 from hands too strong for him.

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 And the coming exile,

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 God will scatter His people.

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 But the promise is given.

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 God will also gather them,

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 ransom them,

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 and redeem them.

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 We also see that the people

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 will return.

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 We have a section here

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 which might be described

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 as Rachel's lament.

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 And to understand that section,

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 we need to know

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 that Jacob is the father

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 of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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 And his beloved wife

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 and mother of two of the sons

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 who would become those tribes

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 is Rachel.

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 Rachel, as such,

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 is considered here

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 the de facto mother

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 of the tribes.

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 And verse 15 says,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 A voice is heard in Ramah,

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 which is near the location

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 of Rachel's burial site.

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 Lamentation and bitter weeping.

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 Rachel is weeping

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 for her children.

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 She refuses to be comforted

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 for her children

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 because they are no more.

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 The image that is being drawn here

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 is that Rachel

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 is weeping from her grave

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 over the exile

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 of her descendants.

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 Verse 16 continues,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Keep your voice from weeping

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 and your eyes from tears,

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 for there is a reward

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 for your work,

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 declares the Lord.

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 And they shall come back

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 from the land of the enemy.

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 There is hope for your future,

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 declares the Lord.

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 And your children

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 shall come back

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 to their own country.

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 The message here is of hope.

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 This is a message to Rachel

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 saying,

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 Stop weeping.

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 Your children are coming home.

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 It's a powerful image

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 of her mother thinking

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 her children have been lost forever.

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 that God declares otherwise.

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 Can you imagine

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 a mother grieving

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 the death of her children?

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 And God intervenes

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 and says,

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 Stop weeping.

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 Your children are saved.

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 That is the image

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 that is being drawn here

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 as God reflects

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 upon His people

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 eventually returning from exile

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 and reestablishing themselves.

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 And reestablishing themselves.

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 This verse

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 out of Jeremiah

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 is also used

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 in the book of Matthew.

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 But

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 not in a happy sense.

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 In a sense of understanding

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 the loss of life.

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 There is

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 a part of Matthew

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 in the story

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 of Jesus' birth

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 that is referred to as

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 the massacre

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 of the innocents.

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 What takes place

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 is that

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 Herod,

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 who is the ruler

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 of the land,

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 learns of Jesus' birth.

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 And he seeks

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 to have Him

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 killed.

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 So he sends

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 the wise men

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 on his behalf

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 to ascertain

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 the location

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 of Jesus.

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 And these wise men

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 do ascertain

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 Jesus' location.

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 But being warned

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 not to return to Herod,

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 they do not.

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 Herod,

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 upon realizing

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 he has been tricked

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 by these wise men,

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 begins the execution

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 of the children

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 in the land

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 in an effort

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 to wipe out

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 the true king.

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 The king

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 who he knew

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 would eventually

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 take his place.

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 Let me read for you

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 from Matthew

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 chapter 6.

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 Then Herod,

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 when he saw

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 that he had been

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 tricked by the wise men,

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 became furious.

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 And he sent

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 and killed

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 all the male children

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 in Bethlehem

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 and all that region

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 who were two years

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 old or under,

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 according to the time

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 that had been ascertained

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 from the wise men.

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 This was fulfilled

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 with what was spoken

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 by the prophet Jeremiah.

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 A voice was heard

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 in Ramah,

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 weeping

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 and loud lamentation.

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 Rachel,

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 weeping for her children.

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 She refused

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 to be comforted

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 because they are

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 no more.

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 In Matthew,

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 it only quotes

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 this part,

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 the prophecy,

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 because those children

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 were indeed lost.

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 it is a reminder

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 to us

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 that Jesus

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 is contentious.

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 Even as an infant,

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 people realized

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 he is powerful.

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 He is the one

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 who God said

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 inherit,

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 tried to put an end

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.480
 to Jesus' life

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.319
 before it could even

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.799
 get started.

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 But God's plans

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.259
 would go for it.

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 Jesus and his family

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 would escape away

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 before Herod's wrath

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 was felt

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 upon the innocent children.

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 As we move back

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 into Jeremiah 31,

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 the next thing

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.799
 that we see

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.920
 is Ephraim's repentance.

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 And this section

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.000
 is written

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 like Ephraim,

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 the Tim tribes,

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.440
 is speaking.

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 And in verse 19,

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.559
 it says,

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 For I have turned away.

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 I relented

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 after I was instructed.

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 I struck my thigh.

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 I was ashamed.

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 And I was confounded.

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 The use here

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 of I struck my thigh

00:23:39.959 --> 00:23:42.319
 that is translated

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.719
 by the New Living Translation

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 as I kicked myself

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 for my stupidity.

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 Which is a good feel

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:49.199
 of what that striking

00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:50.480
 of the thigh

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 is supposed to mean.

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 It's kicking yourself

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.920
 for your own stupidity.

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:57.180
 It is Ephraim's repentance.

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 And we see that

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.559
 restoration will take place.

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.819
 God promises

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:02.400
 to restore the nations.

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.859
 And he tells them,

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.099
 he says,

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.380
 Make road signs

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:07.120
 so that you can remember

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.900
 the way back.

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.940
 In this message

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.099
 of restoration,

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:13.140
 an unusual expression

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.740
 is used.

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 There in verse 22,

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.579
 it says,

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.579
 For the Lord

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.299
 has created

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.460
 a new thing on earth,

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.799
 a woman

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 encircles a man.

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 The imagery

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.819
 that is being used here

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:26.360
 is that the women

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 will guard the men.

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 That idea

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:32.240
 is novel

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.940
 and unprecedented.

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.660
 For God,

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.519
 the establishment,

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.640
 the reestablishment

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.360
 of Judah

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.759
 and Israel

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.539
 is novel

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:42.220
 and unprecedented.

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.940
 In verse 28,

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.819
 God promises

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.779
 to Israel and Judah.

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.460
 He says,

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.980
 I will watch

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.660
 over them

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.700
 to build

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.579
 and to plant.

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.960
 This is followed

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.759
 perhaps by

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.160
 an unknown expression

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.600
 to us.

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.240
 In verse 29,

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.559
 it says,

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.720
 In those days,

00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:00.079
 they shall no longer

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.420
 say,

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.500
 The fathers

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.140
 have eaten

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.960
 sour grapes

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.420
 and the children's

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.980
 teeth

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.840
 are set

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.740
 on edge.

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:08.420
 So the expression

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.500
 of children's,

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.079
 of teeth

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.059
 being set on edge

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.519
 is an expression

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.380
 to convey

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:15.320
 the physical reaction

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:16.780
 to a sour taste.

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 I don't actually

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:20.040
 know the English word

00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:20.440
 for that

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.560
 other than squinty face.

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.480
 But we can imagine

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:25.040
 a sour taste

00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:26.420
 and then the physical

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.040
 response

00:25:27.040 --> 00:25:27.580
 that you have

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:27.880
 to that,

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:29.100
 that is what this passage

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.860
 is speaking to.

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.680
 And the proverb

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:34.280
 that was presented here

00:25:34.280 --> 00:25:35.260
 is the idea

00:25:35.260 --> 00:25:35.900
 that children

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:37.000
 receive the punishment

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.120
 for their parents' actions.

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.520
 And it's actually

00:25:39.520 --> 00:25:40.200
 mentioned again

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:41.540
 in Ezekiel 18.

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.720
 So this expression

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.119
 is something

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.740
 that the people

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.579
 of that day knew.

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.960
 So what would happen

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.599
 is the father

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.500
 would eat the sour grapes,

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.399
 but the children

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:50.000
 experience the unpleasant taste.

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.619
 The idea for Israel

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.039
 and Judas,

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.960
 they are both

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.639
 being punished

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:55.039
 for generational

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.899
 disobedience.

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.059
 They are being punished

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.299
 not for their sins,

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.299
 but the sins

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.579
 that their predecessors

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.019
 committed.

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.559
 A good example

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.599
 for us might come

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:08.139
 from financial debt.

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.680
 Imagine someone

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.779
 has inherited

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.799
 significant financial debt.

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:15.259
 And they are experiencing

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.160
 the burden

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:17.440
 and the consequences

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:19.019
 that go with that debt.

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.339
 Someday,

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.619
 they would be unburdened

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.420
 by another's debt.

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.920
 They would experience

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.180
 debt forgiveness.

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.460
 This idea of

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.579
 debt forgiveness

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:33.059
 is a great segue

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.940
 into our final section.

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.139
 As we look at

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:36.980
 the new covenant,

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.119
 a fulfillment

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:40.739
 of the old.

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.159
 In verse 31,

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:43.839
 it begins,

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.059
 Behold,

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:47.039
 the days are coming,

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.879
 declares the Lord,

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.139
 when I will make

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:50.119
 a new covenant

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:51.339
 with the house of Israel

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.339
 and the house of Judah.

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.839
 Once again,

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:55.539
 this is for all tribes

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.239
 of Israel.

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.899
 Not like the covenant

00:26:58.899 --> 00:27:00.399
 I made with their fathers

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.259
 on the day

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.299
 when I took them

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.039
 by the hand

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.659
 to bring them

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.759
 out of the land

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.259
 of Egypt.

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:07.039
 My covenant,

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.980
 so God is speaking here

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.779
 of the Mosaic covenant,

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.599
 which is given

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:13.180
 in the first five books

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.720
 of the Bible,

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.799
 also known as the law.

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.879
 My covenant

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:19.639
 that they broke.

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.299
 So the people

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.539
 broke covenant

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.059
 with God.

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.059
 God did not break

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.779
 covenant with them.

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.659
 The people broke

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:26.680
 covenant with God.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:30.039
 Though I was their husband,

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.519
 declares the Lord.

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.879
 And the imagery

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.680
 that's being used

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.359
 is the imagery

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.059
 of adultery,

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.859
 of breaking the covenant.

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:38.319
 like breaking

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.779
 the marriage vow.

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.959
 Now we need to stop

00:27:41.959 --> 00:27:42.459
 for a moment

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.439
 and understand

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:44.000
 a little bit

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.219
 about this Mosaic covenant.

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.679
 This covenant

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:49.159
 that is being replaced

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.939
 here in the prophecy

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:52.299
 of Jeremiah 31.

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.399
 To give us an understanding

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.740
 on the Mosaic covenant,

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.179
 we're going to look

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:57.059
 in Deuteronomy.

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:58.919
 Deuteronomy chapter 6

00:27:58.919 --> 00:28:00.179
 beginning in verse 1.

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:02.199
 This is a section

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:02.559
 of scripture

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.979
 that is an introduction

00:28:03.979 --> 00:28:06.279
 to the Ten Commandments.

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.259
 So what would follow

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.960
 this passage

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.839
 in Deuteronomy

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:10.299
 would be the Ten Commandments.

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.079
 And one of the things

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.980
 I want you to see

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.220
 in this introduction

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.399
 to the Ten Commandments

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.420
 is that

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:18.220
 the connection

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.379
 that is made.

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.960
 The connection

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.539
 is that

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.440
 the people need

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.519
 to keep the commands

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.039
 of God

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.079
 and then they will

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.059
 live long

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.660
 in the land.

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:28.000
 They will be prosperous.

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.799
 This is a repeated theme

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.700
 through the old scripture.

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.200
 That in being faithful

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.740
 to God,

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.740
 in being obedient

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.240
 to God,

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.319
 the people then

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.400
 would experience

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.620
 the blessings

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.599
 that comes

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.799
 from God.

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.640
 Jeremiah,

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.160
 as a prophet

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.599
 thus far in the book,

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.180
 would say there's been

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.839
 a lack of obedience.

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.160
 There's been a lack

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.620
 of obedience

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.579
 for an extended

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.559
 period of time.

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.440
 In fact,

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.920
 there's been such

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.779
 a lack of obedience

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.680
 that their land

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:57.039
 has been whittled down.

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.859
 That the number

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.380
 of tribes,

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.740
 once,

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.140
 twelve,

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.819
 has been reduced

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.259
 to two.

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.379
 And now they are

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:03.059
 going to be losing

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.139
 the very final,

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:05.439
 last remnants

00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:07.720
 of their nation

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:09.439
 because of their

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:10.159
 lack of obedience.

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.359
 As we look at

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.379
 this Mosaic covenant,

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.539
 I want you to see

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.359
 two things that come

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.639
 from that.

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.779
 First,

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.299
 I want you to see

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.759
 the importance

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.399
 of obedience.

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.919
 And as I read

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.200
 through it,

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.559
 and you'll see it

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:20.960
 on the screen,

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.460
 you're going to see

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.379
 words that have to do

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.899
 with obedience

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.439
 in blue.

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.259
 And I want you to see

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.819
 their connection

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.579
 to the land.

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.679
 And as I read that,

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.559
 you'll see connections

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.179
 to the land.

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.620
 And there's three

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.039
 of those.

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.279
 And they are going

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.860
 to be in bold

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.720
 italicized.

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:36.400
 Now this is the

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.960
 commandment,

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.180
 the statues

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.840
 and the rules

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.500
 that the Lord

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.039
 your God

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.840
 commanded me

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.580
 to teach you,

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.700
 that you may

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.299
 do them

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.360
 in the land

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.060
 to which you

00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:45.759
 are going over

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.880
 to possess it,

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.940
 that you may

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.960
 fear the Lord

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.580
 your God,

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.759
 you and your son

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.740
 and your son's sons,

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.700
 by keeping

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.920
 all his statutes

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.299
 and his commandments,

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.720
 which I commanded

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.220
 you all the days

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.900
 of your life.

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.600
 And that your days

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.420
 may be long.

00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:03.320
 Hear therefore,

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.920
 O Israel,

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.840
 and be careful

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.560
 to do them,

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.720
 that it may go

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.539
 well with you,

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.700
 and that you may

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.860
 multiply greatly,

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.220
 as the Lord,

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:12.180
 the God of your

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.519
 fathers,

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.360
 has promised you,

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.940
 in a land

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.920
 flowing with milk

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.799
 and honey.

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.259
 Milk and honey

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.880
 is a reference

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:21.060
 to fertile land.

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.120
 The people,

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.799
 however,

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.680
 God's people,

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.960
 have broke covenant.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.019
 covenant.

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.720
 Verse 32,

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.220
 a reminder,

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.500
 it says,

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.620
 my covenant

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:31.700
 that they broke.

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.079
 That covenant,

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:33.700
 that they would

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.480
 keep the commands

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.880
 of God,

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.860
 live long in the land.

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.420
 It's perhaps

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.380
 an oversimplification

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.180
 of that covenant,

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.819
 but it's somewhat

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.299
 accurate,

00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:42.039
 I think an accurate

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:43.140
 representation of that.

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.500
 The people broke

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.340
 covenant with God

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:46.340
 through their

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:48.539
 generational disobedience.

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:51.039
 But there is a new

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.720
 covenant coming.

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.480
 This is going to be

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.379
 God's solution

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.420
 to this problem.

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.940
 The breaking of the

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.200
 covenant,

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.559
 God says,

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.539
 I've got a solution.

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:01.220
 In verse 31,

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.639
 he says,

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.159
 I will make a new

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:04.039
 covenant with the

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.779
 house of Israel

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:06.139
 and the house

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.940
 of Judah.

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.259
 This is an

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:09.700
 unprecedented idea.

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.240
 The Mosaic

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.119
 covenant has been

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:13.119
 in place for a

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:14.139
 thousand years.

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.559
 This new covenant

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.359
 idea of which

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.279
 Jeremiah is speaking,

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.480
 does not appear

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.940
 in scripture

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:21.000
 until the time

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.660
 of Jesus.

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.799
 Actually,

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.259
 though,

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.160
 after Jesus,

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:26.359
 about 650 years

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.680
 later,

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.819
 Jeremiah's

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.460
 proclamation

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.859
 of a new

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.319
 covenant,

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.579
 his prophecy

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.639
 of things

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.079
 to come.

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:37.139
 The two focal

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:38.399
 points of this

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.019
 new covenant

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:40.639
 is that the law

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.519
 will be written

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.720
 on people's

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.079
 hearts

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:44.680
 and that there

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.599
 will be the

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.359
 permanent

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.220
 forgiveness

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.240
 of sin.

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:50.220
 Let me read

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.579
 for us

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.079
 from verses

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.720
 beginning

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.700
 in verse 33.

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.619
 For this

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.180
 is the covenant

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.899
 that I will

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.440
 make with the

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.180
 house of Israel

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.099
 after those

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.440
 days,

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.059
 declares the

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.259
 Lord.

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.279
 I will put

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.839
 my law

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.539
 within them

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.440
 and I will

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.099
 write it

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.579
 on their

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.980
 hearts

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.899
 and I

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.279
 shall be

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.879
 their God

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.500
 and they

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.899
 shall be

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.399
 my people

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.319
 and no

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.839
 longer

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.599
 shall each

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.079
 teach his

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.379
 neighbor

00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:11.259
 and each

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.680
 his brother

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.240
 saying,

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.139
 know the

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.539
 Lord,

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.440
 for they

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.180
 shall all

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.740
 know me

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.359
 from the

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.819
 least of

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.059
 them

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.559
 to the

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.920
 greatest,

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.640
 declares the

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:18.880
 Lord.

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.819
 For I

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.599
 will forgive

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.140
 their

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.720
 iniquity

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.759
 and I

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:24.180
 will remember

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.380
 their sin

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:27.079
 no more.

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.859
 So the two

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.859
 significant aspects

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.980
 of this new

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.380
 covenant.

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:33.020
 first,

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.600
 God saying,

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.660
 I will put

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.540
 my law

00:32:35.540 --> 00:32:36.200
 within them

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.920
 and I

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.560
 will write

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:38.280
 it on

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:39.060
 their hearts.

00:32:39.780 --> 00:32:40.960
 No longer

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.640
 is the law

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.360
 written on

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.260
 stone tablets.

00:32:44.260 --> 00:32:44.900
 Rather,

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.760
 the law

00:32:45.760 --> 00:32:46.200
 is written

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.840
 on people's

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.120
 hearts.

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.840
 The implication

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.940
 being that

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.540
 their hearts

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:51.740
 are no longer

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:53.200
 stained by

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.920
 sin.

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.300
 This

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.840
 implication

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.880
 is asserted

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.380
 as the

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.060
 verse continues.

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:58.920
 It says,

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.220
 I will

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.960
 remember

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.120
 their sins

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.480
 no more.

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.880
 The

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.240
 Mosaic

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.600
 covenant

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.500
 brought

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.000
 forgiveness.

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.860
 But forgiveness

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.799
 was continually

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.339
 needed.

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.000
 There was

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.559
 no

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.400
 lasting

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.960
 forgiveness.

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.960
 Permanent

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.559
 forgetting

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.160
 that is

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.620
 mentioned

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.319
 here in

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.360
 Jeremiah 31

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:19.200
 is a

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.660
 new

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.279
 thing.

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.259
 This

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.720
 new

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.220
 covenant

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.360
 addresses

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.220
 the fundamental

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.880
 problem.

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.660
 And that

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.079
 is that

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.680
 sin,

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.259
 that sin

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.900
 is the

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.320
 barrier

00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:31.820
 to God.

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:33.019
 So this

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.600
 new covenant

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.240
 will address

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.880
 that fundamental

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.039
 problem of

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.299
 sin.

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.100
 And one

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:38.039
 person finally

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.920
 resolves that

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.759
 sin barrier.

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.840
 That person

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.640
 is Jesus

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.060
 Christ.

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.620
 And he is

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.019
 able to do

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.380
 that because

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:44.000
 he lives a

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.680
 sinful life.

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.140
 He dies a

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:47.340
 substitutionary

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.720
 death,

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.340
 meaning that

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:49.259
 Jesus died

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.700
 for other

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.460
 people and

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.180
 took their

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.660
 punishment.

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.820
 This new

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.100
 covenant

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:55.180
 promised here

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.019
 in Jeremiah

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.680
 31 is

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.519
 explained

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.720
 more in

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.259
 the book

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.920
 of Hebrews.

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.680
 The book

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.119
 of Hebrews

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.779
 is a

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.440
 New Testament

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.259
 book written

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.180
 about 30

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.339
 years after

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.900
 Jesus'

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.820
 resurrection.

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.940
 This book

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.259
 is written

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:12.039
 about 650

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.900
 years after

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.280
 Jeremiah.

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.880
 Let's take

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:16.000
 a look at

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:18.860
 Hebrews so

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.259
 we can get

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:20.000
 an idea of

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.759
 how this

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.460
 new covenant

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.519
 idea mentioned

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.259
 in Jeremiah

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:25.099
 centuries before

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.659
 the time of

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.139
 Jesus is

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.099
 then applied

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.599
 to him.

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.460
 We're going

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.860
 to be in

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.480
 Hebrews

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.519
 chapter 10

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:35.500
 beginning in

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.219
 verse 11.

00:34:36.319 --> 00:34:36.559
 What we're

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.940
 going to see

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.500
 is that

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.980
 Jesus,

00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:38.880
 or Christ

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.219
 as he is

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.579
 called in

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:39.960
 this passage,

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.880
 that Jesus'

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.779
 sacrifices

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.659
 once for

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.599
 all time.

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.179
 And every

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:47.259
 priest stands

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:48.179
 daily at his

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.380
 service offering

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.739
 repeatedly the

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:52.000
 same sacrifices

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.860
 which can

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.920
 never take

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.839
 away sins.

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.940
 So the

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.440
 Mosaic

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.839
 covenant

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.960
 required many

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.139
 sacrifices which

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.219
 were continually

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:00.799
 repeated.

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.719
 These sacrifices

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:04.159
 acknowledged but

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.139
 did not resolve

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.960
 the problem of

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.199
 sin.

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.679
 They were like

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.739
 bailing water

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.460
 out of a

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.279
 leaking boat.

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.179
 The sacrifices

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.360
 help but they

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.519
 don't solve

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.319
 the fundamental

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:16.219
 problem.

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.839
 But when

00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:18.579
 Christ had

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.239
 offered for

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:20.199
 all time a

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:21.480
 single sacrifice

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.119
 for sins,

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.279
 so Jesus

00:35:23.279 --> 00:35:23.920
 gave himself

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.619
 as a

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.099
 sacrifice,

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.680
 dying on

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.159
 the cross

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.500
 for our

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.619
 sin,

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.680
 his sacrifice

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.360
 was for

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.599
 all time,

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.960
 having eternal

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.559
 efficacy.

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.099
 He, that

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.639
 being Jesus,

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.480
 he sat down

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.940
 at the right

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.639
 hand of God

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.700
 waiting for

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.220
 that time

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.760
 until his

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.360
 enemy should

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.900
 be made a

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.940
 footstool for

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.380
 his feet.

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.460
 For by a

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.340
 single offering

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.000
 he has

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.639
 perfected for

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.280
 all time

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.360
 those who

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.900
 are being

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.720
 sanctified.

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.260
 So through

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:49.260
 the sacrificial

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.840
 death and

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.940
 resurrection of

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:52.099
 Jesus, the

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.760
 permanent

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.980
 dismantling of

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.340
 sin occurs.

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.079
 We're going to

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.460
 continue on in

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.860
 the book of

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.220
 Hebrews.

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.720
 This section

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:04.000
 quotes exactly

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.740
 from Jeremiah

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.440
 31.

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.700
 And the

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.340
 Holy Spirit

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:08.200
 also bears

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:09.300
 witness to

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.920
 us for

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.659
 after saying

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.519
 this is the

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.200
 covenant that

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.900
 I will make

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.659
 with them and

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.460
 after those

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.240
 days declares

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.559
 the Lord,

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.720
 I will put

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.700
 my law on

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.179
 their hearts

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:19.000
 and write

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.780
 them on

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.460
 their minds.

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.140
 And then he

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:22.120
 adds, I

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:22.780
 will remember

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.560
 their sins

00:36:23.560 --> 00:36:24.260
 and their

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.519
 lawless deeds

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.700
 no more.

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.860
 We continue

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.640
 on in the

00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:30.000
 book of

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.019
 Hebrews as

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.880
 now looks at

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.660
 the issue of

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:33.620
 people's hearts.

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.540
 This brings

00:36:35.540 --> 00:36:36.760
 clarity from

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.880
 the first aspect

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.320
 of the new

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.880
 covenant that

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.920
 the law will

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.000
 be written on

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.000
 people's hearts

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:43.400
 with the sin

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.960
 barrier removed

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.620
 through the

00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:46.180
 work of Jesus

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.620
 Christ.

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.580
 New hearts

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:49.120
 unstained by

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.600
 sin.

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.519
 are available.

00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:52.680
 Where there

00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.740
 is forgiveness

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.420
 of these,

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.920
 that being

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.320
 sins,

00:36:55.640 --> 00:36:56.560
 there is no

00:36:56.560 --> 00:36:57.720
 longer any

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:59.160
 offering for

00:36:59.160 --> 00:36:59.560
 sin.

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.880
 Therefore,

00:37:01.100 --> 00:37:01.420
 brothers,

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.400
 since we have

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.560
 confidence to

00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:04.120
 enter the

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:05.140
 holy places

00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:06.240
 by the blood

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.760
 of Jesus,

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.760
 by the new

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.440
 and living

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.220
 way that he

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:09.880
 opened for

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.640
 us through

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:11.260
 the curtain,

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.980
 that is his

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.700
 flesh.

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.860
 So the

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:17.200
 passage speaks

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:17.720
 about the

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.420
 temple area,

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.320
 which was

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:20.159
 restricted to

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.860
 everyone but

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.260
 the high

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.579
 piece.

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.559
 But through

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.240
 the work of

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.539
 Jesus,

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.740
 this restricted

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:26.300
 area is now

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.800
 accessible.

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:27.800
 So the idea

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.780
 of being opened

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:30.700
 for us through

00:37:30.700 --> 00:37:31.500
 a curtain,

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.420
 this is a

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:33.680
 physical example

00:37:33.680 --> 00:37:35.240
 that provides a

00:37:35.240 --> 00:37:35.860
 figurative

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.940
 illustration to

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.139
 play,

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.519
 to explain this

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.099
 new reality,

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:41.180
 that God and

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:42.760
 his people are

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:44.159
 no longer

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:45.400
 separated.

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.820
 we continue

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.119
 on.

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.780
 And since we

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.780
 have a great

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:51.019
 priest over

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.680
 the house of

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.519
 God, let us

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.519
 draw near with

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.320
 a true heart

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:55.720
 in full assurance

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.139
 of faith,

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.880
 with our hearts

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.660
 beacled clean

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.619
 from an evil

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.139
 conscience,

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.400
 and our bodies

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:02.760
 washed with

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.980
 pure water.

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:06.079
 True hearts,

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.360
 clean hearts,

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:11.340
 washed with

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.800
 pure water.

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:15.539
 one of the

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.960
 things I want

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.360
 us to think

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:19.180
 about is

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:19.560
 that many

00:38:19.560 --> 00:38:21.600
 people struggle

00:38:21.600 --> 00:38:22.200
 with accepting

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:22.980
 the reality

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.940
 of sin.

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.320
 They believe

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:27.180
 in the innate

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:28.360
 goodness of

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.700
 people.

00:38:30.080 --> 00:38:30.640
 This might be

00:38:30.640 --> 00:38:31.360
 especially true

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.140
 for parents with

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.740
 young children

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:34.700
 who see their

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.460
 innocent child

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.080
 before them.

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.000
 They can't

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.920
 imagine that

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.800
 that child might

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.340
 be a sinner.

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.400
 sinner.

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:42.079
 But one of the

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.519
 things that

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.200
 scripture teaches

00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:45.680
 us is that

00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:47.200
 we are all

00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:47.960
 by nature

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:49.120
 children of

00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:49.519
 wrath.

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:51.880
 We are all

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:53.400
 by nature's

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.039
 sinner.

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.680
 And Jesus

00:38:56.680 --> 00:38:58.280
 serves to

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:58.920
 come and

00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:00.079
 take away

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.980
 the effect of

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.680
 sin upon us.

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.840
 He relieves

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.720
 us from the

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:04.860
 curse that has

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.840
 come through

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:08.200
 creation and

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:09.739
 has come upon

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.779
 us through

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.519
 the effects

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.279
 of our

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:13.639
 own sin.

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.379
 When we

00:39:16.379 --> 00:39:16.879
 fail to

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.519
 account for

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.139
 sin, when we

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.899
 fail to see

00:39:18.899 --> 00:39:19.639
 the reality

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.159
 of sin,

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.839
 then we

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:23.139
 dismiss the

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.739
 work that

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.659
 Jesus Christ

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.279
 has done for

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:25.500
 us.

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.699
 We fail to

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.439
 see the

00:39:28.439 --> 00:39:29.099
 great love

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.419
 that he

00:39:29.419 --> 00:39:30.460
 showed and

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.719
 his

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.500
 sacrificial

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:32.619
 and substitutionary

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.500
 debt on

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.419
 our behalf.

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.519
 God.

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.420
 As we

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.780
 continue

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.680
 looking into

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.920
 Jeremiah,

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:43.180
 one of the

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.659
 questions that

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.500
 may arise is

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.180
 this Mosaic

00:39:45.180 --> 00:39:46.559
 covenant and

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.460
 its connection

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.880
 to the new

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.240
 covenant.

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.780
 A question that

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.440
 could come to

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.320
 us is, why

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.740
 didn't God

00:39:52.740 --> 00:39:57.019
 just skip the

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.760
 Mosaic covenant

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.800
 and go right to

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.420
 this new

00:39:59.420 --> 00:39:59.720
 covenant?

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.880
 Why did we

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.579
 have to go

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.380
 through that

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:03.119
 process?

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:04.739
 And by

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.299
 way of

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.940
 analogy, I

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.739
 might ask

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:07.179
 this.

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:09.059
 So Apple

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.799
 just released

00:40:09.799 --> 00:40:10.359
 their latest

00:40:10.359 --> 00:40:10.980
 phone, the

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.519
 XS.

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:13.400
 We might

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:13.759
 ask, why

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.000
 didn't they

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.440
 just start

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:14.880
 with that

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.079
 one?

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:16.659
 Why did

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.039
 they have to

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.359
 go through

00:40:17.359 --> 00:40:18.179
 these previous

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:19.119
 iterations of

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:20.480
 Apple phones

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.119
 in order to

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.579
 get to this

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:21.759
 one?

00:40:23.339 --> 00:40:23.779
 But one of

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.119
 the things we

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.679
 see is that

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.500
 those previous

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:26.960
 designs helped

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.759
 them reach the

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.400
 one that they

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:29.079
 have now.

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.619
 In the same

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.279
 way, the

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.199
 Mosaic covenant

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:33.299
 sets the

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:34.699
 course towards

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.419
 the new

00:40:35.419 --> 00:40:35.739
 covenant.

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.759
 The Mosaic

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.480
 covenant sets

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.079
 the course

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.799
 towards the

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.799
 redeeming work

00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.259
 of Jesus

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.719
 Christ.

00:40:41.919 --> 00:40:42.899
 But unlike

00:40:42.899 --> 00:40:44.419
 the 10S, this

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:45.000
 new covenant

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.500
 through Jesus

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.399
 Christ will

00:40:46.399 --> 00:40:47.319
 not be replaced

00:40:47.319 --> 00:40:48.339
 in 18 months.

00:40:49.819 --> 00:40:50.899
 The Mosaic

00:40:50.899 --> 00:40:51.519
 covenant, we're

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:51.919
 going to look

00:40:51.919 --> 00:40:52.960
 at how it is

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.859
 a law

00:40:53.859 --> 00:40:54.599
 fulfilled.

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.359
 So the

00:40:56.359 --> 00:40:57.579
 Mosaic covenant

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.500
 establishes the

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.879
 law and the

00:40:58.879 --> 00:40:59.899
 purpose is to

00:40:59.899 --> 00:41:00.939
 provide the path

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.559
 to God.

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:02.840
 But to

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:03.599
 follow that

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:04.039
 path, we

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.500
 would need to

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.659
 be perfect.

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.440
 We would need

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.880
 to have

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.519
 perfection.

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.300
 No one

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:09.780
 could keep

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:10.260
 this, though.

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.039
 No one is

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.400
 perfect.

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.519
 Each of us

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.139
 faces the

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:15.139
 stain of sin,

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:16.000
 the separation

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.539
 from God.

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:17.579
 It affects us

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.440
 all, except

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.179
 one, that

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:19.700
 be Jesus.

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.440
 Jesus, the

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.119
 Son of God,

00:41:22.240 --> 00:41:23.400
 lacks sin, so

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:25.039
 he follows the

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:26.119
 law perfectly.

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:28.980
 as such, Jesus

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.859
 is able to

00:41:29.859 --> 00:41:30.699
 fulfill the

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:30.980
 law.

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.900
 He experiences

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:34.359
 the perfect

00:41:34.359 --> 00:41:35.980
 relationship with

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.299
 God.

00:41:37.259 --> 00:41:38.199
 We see this as

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.960
 Jesus says,

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.739
 do not think I

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.400
 have come to

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.719
 abolish the law

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.460
 or the prophets.

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:45.059
 I have not

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.559
 come to

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.400
 abolish them,

00:41:46.799 --> 00:41:47.859
 but to

00:41:47.859 --> 00:41:49.619
 fulfill them.

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.159
 And since

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:51.799
 Jesus has

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:52.519
 fulfilled the

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:53.339
 law, he has

00:41:53.339 --> 00:41:54.059
 followed it

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.440
 perfectly.

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:55.480
 He provides

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:56.280
 the way for

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:57.179
 his followers

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.639
 to do

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:58.960
 likewise, to

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.940
 experience the

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:01.019
 perfect relationship

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.800
 with God the

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.139
 Father.

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.679
 Jesus provides

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.280
 the way through

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:05.300
 his sacrificial

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:06.159
 death and

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.800
 resurrection.

00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:09.539
 So we must

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.079
 ask ourselves,

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:10.920
 have we made

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.639
 that decision

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:13.440
 to follow

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:14.360
 Jesus and

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:15.400
 say, Jesus,

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:16.720
 I want that

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:17.780
 perfect relationship

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:18.559
 with God the

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:18.940
 Father.

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:21.139
 I want to

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:22.039
 follow you.

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.139
 I want to

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.900
 receive what

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.300
 you are

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.820
 offering.

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:28.080
 Well, to

00:42:28.080 --> 00:42:28.880
 receive what

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.460
 Jesus is

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.580
 offering, we

00:42:30.580 --> 00:42:31.400
 must accept

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:32.120
 our sinful

00:42:32.120 --> 00:42:32.519
 nature.

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.740
 We must

00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:35.940
 accept that

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.260
 we are

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:37.920
 flawed and

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:38.620
 at our very

00:42:38.620 --> 00:42:39.700
 best, we

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.300
 are still

00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:41.280
 stained by

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:41.640
 sin.

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:43.120
 And we

00:42:43.120 --> 00:42:43.780
 must repent,

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.200
 we must

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:45.039
 turn of that

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:45.280
 sin.

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:46.900
 And we

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.720
 must say to

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.480
 Jesus, Jesus,

00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:49.700
 I trust you.

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:51.200
 I believe that

00:42:51.200 --> 00:42:52.060
 you are the

00:42:52.060 --> 00:42:52.840
 way to God

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.180
 the Father.

00:42:53.180 --> 00:42:54.260
 I believe that

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:55.160
 you have the

00:42:55.160 --> 00:42:56.320
 solution to

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:57.480
 the sin that

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:58.840
 separates me

00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:00.300
 from God.

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:02.320
 If that's a

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:02.980
 decision that

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.680
 you're considering,

00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:04.700
 if that's a

00:43:04.700 --> 00:43:05.240
 decision that

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.820
 you haven't

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:07.000
 made, take

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:08.100
 this day to

00:43:08.100 --> 00:43:08.900
 give consideration.

00:43:10.100 --> 00:43:11.120
 At the end of

00:43:11.120 --> 00:43:11.920
 our time together,

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:12.720
 we always have

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.480
 people available

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:14.180
 here at the

00:43:14.180 --> 00:43:15.360
 front to

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:16.200
 speak with

00:43:16.200 --> 00:43:17.360
 you, to

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:18.079
 counsel you,

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:18.900
 to answer

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:19.740
 questions that

00:43:19.740 --> 00:43:20.700
 you might

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:21.219
 have.

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:24.059
 We continue

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.439
 on in

00:43:24.439 --> 00:43:25.159
 Jeremiah 31.

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.699
 And we see

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.000
 that the

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.799
 promise is

00:43:27.799 --> 00:43:28.799
 indeed assured.

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.879
 Verse 35

00:43:30.879 --> 00:43:31.579
 refers to the

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:32.299
 fixed order of

00:43:32.299 --> 00:43:32.919
 the moon and

00:43:32.919 --> 00:43:33.460
 the stars.

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:34.899
 And just as

00:43:34.899 --> 00:43:35.859
 this fixed order

00:43:35.859 --> 00:43:36.779
 remains, so

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:37.659
 God's people

00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:39.960
 remain his

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.539
 people.

00:43:41.399 --> 00:43:42.219
 Verse 37

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:42.839
 proclaims that

00:43:42.839 --> 00:43:43.639
 if the heavens

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.359
 can be measured,

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:45.799
 which they

00:43:45.799 --> 00:43:47.099
 cannot, then

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.559
 God will

00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:48.099
 dispose of

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.939
 his people,

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:50.339
 which he will

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.640
 not.

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:52.680
 Verse 38

00:43:52.680 --> 00:43:53.260
 through 40

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:54.700
 continues in

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:55.500
 this idea of

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.100
 assuring us.

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.820
 It promises the

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.600
 rebuilding of

00:43:58.600 --> 00:43:59.000
 Jerusalem.

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.500
 And specific

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.280
 places are

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.500
 mentioned.

00:44:02.700 --> 00:44:03.180
 But no,

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:05.460
 Jerusalem is

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:06.300
 indeed going

00:44:06.300 --> 00:44:06.660
 to be

00:44:06.660 --> 00:44:07.220
 destroyed.

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.840
 God's

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:09.820
 discipline will

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:10.160
 come.

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.460
 The people

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.320
 will experience

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:13.059
 God's wrath,

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:14.320
 but only for a

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:14.559
 season.

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:16.039
 Only for a

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.240
 season.

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.539
 It's

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:19.100
 interesting of the

00:44:19.100 --> 00:44:19.720
 places that are

00:44:19.719 --> 00:44:21.079
 noted there in

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:23.379
 Jeremiah, of

00:44:23.379 --> 00:44:24.000
 places that

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.379
 would be

00:44:24.379 --> 00:44:24.959
 destroyed in

00:44:24.959 --> 00:44:25.279
 the city.

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:25.980
 The book of

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:27.019
 Nehemiah tells

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.299
 of the

00:44:27.299 --> 00:44:28.039
 reconstruction of

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:28.519
 part of

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:28.819
 Jerusalem.

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 And it

00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:30.199
 includes a

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.579
 couple of

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:31.000
 these places,

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:31.839
 the Tower of

00:44:31.839 --> 00:44:33.159
 Hanel and

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.839
 the Hors gate.

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 The promise is

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:37.779
 assured.

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:39.599
 God's plan is

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.819
 not changing.

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:43.379
 Destruction is

00:44:43.379 --> 00:44:44.519
 coming for the

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:44.819
 people.

00:44:45.819 --> 00:44:46.739
 The days of

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:47.259
 warning are

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:50.180
 Jerusalem will

00:44:50.180 --> 00:44:51.840
 be destroyed.

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:53.340
 But

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:55.540
 Jeremiah brings

00:44:55.540 --> 00:44:56.220
 a message of

00:44:56.220 --> 00:44:56.460
 hope.

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:58.120
 He says a

00:44:58.120 --> 00:44:59.480
 new covenant

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.420
 is coming.

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.740
 This new

00:45:02.740 --> 00:45:04.640
 covenant is

00:45:04.640 --> 00:45:05.800
 good news for

00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:06.160
 us.

00:45:07.020 --> 00:45:07.900
 Because this new

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:08.640
 covenant is about

00:45:08.640 --> 00:45:09.320
 the work of

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:09.660
 Jesus.

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:10.640
 And through

00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:12.460
 Jesus we have a

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:13.780
 relationship with

00:45:13.780 --> 00:45:14.080
 God.

00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:14.219
 God.

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 And that

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:17.119
 each Sunday

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:18.699
 we remember

00:45:18.699 --> 00:45:19.239
 Jesus'

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:20.779
 forging of

00:45:20.779 --> 00:45:21.579
 this relationship.

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:23.199
 In communion

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:25.039
 as we partake

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:26.559
 together we

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:27.960
 take from the

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:29.980
 cup of the

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:31.019
 new covenant.

00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:35.299
 Let's take a

00:45:35.299 --> 00:45:35.819
 moment now.

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.259
 Give you a

00:45:37.259 --> 00:45:37.619
 chance to

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:38.559
 reflect upon the

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:39.360
 message today and

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:40.019
 the worship time

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.360
 today.

00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:41.659
 And avail

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.440
 yourself to God

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.599
 to see how

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:44.340
 he is speaking

00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:44.740
 to you.

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.159
 Let us take a

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:46.760
 moment now of

00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:47.559
 silent reflection

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:48.139
 before God.

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:49.579
 Thank you.