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 Well, good morning everyone. It's good to see you.

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 I heard one good morning. Thank you.

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 Two, three. Nice to know you're alive.

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 So Genesis 46 is where we're going to continue in our studies

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 as we look at the life of Joseph and his brothers and his father.

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 And we're going to start in chapter 46, verse 28.

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 We'll read God's word together.

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 Genesis 46, verse 28.

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 Thank you, Adrian. Thank you very much.

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 Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.

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 When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

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 Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel.

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 As soon as Joseph appeared before him,

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 he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

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 Remember, it was over 22 years since he had seen his father.

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 Israel, or Jacob, said to Joseph,

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 Now I am ready to die since I have seen you for myself

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 and that you are still alive.

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 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household,

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 I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him,

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 My brothers and my father's household who are living in the land of Canaan

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 have come to me.

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 The men are shepherds.

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 They tend livestock and they have brought their flocks and herds

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 and everything they own.

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 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks,

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 What is your occupation?

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 You should answer,

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 Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on,

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 just as our fathers did.

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 Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen,

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 for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.

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 Joseph went and told Pharaoh,

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 My father and brothers with their flocks and herds and everything they own

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 have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.

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 He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

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 Pharaoh asked the brothers,

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 What is your occupation?

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 Your servants are shepherds,

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 they replied to Pharaoh,

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 just as our fathers were.

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 They also said to him,

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 We have come to live here for a while

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 because the famine is severe in Canaan

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 and your servants' flocks have no pasture.

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 So now,

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 please let your servants settle in Goshen.

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 Pharaoh said to Joseph,

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 Your father and your brothers have come to you.

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 You and the land of Egypt is before you.

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 Settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land.

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 Let them live in Goshen.

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 And if you know of any among them,

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 with special ability,

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 put them in charge of my livestock.

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 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in

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 and presented him before Pharaoh.

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 And after Jacob blessed Pharaoh,

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 Pharaoh asked him,

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 How old are you?

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 And Jacob said to Pharaoh,

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 The years of my pilgrimage age are a hundred and thirty.

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 My years have been few and difficult,

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 and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

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 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh

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 and went out from his presence.

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 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt,

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 gave them property in the best part of the land,

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 the district of Ramesses,

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 as Pharaoh directed.

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 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers

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 and all his father's household with food,

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 according to the number of their children.

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 There was no food, however,

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 in the whole region,

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 because the famine was severe.

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 Both Egypt and Canaan wasted away

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 because of the famine.

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 Well, we're going to stop there.

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 We will be continuing the rest of chapter 47 as well,

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 but we're going to pray and ask for God's help.

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 Father God, thank you for these true accounts,

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 these stories of real people,

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 just like us.

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 people who you love,

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 people who you speak to.

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 And we pray that we might listen to your voice

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 through your word,

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 and that our lives may truly be blessed

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 because of it.

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 So help us now, we pray,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, over the last week,

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 we've had lots of different counsellors

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 called to the door.

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 And with great enthusiasm,

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 they offer their programme for Carragoline.

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 Promises to make everything better.

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 I've been told we're going to get new walkways,

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 we're going to have a new swimming pool,

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 a centre plaza,

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 affordable rent,

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 bus services,

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 vote for me,

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 and I will deliver.

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 That's their promise.

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 Well, I'm hugely thankful for counsellors

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 and all the work that they do,

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 and I do hope we get a new swimming pool.

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 However, their promises are nothing

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 compared to the promises of God.

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 Because in our text,

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 chapters 46 and 47,

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 we're going to see God's programme

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 for the nations.

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 His promise to renew our disordered world

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 and restore our broken lives.

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 It's God's promise to bring blessing

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 where there's curse.

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 It's a blessing that is going to be beyond

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 our wildest dreams.

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 Now, God's programme,

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 his plan,

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 is very simple.

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 It's been repeated through Genesis

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 with each new generation.

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 You remember what God said to Abraham?

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 I,

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 whoops,

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 will somebody fix that for me there?

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 Thank you.

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 I'll take a drink of water.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 So these are the promises,

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 the plan God has.

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 And he first spoke to Abraham

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 and he said,

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 I will bless you

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 and all peoples on earth

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 will be blessed through you.

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 And then God repeated

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 that same promise

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 to Abraham's son,

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 Isaac.

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 He says,

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 and through your offspring,

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 all nations on the earth

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 will be blessed.

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 And that same promise

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 was confirmed then

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 to Isaac's son,

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 Jacob.

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 All peoples on earth

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 will be blessed through you

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 and your offspring.

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 This is God's programme.

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 And there's three parts to it

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 if you can look on the screen there.

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 It says,

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 I will bless you,

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 part one.

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 All the nations

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 will be blessed,

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 part two.

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 And the blessing will come,

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 part three,

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 through your offspring.

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 So I will bless you,

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 all the nations

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 will be blessed

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 and that will come

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 through your offspring.

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 Now this promise

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 spoken long ago

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 is alive and well

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 even today.

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 It's a promise

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 that is now

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 being delivered

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 in Carigaline,

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 across the nation

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 and around the world.

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 So we're going to look

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 at this promise of God

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 in these three

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 different sections.

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 First,

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 let's see God's

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 determination

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 salvation

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 to bless

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 his chosen family.

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 We learn just now

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 that God's promise

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 started

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 with a promise

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 to bless.

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 God intervened

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 into the life of Abraham

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 and said,

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 I'm going to bless you.

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 I'm going to bless

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 your family.

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 God's favour

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 is going to be

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 poured out on you.

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 Well,

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 within two generations,

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 God's family

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 are now

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 on the brink

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 of starvation.

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 A famine

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 has threatened

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 their very existence

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 and they're about

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 to be wiped out.

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 But as we've seen

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 in the story,

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 God in his sovereign plan

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 brings Jacob

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 and his sons

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 down to Egypt

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 where there's food.

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 And to their amazement,

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 Joseph is not dead,

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 he's alive

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 and he's in charge

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 of the food programme.

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 He's the one

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 who will distribute

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 food to people.

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 So a meeting

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 is set up

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 with Pharaoh

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 because they need

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 Pharaoh's approval

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 to live

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 in the land.

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 The plan is simple

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 and here's where

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 we'll pick it up now

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 in chapter 46

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 verse 33.

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 When Pharaoh

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 calls you in,

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 Joseph speaking

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 to his brothers

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 and he asks,

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 what's your occupation?

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 You should say,

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 we're shepherds.

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 This is what we did

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 since we were little.

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 This is what

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 our fathers did.

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 And you will be allowed

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 to settle

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 in the region

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 of Goshen.

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 And what's so special

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 about Goshen?

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 Well, it was

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 prime agricultural land.

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 It was great

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 for grazing.

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 And you would be able

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 to settle there

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 for all shepherds

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 are detestable

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 to the Egyptians.

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 I don't know why

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 they didn't like them.

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 Maybe they thought

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 shepherds were smelly

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 and dirty

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 or whatever it was,

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 but they didn't like them

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 so they could go

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 and live

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 in Goshen.

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 So five brothers

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 are selected

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 to present their case

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 before Pharaoh,

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 the ruler

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 of the land.

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 Look at verse 4,

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 chapter 47.

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 They say to Joseph,

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 we've come to,

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 to Pharaoh,

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 we've come to live

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 here for a while

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 because the famine

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 is severe

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 in Canaan

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 and your servants'

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 flocks

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 have no pasture.

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 Well,

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 what's going to be

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 the answer?

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 What's Pharaoh

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 going to say?

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 Well,

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 he is favourable

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 to them,

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 verse 5.

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 Pharaoh said to Joseph,

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 your father

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 and your brothers

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 have come to you

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 and the land

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 of Egypt

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 is before you.

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 Settle your father

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 and your brothers

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 in the best

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 part of the land.

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 Let them live

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 in Goshen.

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 You see,

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 God has not

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 forgotten

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 his promise.

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 God is blessing

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 his family.

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 They get the very

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 best of land,

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 the fields

00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:14.879
 down in Goshen.

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 That's like

00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:17.159
 the fertile lands

00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:18.279
 of West Cork,

00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:20.799
 as green as can be,

00:12:21.180 --> 00:12:22.399
 produces the best

00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:22.840
 dairy

00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:24.039
 and the finest

00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:24.659
 beef,

00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:25.820
 rich,

00:12:26.019 --> 00:12:26.899
 creamy yogurt

00:12:26.899 --> 00:12:27.919
 from Glenillan

00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:28.500
 Farm,

00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:29.899
 tender,

00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:30.639
 succulent

00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:31.220
 steaks.

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 This is what

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 Goshen provides.

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 And on top

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 of all of that,

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 look at the end

00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:38.460
 of verse 6.

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 And if you know

00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:41.179
 of any among

00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:41.740
 the brothers

00:12:41.740 --> 00:12:42.600
 with a special

00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:43.159
 ability,

00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:44.740
 put them in

00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:45.740
 charge of my

00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:46.720
 own livestock.

00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:47.960
 Well,

00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:48.679
 they were all

00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:49.460
 shepherds

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 and now they

00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:51.700
 get to work

00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:52.460
 for the ruler

00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:53.379
 of all Egypt,

00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:54.360
 employed

00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:55.720
 by Pharaoh.

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 And if that

00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:58.220
 isn't blessing

00:12:58.220 --> 00:12:58.700
 enough,

00:12:59.139 --> 00:13:00.100
 God's not done

00:13:00.100 --> 00:13:00.399
 yet.

00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:01.240
 There is an

00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:02.360
 outpouring of

00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:02.740
 blessing.

00:13:02.920 --> 00:13:03.860
 Look at verse 11.

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 Joseph settled

00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:06.399
 his father

00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.620
 and his brothers

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 in Egypt

00:13:08.300 --> 00:13:09.540
 and gave them

00:13:09.540 --> 00:13:10.740
 property in the

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 best part of the

00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:12.180
 land,

00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:13.360
 the district

00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.160
 of Ramesses.

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 Well,

00:13:15.680 --> 00:13:16.060
 this was

00:13:16.060 --> 00:13:17.019
 millionaire's

00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:17.300
 row.

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 This was,

00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:19.139
 you know,

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 the best of

00:13:20.460 --> 00:13:21.200
 houses with

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 the best of

00:13:22.040 --> 00:13:22.560
 views.

00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.219
 Joseph also

00:13:26.219 --> 00:13:27.059
 provided his

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 father and his

00:13:27.839 --> 00:13:28.519
 brothers and

00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:29.259
 all their

00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:29.779
 father's

00:13:29.779 --> 00:13:30.519
 household with

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 food,

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 according to

00:13:32.599 --> 00:13:33.239
 the number

00:13:33.239 --> 00:13:34.439
 of their

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 children.

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 Can you see

00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:37.719
 what's going

00:13:37.719 --> 00:13:38.099
 on?

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 They've been

00:13:39.299 --> 00:13:39.819
 given the

00:13:39.819 --> 00:13:40.500
 best of

00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.019
 land,

00:13:41.619 --> 00:13:42.539
 the best of

00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:43.199
 houses,

00:13:43.739 --> 00:13:44.679
 the best of

00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:45.179
 food.

00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.500
 God is

00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.179
 determined

00:13:47.179 --> 00:13:48.559
 to bless

00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:49.299
 his chosen

00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:49.759
 family.

00:13:50.119 --> 00:13:50.539
 He said,

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 I'm going

00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.000
 to bless

00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:52.359
 you.

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 And that's

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 what he's

00:13:53.979 --> 00:13:54.359
 doing.

00:13:56.239 --> 00:13:57.279
 In fact,

00:13:57.359 --> 00:13:57.759
 we're given

00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:58.619
 a taster

00:13:58.619 --> 00:14:00.159
 of God's

00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:01.019
 promise to

00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:01.719
 renew this

00:14:01.719 --> 00:14:02.339
 disordered

00:14:02.339 --> 00:14:02.779
 world,

00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:03.319
 aren't we?

00:14:03.979 --> 00:14:04.719
 The curse

00:14:04.719 --> 00:14:05.119
 of the

00:14:05.119 --> 00:14:05.519
 famine,

00:14:06.099 --> 00:14:06.379
 that

00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:07.000
 threatened

00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.679
 life,

00:14:08.739 --> 00:14:09.299
 has now

00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:10.339
 been replaced

00:14:10.339 --> 00:14:11.439
 by the

00:14:11.439 --> 00:14:12.239
 blessing of

00:14:12.239 --> 00:14:13.500
 God that

00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.299
 gives life.

00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:15.679
 They were

00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.279
 on the

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:17.000
 brink of

00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.659
 being wiped

00:14:17.659 --> 00:14:18.019
 out,

00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:19.299
 no food.

00:14:20.439 --> 00:14:20.819
 And in

00:14:20.819 --> 00:14:21.399
 the space

00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:21.699
 of a

00:14:21.699 --> 00:14:22.379
 conversation

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.860
 with the

00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.379
 ruler of

00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:23.779
 Egypt,

00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.779
 they have

00:14:24.779 --> 00:14:25.600
 everything

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:27.259
 and much,

00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:27.980
 much more.

00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:29.919
 You see,

00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:30.580
 God is

00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.340
 determined

00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:32.220
 to bless

00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.939
 his chosen

00:14:32.939 --> 00:14:33.460
 family.

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.620
 His promise

00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.399
 to reverse

00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:36.059
 the curse

00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:36.639
 is beginning

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.240
 to take

00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:37.700
 shape.

00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:41.019
 Well,

00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:41.600
 that's great

00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:42.200
 for Jacob

00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:42.559
 and his

00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:42.980
 family,

00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.639
 isn't it?

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.379
 But what

00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:46.100
 about us?

00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.500
 What about

00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.120
 you and I?

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:48.700
 are we

00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:49.060
 going to

00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:49.620
 be blessed

00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:49.980
 too?

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:51.899
 Well,

00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.320
 let's

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:52.899
 keep going

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.259
 and we'll

00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:54.019
 find out.

00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.840
 So first,

00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:56.759
 God's

00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:57.279
 blessing,

00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:58.539
 or promise

00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.179
 to bless

00:14:59.179 --> 00:14:59.740
 his chosen

00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.159
 family.

00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:01.100
 Second,

00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:01.659
 God's

00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:02.159
 commitment

00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:03.100
 to bless

00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:03.919
 all the

00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:04.360
 nations.

00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:05.460
 Now,

00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:05.879
 God's

00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.480
 family are

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.100
 settled in

00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:07.560
 the land

00:15:07.560 --> 00:15:08.539
 and they're

00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:09.159
 enjoying

00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:09.740
 blessing,

00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:10.399
 but,

00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:11.820
 chapter 47,

00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:12.779
 verse 13,

00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:15.000
 there was

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.299
 no food,

00:15:16.459 --> 00:15:16.819
 however,

00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.259
 in the

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:18.059
 whole region

00:15:18.059 --> 00:15:19.319
 because the

00:15:19.319 --> 00:15:19.919
 famine was

00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:20.379
 severe.

00:15:21.339 --> 00:15:22.240
 Both Egypt

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.100
 and Canaan

00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:24.259
 wasted away

00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:25.600
 because of

00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:26.079
 the famine.

00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:28.379
 So they

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.279
 all came

00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:29.939
 to Joseph.

00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.759
 He was

00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.079
 the one

00:15:31.079 --> 00:15:31.379
 who was

00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:31.879
 in charge

00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.360
 of food

00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:33.059
 distribution

00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:34.159
 and all

00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.839
 was well

00:15:34.839 --> 00:15:36.720
 until their

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.559
 money ran

00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:38.019
 out.

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.620
 Verse 15,

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.059
 when the

00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:41.539
 money of

00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.039
 the people

00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:42.699
 of Egypt

00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.420
 and Canaan

00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:44.020
 was gone,

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.440
 all Egypt

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:46.000
 came to

00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.640
 Joseph and

00:15:46.640 --> 00:15:46.920
 said,

00:15:47.280 --> 00:15:47.840
 give us

00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.360
 food.

00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.560
 Why should

00:15:49.560 --> 00:15:50.020
 we die

00:15:50.020 --> 00:15:50.640
 before our

00:15:50.640 --> 00:15:50.900
 eyes?

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:51.620
 All our

00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.100
 money is

00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.520
 gone.

00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:54.300
 No more

00:15:54.300 --> 00:15:54.900
 money left

00:15:54.900 --> 00:15:55.200
 in the

00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:55.640
 bank.

00:15:57.280 --> 00:15:58.379
 Then bring

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.300
 your livestock,

00:15:59.680 --> 00:16:00.280
 said Joseph,

00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:01.980
 and I will

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.620
 sell you

00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.340
 food in

00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:04.140
 exchange for

00:16:04.140 --> 00:16:04.740
 all your

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.620
 animals since

00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.060
 your money

00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:06.620
 is gone.

00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:07.980
 Well,

00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:08.759
 fair enough,

00:16:08.920 --> 00:16:09.660
 great plan.

00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:10.960
 So,

00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:12.000
 that was

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.379
 good.

00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:12.980
 They get

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.720
 food again,

00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:14.159
 but of

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.820
 course the

00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.620
 same thing

00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:16.299
 happened.

00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:17.559
 Verse 18,

00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.639
 when that

00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.100
 year was

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:19.379
 over,

00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:19.919
 they came

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.500
 to Joseph

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.559
 the following

00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:22.059
 year and

00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:22.279
 said,

00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:23.139
 we cannot

00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.840
 hide from

00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.240
 our Lord

00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:24.700
 the fact

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.159
 that since

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.659
 our money

00:16:25.659 --> 00:16:26.279
 is gone

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:27.419
 and our

00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:27.919
 livestock,

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:28.500
 all our

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.299
 animals now

00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:29.879
 belong to

00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.039
 you,

00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.639
 there's

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.559
 nothing left

00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.059
 from our

00:16:32.059 --> 00:16:32.860
 land except

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:34.039
 our bodies

00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:35.100
 and our

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.620
 land.

00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:37.200
 Why should

00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:37.960
 we perish?

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:39.200
 we'll give

00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:39.660
 you our

00:16:39.660 --> 00:16:40.220
 land as

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.560
 well.

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:41.800
 Buy us

00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:42.420
 our land

00:16:42.420 --> 00:16:43.220
 in exchange

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.920
 for food

00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:44.879
 and we

00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.379
 will have

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.060
 our land

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:47.220
 in bondage

00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:47.840
 to Pharaoh.

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:49.280
 Give us

00:16:49.280 --> 00:16:50.060
 seed so

00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:50.440
 that we

00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:51.019
 may live

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.420
 and not

00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.720
 die and

00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.080
 that the

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.680
 land may

00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:54.360
 not become

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:54.940
 desolate.

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.240
 So,

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.940
 they give

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.720
 Joseph

00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.940
 their land,

00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:00.840
 they promise

00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:01.700
 to work for

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.660
 Pharaoh and

00:17:02.660 --> 00:17:03.580
 in exchange

00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.500
 they get

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.039
 food.

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.440
 Now,

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.180
 we can argue

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.720
 over the

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.420
 fairness of

00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:08.980
 Joseph's

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.340
 ways.

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:09.940
 We could

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.259
 be saying,

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:10.680
 well,

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.120
 why did

00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:11.660
 Joseph do

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:11.900
 that?

00:17:12.100 --> 00:17:12.620
 Why didn't

00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:13.000
 he just

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.400
 give them

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:13.819
 food?

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.600
 Why did

00:17:14.600 --> 00:17:15.039
 he take

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.579
 all their

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.559
 money and

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:16.940
 all their

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:18.000
 animals and

00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.380
 all their

00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:18.720
 land?

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.000
 Well,

00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:21.720
 let's not

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.440
 miss the

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.039
 point of

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.680
 the text.

00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:24.880
 Here is a

00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.340
 nation,

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.140
 we read in

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.940
 verse 13,

00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:27.960
 who were

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.259
 wasting away

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.980
 and on the

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.600
 verge of

00:17:31.600 --> 00:17:32.700
 dying and

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.240
 now,

00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.619
 because of

00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:35.259
 Joseph's

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.639
 ways.

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.019
 Look at

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.939
 verse 25,

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.319
 they're

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.879
 praising

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.399
 Joseph,

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.399
 you've

00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:41.199
 saved our

00:17:41.199 --> 00:17:41.899
 lives,

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.659
 they said.

00:17:43.639 --> 00:17:44.159
 May we

00:17:44.159 --> 00:17:45.159
 find favour

00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:45.559
 in the

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.039
 eyes of

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.579
 our Lord,

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.579
 we will

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.039
 be in

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.699
 bondage

00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:49.399
 to

00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:49.779
 Pharaoh.

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.460
 Now,

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.119
 whatever way

00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:52.559
 you look

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.000
 at it,

00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.879
 this is

00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.480
 blessing.

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.399
 As fresh

00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:58.220
 bread was

00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:59.019
 being baked

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.439
 and the

00:17:59.439 --> 00:18:00.000
 smell of

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.039
 it filtered

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.619
 out to

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:02.159
 hungry,

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:02.639
 dying

00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:03.179
 children,

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:04.000
 it was

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.820
 everything

00:18:04.820 --> 00:18:05.640
 they needed.

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 Our

00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:07.160
 lives are

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:08.000
 saved,

00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.000
 they said.

00:18:10.560 --> 00:18:10.820
 In

00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:11.900
 famine times,

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:13.660
 food is

00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:14.220
 always a

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.940
 blessing and

00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:15.660
 food is

00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.160
 what they

00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:16.640
 get.

00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:18.480
 You see,

00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:18.960
 God's

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.799
 promise to

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.940
 bless the

00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:21.580
 nations

00:18:21.580 --> 00:18:23.340
 was beginning

00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:23.940
 to take

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.500
 effect.

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:25.640
 His

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.019
 longing

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:27.000
 that the

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.480
 blessings

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.440
 enjoyed by

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.019
 his chosen

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:30.100
 family would

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:31.519
 also overflow

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.119
 to the

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 peoples around

00:18:32.899 --> 00:18:33.259
 them.

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 And that's

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 what Egypt

00:18:35.379 --> 00:18:36.039
 and I

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.759
 think Canaan

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.259
 as well,

00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:37.899
 to some

00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.279
 extent,

00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:39.279
 were enjoying

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:40.419
 the food.

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.000
 Now,

00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:42.399
 what is

00:18:42.399 --> 00:18:42.919
 remarkable

00:18:42.919 --> 00:18:43.659
 about all

00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:44.159
 of this,

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.599
 Egypt was

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.199
 a pagan

00:18:46.199 --> 00:18:46.779
 country.

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.000
 They didn't

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.719
 serve the

00:18:48.719 --> 00:18:49.419
 true creator

00:18:49.419 --> 00:18:49.819
 God.

00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.519
 They had

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:50.959
 their own

00:18:50.959 --> 00:18:51.279
 gods,

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:51.980
 but this

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.539
 wasn't going

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.039
 to be a

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.659
 barrier to

00:18:53.659 --> 00:18:53.939
 God.

00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:54.480
 His

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.339
 program and

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:56.139
 plan was to

00:18:56.139 --> 00:18:56.779
 bless the

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:57.259
 nations.

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:58.599
 And it

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.200
 seems that

00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:00.119
 people who

00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:00.900
 were outside

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.660
 of God's

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.480
 chosen family,

00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.039
 well,

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.660
 they get a

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.079
 look in

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.420
 too.

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.200
 There's an

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.379
 overflow of

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:08.500
 blessing no

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.140
 matter who

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:10.440
 you are or

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.059
 where you

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.879
 come from.

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.839
 Blessing is

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.619
 being poured

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.079
 out.

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.140
 You see,

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.779
 God is

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.720
 committed to

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:20.559
 bless all

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.579
 the nations.

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.400
 In fact,

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:23.940
 it's a

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:25.119
 blessing that

00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.720
 is also

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.420
 reached to

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:26.799
 us.

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:27.619
 Because

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.559
 people like

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.099
 you and

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.480
 me,

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.299
 no matter

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.879
 what our

00:19:30.879 --> 00:19:31.720
 nationality,

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.740
 our culture,

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.539
 whatever our

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.379
 background is,

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.839
 we can also

00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:37.740
 share in the

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:39.220
 overflow of

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.079
 God's blessing.

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.740
 Just as

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:43.059
 Joseph's family

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.619
 were blessed

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.000
 and the

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.619
 nations were

00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:44.960
 blessed,

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.720
 so we can

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.640
 share in

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.400
 that overflow

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.220
 of blessing.

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.019
 Well,

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.339
 you say,

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.960
 how is that

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.279
 going to

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.559
 happen?

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.019
 Well,

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.460
 let's keep

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.859
 going.

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.659
 we are

00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:57.139
 going to

00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.659
 get there.

00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.019
 So,

00:19:59.179 --> 00:19:59.579
 third,

00:20:01.699 --> 00:20:02.419
 God's

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:03.099
 promise to

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.059
 bless through

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:05.059
 his offspring.

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.079
 He's been

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.219
 determined to

00:20:07.219 --> 00:20:07.740
 bless his

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.619
 chosen family.

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.559
 He's done

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:09.919
 that.

00:20:10.219 --> 00:20:10.919
 He's committed

00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.579
 to blessing

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.039
 all the

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.959
 nations and

00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:13.479
 he's beginning

00:20:13.479 --> 00:20:14.359
 to do that.

00:20:15.179 --> 00:20:15.699
 But did you

00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:16.419
 notice how it

00:20:16.419 --> 00:20:17.019
 all happens?

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.979
 The blessing

00:20:18.979 --> 00:20:19.979
 would come

00:20:19.979 --> 00:20:20.939
 through the

00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:22.500
 offspring or

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.879
 seed of God's

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:24.920
 chosen family.

00:20:26.260 --> 00:20:26.520
 Now,

00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:27.160
 if we don't

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.940
 get that,

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.740
 we're not

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.280
 going to be

00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:29.700
 able to

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.380
 understand the

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:30.960
 rest of our

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.860
 Bible story.

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.640
 God's

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.080
 program,

00:20:34.760 --> 00:20:35.220
 God's

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.780
 promise,

00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:37.260
 God's plan

00:20:37.260 --> 00:20:38.160
 is to

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:39.460
 bless all

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.160
 the nations,

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:41.540
 all peoples

00:20:41.540 --> 00:20:42.220
 of the world

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:44.160
 through the

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.800
 seed,

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.940
 through an

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:47.500
 offspring of

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.680
 his chosen

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.300
 family.

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.359
 family.

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.480
 And that's

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.119
 what we see

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:53.019
 happening here.

00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:55.000
 Three things

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.359
 are going to

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:55.940
 help us see

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.359
 this.

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.319
 First,

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:01.579
 notice the

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.680
 word of

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.339
 the Father.

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.740
 We missed

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.339
 out a little

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.819
 bit in the

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.339
 middle, but

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.980
 here's where

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.599
 we get to

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:07.859
 it.

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.480
 God's

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.559
 chosen family

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.819
 under Jacob

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.460
 are in

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.980
 Egypt.

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.240
 Now look

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.639
 at chapter

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.460
 47,

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.379
 verse 7.

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:19.760
 Then

00:21:19.760 --> 00:21:20.580
 Joseph

00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:21.960
 brought his

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.880
 father Jacob

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:24.120
 in and

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:25.140
 presented him

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:26.220
 before Pharaoh.

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.700
 Now the

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.360
 scene that

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.920
 follows is

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.960
 quite comical,

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.580
 if not

00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:32.340
 strange.

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.620
 We've got a

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.420
 meeting of

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.220
 two men.

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:36.920
 That's not

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.260
 funny.

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.000
 Men do

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.620
 meet together,

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.080
 that's all

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.340
 right.

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.800
 Pharaoh,

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.740
 on the one

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.040
 hand,

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.620
 the ruler

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.260
 of all

00:21:43.260 --> 00:21:43.760
 Egypt,

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.120
 the greatest

00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:45.920
 nation and

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.380
 the greatest

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.120
 power at

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.620
 the time,

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.640
 is sat

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:50.000
 there before

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.420
 Jacob.

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.340
 Then Jacob

00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:53.080
 enters in,

00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:54.440
 a wizened

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.320
 old man,

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.580
 hobbling

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:57.120
 along.

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.660
 Even

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.480
 Pharaoh is

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.200
 struck by

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.660
 how he

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:00.940
 looks.

00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:01.340
 Look at

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:01.800
 verse 8,

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.259
 he says,

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.160
 Pharaoh

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.620
 asked,

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.660
 how old

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.060
 are you?

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.259
 I don't

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.700
 think he'd

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.160
 seen so

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.779
 many wrinkles

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.240
 in his

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.720
 life.

00:22:10.300 --> 00:22:10.720
 And then

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.300
 it comes,

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.180
 the father's

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.600
 word,

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.700
 verse 10.

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:16.940
 Jacob blessed

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:18.559
 Pharaoh and

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.220
 went out of

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.019
 his presence.

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.860
 You could

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.580
 imagine the

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.080
 look on

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:24.640
 Pharaoh's

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.039
 face,

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.380
 couldn't

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.620
 you?

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.340
 You?

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.620
 Old man?

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.960
 Bless me?

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.620
 I mean,

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.860
 I'm Pharaoh,

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.660
 I'm the

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.519
 greatest power,

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.160
 the ruler of

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.880
 this whole

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.580
 land.

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.600
 And you

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.160
 are going

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.759
 to bless

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.160
 me?

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.519
 It's

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.019
 almost

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.840
 laughable.

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.640
 Here's

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.220
 Jacob,

00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:46.300
 surrounded

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:46.980
 by his

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.640
 broken,

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:49.060
 dysfunctional

00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:49.900
 sons,

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.960
 worn out

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.620
 by years

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.160
 of famine,

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.940
 at the

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.519
 mercy of

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.880
 the most

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.480
 powerful

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.100
 ruler in

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.519
 the world,

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.440
 and Jacob

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.940
 says,

00:22:57.600 --> 00:22:58.279
 bless you.

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.340
 Why would

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:01.660
 he do

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.100
 that?

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.580
 Well,

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.160
 either he's

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:05.300
 plain delusional,

00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.259
 or he's

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.060
 speaking in

00:23:07.060 --> 00:23:07.980
 faith what

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.740
 God said

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.100
 he would

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.400
 do.

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.560
 I will

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:11.420
 bless you

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.480
 and all

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.080
 the nations

00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.480
 of the

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.940
 earth will

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.600
 be blessed

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:16.480
 through you.

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:18.759
 You see,

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.200
 blessing

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.480
 someone was

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.100
 not saying

00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.940
 all the

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.500
 best,

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.540
 or I

00:23:23.540 --> 00:23:24.019
 wish you

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.440
 luck and

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.100
 hope everything

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.720
 goes well

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.160
 for you.

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:26.759
 No,

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.680
 blessing

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:29.040
 Pharaoh was

00:23:29.040 --> 00:23:29.740
 a declaration

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.680
 of what

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.540
 God said

00:23:31.540 --> 00:23:32.000
 he would

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.300
 do.

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.360
 So would

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:35.720
 Pharaoh

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.460
 believe him?

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.300
 Would this

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.240
 blessing that

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.279
 Jacob set

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.339
 upon Pharaoh

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.599
 come true?

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.619
 How would

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:44.980
 he ever

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.980
 know if

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.659
 what Jacob

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.299
 said was

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.720
 going to

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.039
 happen?

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.379
 Well,

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.980
 all Pharaoh

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.619
 needed to

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.960
 do was

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.659
 to look

00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:54.259
 at the

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.000
 father's

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.659
 son,

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.119
 in this

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.519
 case,

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.639
 Jacob's

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:58.980
 son,

00:23:59.519 --> 00:23:59.879
 Joseph.

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:01.960
 So we

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.320
 have the

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.720
 word of

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:02.860
 the

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.480
 father to

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.000
 bless,

00:24:04.520 --> 00:24:06.060
 and then

00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:06.540
 we have

00:24:06.540 --> 00:24:07.020
 the work

00:24:07.020 --> 00:24:07.420
 of the

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:09.000
 son to

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.480
 bless.

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.200
 You see,

00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:11.860
 the only

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.840
 reason why

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.780
 Pharaoh had

00:24:13.780 --> 00:24:14.880
 food stored

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.820
 up was

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.780
 because of

00:24:16.780 --> 00:24:17.520
 Joseph.

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.600
 God had

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.440
 told Joseph

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.100
 there would

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.700
 be seven

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.240
 years of

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.620
 harvest,

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:23.480
 and then

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.780
 there would

00:24:23.780 --> 00:24:24.300
 be seven

00:24:24.300 --> 00:24:24.840
 years of

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.120
 famine.

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.200
 So Joseph

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.860
 put in a

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.440
 plan to

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.160
 store up

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.700
 food for

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.039
 the good

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.640
 times,

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.360
 so that

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.640
 there would

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.180
 be food

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.500
 in the

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.779
 bad

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.360
 times.

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.900
 And all

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.380
 of this

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.980
 was down

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.460
 to the

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.259
 work of

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.019
 Jacob's

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.380
 son,

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.299
 Joseph.

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:42.019
 In fact,

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.000
 through

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.700
 Joseph's

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.140
 work,

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:45.720
 Pharaoh

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.340
 would be

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:46.900
 blessed

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.460
 beyond

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.960
 measure.

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.319
 Look at

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.900
 what happened

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.340
 when the

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:51.539
 nations came

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.279
 looking to

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.900
 Joseph for

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.299
 food.

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.000
 Look at

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.860
 verse 14,

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.779
 chapter 47,

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.620
 verse 14.

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.819
 Joseph

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.859
 collected all

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.259
 the money

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.679
 that was

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:00.959
 to be

00:25:00.959 --> 00:25:01.559
 found in

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.319
 Egypt and

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.959
 Canaan in

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:04.379
 payment for

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.799
 the grain

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.159
 they were

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.579
 buying,

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.119
 and who

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.399
 did he

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:07.699
 give it

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:07.939
 to?

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.500
 He brought

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.000
 it to

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.739
 Pharaoh's

00:25:10.739 --> 00:25:11.659
 palace.

00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:13.500
 And it

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.879
 was the

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.399
 same for

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.179
 the livestock

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.919
 and the

00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.479
 land as

00:25:16.479 --> 00:25:16.759
 well.

00:25:17.239 --> 00:25:17.639
 Look at

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.899
 verse 20.

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.639
 The land

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:24.879
 became

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.939
 Pharaoh's.

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:27.740
 In fact,

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.120
 when the

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.660
 people were

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.400
 able to

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.080
 grow crops

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.539
 again and

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:30.820
 they were

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.580
 given grain,

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.460
 look down

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:32.799
 at verse

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.480
 24.

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.620
 When the

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.299
 crop comes

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.620
 in,

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.580
 give a

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.120
 fifth of

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:40.180
 it to

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.580
 Pharaoh.

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.180
 You see,

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.880
 Pharaoh was

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.600
 being blessed

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.240
 beyond his

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.019
 wildest dreams.

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.840
 All the

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.299
 money that

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.860
 was collected

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.860
 to Pharaoh.

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.620
 All the

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.340
 livestock that

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.840
 was collected

00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.960
 to Pharaoh.

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.360
 A fifth of

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.039
 everything that

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.600
 was grown

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.700
 to Pharaoh.

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:57.759
 the

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.460
 blessing

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.259
 declared

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.360
 by the

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.759
 Father

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.960
 was made

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.720
 a reality

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:04.140
 through the

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.580
 work of

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.039
 the Son.

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.700
 Now I

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.200
 wonder,

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.840
 does that

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.279
 make you

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.779
 think of

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.220
 something?

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.080
 Does it

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:14.059
 sound familiar

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.720
 to you?

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.400
 Another

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.000
 father?

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.340
 Another

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.819
 son?

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.019
 Well,

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.019
 God was

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.559
 doing what

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.140
 he said he

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.660
 would do.

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:24.500
 through the

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.019
 seed,

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.180
 through the

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.540
 Son,

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.480
 blessing

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.100
 would come

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.500
 to the

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.900
 nations.

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.660
 You see,

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.400
 this is how

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.220
 God works.

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.580
 This is

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:33.360
 the pattern.

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.420
 The

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.800
 Father

00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:35.779
 speaks the

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.220
 word,

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.300
 and the

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:37.960
 Son does

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.740
 the Father's

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.100
 work,

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.940
 and the

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.540
 nations

00:26:40.540 --> 00:26:41.740
 are being

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.700
 blessed.

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.580
 Look what

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.100
 they cried

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.600
 out in

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.519
 verse 19.

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.140
 End of

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.960
 verse 19.

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.580
 Give us

00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:54.200
 seed so

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.680
 that we

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.400
 may live

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.980
 and not

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.580
 die.

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.120
 And

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.480
 Joseph

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.180
 gives them

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.800
 the seed,

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.600
 and with

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.640
 full bellies

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.140
 they come

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.640
 back and

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:04.040
 they praise

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:05.100
 Joseph.

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.580
 Verse 25.

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.920
 You,

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.640
 Joseph,

00:27:10.040 --> 00:27:10.880
 you have

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.160
 saved our

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.920
 lives.

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.820
 Through the

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:16.100
 Son comes

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.580
 life.

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.700
 Through the

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.920
 Son comes

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.580
 salvation.

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.600
 But here's

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.140
 the problem.

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.160
 The only

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.640
 seed that

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.279
 Joseph can

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.759
 provide,

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.400
 the only

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.240
 blessing that

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.600
 he can

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.019
 give,

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.019
 is food

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.420
 for the

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.800
 table.

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.340
 It's good,

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.800
 but it's

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.240
 not going

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.820
 to last.

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.440
 It's

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.000
 temporary.

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.259
 It satisfies

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.860
 for a

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.180
 moment,

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.039
 but hunger

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.500
 is going

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.200
 to return.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.000
 What they

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.340
 and the

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.039
 people need

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.580
 is the

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.720
 true

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.700
 seed.

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.039
 Not

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.700
 seed for

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.340
 food,

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.759
 but the

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.359
 promised

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.179
 seed.

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.019
 The

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.480
 promised

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.139
 son who

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.539
 is going

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.159
 to come

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:55.159
 and renew

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.819
 this broken

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.459
 world and

00:27:56.459 --> 00:27:57.299
 restore our

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.859
 disordered

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.259
 lives.

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.539
 The seed

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.159
 who is

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.619
 going to

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.379
 reverse the

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.939
 curse and

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.759
 bring blessing

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.039
 to all

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.599
 nations.

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.579
 You see,

00:28:05.699 --> 00:28:06.699
 the story of

00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.439
 Jacob and

00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:08.059
 of Joseph

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.240
 is preparing

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.859
 us and

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.559
 priming us

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.159
 for who?

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.799
 Thank you.

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.940
 God's

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:18.139
 ultimate son,

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.019
 Jesus

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.759
 Christ.

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:21.799
 You see,

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.519
 the blessings

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.319
 that Jesus

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.639
 offers are

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.919
 beyond our

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.759
 wildest

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.399
 dreams.

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.279
 Go with

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.480
 me,

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.839
 please,

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.639
 to Matthew's

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.039
 Gospel,

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.960
 chapter 1.

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.200
 Matthew's

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.539
 Gospel,

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.399
 chapter 1.

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:43.019
 And here

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.800
 we see

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:46.380
 how Jesus

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.540
 comes.

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.019
 Matthew's

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.120
 Gospel starts

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.720
 with a

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.740
 genealogy,

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.640
 a list of

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:54.080
 names tracing

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.820
 the family

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.940
 line all

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.259
 the way

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.540
 down to

00:28:57.540 --> 00:28:57.980
 Jesus.

00:28:59.280 --> 00:28:59.600
 So,

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.340
 verse 2.

00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:02.460
 Remember how

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.100
 we started?

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:05.320
 Abraham was

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:05.820
 the father

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.580
 of Isaac,

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:08.000
 and Isaac

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.480
 was the

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.059
 father of

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.399
 Jacob.

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.240
 And it

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.939
 works all

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.220
 the way

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.839
 down through

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.619
 the generations,

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.179
 through the

00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:14.779
 history of

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.199
 time,

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.419
 and then we

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.819
 come to

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.639
 verse 16.

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.500
 And to

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.119
 Jacob,

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.879
 the father

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.579
 of Joseph,

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.579
 the husband

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.299
 of Mary,

00:29:26.199 --> 00:29:27.139
 and Mary

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.839
 who was the

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.399
 mother of

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.819
 Jesus,

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.960
 who is

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.519
 called

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.720
 the Messiah.

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.139
 Now,

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.480
 do you see

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.960
 how verse

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:35.139
 16 starts?

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.340
 Jacob,

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:37.100
 the father

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.880
 of Joseph.

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.460
 Yes,

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.840
 it was a

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.520
 different Jacob

00:29:40.520 --> 00:29:40.860
 and a

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.540
 different Joseph,

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.840
 but Matthew

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:44.180
 is recording

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.980
 the names

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.680
 in an order

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.720
 to help us

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.340
 to remember,

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.020
 remember the

00:29:49.020 --> 00:29:50.000
 promise made?

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.720
 The father

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.520
 spoke,

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.740
 Jacob spoke

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.360
 a blessing,

00:29:54.780 --> 00:29:55.520
 and Joseph

00:29:55.520 --> 00:29:56.140
 the son

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:57.100
 fulfilled it?

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.240
 Well,

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:58.980
 here again,

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.140
 the father

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.700
 God,

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.480
 the creator

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.920
 God,

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.940
 speaks again

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.040
 and fulfills

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:04.840
 his promise

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.399
 in bringing

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.299
 Jesus.

00:30:06.919 --> 00:30:07.339
 This is

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.939
 the seed,

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.879
 the promised

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.519
 seed from

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.459
 God's chosen

00:30:10.459 --> 00:30:11.019
 family,

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:12.259
 the Messiah,

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.720
 the saviour

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.839
 of the world.

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.779
 Now,

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.379
 listen to

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.859
 what the

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.619
 father says

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.359
 about the

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.639
 son.

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:21.939
 Look at

00:30:21.939 --> 00:30:22.240
 Matthew

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.099
 chapter 3

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:24.139
 verse 17.

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.579
 Jesus

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.279
 is just

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.000
 about to

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.599
 start his

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.539
 ministry on

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.919
 earth,

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.259
 and at

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.099
 his baptism,

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.179
 verse 17,

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:35.400
 there is

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.980
 a voice

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.519
 from heaven,

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:37.340
 a loud,

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:39.360
 audible voice,

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.920
 and God

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:42.060
 the father

00:30:42.060 --> 00:30:43.740
 speaks to

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.660
 God the

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.060
 son.

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.340
 This is

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.000
 my son

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.460
 whom I

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.820
 love.

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.920
 With him

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.920
 I am

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.860
 well pleased.

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.680
 This is

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.420
 my son

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.180
 who is

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.980
 blessed.

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.320
 And if

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.880
 you listen

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.420
 to him,

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.980
 and if

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.380
 you pay

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.960
 attention

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.580
 to him,

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.980
 you too

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.800
 are going

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.200
 to be

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.720
 blessed.

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:06.880
 The

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.259
 father

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.420
 speaks his

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.019
 word

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.160
 to his

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.580
 son,

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.400
 and the

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.420
 son goes

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.160
 and does

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.480
 the father's

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.259
 work.

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:17.940
 Jesus,

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.560
 who is

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.240
 blessed,

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.560
 now goes

00:31:21.560 --> 00:31:23.200
 and blesses

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.640
 those around

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.019
 him.

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.700
 Look at

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.660
 chapter 5.

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.120
 Because

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.620
 here we

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.299
 see the

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.019
 blessings

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.480
 that Jesus

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.819
 gives to

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.420
 all who

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.000
 come to

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.340
 him.

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.360
 Now the

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.819
 way we

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.200
 are to

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.640
 receive,

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:39.920
 do you

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.200
 see at

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.539
 the beginning

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.019
 of chapter

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.620
 5,

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.700
 verses 3

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.279
 to 10?

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:44.819
 The way

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.620
 to receive

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.600
 these blessings

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.900
 is to see

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.440
 that we

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.480
 are spiritually

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.200
 poor.

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.519
 Look at

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.140
 verse 3.

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:53.860
 blessed

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:55.500
 are the

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.060
 poor in

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.680
 spirit,

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.960
 those who

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.500
 know they

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.200
 are empty

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.920
 and have

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.640
 nothing to

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.060
 give.

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.380
 Just like

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:04.100
 the Egyptians

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.740
 in their

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.520
 desperation

00:32:05.520 --> 00:32:06.259
 and emptiness

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.340
 cried out

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.960
 to Joseph,

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.920
 give us

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.040
 food or

00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:10.480
 we will

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.960
 die.

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.920
 So in

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.180
 our

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.920
 hopelessness

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.720
 and helplessness

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.640
 we cry

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.200
 out to

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.740
 Jesus,

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.380
 bless us

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.800
 or we're

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.420
 going to

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.960
 die.

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.660
 we come

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:25.100
 poor in

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:27.840
 spirit and

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.500
 look at the

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.259
 blessings that

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.420
 he pours out

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.840
 upon his

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.680
 people.

00:32:33.520 --> 00:32:34.460
 Let's read

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.680
 them,

00:32:34.780 --> 00:32:35.320
 verse 3.

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.759
 Notice how

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.540
 blessed we

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:37.880
 are.

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.300
 Blessed are

00:32:39.300 --> 00:32:40.000
 the poor in

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.220
 spirit for

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.040
 theirs is the

00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:42.580
 kingdom of

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:42.920
 heaven.

00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:45.080
 That's right,

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.880
 the kingdom of

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.460
 heaven now

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.300
 belongs to

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:48.220
 you if you

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.800
 trust in

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:49.080
 him.

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:50.300
 Blessed are

00:32:50.300 --> 00:32:50.820
 those who

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.420
 mourn.

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:53.380
 for they

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.740
 will be

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.860
 comforted.

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:57.240
 Blessed are

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.740
 the meek

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.020
 or the

00:32:58.020 --> 00:32:58.960
 humble for

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.420
 they will

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.120
 inherit the

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.380
 earth.

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.259
 Forget a

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.800
 little piece

00:33:01.800 --> 00:33:02.460
 of land in

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.860
 Goshen,

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.540
 you'll

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.140
 inherit the

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.740
 world.

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.600
 Blessed are

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.240
 those who

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.060
 hunger and

00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:11.680
 thirst for

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.280
 righteousness

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:14.280
 for they

00:33:14.280 --> 00:33:14.660
 will be

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.200
 filled.

00:33:16.280 --> 00:33:16.960
 You are

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.259
 satisfied in

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.600
 him.

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:20.139
 God's

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:21.199
 love and

00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:22.000
 peace.

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.439
 God will

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:26.159
 not treat

00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:26.539
 you as

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.039
 your sins

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.740
 deserve.

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.439
 Blessed are

00:33:29.439 --> 00:33:30.039
 the pure in

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.439
 heart.

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.559
 Get this,

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.619
 you will

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:35.339
 see God.

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.619
 Blessed are

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.619
 the peacemakers

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:42.119
 children of

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.500
 they will

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.219
 be called

00:33:43.219 --> 00:33:45.019
 children of

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.379
 God.

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.899
 You see,

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.459
 you become

00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:48.159
 part of

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:49.279
 his family.

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.419
 You receive

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:51.199
 the blessings

00:33:51.199 --> 00:33:52.079
 of the

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.519
 family.

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.539
 Verse 10,

00:33:53.939 --> 00:33:54.539
 blessed are

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.159
 those who are

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:56.119
 persecuted because

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:56.779
 of righteousness

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:58.500
 for theirs is

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.739
 the kingdom of

00:33:59.739 --> 00:34:00.059
 heaven.

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:02.699
 As we come

00:34:02.699 --> 00:34:03.479
 to Jesus,

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.359
 as we confess

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.379
 our desperation

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.180
 for him,

00:34:07.520 --> 00:34:08.019
 we are

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.280
 blessed beyond

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.220
 our wildest

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.840
 dreams.

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.820
 So the

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.900
 father speaks

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.559
 the word to

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.059
 bless.

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:20.539
 The son does

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.619
 the work of

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.440
 the father to

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.920
 bless.

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.320
 And very

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:26.099
 quickly, the

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.960
 witness of the

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:29.440
 church goes

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.640
 to be a

00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:31.059
 blessing.

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.500
 You see,

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.660
 through faith in

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.860
 Jesus, we are

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.920
 now his

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:37.460
 children, his

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.480
 chosen family,

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:40.400
 a family blessed

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.619
 by God, who

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.500
 are now sent

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.240
 and called to

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.920
 be a blessing

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.720
 to the nations.

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.740
 How do we do

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.039
 that?

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.099
 Well, we know.

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.700
 How does

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:48.579
 Matthew's gospel

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.119
 finish?

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.599
 What does it

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.039
 say at the

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.700
 very end?

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.940
 Chapter 28,

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.840
 verse 19,

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.320
 therefore go

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.840
 and make

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.840
 disciples of

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.840
 all nations.

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.340
 Go.

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.240
 You're

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.760
 blessed.

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.539
 And now he's

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.720
 sending us to

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.460
 be a blessing

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.200
 to everybody

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:10.260
 else because

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:11.019
 the greatest

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.840
 blessing that

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.460
 we can give

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.740
 to anyone is

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.340
 the blessing

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.180
 of the gospel.

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.400
 The good

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.039
 news that

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.840
 Jesus took

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.500
 the curse

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.320
 of our sin

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.400
 by dying

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.059
 on the cross.

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.539
 The good

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.500
 news that

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.300
 through Jesus

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.960
 he gives us

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.579
 the blessing

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.320
 of the kingdom

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.920
 of heaven.

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.519
 The son who

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.539
 restores our

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.500
 broken world

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.820
 and renews our

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.960
 disordered lives.

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.039
 The son who

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.900
 blesses us

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.659
 beyond our

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.719
 wildest dreams

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.739
 sends us

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.079
 and say,

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.179
 tell them

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.960
 about me.

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:45.219
 You might

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.219
 see yourself

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.800
 as like

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.639
 frail old

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.079
 Jacob.

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.659
 Who could

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.619
 ever bring

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.159
 a blessing

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.900
 to somebody

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.539
 as great

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.159
 as Pharaoh?

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.679
 But he did.

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:57.679
 And here

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.239
 we are

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:59.279
 small,

00:35:59.859 --> 00:36:00.379
 broken,

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.199
 struggling

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:02.859
 people.

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.379
 Everybody,

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:04.899
 they have

00:36:04.899 --> 00:36:05.559
 everything that

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.159
 they need.

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.099
 No, they

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.579
 don't.

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.739
 And God

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.579
 calls us,

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.379
 you and me,

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:13.219
 to bring the

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.799
 means of

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.359
 bringing that

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:14.819
 blessing.

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.839
 Counselors

00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:18.519
 will call at

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.000
 your door

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.579
 over these

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.440
 coming weeks

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.759
 with their

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.719
 program for

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.539
 Carigaline.

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:25.619
 pray for

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.860
 them.

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.480
 Thank God

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:27.920
 for them.

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.460
 They're doing

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.340
 a good work.

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:32.000
 But remember,

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.980
 you are greater

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.559
 than any

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.199
 counselor.

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.480
 And you

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.340
 have promises

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.739
 that are beyond

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.599
 anything a

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.279
 counselor can

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:39.659
 give.

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.300
 You are an

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:42.340
 ambassador of

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:43.059
 the King.

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.659
 You are sent

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.059
 with the

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:47.880
 blessings of

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.579
 the good news

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.119
 of Jesus

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.719
 Christ.

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:52.659
 I will

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.419
 bless you

00:36:53.419 --> 00:36:55.480
 and all

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.199
 nations of

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.599
 the earth

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:56.959
 will be

00:36:56.959 --> 00:36:57.399
 blessed

00:36:57.399 --> 00:36:58.959
 through you.

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.159
 It's taking

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:02.079
 place now

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:03.000
 in Carigaline

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:04.039
 across our

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.439
 nation

00:37:04.439 --> 00:37:05.739
 and around

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.319
 the world.

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.299
 Amen.

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:10.299
 Let's pray.

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:10.439
 Amen.

00:37:10.439 --> 00:37:10.599
 Amen.

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:10.679
 Amen.

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.279
 Amen.

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:12.379
 Amen.

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:12.480
 Amen.

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.500
 Amen.

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.879
 Amen.

00:37:12.879 --> 00:37:12.939
 Amen.

00:37:12.939 --> 00:37:13.019
 Amen.

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.199
 Amen.

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.419
 Amen.

00:37:13.419 --> 00:37:14.879
 Amen.

00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:14.939
 Amen.

00:37:14.939 --> 00:37:14.980
 Amen.

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.099
 Amen.

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.980
 Amen.

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:17.039
 Amen.

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.099
 Amen.

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.019
 Amen.

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.159
 Amen.

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.199
 Amen.

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.639
 Amen.

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.699
 Amen.

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:21.719
 Amen.

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.719
 Amen.

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.719
 Amen.

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.000
 Father, we

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.599
 look at a

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:26.159
 promise made

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:27.799
 thousands of

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.519
 years ago

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:31.359
 to a

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:31.759
 helpless,

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.459
 struggling

00:37:32.459 --> 00:37:33.299
 old man

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:35.779
 and his

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.799
 broken family

00:37:36.799 --> 00:37:39.079
 on the

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.579
 brink of

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.039
 death,

00:37:41.399 --> 00:37:42.259
 but you

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:43.000
 delivered on

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.759
 your promise

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:46.059
 and you

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.579
 are working

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.279
 that promise

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:48.059
 out amongst

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.819
 your people

00:37:48.819 --> 00:37:49.239
 today.

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.719
 through your

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.099
 son,

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:52.099
 Jesus Christ.

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:55.319
 We praise

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.679
 you and

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.179
 thank you

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.659
 that we

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.359
 are indeed

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:57.980
 blessed

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.699
 beyond our

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.719
 wildest dreams.

00:38:01.939 --> 00:38:02.619
 Blessed are

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.099
 the poor

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.799
 in spirit,

00:38:04.959 --> 00:38:05.939
 for theirs

00:38:05.939 --> 00:38:07.299
 is the

00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:07.719
 kingdom

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:09.099
 of heaven.

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:10.839
 What a

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.259
 gift.

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.879
 What a

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:13.199
 blessing.

00:38:14.399 --> 00:38:15.139
 Thank you.

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.699
 Amen.

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:24.319
 we are

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:24.859
 going to

00:38:24.859 --> 00:38:25.439
 see that

00:38:25.439 --> 00:38:25.859
 the gospel

00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.460
 blessing

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.579
 is what

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.219
 we stand

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.439
 on and

00:38:29.439 --> 00:38:29.739
 in what

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.460
 we share

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.819
 and what

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.359
 we tell.

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.239
 If you are

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.679
 able to

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.259
 stand and

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.539
 sing,

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:33.980
 let's

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.099
 sing together.

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:42.299
 so

00:38:53.099 --> 00:39:02.239
 oh