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 If you don't know me, my name is Niels. I'm one of the leaders here. I'll be preaching.

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 Because of the baptisms, we'll have a lot of people here today who have not been in the rest of the service, in the series.

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 We're in the book of 2 Samuel, in the Old Testament, in the Bible.

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 So I thought, let me, you know, start with the introduction so that, yeah, we can bring you a bit up to speed.

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 But also, actually, before all that, let's pray because we want God to speak to us.

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 So let's pray together.

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 Our Father, thank you that you speak.

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 That you speak to us in your love, in your grace.

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 We pray that we would listen.

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 Pray that we would hear, each of us, what we need to hear.

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 Thank you that you are a God of grace.

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 God who gave your son, Jesus.

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 And pray that we would look to him today.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 But, yeah, we're in 2 Samuel, and it's nearly the end of the series.

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 Now, our youngest daughter turned 12 a couple of months ago.

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 So she's finally old enough to watch Marvel.

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 And so we've been going movie by movie through the MCU, which has been really great.

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 Now, there's one movie in there that I'm not going to say its name because I know of some people who haven't seen it all yet.

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 But there's one that I think is outstanding because it's very different from all the others.

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 Because it doesn't have a happy ending.

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 Now, most movies have a happy ending, right?

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 All those movies, you know, yes, the heroes, they are struggling.

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 They're having a tough time.

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 But ultimately, they win.

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 And that's what you want, right?

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 You want to have a movie.

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 You want to relax and be encouraged.

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 And so you want a movie with a happy ending.

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 I mean, we all want happy endings, right?

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 In all our life, maybe your marriage is going through a difficult time.

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 But, you know, with counseling and prayer, you hope that you will work through it.

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 And then, you know, our marriage is restored.

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 Maybe work at the moment is really tough.

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 The hours, the pressure.

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 But when this project is over, then we go back to the good old days, right?

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 That's what we're waiting for.

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 Maybe you remember the COVID days.

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 We were just waiting for it all to finish.

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 And now, actually, Hong Kong is really nice again, right?

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 Without all the restrictions.

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 The economy, you know, if we just wait long enough, it will start growing again.

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 That's what we want.

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 We want, is everything okay?

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 Okay.

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 Yeah, we just want things to be restored.

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 We want a happy ending.

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 Now, the Bible is all about ultimately happy endings, right?

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 It's all about hope.

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 It's all about restoration.

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 It all, I mean, it starts with everything going wrong in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve.

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 But it ends with restoration.

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 And so many along the way.

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 And so, this is 2 Samuel.

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 It's the story of David.

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 David, who we all know from David and Goliath.

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 God's chosen king.

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 And he was a wonderful king.

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 And under him, God built this beautiful kingdom that we saw a few weeks ago.

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 And, yeah, it looked great.

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 The only thing is, it was all under threat because of what David had done, right?

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 He had committed adultery and murder.

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 There were terrible consequences.

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 It affected him.

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 It affected everyone else around him.

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 And, yeah, two weeks ago, he had to flee for his life because his son tried to take over the kingdom, made himself king.

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 But the past two weeks, then, some good news.

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 First of all, everything that happened really changed him, brought him back to God.

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 And then, last week, yeah, David was saved.

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 He was delivered from certain death.

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 Basically, because his great enemy, his son, yeah, died.

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 The war was over.

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 And so, now everything is set for him to come back, right?

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 It was a great cost.

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 But today, David is going to come back and sit on the throne again.

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 And this is basically the end of the story.

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 Next week is just an epilogue.

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 But, yeah, we called it The Return of the King, right?

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 So, you know that movie.

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 We want a happy ending.

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 So, why don't we go and look at that?

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 So, Anastasia is going to come up and read a few parts of this passage.

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 And then, we'll look at it together.

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 The scripture reading today comes from the book of 2 Samuel, chapter 19 to 20.

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 Please follow along on your bulletin, on the screen, or on your own Bibles.

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 Starting in chapter 19, verse 8, we read,

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 Now, Israel had fled every man to his own home.

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 And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,

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 The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines.

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 And now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

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 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle.

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 Now, therefore, why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?

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 And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests.

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 Say to the elders of Judah,

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 Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house,

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 when the word of our Israel has come to the king?

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 You are my brothers.

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 You are my bone and my flesh.

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 Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?

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 And say to Amsa,

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 Are you not my bone and my flesh?

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 God do so to me and more also,

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 if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.

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 And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah as one man,

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 so that they sent word to the king,

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 Return, both you and all your servants.

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 So the king came back to the Jordan,

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 and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king,

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 and to bring the king over the Jordan.

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 And Shemai, the son of Jerah, the Benjamite from Baharim,

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 hurried to come down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

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 And with him were a thousand men from Benjamin.

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 And Ziba, the servant of the house of Saul,

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 with his fifteen sons and his twenty servants,

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 rushed down to the Jordan before the king,

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 and they crossed the fort to bring over the king's household,

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 and to do his pleasure.

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 And Shemai, the son of Jerah,

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 fell down before the king,

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 as he was about to cross the Jordan,

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 and said to the king,

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 Let not let my lord hold me guilty,

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 or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem.

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 Do not let the king take it to heart,

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 for your servant knows that I have sinned.

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 Therefore, behold, I have come this day,

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 the first of all the house of Joseph,

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 to come down to meet my lord the king.

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 Abishai, the son of Zeriah, answered,

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 Shall I be put to death for this,

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 because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

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 But David said,

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 What have I to do with you,

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 you sons of Zeriah,

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 that you should this day be as an adversary to me?

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 Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day?

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 For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?

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 And the king said to Shimei,

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 You shall not die.

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 And the king gave him his oath.

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 And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul,

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 came down to meet the king.

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 He had neither taken care of his feet,

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 nor trimmed his beard,

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 nor washed his clothes,

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 from the day the king departed

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 until the day he came back in safety.

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 And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king,

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 the king said to him,

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 Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

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 He answered,

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 My lord, O king,

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 my servant deceived me.

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 For your servant said to him,

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 I will saddle a donkey for myself,

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 that I may ride on it and go with the king.

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 For your servant is lame.

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 He has slandered your servant to my lord the king.

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 But my lord, the king is like the angel of God.

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 Do therefore what seems good to you.

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 For all my father's house were but men doomed to death

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 before my lord the king.

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 But you set your servant among those who eat at your table.

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 What further right have I then to cry to the king?

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 And the king said to him,

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 Why speak any more of your affairs?

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 I have decided you and Ziba shall divide the land.

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 And Mephibosheth said to the king,

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 Oh, let him take it all,

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 since my lord the king has come safely home.

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 In chapter 20, verse 23, we read,

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 Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel.

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 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada,

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 was in command of the Kertites and the Pelethites.

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 And Adoram was in charge of the forced labor.

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 And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilut,

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 was the recorder.

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 And Shiva was secretary.

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 And Zadok and Abithar were priests.

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 And Ira, the Jairat, was also David's priest.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Thanks, Anastasia.

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 Yeah, we're in the middle of a story.

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 I'm sure there's some details that, for visitors,

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 you wonder what that's about.

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 But let's look at it together.

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 Now, we couldn't read it all.

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 And yet, if you look at the big story,

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 what's the big point?

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 I think you can see David is back, right?

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 David is back.

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 Today, he's crossing the Jordan,

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 and he's going to come back to Jerusalem

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 and come on the throne.

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 He had to flee for his sin,

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 but now he's back,

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 and he's going to Jerusalem

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 with great fanfare.

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 Everyone's coming to meet him.

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 And you can really see that

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 if you look at all the different stories, right?

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 So in chapter 15, when he had to flee,

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 what happened?

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 Well, he left Jerusalem,

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 and then he met his loyal friends.

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 Next slide.

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 He met his loyal friends.

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 Then he met Tiba.

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 Then he met Shimi.

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 And then he crossed the Jordan.

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 And now, what happens today?

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 Well, he crosses the Jordan.

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 He meets Shimi.

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 He meets Jiba.

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 He meets his loyal friends.

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 And he gets back to Jerusalem.

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 It's really the same thing in reverse, right?

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 I don't know.

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 We sometimes go on holiday,

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 and we take the airport bus.

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 And it's always the same, right?

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 Here's the Eagle's Nest Tunnel,

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 and then the Stonecutters Bridge

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 and the Tsing Ma Bridge

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 and under City Gate Outlets,

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 and we get to the airport.

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 And then when we come back,

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 well, the City Gate Outlets

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 and what's it?

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 The Tsing Ma Bridge

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 and the Stonecutters Bridge.

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 And you really feel,

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 hey, we're getting back, right?

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 And that's the point here.

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 David is back.

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 It's exactly reversed.

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 Everything that happened

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 is like it's reversed,

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 which is incredible mercy, right?

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 God's incredible mercy

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 after what he had done.

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 He deserved to die,

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 but God had mercy,

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 and now he's back,

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 which is great news for David himself.

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 And of course, given who David is,

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 it should be such great news for the people

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 because here was God's chosen king,

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 the man after God's heart, right?

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 He was the one who ruled

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 with righteousness and justice,

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 and everything was so great under him.

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 And when you see this passage,

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 now we have a Bible reading plan

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 at this church,

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 and in the summer,

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 we went to Samuel,

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 and people were sharing,

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 and many of them were struck

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 by how David is so forgiving, right?

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 So there was this guy, Shimee,

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 who, yeah,

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 when David had to flee,

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 he stood on some higher ledge,

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 and he threw stones at David.

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 Get out, get out,

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 you man of blood.

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 He cursed the king,

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 and yeah,

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 terrible event.

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 But then, of course,

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 he made a miscalculation, right?

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 Because now David is back.

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 And you can hear Shimee,

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 and you can hear him come.

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 Anastasia read it so well, right?

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 Oh, please, Lord,

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 I know I've sinned.

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 Please don't take it to heart, right?

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 Because, yeah,

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 he knows David is back,

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 and he did real wrong.

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 And then one of David's officers says,

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 I mean,

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 shouldn't we put this guy to death, right?

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 He cursed the king.

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 That is,

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 you shouldn't do that, right?

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 But then what does David say?

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 No, right?

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 Why should you be as an adversary to me,

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 you sons of Zeruiah,

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 my officers,

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 shall anyone,

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 what is it,

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 verse 22,

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 shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day?

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 For do I not know

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 that I am this day king over Israel?

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 And the king said to Shimee,

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 you shall not die,

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 and the king gave him his oath, right?

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 Here is someone who did something so wrong,

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 and yet David is forgiving, right?

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 He,

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 you won't die,

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 I swear.

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 Wonderful, right?

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 So,

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 yeah,

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 David is really back.

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 And that's important

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 because then in chapter 20,

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 we get the counterpart.

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 What is the counterpart?

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 Well,

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 you have the king

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 and you have the kingdom.

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 In chapter 20,

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 we didn't read it,

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 but it's all about how the kingdom is back.

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 If you're interested,

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 why is it?

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 The story isn't that important.

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 There's a bit of squabbling.

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 An argument between David's tribe,

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 Judah,

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 and some of the other tribes.

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 And at some point,

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 there's one guy who says,

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 well,

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 we've had enough.

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 20 verse 1.

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 Now,

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 there happened to be there

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 a worthless man

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 whose name was Sheba,

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 the son of Bichri,

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 a Benjaminite.

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 And he blew the trumpet

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 and said,

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 we have no portion in David

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 and we have no inheritance

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 in the son of Jesse.

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 Every man to his ten,

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 so Israel.

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 And,

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 yeah,

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 he tries to just split the kingdom.

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 Now,

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 in the end,

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 he doesn't get many followers.

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 He and his friends

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 flee to some city

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 and David's army

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 comes after him

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 and in the end,

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 he gets beheaded.

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 In the story,

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 Joab becomes commander again.

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 It's not that important,

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 but the interesting thing is,

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 it's actually a reboot

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 of chapters 2 to 4.

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 We never preached on it,

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 but it seems to,

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 there's three key events

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 that are exactly the same

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 as chapters 2 to 4.

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 Why does that matter?

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 Well,

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 chapters 2 to 4 of the book

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 was God establishing

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 David's kingdom.

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 It's how David became king

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 over all Israel.

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 And so,

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 the fact that we get

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 a reboot,

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 but we get the same thing,

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 David,

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 here's the kingdom.

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 God is reestablishing

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 David's kingdom,

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 which is what we want,

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 right?

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 It's not just about

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 the guy on the throne,

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 but his rule,

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 a rule of victory

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 and peace

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 and rest

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 and blessing.

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 That is what we want.

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 And yeah,

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 that's what we get

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 in chapter 20.

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 And at the end of the chapter,

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 we read that summary.

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 It's the same as chapter 8,

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 right?

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 At the end of chapter 8,

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 there was this summary,

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 kind of,

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 David seems so stable,

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 the kingdom is here,

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 and now end of chapter 20.

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 Again,

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 we get this summary,

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 and Joab was over the army,

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 and Jehoshaphat,

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 the son of El-Hilut,

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 was the recorder,

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 and this guy was a priest,

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 and right?

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 Again,

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 it's not Absalom's kingdom,

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 it's David's kingdom.

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 David is back.

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 The kingdom is back.

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 That is such a wonderful news.

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 It really feels like

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 the good old days,

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 the happy ending

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 that we want.

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 Except,

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 I know what you're expecting,

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 right?

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 Is it really so good?

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 If you've read it carefully,

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 if you've maybe read

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 the rest of the Bible,

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 is it really so good?

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 They seem back,

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 but are they?

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 Are the king

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 in the kingdom back?

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 Because with this guy,

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 Shimee,

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 I don't know if you did

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 the Bible reading plan,

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 and after 2 Samuel,

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 you read 1 Kings.

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 And we meet David

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 at the end of his life,

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 when he kind of gives

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 instructions to his son Solomon,

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 who will become

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 the next king.

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 And what kind of things

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 does David say?

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 He gives some instructions.

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 1 Kings chapter 2,

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 verses 8 and 9,

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 it's here on the screen.

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 And David says,

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 And there's also with you

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 Shimee,

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 the son of Gerah,

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 the Benjaminite

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 from Bacchariim,

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 who cursed me

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 with a grievous curse

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 on the day

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 when I went to Maganaim.

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 And when he came down

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 to meet me at the Jordan,

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 I swore to him

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 by the Lord,

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 saying,

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 I will not put you

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 to death with a sword.

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 Now therefore,

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 do not hold him guiltless,

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 for you are a wise man.

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 You will know

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 what you ought to do to him,

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 and you shall bring

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 his gray head

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 down with blood

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 to shale.

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 That's not very nice, right?

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 Yeah, this guy cursed me,

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 but I promised

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 not to kill him,

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 so when I'm gone,

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 you kill him.

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 Right?

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 That's what he's saying.

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 Now,

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 I don't think it's a grudge.

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 I mean,

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 it's justice,

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 right?

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 The justice needs to be done

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 on this guy, maybe,

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 and it doesn't have to be

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 so negative.

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 But you may wonder,

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 why didn't he do that

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 in chapter 19?

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 Right?

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 Why not do it then?

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 Well,

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 if you go back

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 to 2 Samuel,

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 I think the answer

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 is clear, right?

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 Because

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 verse 16 and 17

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 of chapter 19,

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 and Shimei,

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 the son of Gerah,

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 the Benjaminite

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 from Bacarim,

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 hurried to come down

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 with the men of Judah

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 to meet King David,

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 and with him

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 were a thousand men

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 from Benjamin.

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 And he had a lot

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 of friends with him.

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 And if David just

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 had him executed

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 there and then,

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 those thousand men

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 wouldn't really like it,

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 and maybe that wouldn't

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 really help the stability

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 of his kingdom.

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 So it's just politically

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 that he says,

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 okay,

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.720
 I'm not going to deal

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 with this opponent

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 because I want to

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 keep my king together.

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 So let me not do justice,

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 let me do what's helpful

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 for my kingdom.

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:41.980
 Right?

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 That's the problem.

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 And you see that even more

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 with the next story,

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.480
 right?

00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:48.980
 With Ziba and Mephibosheth.

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 Now again,

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 that's something we've seen

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 over the past few sermons,

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 right?

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 Do you remember

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.859
 Mephibosheth?

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 He was the grandson

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 of Saul,

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 who was kind of

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 David's great enemy

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 in the past,

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 the previous king.

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 And so,

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 of course,

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.360
 you know,

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.019
 he comes from

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 his enemy's family,

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 and yet David

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.100
 was so wonderfully

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 kind to him,

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.120
 right?

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:10.960
 He gave Mephibosheth,

00:19:11.040 --> 00:19:11.960
 the guy was crippled,

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 he was lame,

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 such a wretch,

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 and yet David gave him,

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 you know,

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.519
 all the land of Saul,

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 and Mephibosheth

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 could always eat

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 at his table.

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 It was such grace,

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.060
 right?

00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:23.259
 Such steadfast love.

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 But then a few weeks ago,

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 when David was fleeing,

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 Tiba,

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 who was the servant

00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.259
 of Saul,

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 and David told him

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 to serve Mephibosheth now,

00:19:32.439 --> 00:19:33.539
 he came to David

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 with a lot of food,

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 and David asked,

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.159
 hey,

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.519
 Tiba,

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 where's Mephibosheth?

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 And Tiba said,

00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:39.639
 well,

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.659
 he is wringing his hands,

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:40.859
 right?

00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.399
 He is saying,

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.639
 yeah,

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.299
 now today,

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 the kingdom is going

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 to come back to me,

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:44.679
 right?

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:46.779
 It felt like such a betrayal,

00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:48.659
 a stab in the back.

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 He had been so kind

00:19:49.639 --> 00:19:50.319
 to Mephibosheth,

00:19:50.399 --> 00:19:51.299
 and now he's

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:52.379
 stabbing him in the back.

00:19:53.399 --> 00:19:53.919
 But now,

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.879
 Mephibosheth himself

00:19:54.879 --> 00:19:55.379
 shows up,

00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:55.559
 right?

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.279
 Verse 20,

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 and Mephibosheth,

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 the son of Saul,

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 came down to meet

00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:00.059
 the king at 24.

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 He had neither

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:02.079
 taken care of his feet,

00:20:02.439 --> 00:20:03.559
 nor trimmed his beard,

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 nor washed his clothes

00:20:04.939 --> 00:20:05.559
 from the day

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.500
 the king departed

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.079
 until the day

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:08.000
 he came back in safety.

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.460
 Mephibosheth,

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:09.679
 you know,

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.619
 he looks terrible

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.059
 because,

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.319
 you know,

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.019
 all this time

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.859
 he hadn't taken care

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.200
 of himself

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.139
 because he was

00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:16.159
 clearly so upset

00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:17.679
 that David had to leave.

00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.179
 And David asked,

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.379
 hey,

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:20.139
 why didn't you

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.799
 come with me?

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.039
 Well,

00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:22.919
 I'm lame,

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.200
 right?

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:24.000
 I can't just go.

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.879
 I need a donkey.

00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.899
 And I asked my servant,

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.660
 give me a donkey,

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:29.360
 but instead he went off

00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:30.400
 to you and lied,

00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:30.920
 right?

00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:33.140
 Because Siva said,

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.160
 yeah,

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:36.280
 he was just lying

00:20:36.280 --> 00:20:37.040
 about Mephibosheth.

00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.960
 Everyone can see,

00:20:38.060 --> 00:20:38.180
 look,

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.860
 Mephibosheth,

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:40.079
 he was so loyal

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:41.119
 to David.

00:20:41.719 --> 00:20:42.839
 And Siva was just a liar

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.500
 who just thought

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.579
 this is a good opportunity

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.979
 to get all the land

00:20:45.979 --> 00:20:46.379
 for me,

00:20:46.479 --> 00:20:46.699
 right?

00:20:48.479 --> 00:20:49.439
 How does David

00:20:49.439 --> 00:20:50.419
 deal with it?

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.500
 Well,

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.339
 what should he do?

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.259
 It's very obvious,

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:53.500
 right?

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.419
 He should get everything

00:20:54.419 --> 00:20:55.479
 back to Mephibosheth.

00:20:56.439 --> 00:20:56.959
 And Siva needs

00:20:56.959 --> 00:20:57.539
 to be punished.

00:20:59.219 --> 00:20:59.659
 Instead,

00:21:00.479 --> 00:21:01.279
 verse 29,

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:03.119
 and the king

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.839
 said to him,

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:05.460
 why speak any more

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.180
 of your affairs?

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:07.099
 I have decided

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:08.279
 you and Siva

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.480
 shall divide the land

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.899
 half and half.

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.700
 That's not really just,

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:13.980
 right?

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.819
 That's completely unjust.

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.619
 Clearly,

00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.720
 Siva is a liar.

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:19.039
 Mephibosheth is your

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.819
 loyal servant.

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.480
 Why would you do that?

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.339
 Well,

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.779
 again,

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:25.680
 who is Siva,

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.299
 right?

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.559
 Verse 17,

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.740
 19 verse 17,

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.700
 that detail,

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.299
 and Siva,

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.920
 the servant

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.920
 of the house of Saul

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.779
 with his 15 sons

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:35.500
 and his 20 servants.

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.180
 I don't know

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.720
 what you think

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.160
 when you hear

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.120
 the servant of Saul.

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.019
 Do you think

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.539
 he's a cleaner?

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:40.980
 No.

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.120
 This guy has

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:43.480
 20 servants himself,

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:43.799
 right?

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.059
 This guy is

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.779
 pretty powerful.

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.980
 He has 15 sons.

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.180
 That doesn't mean

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.400
 that,

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.019
 you know,

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:51.380
 he likes large families.

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.579
 It means he has

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.819
 like three or four wives,

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:54.720
 right?

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.380
 Which is kind of

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.620
 the status symbol.

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.099
 It's like having

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:58.000
 three Ferraris,

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.259
 right?

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.480
 back then.

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.519
 So basically,

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.220
 this guy is just

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.879
 very powerful.

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.960
 And David doesn't

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.599
 want to cross him.

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:05.799
 Hey,

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:07.420
 here's a crippled guy.

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.259
 Here's a really

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.019
 powerful man.

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.619
 Let me do

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.220
 half and half,

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.460
 right?

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.980
 It's just corruption.

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.680
 Let me favor

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.279
 the powerful

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.819
 so that,

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:16.759
 that is what

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.420
 David's doing.

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.660
 And so,

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.379
 the guy of

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:22.140
 justice

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.980
 and righteousness,

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.279
 well,

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.359
 he's basically

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.799
 just the

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.599
 compromised king.

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.740
 Right?

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.559
 We see David

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:28.900
 here.

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.559
 We thought

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.279
 David's back.

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.140
 He is back,

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.420
 but he's a

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.120
 compromised king.

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.920
 No more justice,

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.559
 no more

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.120
 self-interest

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:39.359
 instead of justice.

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.759
 We thought

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.220
 he's back,

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:42.859
 but he's not.

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.120
 So sad,

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.359
 right?

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.960
 The old

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.380
 David

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.559
 is gone.

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.240
 He's a

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.079
 compromised king.

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.640
 And that's

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.039
 such a

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.960
 shock,

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.259
 right?

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.460
 Because David

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.539
 was such a

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.140
 good guy.

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.860
 He had such

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.540
 an amazing

00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.320
 track record

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:57.180
 for almost

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.000
 all this book,

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.200
 right?

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.540
 For almost

00:22:58.540 --> 00:22:59.300
 all his life.

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.100
 And then there

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.640
 was just one

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.140
 thing with

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.680
 Bathsheba,

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.420
 one adultery

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.880
 and murder.

00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:05.420
 And then,

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.420
 you know,

00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:07.040
 but then he

00:23:07.040 --> 00:23:07.780
 went through

00:23:07.780 --> 00:23:08.500
 so much,

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:08.800
 right?

00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:09.259
 He had to

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.560
 flee,

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.180
 all the

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.600
 discipline,

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:10.960
 all the

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.640
 consequences,

00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.360
 the costs,

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.200
 and now he's

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.400
 back.

00:23:13.520 --> 00:23:14.020
 Surely that's

00:23:14.020 --> 00:23:14.340
 enough.

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.620
 Except it's

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:16.860
 not.

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.080
 Right?

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.920
 He will never

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.500
 be the same

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.780
 again.

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.380
 He's truly

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.860
 forgiven,

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.540
 restored,

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.720
 and yet he

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.220
 is never

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.680
 the same

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:24.940
 again.

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.779
 One sin

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.740
 and it's

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.440
 all lost.

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.019
 In a way,

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.500
 just like

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.859
 Adam and

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.099
 Eve,

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.359
 right?

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.960
 One rebellion,

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.799
 one time that

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.200
 they turned

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.899
 away from God

00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.279
 and did their

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.659
 own thing,

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.000
 and it's

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.460
 all lost.

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:39.819
 Ultimately,

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.799
 David is just

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.299
 a sinful

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.940
 human being.

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.559
 I think that

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.460
 challenges us,

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.680
 right?

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.940
 It's not how

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.559
 we usually

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.099
 think of

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.460
 people.

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:49.839
 You know,

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.299
 when we think

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.960
 of bad and

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.200
 good,

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.180
 we think of

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.480
 this kind

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.120
 of spectrum,

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:53.500
 right?

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.940
 From really

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.500
 bad to really

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.779
 good.

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:55.980
 And,

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.160
 you know,

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.480
 David,

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.360
 he was pretty

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:57.720
 much here.

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.120
 Maybe he

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.500
 wasn't all

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.700
 the way

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:58.980
 there,

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.259
 but he

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.620
 was pretty

00:23:59.620 --> 00:23:59.880
 good,

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.120
 right?

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.060
 That's what

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.400
 we think

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.779
 of people.

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.240
 We just,

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:03.900
 you know,

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.940
 we need

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.440
 someone good

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.980
 or better.

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.240
 So often

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.700
 in our life,

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:07.860
 right?

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.080
 Like marriage.

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.539
 Apparently,

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.220
 Hong Kong has

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.740
 the seventh

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.620
 highest divorce

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.100
 rate in the

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.360
 world.

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.380
 I didn't know

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.519
 that,

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.000
 depending on

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.380
 how you

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.519
 calculate it.

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.519
 Now,

00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:18.180
 why do people

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.700
 divorce?

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.440
 Why do people

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.799
 not get

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.160
 married?

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.340
 So that it's

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.919
 easier to

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:23.339
 break up?

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:23.500
 Well,

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.899
 because they

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.179
 think,

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:24.939
 I need a

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.599
 better spouse,

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:25.879
 right?

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.759
 I need

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.159
 someone,

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:27.619
 well,

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.459
 who doesn't

00:24:28.459 --> 00:24:28.759
 have these

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.480
 annoying habits

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:29.980
 with whom I

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.319
 have less

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.000
 disagreements,

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.720
 less conflict.

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.359
 That's what

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.319
 people want.

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.419
 I mean,

00:24:36.439 --> 00:24:36.799
 there's some

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.439
 truth in that.

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:38.619
 I mean,

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.119
 there are some

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.519
 people,

00:24:39.959 --> 00:24:40.139
 yeah,

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:40.659
 some people are

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.039
 better than

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.399
 others.

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.919
 And there's some

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.319
 people that are

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.000
 terrible and you

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.339
 should never

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.839
 marry them,

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.079
 right?

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.459
 You need to be

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:45.079
 very careful

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.179
 who you marry.

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.599
 But,

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.679
 don't forget

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.700
 the universality

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.299
 of sin.

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.920
 In the end,

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.840
 they're all

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.420
 sinners.

00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:55.820
 And,

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.220
 you know,

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.900
 here's David,

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.680
 the most wonderful

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.100
 king,

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.360
 yet one sin

00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:00.340
 and it's over,

00:25:01.060 --> 00:25:01.279
 right?

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.120
 You don't need a

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.720
 slightly better

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.120
 king who's more

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.660
 to the right.

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.820
 I think the

00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:07.640
 Bible's view is

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.180
 more like this

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.420
 one,

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:08.860
 right?

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.400
 It's binary.

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.620
 You have perfect

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.880
 and you have

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.240
 sinful.

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.000
 Now,

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.480
 some people are

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.900
 more sinful

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.400
 than others,

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.259
 but this is

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:18.299
 basically what

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.839
 the Bible says.

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.659
 And this passage

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.059
 shows,

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:20.299
 you know,

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.099
 this one sin.

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.159
 Clearly,

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.659
 David's not

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.220
 perfect and

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.019
 he's just in

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.359
 the other

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.940
 spectrum with

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.519
 everyone else,

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.700
 right?

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.059
 The most

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.139
 godly spouse

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.579
 is not

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.059
 perfect.

00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:30.919
 They will

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.159
 sin.

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.399
 The most

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.200
 wonderful boss

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.240
 that you

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.180
 have will

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.559
 make your

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.079
 life difficult

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.419
 at some

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:36.779
 point at

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.079
 work.

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.599
 The best

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.079
 kings will

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.379
 let you

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.639
 down.

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.220
 All people

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.759
 are sinners.

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:41.960
 They're all

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.379
 compromised.

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.879
 Such a

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.460
 sobering

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:44.859
 truth,

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.099
 right?

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.680
 You know,

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.059
 that's saying

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.639
 nobody's

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.039
 perfect.

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.440
 It's kind

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.940
 of encouragement.

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.339
 Ah,

00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:49.799
 nobody's

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.119
 perfect.

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.240
 It's actually

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.960
 really depressing.

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.299
 Nobody's

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.639
 perfect.

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.399
 It's really,

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.460
 yeah,

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.119
 that's it.

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.180
 And the

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.420
 thing is,

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.700
 that has

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.519
 consequences.

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.039
 Because the

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.480
 king and

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.899
 the kingdom

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.539
 are linked.

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:02.539
 Right?

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.039
 If David

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.440
 is a

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.819
 compromised

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.359
 king,

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.180
 well,

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.639
 what do

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.000
 we get

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.240
 in the

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.480
 kingdom?

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.680
 Now,

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:07.920
 we don't

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.379
 see that

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.759
 much.

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.299
 We don't

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.639
 see this

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.019
 wonderful

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.599
 description

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.079
 as we

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.379
 had in

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:11.619
 chapter

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.019
 8.

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.639
 But look

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:13.920
 at that.

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.359
 We need

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.000
 to look

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.240
 at that

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.619
 summary.

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.019
 Now,

00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.379
 do you

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:16.659
 know the

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.000
 game

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.819
 spot the

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.299
 difference?

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:18.839
 Right?

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.079
 If you

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.420
 have kids,

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.759
 you probably

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.119
 know that.

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.599
 There's two

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.000
 pictures,

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.160
 and they

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.480
 look the

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.700
 same,

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.059
 but if you

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.619
 look carefully,

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.519
 there's a few

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.980
 differences.

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.259
 Right?

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.539
 Well,

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.779
 let's do that

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.259
 with the

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.099
 summary at

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.460
 the end of

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.059
 chapter 20,

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.299
 and the

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.700
 other one

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:31.940
 at the

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.200
 end of

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.819
 chapter 8.

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.079
 I've put

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.319
 them here

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.559
 on the

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.879
 screen.

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.000
 I've also

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.400
 in the

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.960
 bulletin

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.640
 at the

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:37.960
 bottom,

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.980
 I've printed

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.200
 it,

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.579
 so if you're

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.000
 sitting at

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.319
 the back,

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.619
 but you

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:40.920
 have a

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.359
 bulletin.

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.660
 So just

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:42.980
 have a

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.220
 look.

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.059
 Read it

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.379
 through.

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.000
 I mean,

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.799
 sometimes things

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.180
 have been

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.980
 swapped around,

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.519
 but there's

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.660
 three major

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.220
 differences.

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.619
 See if

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.119
 anyone can

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.640
 find them.

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.079
 If you

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.359
 find the

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.720
 differences,

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.200
 raise your

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.460
 hand.

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:59.680
 Is the

00:26:59.680 --> 00:26:59.839
 kingdom

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.259
 really the

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.460
 same?

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.480
 Don't

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.879
 be shy.

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.500
 Anyone?

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.359
 Anything

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.619
 that's

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.000
 missing?

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.420
 Anything

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.680
 that's

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:21.819
 been

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.099
 added?

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:33.859
 No one?

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.240
 Oscar.

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.039
 Yeah.

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.740
 Exactly.

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.680
 Chapter 8,

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.460
 it started

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.720
 with,

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.240
 and David

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.640
 reigned

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.359
 over all

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.900
 Israel,

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.599
 and he

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.180
 did justice

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.660
 and equity

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.079
 for all

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.480
 the people.

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.559
 David isn't

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.240
 even mentioned

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.720
 in the other

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.119
 one, right?

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.900
 It's just his

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.400
 officials.

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.579
 David is like

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:52.980
 a shadow.

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.420
 He's not

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.960
 even there.

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.160
 No justice,

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.019
 no equity

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.960
 is not

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.560
 even mentioned.

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.420
 Anything

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.820
 else?

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.860
 Yeah,

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.140
 Faith?

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.560
 Yeah.

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.980
 Adoram was

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.400
 over the

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.080
 forced labor.

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.580
 Maybe you

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.120
 see it in

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.400
 the middle.

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.259
 So now

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.600
 we have

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.180
 a department

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.820
 of forced

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.220
 labor,

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.820
 a department

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.340
 of slavery

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:21.000
 in the

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:22.200
 cabinet.

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:22.920
 Right?

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.019
 I don't

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.259
 know what

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.580
 you think.

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.220
 That doesn't

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.680
 sound very

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:25.940
 good.

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.080
 There's

00:28:28.080 --> 00:28:28.500
 one more

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.980
 maybe at

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.400
 the end.

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.519
 Chapter 8,

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.040
 David's

00:28:32.040 --> 00:28:32.460
 sons were

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.880
 priests,

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.700
 and David's

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.000
 sons are

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.560
 not mentioned

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.800
 in the

00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.220
 other one.

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.759
 Maybe

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.660
 because between

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.080
 the two,

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.820
 three of

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:39.240
 David's

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.620
 sons have

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:39.860
 died.

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.140
 But yeah,

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.620
 let's put it

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:41.840
 here.

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.440
 But here

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.720
 we go,

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:43.920
 right?

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.360
 We have a

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.800
 kingdom of

00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:45.400
 justice and

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.759
 equity.

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.780
 And now

00:28:46.780 --> 00:28:47.259
 we have a

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.780
 place with

00:28:47.780 --> 00:28:48.500
 forced labor.

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.700
 Right?

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:50.680
 It's just not

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.140
 the same.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.620
 If you read

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.080
 carefully,

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.200
 man,

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.620
 in chapter

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:54.940
 8,

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.320
 you saw

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:55.600
 that it

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:55.920
 was so

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.380
 wonderful.

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.740
 I want

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.060
 to live

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.360
 there.

00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:58.920
 But the

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.460
 opposite is

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.940
 also true.

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.180
 Right?

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.560
 Now you

00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.780
 see David's

00:29:01.780 --> 00:29:02.060
 kingdom,

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.800
 and you

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.019
 think,

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.220
 man,

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.600
 I don't

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:03.860
 want to

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.320
 live there.

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.300
 Well,

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.400
 forced labor.

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:07.860
 What a

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:09.120
 terrible place.

00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:10.660
 The glory

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.660
 is gone.

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:12.740
 Right?

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.440
 And so

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.759
 basically,

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:13.940
 yeah,

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.420
 we have here

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.140
 the broken

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.560
 kingdom.

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.060
 And no

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:17.519
 longer the

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.120
 godly king

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.340
 and the

00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:18.700
 glorious

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.060
 kingdom,

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.440
 we have

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.580
 the

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:19.960
 compromised

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.380
 king and

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.480
 the

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.720
 broken

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.040
 kingdom.

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:22.280
 That is,

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:22.860
 if you

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.340
 look carefully,

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.800
 it looks

00:29:23.800 --> 00:29:24.040
 good,

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.420
 it looks

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.720
 back,

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:26.000
 and yet,

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.660
 it's gone.

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:27.780
 Right?

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.580
 It's so true of

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:28.820
 life,

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.000
 right?

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.040
 The king

00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.700
 leads to the

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:31.920
 kingdom.

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.680
 You know,

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.880
 if you have a

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.620
 sinful spouse,

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.140
 you're going to

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.820
 have problems in

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:37.320
 your marriage.

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.780
 If you have a

00:29:38.780 --> 00:29:40.180
 boss and

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.680
 colleagues who

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.220
 fall short,

00:29:41.280 --> 00:29:41.560
 you have a

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.100
 job that falls

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.400
 short.

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.259
 And we

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.660
 often don't

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.060
 get it.

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.400
 We keep

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.880
 changing.

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.540
 I had this

00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:47.920
 friend of

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.200
 mine,

00:29:48.280 --> 00:29:48.480
 like,

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.440
 a few years

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.700
 ago.

00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.340
 Every time I

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:50.640
 met him,

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:50.920
 he had a

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.460
 different job.

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:52.540
 That was in

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:52.960
 the time that

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.540
 the job market

00:29:53.540 --> 00:29:53.980
 was better.

00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:55.620
 But yeah,

00:29:55.780 --> 00:29:56.040
 why?

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.280
 Well,

00:29:56.300 --> 00:29:57.120
 my boss is a

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.500
 jerk,

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.440
 next job.

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.620
 Oh,

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.080
 my colleagues

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.620
 are annoying,

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.580
 next job.

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.040
 But the

00:30:01.040 --> 00:30:02.000
 customers are so

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.780
 frustrating.

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.140
 Right?

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:05.220
 He was never

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.600
 happy,

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.240
 and he kept on

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.640
 changing.

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:07.160
 He kept

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.640
 looking for

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.140
 the perfect

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.540
 job,

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.180
 and he

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.800
 never got

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.000
 it,

00:30:10.080 --> 00:30:10.600
 because,

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.100
 yeah,

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.100
 people are

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.520
 sinful,

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.220
 and therefore

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.180
 you will have

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.500
 a bad

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.180
 experience,

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.440
 right?

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.560
 People fleeing

00:30:17.560 --> 00:30:18.220
 the country,

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.860
 so many people

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.500
 fleeing or

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.640
 emigrating because

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.680
 hopefully it's

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.280
 better somewhere

00:30:23.280 --> 00:30:23.700
 else.

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.640
 Sometimes that's

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.200
 really true.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.560
 If you want to

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:27.200
 escape the war

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.720
 in Ukraine,

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.240
 that's a really

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.759
 good thing to

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:28.940
 do.

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.940
 And yet,

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.780
 nowhere is

00:30:31.780 --> 00:30:32.140
 perfect,

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.380
 right?

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.300
 Wherever you

00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:33.800
 move to,

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.440
 the people are

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.780
 sinners,

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:36.340
 the people in

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.720
 charge,

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.779
 they don't

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.339
 follow God,

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.240
 it will never

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.879
 be perfect.

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.619
 And so wherever

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.139
 you look for

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.500
 your hope,

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.059
 it's not going

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.419
 to work.

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.240
 And those of

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.699
 reality,

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:46.679
 I don't know

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.039
 what you're

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.500
 going to face

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.899
 tomorrow,

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.399
 but I can

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:49.759
 tell you it's

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.039
 going to be

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.559
 disappointing,

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.439
 right?

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.959
 People will

00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:52.639
 sin against you

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:52.980
 and you will

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.379
 have a bad

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.980
 experience.

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:55.220
 That's life

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.879
 in this world,

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:56.919
 right?

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.319
 Because,

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.419
 yeah,

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.039
 just like the

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.419
 king and the

00:30:59.419 --> 00:30:59.859
 kingdom are

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.059
 linked,

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:01.599
 people lead

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.259
 to your

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.759
 experience.

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.500
 Some days are

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.899
 better than

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.199
 others,

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.799
 but it's never

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.419
 perfect.

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.699
 And I'm not

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.179
 even talking

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.599
 about your

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.059
 own sin,

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.259
 right?

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.819
 This is about

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.379
 the people we

00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:09.819
 hope in,

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.339
 the people we

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.720
 look to.

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.720
 I mean,

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.359
 so much of

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.839
 problems in

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.220
 my life,

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.199
 I'm part of

00:31:14.199 --> 00:31:14.579
 the problem,

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:14.839
 right?

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.179
 But we're not

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.819
 talking about

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.079
 that.

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.639
 And,

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:18.980
 you know,

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.759
 it gets even

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.159
 worse.

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.379
 Because the

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.039
 kingdom is not

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.779
 just broken.

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.959
 In a way,

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.599
 having in chapter

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.319
 20 another

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.159
 rebellion isn't

00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:27.579
 that good.

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.699
 But especially

00:31:29.699 --> 00:31:30.619
 that cry of

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.519
 Sheba in verse

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.839
 1,

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.139
 right?

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:34.120
 we have no

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.800
 portion in

00:31:34.800 --> 00:31:35.100
 David.

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:35.759
 We have no

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.500
 inheritance in

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.920
 the son of

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.300
 Jesse.

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.520
 Every man to

00:31:38.520 --> 00:31:38.880
 his ten

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.480
 so Israel.

00:31:40.520 --> 00:31:41.200
 Does it sound

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.860
 familiar to

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.140
 anyone?

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.100
 Probably not.

00:31:47.520 --> 00:31:47.980
 Well,

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.340
 come with me to

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.720
 1 Kings chapter

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.259
 12.

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:52.920
 I mean,

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.400
 what happens

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.600
 in,

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.640
 what happens

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.280
 to David,

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.200
 after David

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.880
 came Solomon,

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.540
 he had this

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:59.500
 glorious kingdom,

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.100
 although he

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.480
 then turned

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.120
 away from the

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.400
 Lord.

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.440
 And then we

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:02.800
 had,

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.400
 what's it,

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.060
 but after him

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.820
 came Rehoboam.

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.620
 And God had

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:08.240
 said under him

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.600
 the kingdom

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.120
 would split.

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.420
 And Rehoboam,

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.960
 he was a bit

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.420
 of an idiot,

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.120
 right?

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.600
 So the people

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.200
 came to him

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.480
 that, hey,

00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:14.040
 we had it a bit

00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:14.520
 tough under

00:32:14.520 --> 00:32:14.860
 Solomon,

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:16.420
 can you make

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.900
 it lighter?

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.680
 And he asked

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.360
 for advice,

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:20.240
 and his friend

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.720
 said to him,

00:32:20.780 --> 00:32:21.060
 oh, just

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.460
 tough them.

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.600
 And so that's

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.060
 what he said,

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.280
 right?

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:23.720
 Well, you think

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.440
 my father's tough,

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.880
 I'm going to be

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.420
 even tougher.

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:28.060
 What did they

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.300
 say?

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.040
 1 Kings chapter

00:32:29.040 --> 00:32:30.280
 12, verse 16.

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.300
 And when all

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:34.240
 Israel saw that

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.780
 the king did

00:32:34.780 --> 00:32:35.340
 not listen to

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:35.720
 them, the

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.460
 people answered

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.920
 the king,

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:38.240
 what portion

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.720
 do we have

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.220
 in David?

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.560
 We have no

00:32:40.560 --> 00:32:41.520
 inheritance in

00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:42.020
 the son of

00:32:42.020 --> 00:32:42.400
 Jesse.

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.460
 To your

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.000
 ten, so

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.420
 Israel.

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.580
 Look to your

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:45.920
 own house,

00:32:46.020 --> 00:32:46.240
 David.

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.300
 It's pretty

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:47.840
 much exactly

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.320
 the same

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:48.920
 thing as

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.740
 begging to

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.060
 Samuel.

00:32:50.520 --> 00:32:51.120
 Exactly the

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.680
 same words.

00:32:52.780 --> 00:32:54.060
 And even

00:32:54.060 --> 00:32:54.500
 more, what

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.180
 does Rehoboam

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.480
 do?

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.280
 He's not a

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.680
 very good

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.379
 diplomat, right?

00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:00.099
 Verse 18.

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.059
 Then King

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.819
 Rehoboam

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.200
 sent Adoram,

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.619
 who was

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.259
 taskmaster

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.720
 over the

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.379
 forced labor,

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.639
 and all

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:06.960
 Israel

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.500
 stoned him

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.859
 to death

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.379
 with stones.

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.399
 It's not

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:09.799
 really good,

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:09.980
 right?

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.480
 If people

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.059
 are complaining

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.899
 that you're

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.299
 too tough,

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:12.779
 don't send

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.139
 a chief

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.779
 slave driver.

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.200
 But basically,

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:15.779
 yeah.

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.899
 But the

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.539
 same Adoram.

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.200
 Which is

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.619
 interesting,

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:20.819
 right?

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.960
 So back

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.720
 into Samuel,

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:24.099
 it's like we

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.839
 have a cameo.

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.599
 We have a

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.480
 little foreshadowing,

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.480
 right?

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:30.059
 What happens in

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.699
 chapter 12,

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.759
 this big event,

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.859
 the split of the

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.179
 kingdom,

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.139
 how the kingdom

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:34.859
 fell apart,

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:36.579
 we get that

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.939
 kind of

00:33:36.939 --> 00:33:37.720
 foreshadowed.

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.220
 We get a

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.419
 cameo into

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:39.819
 Samuel.

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.519
 Marvel movies,

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.399
 you often have

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.039
 foreshadowing,

00:33:43.179 --> 00:33:43.599
 you often have

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.179
 cameos,

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:46.079
 because people

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.699
 expect you to

00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:47.139
 see all the

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.419
 movies.

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.559
 And that's

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.339
 kind of here.

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.459
 And you may

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:51.199
 think, oh man,

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.860
 this is quite

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.559
 complicated.

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.819
 Just to say,

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.480
 the only thing I

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.080
 do for this is

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.580
 just read my

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:56.920
 Bible,

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.299
 right?

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.080
 If you read

00:33:58.080 --> 00:33:58.480
 the Bible

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.299
 every year,

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.700
 every two

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.100
 years,

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.759
 and you

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:00.960
 kind of

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.519
 remember what

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.940
 it says,

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.680
 the writer

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.220
 wants you to

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.620
 pick up on

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.059
 these things.

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.440
 It has nothing

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.860
 to do with

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.500
 knowing Hebrew

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.279
 or seminary.

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.400
 You know,

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.500
 if you notice

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.840
 a verse,

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.320
 hey, this is

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.960
 very similar

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.940
 to that verse,

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.659
 go back and

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.240
 check it.

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.059
 But that's

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.340
 what the

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.880
 writer wants

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.400
 you to see.

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.480
 Man,

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.880
 the kingdom,

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:17.960
 you know,

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.800
 the doom of

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.199
 the kingdom

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:20.099
 is foreshadowed

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.340
 here.

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.099
 And so we

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.699
 have not just

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.119
 a broken

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.419
 kingdom,

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.879
 we have a

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:24.539
 doomed kingdom.

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.039
 A doomed

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.399
 kingdom.

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.679
 Right?

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.179
 The readers

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.000
 know David's

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.599
 kingdom didn't

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.879
 last.

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.319
 But where

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.819
 did it go

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.099
 wrong?

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.559
 You know,

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.000
 we've read

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.839
 through kings.

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:34.639
 Was it

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.559
 Manasseh and

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.439
 his idolatry?

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.259
 Was it

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:38.079
 Ahaz and

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.719
 his politics?

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:39.779
 Was it

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.480
 Solomon and

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.000
 his 700

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.500
 wives?

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.839
 Well, the

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.419
 writer is

00:34:43.419 --> 00:34:43.899
 hinting,

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.359
 actually,

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.859
 already under

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.239
 David.

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.379
 Under David,

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.399
 it was basically

00:34:49.399 --> 00:34:50.000
 already doomed.

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.039
 And there's

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.800
 some truth

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:53.059
 that, you

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.239
 know,

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.980
 there's great

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.539
 kings and

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.119
 bad kings,

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.900
 and David

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.360
 was pretty

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:59.000
 good, and

00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:00.019
 in the rest

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.380
 of kings,

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.860
 he's always

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.380
 the standard.

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:01.900
 All the

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.340
 other kings,

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.780
 well, they're

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.440
 as good as

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.039
 David, or

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.480
 not as good

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.900
 as David,

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.780
 or nowhere

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.440
 like David,

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.900
 and God

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.539
 was gracious.

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.320
 You know,

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.239
 400 years,

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.679
 the kingdom

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.300
 went on and

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.800
 on and on.

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.219
 God was

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.679
 merciful,

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.039
 yet the writer

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.400
 is saying,

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.980
 already under

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.320
 David,

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.860
 it was doomed.

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.500
 Already under

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.380
 David, not

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.900
 Manasseh,

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.679
 not Ahaz,

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.639
 not Solomon,

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.079
 as soon as

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.980
 David sinned,

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.760
 it was basically

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.039
 done.

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.239
 Because,

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.099
 ultimately,

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.280
 sin brings

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.920
 judgment.

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.280
 Right?

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.059
 We've seen how

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.900
 awful sin is,

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.820
 and as soon as

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:37.199
 sin comes in,

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.719
 it's doomed.

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.400
 Like we had

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.880
 with COVID,

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.199
 right?

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.940
 As soon as

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.400
 there was one

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.219
 Omicron case

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.300
 in a place,

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.920
 you know,

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.860
 everyone's going

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.239
 to get it.

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.239
 And that's

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.699
 basically the

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.239
 message here.

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.840
 It's doomed.

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.660
 Even the best

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:49.340
 human kingdoms,

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.320
 the best

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:51.000
 institutions,

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.720
 the best

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.059
 marriages,

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.420
 the best

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.720
 jobs,

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.220
 they can run

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.600
 on a bit,

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:53.960
 some better

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.440
 than others.

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.440
 Everything in

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.900
 the ultimately

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.380
 is doomed.

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.700
 Right?

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.440
 Where there's

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.680
 sin,

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.680
 God wants a

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.280
 perfect world.

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.000
 Everything that's

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.640
 less than perfect

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:05.820
 will go one

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:05.980
 day.

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.460
 It's doomed.

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:09.280
 So that is where

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.059
 we're ending,

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.320
 right?

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:11.140
 The Bible warns

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.720
 you everything's

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.059
 broken.

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.059
 Everywhere there's

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.780
 sin and everything

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.400
 is doomed.

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.940
 It's so depressing,

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.260
 right?

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.520
 We thought there

00:36:17.520 --> 00:36:18.100
 would be a happy

00:36:18.100 --> 00:36:19.260
 ending here in

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.680
 2 Samuel.

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.060
 Actually,

00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:20.540
 there isn't.

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:21.560
 Actually,

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.140
 David,

00:36:22.540 --> 00:36:23.340
 once he sinned,

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.640
 it was over.

00:36:26.040 --> 00:36:27.400
 Now we need

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.620
 a better king,

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:28.980
 right?

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.100
 We need to go

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.560
 back to this

00:36:30.560 --> 00:36:30.860
 spectrum.

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.440
 We don't need

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.020
 someone who is

00:36:32.020 --> 00:36:32.760
 further along that

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.340
 little spectrum

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.900
 on the left.

00:36:34.560 --> 00:36:35.300
 We need someone

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.820
 on the right.

00:36:37.040 --> 00:36:38.080
 We need a king

00:36:38.080 --> 00:36:39.200
 who is not just

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:41.020
 less sinful.

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.940
 We need someone

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.840
 who is perfect.

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:45.700
 If he is perfect,

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.800
 if he never sins,

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.340
 there will never

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.900
 be judgment.

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.380
 He can bring the

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.000
 perfect kingdom

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.760
 that we all need

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.960
 that lasts forever.

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.720
 And it's no

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.500
 surprise that

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.400
 that's Jesus,

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.660
 right?

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.180
 That is the king

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.920
 we need because

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:59.220
 everything else

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.900
 will fail.

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.700
 Everything else

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.820
 will not work.

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.760
 He's the only one

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:03.420
 who can save,

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.460
 the only one

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.860
 who can bring

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.240
 the kingdom.

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.700
 So the right

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.160
 response,

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.360
 yeah,

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.220
 is to turn

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:10.260
 from him,

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.120
 to turn to him,

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:11.300
 right?

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:12.180
 To turn away

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.679
 from the things

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.079
 in the world

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.619
 that we know

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.079
 are not going

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.480
 to work,

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.239
 that we know

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.679
 we're not going

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.319
 to satisfy,

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.819
 and turn to him.

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.759
 That's what we're

00:37:18.759 --> 00:37:19.119
 going to do

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.619
 in a moment

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.500
 with the baptisms,

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.779
 right?

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:22.219
 All these people,

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:24.460
 people who saw

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.139
 that there was

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.919
 no hope in the world

00:37:25.919 --> 00:37:26.440
 and so they've

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.119
 turned to Jesus

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.359
 and found life

00:37:28.359 --> 00:37:28.719
 in him.

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.059
 But not just

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:32.019
 one day,

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.419
 no,

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.539
 every day of our lives.

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:34.779
 Right?

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:37.219
 We need Jesus

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:38.079
 so much

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:39.259
 because there's

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.839
 no other hope

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.259
 in the world.

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:41.800
 well,

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.940
 let's pray

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:44.560
 and sing.

00:37:54.100 --> 00:37:54.780
 Our Father,

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.480
 thank you for

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.460
 this reality check.

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.080
 Father,

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:58.440
 there are many

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.320
 good things in the world

00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:00.940
 and yet nothing's

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.360
 perfect.

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.960
 So much of life,

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:04.960
 there's frustrations,

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:05.960
 there's disappointments

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:09.659
 because ultimately

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.340
 this is a world

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.059
 where people sin,

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.340
 where we sin,

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.619
 where things go wrong.

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.079
 Father,

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:16.340
 would we see that?

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.659
 Would we not chase

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.460
 after other things,

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.240
 think that we can find

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:20.159
 just something better here?

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.500
 Would we see that

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.579
 it's only Jesus

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:24.019
 who can make things right,

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:25.420
 only Jesus who's perfect,

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.920
 only Jesus who obeyed you

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.460
 perfectly on the cross

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.940
 when he died for our sins,

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.519
 only Jesus who can bring

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.240
 us back to you?

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:33.299
 Lord,

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:34.339
 would we look to him?

00:38:35.459 --> 00:38:35.719
 Lord,

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:37.559
 give us faith,

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.899
 whoever we are here,

00:38:38.979 --> 00:38:39.699
 wherever we're at,

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:42.119
 bring us to Jesus.

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.359
 In his name we pray.

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.500
 Amen.