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 So chapter 10, verse 32.

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 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies in their nations,

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 and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

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 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

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 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

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 And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.

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 And they had brick for stone and bitumen for mortar.

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 Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens,

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 and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.

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 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of man had built.

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 And the Lord said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language,

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 and this is only the beginning of what they will do.

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 And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

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 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so they may not understand one another's speech.

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 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

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 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth.

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 And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 Please pray with me as we come to God's Word.

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 Lord God, you are the blessed.

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 God, help us to believe that, that in you is deep joy and fulfillment,

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 that you have this in yourself, and that you are the fountain of all blessing.

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 Father, I pray that our time in your Word would help us see you as you really are.

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 Lord, expose our sin, and I pray that because I know that when you do that, you only do it to bless us.

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 So please make us ready to see our own hearts.

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 In Jesus' name I pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, our passage today covers what's called the Table of Nations, chapter 10, genealogy.

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 And then we've got this little story about a city and a tower.

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 And the phrase, the whole earth, is repeated five times in that story.

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 So what I'm getting at is our passage today is about the whole earth is in view.

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 We've got all the families of the world in view.

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 And then from chapter 12, next week onwards, we're going to zoom.

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 The rest of the scripture, or Old Testament, zooms right in on one family.

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 Now, why should you and I care about this very ancient attempt to build a city and a tower?

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 I've seen a yawn already.

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 Like, why should we care?

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 I'm going to give you two reasons.

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 There's probably way more than this, but I can see two very big reasons.

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 Just consider its placement in Genesis, what we've seen so far.

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 So blessing.

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 Blessing and curse is what the theme of Genesis is about.

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 Blessing is about deep fulfillment in life.

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 That's what the word captures, deep fulfillment.

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 Who doesn't want that?

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 Now, how big a problem does humanity have in attaining deep fulfillment, blessing?

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 How big is our problem?

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 Imagine if our problem as humanity is so big that God has to wipe the slate clean

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 and start again with one righteous man, a totally new beginning.

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 Isn't that what we saw with Noah last week?

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 He wipes the slate completely clean.

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 It's a view of the problem we have that goes way beyond the solutions we hear all the time.

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 Education is going to help us find fulfillment.

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 If only the economy.

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 We controlled that.

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 Being more inclusive as a society.

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 We need more rules.

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 We need less rules.

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 We need more religious activity.

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 We need less.

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 We need global cooperation.

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 We need research.

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 We need technology.

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 But none of that even comes close.

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 If the flood really is true, you need to wipe the slate clean.

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 Those solutions, oh, they're not going to work.

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 But we can go a step further here with Babel.

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 How deep must our problem be if even after this total fresh start,

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 the human race goes right back to the same problem?

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 Sin and curse and death.

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 Human race just goes straight back to it.

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 Not even the flood fixed it.

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 The placement of Babel after the flood should make us desperate to hear what God's plan is to bless the world.

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 It should make us really question any human ideas of how to bless the world.

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 So that's the first reason we need to understand Babel.

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 I'm going to give you a second one.

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 Is if we understand the story arc of the whole of the Bible.

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 If someone asked you what's the Bible about,

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 one legitimate,

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 I think there's a few different angles you could answer that question from.

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 One legitimate theme you could trace is the story of two cities.

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 The city of man versus the city of God.

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 The name Babel here,

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 every other time in the Old Testament,

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 except for chapter 10 and 11,

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 ESV translates it Babylon.

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 What do we see in Revelation?

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 What comes just before that new heaven,

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 a new earth,

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 and the new Jerusalem coming down,

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 that garden city?

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 What happens just before then?

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 Chapter 18 of Revelation.

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 Babylon is finally destroyed.

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 But there's two responses to that.

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 Some people are weeping.

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 They are weeping because all their wealth,

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 all their hopes,

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 all their home is gone.

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 They're weeping.

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 But then the citizens of the heaven,

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 they're rejoicing.

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 When Jesus calls us to carry our cross,

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 he's saying,

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 we're to die to the world.

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 We're to let the world consider us nothing.

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 He's saying,

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 come to me.

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 Come outside the city.

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 Follow me.

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 Or Hebrews 11.

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 Who doesn't find Hebrews 11 encouraging?

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 Like this great cloud of witnesses of faith in God.

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 That chapter is saying,

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 what's faith about?

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 All these people from Abraham,

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 or early in Abraham,

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 Abel onwards,

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 they had opportunity to find their home here

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 in the city of man,

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 to find prosperity and security here.

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 But they didn't.

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 They wanted a better city.

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 The whole Bible,

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 faith in Jesus,

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 is about coming out of the city of man,

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 putting your hope in the city of God.

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 So there's a second reason

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 we really need to understand Babel.

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 Not even the flood.

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 It shows us how desperate our condition is.

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 And the whole point of the Bible

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 is to show us the city of man

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 versus the city of God.

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 Okay.

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 So let's,

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 hopefully that's enough.

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 If that's not enough,

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 I'm not sure what else I can say

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 to encourage you to come with me

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 into chapter 10 and 11.

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 What's chapter 10,

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 the table of nations, about?

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 I'm going to suggest

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 three primary things we see here.

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 The first thing is,

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 don't miss,

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 like we didn't read it,

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 but if you were to skim it

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 or read it in,

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 we read it in a small group,

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 don't miss the forest

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 through the trees,

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 or for the trees.

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 Families is repeated here.

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 All the tribes,

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 all the languages,

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 all the nations,

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 lots and lots of families,

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 but they all have their origins

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 in three sons of Noah.

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 So remember the big picture.

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 Chapter 10 is saying

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 the whole world is one family.

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 Now that's a radical claim.

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 It means if you have prejudice

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 against another ethnicity,

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 if you have pride in your own culture,

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 listen to chapter 10.

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 Do you see humanity

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 as one family?

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 Because there's been many regimes

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 through history as we know

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 who treat one people group

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 as subhuman.

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 And the Tower of Babel

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 chronologically comes

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 before chapter 10.

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 Babel explains the diversity.

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 I think the purpose of that,

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 you're going to have to,

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 someone tell me another answer,

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 but the answer I can come up with,

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 why would Moses arrange it like that?

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 I think it's so that

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 when we get to Babel,

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 the mindset we see at Babel

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 is the whole world.

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 The whole world has this mindset.

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 It's going to look very different

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 in each culture,

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 but it's the same

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 fundamental issue.

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 So we see one family

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 with one mindset at Babel.

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 We see this family

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 in chapter 10

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 is hopelessly

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 divided.

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 Have you tried to speak to someone

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 where you just,

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 you have,

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 you can't speak their language,

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 they can't speak yours.

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 it's really hard

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 to relate, isn't it?

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 Even if you want to,

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 it is so hard

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 to relate.

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 Body language,

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 cultural assumptions,

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 you can cause offence

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 and not mean to.

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 Like, it's so hard

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 to be unified.

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 And we're afraid.

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 Someone different to us,

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 we're afraid.

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 And the nations

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 described here,

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 they go to war

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 against each other.

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 The picture we get

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 in chapter 10

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 is humanity

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 is deeply

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 divided.

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 So Babel

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 explains why

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 that is the case

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 today.

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 The third thing

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 we see in chapter 10,

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 so one family

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 hopelessly divided.

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 The third thing

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 we see

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 is

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 Genesis is tracing

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 blessing

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 and curse.

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 So Noah's blessing

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 and curse

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 of his three sons

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 in chapter 9

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 who do we see

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 are the families

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 of Ham.

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 It's not good news.

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 Canaan,

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 which become

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 the promised land

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 of Israel.

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 And we get,

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 we focus in

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 on one individual

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 which should make

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 us sit up.

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 We're in a genealogy

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 here.

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 The focus is on

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 nations and people

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 groups and then

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 this one individual

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 was focused

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 on Nimrod.

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 God.

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 Now my small group

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 have bribed me

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 with chocolate

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 to say he's

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 Alpha Chad.

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 I have no idea

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 what I just said.

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 I'm hoping

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 it's appropriate

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 that

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 I'm pretty sure

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 I know what it means.

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 It means he's

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 the Alpha.

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 He's the Alpha

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 male.

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 He's the Alpha

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 male.

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 He's a mighty

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 hunter

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 before the Lord.

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 Mighty

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 is repeated.

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 He's mighty.

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 Now in context

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 it's probably

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 more likely

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 saying he's

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 mighty

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 facing

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 the Lord.

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 He is in

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 opposition

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 to the Lord.

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 His rule

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 seems to be

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 might

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 equals

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 right.

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 Power

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 is what

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 matters.

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 Power

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 will bring

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 blessing.

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 Power

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 sets the

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 agenda.

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 Power

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 sets the

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 values

00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:15.759
 in society.

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 This is

00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:17.540
 Nimrod.

00:14:17.680 --> 00:14:18.379
 He creates

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 the first

00:14:18.920 --> 00:14:19.340
 kingdom

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:20.400
 at Babel.

00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:22.060
 Babylon.

00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.800
 He builds

00:14:24.800 --> 00:14:25.860
 Nineveh

00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:27.720
 if we

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:27.920
 know

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 Old

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 Testaments

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 this is

00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.240
 not

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:29.540
 sounding

00:14:29.540 --> 00:14:29.840
 good.

00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:31.940
 Egypt

00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:33.480
 the

00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:34.280
 Philistines

00:14:34.280 --> 00:14:39.180
 comes

00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:39.780
 from Nimrod.

00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:40.620
 A warning

00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.139
 is here.

00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:42.580
 The

00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.200
 prosperity,

00:14:43.420 --> 00:14:43.840
 the power,

00:14:43.920 --> 00:14:44.500
 the greatness

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.720
 they're coming

00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.379
 from Nimrod

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:48.600
 for all

00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.240
 their strength.

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 Don't be

00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.360
 lured to it

00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:52.960
 because they're

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.680
 under God's

00:14:53.680 --> 00:14:54.160
 curse.

00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:56.960
 blessing.

00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:59.780
 So we

00:14:59.780 --> 00:15:00.660
 trace curse

00:15:00.660 --> 00:15:01.040
 and we

00:15:01.040 --> 00:15:01.639
 also trace

00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.180
 blessing.

00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:03.480
 If blessing

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:03.879
 is going to

00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.360
 come to

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.940
 the world,

00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:07.040
 it's got to

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 come through

00:15:07.900 --> 00:15:09.700
 God's

00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:10.920
 chosen

00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:11.560
 family.

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 Not because

00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:13.440
 of any

00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:13.879
 good in

00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.139
 them,

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 but because

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 he chooses

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 them.

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 So we

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 follow

00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.400
 Shem.

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 we come

00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:20.860
 to

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 Eber,

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 which

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 apparently

00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:23.259
 is where

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 Hebrew

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 comes

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 from.

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 The name

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 of

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 Hebrews,

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 Eber,

00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:28.740
 Hebrews,

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 and Peleg.

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 It's in

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 his day

00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.259
 that the

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 Babel

00:15:33.699 --> 00:15:34.360
 separation

00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.740
 happened.

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 This is

00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.579
 the line

00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:37.159
 of promise.

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 This is

00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:37.759
 where

00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.259
 blessing is

00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:38.459
 going to

00:15:38.459 --> 00:15:38.860
 come from.

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 So we've

00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.579
 got one

00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:42.019
 family

00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:44.600
 in chapter

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:44.939
 10,

00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:46.059
 but hopelessly

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.539
 divided

00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:47.500
 and in

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 conflict.

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.019
 And we've

00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:50.860
 got Nimrod's

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.500
 rebellion.

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.220
 Don't be

00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.019
 fooled by it.

00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:54.919
 Yes,

00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.579
 there's power.

00:15:55.819 --> 00:15:56.019
 Yes,

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.360
 there's

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:56.699
 blessing,

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.740
 not blessing,

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 but yes,

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:58.779
 there's

00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.980
 prosperity in

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 Nimrod's

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:00.659
 kingdom,

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:01.659
 but it's

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.480
 under curse.

00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:09.860
 All right,

00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.699
 let's go to

00:16:10.699 --> 00:16:11.159
 the Tower of

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.419
 Babel.

00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:16.340
 what's

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:17.860
 the big

00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.139
 deal?

00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:20.100
 What's

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:20.379
 the big

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:20.939
 deal about

00:16:20.939 --> 00:16:22.220
 building a

00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:22.659
 tower?

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.460
 Like,

00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:26.179
 Cain

00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:26.840
 murdering

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.559
 his brother.

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.360
 Okay,

00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.000
 that's

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.360
 clearly

00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:32.159
 immoral.

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.939
 Lamech

00:16:33.939 --> 00:16:34.579
 murdering

00:16:34.579 --> 00:16:35.220
 a youth.

00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:37.579
 Okay,

00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.240
 that's

00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:38.840
 pretty awful.

00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.579
 Mankind

00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:41.399
 before the

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:41.759
 flood is

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.399
 full of

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:42.840
 violence.

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.399
 We see

00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:43.600
 the

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.159
 immorality.

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.139
 But here

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:46.460
 we've got a

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:46.939
 story about

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.779
 new technology,

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.620
 bricks and

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:48.899
 a new

00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:49.319
 kind of

00:16:49.319 --> 00:16:49.639
 mortar.

00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:52.299
 We see

00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:52.759
 human

00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.659
 cooperation,

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.379
 unity,

00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:55.740
 to do

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:55.960
 something

00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.340
 great

00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:56.740
 together.

00:16:57.939 --> 00:16:58.759
 We see

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.319
 the desire

00:16:59.319 --> 00:17:00.019
 to remain

00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:00.559
 together,

00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.220
 socially

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.819
 stronger,

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.679
 an identity

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.299
 together.

00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:03.359
 together.

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.200
 We see

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:06.720
 even a

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.180
 desire to

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:08.200
 connect to

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.680
 the heavens.

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.180
 What's

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:12.319
 wrong with

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.799
 any of

00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:13.440
 these things?

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:15.079
 I think

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:15.379
 it's a

00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:16.039
 really clever

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.519
 story.

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.819
 I was

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.599
 really worried

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.180
 about preaching

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.579
 this because

00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:20.879
 I'm just

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.059
 like,

00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:21.819
 I can't

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.240
 see what's

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:23.960
 wrong at

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.319
 first.

00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.579
 I think

00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.019
 it's like

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.319
 Jesus'

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.039
 parables.

00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:28.480
 They seem

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:29.139
 so innocent,

00:17:29.379 --> 00:17:30.220
 but you

00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.839
 reflect on

00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.240
 it for a

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.680
 bit more,

00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.139
 it gets

00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:33.559
 under your

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:33.900
 skin.

00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.240
 It

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.259
 subverts any

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:37.139
 assumptions you

00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:37.839
 have about

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.339
 what sin

00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:38.559
 is.

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:42.839
 If we

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.460
 see the

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.960
 depths of

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.379
 sin at

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:44.779
 Babel,

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.500
 I think

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:46.919
 we'll see

00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:47.440
 it everywhere.

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.619
 We'll see

00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.039
 it in every

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.379
 culture,

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:49.899
 we'll see

00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:50.259
 it in our

00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.879
 own society,

00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:52.079
 you'll start

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.559
 to see it

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:52.859
 in your

00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.579
 own heart

00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:54.159
 motives,

00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:55.559
 you'll see

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.139
 it even

00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:57.379
 sadly in

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:57.919
 the church,

00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.240
 you'll see

00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.599
 it, dare

00:17:59.599 --> 00:17:59.960
 I say,

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.639
 in evangelical

00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:01.299
 reformed

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.720
 churches

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.579
 sometimes.

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.299
 You'll see

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.659
 it, if we

00:18:05.659 --> 00:18:06.119
 see it at

00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:06.679
 Babel.

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:12.539
 So they're

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.000
 afraid,

00:18:13.159 --> 00:18:13.720
 they're afraid

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.339
 of being

00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:16.839
 nobody

00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.460
 important,

00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:17.940
 they're going

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.159
 to be

00:18:18.159 --> 00:18:18.539
 socially

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.059
 weak,

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:21.539
 spread out,

00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.299
 and so

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.919
 they decide

00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:24.279
 let's

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.940
 congregate,

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.539
 this is a

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.099
 congregation.

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.579
 The commentator

00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.000
 used that

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.359
 term, I

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.720
 thought that

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.139
 was great,

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.019
 this is a

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.839
 congregation,

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.700
 but it's a

00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.240
 congregation,

00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:36.500
 I can't even

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.740
 say the

00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:36.839
 word,

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:38.179
 in rebellion

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:40.000
 of God's

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.360
 plan.

00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:42.720
 God

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.160
 blessed

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.539
 Noah,

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.400
 9 verse

00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:44.779
 1,

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:47.380
 God blessed

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:47.980
 Noah and

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.680
 his sons and

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.019
 said to

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.160
 them,

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.100
 be fruitful

00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:51.019
 and multiply

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:52.039
 and fill

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.740
 the earth.

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.940
 And led

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.640
 by Nimrod,

00:18:57.080 --> 00:18:57.259
 no,

00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.799
 we're going

00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.080
 to stay

00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.440
 here.

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.560
 Let's

00:19:03.560 --> 00:19:03.759
 stick

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.140
 together.

00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:06.720
 God's

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.200
 goal at

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.880
 creation of

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.640
 filling the

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.160
 earth with

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.660
 his people

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.300
 to glorify

00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:10.580
 him,

00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.380
 it's

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:12.020
 unchanged,

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:12.980
 but this

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.420
 group

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:15.520
 don't want

00:19:15.520 --> 00:19:15.720
 that.

00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.840
 They want

00:19:17.840 --> 00:19:18.160
 to stay

00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.780
 a homogenous

00:19:18.780 --> 00:19:19.320
 group.

00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:21.880
 God wants

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:23.040
 diversity.

00:19:26.040 --> 00:19:26.960
 And their

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:28.759
 goal is to

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.560
 make a name

00:19:29.560 --> 00:19:30.700
 for themselves.

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:38.080
 God is

00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:38.360
 going to

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:39.120
 graciously

00:19:39.120 --> 00:19:39.799
 bless

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.740
 Shem.

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.360
 Babylon

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:45.819
 will make

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.259
 a Shem

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.420
 and bless

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:49.240
 myself,

00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:50.000
 ourselves.

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:52.100
 I want to

00:19:52.100 --> 00:19:52.440
 know I'm

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.940
 valuable.

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.539
 I want to

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.019
 know I'm

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.519
 worthwhile.

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.440
 I'm not this

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:57.400
 nameless cog in

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:57.880
 the wheel,

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.360
 a number.

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.240
 I'm distinct.

00:19:59.359 --> 00:19:59.779
 I've got a

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.299
 purpose.

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:03.400
 We are

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:04.019
 somebody.

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.579
 The city

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.160
 of man,

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.839
 this city

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.539
 is proud.

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.180
 It's

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.720
 thinking that

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.480
 by what

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.059
 they can

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.460
 do,

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.799
 they can

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:17.000
 give their

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.819
 own purpose,

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.480
 value,

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.160
 lasting

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.940
 significance.

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.079
 Let us

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.720
 make.

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.799
 They think

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.180
 they can

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.579
 do it.

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.740
 Their goal

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.140
 is for

00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:30.559
 their

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.519
 identity,

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.220
 their

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.799
 importance.

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.859
 It's

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.279
 pride.

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.099
 But doesn't

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.640
 that pride

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.200
 show us

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.880
 how insecure

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.519
 they are?

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.180
 They don't

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.519
 know who

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:45.900
 they are.

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.339
 They need

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:50.759
 to make

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.180
 a name.

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.740
 They need

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.259
 to find

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.960
 their importance,

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.980
 create their

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.480
 importance.

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.180
 It actually

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.839
 shows how

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.740
 insecure they

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.000
 are.

00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.039
 They're

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.519
 afraid.

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.599
 So that

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.099
 pride

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:07.120
 actually

00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:07.799
 shows

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.880
 a really

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.359
 deep

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.079
 insecurity.

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.179
 beauty.

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.639
 Now, I

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:14.980
 think in

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.240
 another

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.699
 culture,

00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:16.759
 this is

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:16.980
 going to

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.179
 look

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:18.279
 different

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:21.019
 to us

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.359
 here,

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.159
 what it

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:22.579
 looks like,

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.199
 what might

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.579
 look like

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:23.779
 today.

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.019
 I'm going

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.359
 to give a

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:24.539
 few

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.059
 suggestions.

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.059
 In

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.319
 another

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:26.659
 culture,

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.079
 it probably

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.379
 matters

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:28.659
 more whose

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.579
 family you

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.279
 belong to.

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.439
 Are you

00:21:33.439 --> 00:21:33.740
 bringing

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.439
 honour to

00:21:34.439 --> 00:21:35.059
 that family

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:36.240
 or shame?

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.900
 it's

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.099
 going to

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.240
 look

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.519
 different

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:37.680
 in

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:37.880
 different

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.299
 cultures.

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.220
 I

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.400
 think

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:39.779
 others

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.200
 pin

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.660
 their

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.500
 identity

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:41.779
 and

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:41.960
 their

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.339
 value

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.859
 in

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.900
 patriotism,

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.160
 nationalism.

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.579
 I'm not

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.400
 quite sure

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.900
 that's our

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:49.240
 problem here

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.740
 in Australia.

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.420
 We're too

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.960
 individualistic,

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.380
 aren't we?

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.839
 In the

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.500
 West here,

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.519
 we're about

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:58.079
 individual

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.779
 achievement,

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.299
 aren't we?

00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:01.180
 we want

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.799
 our name

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.899
 high up

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.279
 on that

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.779
 research

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.159
 paper

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.519
 that's

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.720
 being

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.180
 published,

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.339
 even if

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.720
 you did

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.579
 very little

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.000
 work.

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:11.200
 From what

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.659
 I hear

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.460
 in uni

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.399
 research

00:22:13.399 --> 00:22:13.819
 land,

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.039
 it's

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.379
 pretty

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:14.779
 ruthless.

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:19.779
 People

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.139
 give,

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.700
 everyone

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:21.899
 and I

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.319
 go into,

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.319
 I like

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.099
 the Australian

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.819
 orchestra,

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.159
 I can't

00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:26.779
 even remember

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.099
 the name

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.339
 of it,

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:27.940
 but

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:32.240
 you get

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.980
 this list

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.580
 of people,

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.220
 patrons,

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.240
 people give

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.519
 enormous amounts

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.960
 of money,

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.660
 I think,

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.180
 just to have

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.680
 their name

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:39.960
 there.

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.580
 Obviously,

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.059
 they must

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.860
 love the

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.420
 orchestra to

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.840
 some degree,

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.980
 but people

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.279
 are willing

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.640
 to give

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.740
 amazing amounts

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.160
 of money

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.420
 for their

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:48.759
 name,

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.140
 or to be

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.380
 on a

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:50.840
 building or

00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.080
 something.

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.080
 We want

00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:53.580
 to know

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.680
 that lots

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.160
 of people

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:56.360
 socially care

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.820
 about us,

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.140
 that they're

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.880
 relying on

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.040
 us,

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.320
 that they

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:58.740
 think we're

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.220
 wonderful.

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.140
 We need

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.660
 our children

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.160
 to make

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.600
 us look

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.000
 like a

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.600
 great mum

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.240
 and dad,

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.020
 that I'm

00:23:06.020 --> 00:23:06.340
 as good

00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:07.060
 as Bandit

00:23:07.060 --> 00:23:08.240
 and Bluey.

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.700
 I need

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.320
 my kids

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:12.860
 to make

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.480
 my name

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.900
 great,

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:16.180
 to behave

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.520
 well.

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:20.100
 We can

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.920
 be ruthless

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.800
 climbing the

00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:22.440
 corporate ladder,

00:23:22.560 --> 00:23:23.140
 we can offer

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:24.140
 our sacrifices

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.880
 at Bunnings,

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:37.560
 all envying

00:23:37.560 --> 00:23:38.100
 each other's

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:38.560
 homes.

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.740
 Why do we

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.240
 need bigger

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.040
 and more

00:23:42.040 --> 00:23:42.900
 pretty homes?

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.260
 Why?

00:23:44.260 --> 00:23:44.860
 I suspect

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:46.540
 it's for the

00:23:46.540 --> 00:23:47.040
 image we

00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:47.340
 present,

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.580
 right?

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.300
 The cars

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:51.860
 we drive.

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:53.839
 I need

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.699
 that church's

00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:55.179
 soccer,

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.240
 second division,

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.740
 little tower

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.979
 of Babel.

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.740
 And I

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.919
 will yell

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.519
 at the ref

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.479
 and push

00:24:04.479 --> 00:24:05.319
 and shove

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.819
 to get

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.099
 it.

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.959
 My biggest

00:24:12.959 --> 00:24:13.919
 problem every

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.639
 week preaching

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:16.399
 is what you

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:16.899
 will think

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.219
 of me,

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.059
 this tower

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.839
 of Babel

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:22.819
 is what

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.539
 if we

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.240
 work hard

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.519
 enough,

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.319
 earn enough,

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.259
 achieve enough,

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.939
 we can bless

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.459
 ourselves.

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.720
 It's proud,

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.179
 it's all

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:31.759
 focused on

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.539
 self and

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.559
 it betrays

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.379
 how insecure

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:35.139
 we are.

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:37.959
 It's

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.759
 godless,

00:24:38.959 --> 00:24:39.679
 it's not

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.500
 about God.

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:53.200
 So many

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.680
 centuries

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.099
 later,

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.019
 in

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.920
 Nebuchadnezzar's

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.559
 Babylonian

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:56.960
 Empire,

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.940
 in the

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.380
 middle of

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.859
 all the

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.220
 important

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.660
 cities,

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.079
 there was

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.480
 apparently

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.500
 towers that

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.059
 were called

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.720
 ziggurats,

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.019
 I'm not

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.380
 sure if I'm

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:04.799
 saying that

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.000
 right,

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.740
 but all

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.319
 the commentators

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.680
 are talking

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.079
 about it,

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.960
 seven

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.579
 stories,

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.400
 90 metres

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.820
 high,

00:25:11.300 --> 00:25:11.980
 it's

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.480
 meant to

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.820
 look like

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.460
 a man-made

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.880
 mountain.

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.140
 And at

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.500
 the top

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.840
 level,

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.620
 so it's

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:16.880
 kind of

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.100
 this

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.980
 stepped

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.320
 in,

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.780
 you go

00:25:18.780 --> 00:25:19.180
 higher and

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.380
 higher,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.680
 at the

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.200
 top is

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.080
 clad in

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.620
 silver,

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:22.780
 and that's

00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:23.060
 where the

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.360
 worship

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.800
 happens.

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.740
 That's

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.040
 where you

00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:25.340
 worship

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.800
 the gods.

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.060
 And

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.340
 what's the

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.660
 point of

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:28.840
 that?

00:25:29.280 --> 00:25:29.759
 It's a

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.480
 gateway to

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.740
 heaven.

00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:32.019
 We're

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.540
 creating

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:33.420
 a gateway

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.960
 to heaven.

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.240
 Now

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.680
 why?

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.140
 It

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.440
 sounds

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.800
 okay,

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.220
 let's

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.560
 connect

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:37.600
 with the

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:37.880
 gods,

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.140
 right?

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:39.940
 But the

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.440
 point is

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.799
 we're

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.059
 coming

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.680
 halfway

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.960
 through our

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.539
 sacrifices,

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:43.880
 we're going

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.279
 to bring

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.700
 the gods

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:46.400
 down and

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.840
 guarantee

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.400
 blessing.

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.940
 It's

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.500
 through their

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.039
 achievement,

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.160
 their

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.920
 sacrifice,

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.900
 we can

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.460
 create this

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.100
 gateway of

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:57.480
 heaven and

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.960
 guarantee

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.559
 blessing,

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:58.900
 that the

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.240
 gods will

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.779
 bless us.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.519
 In other

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.779
 words,

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.539
 it's an

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.120
 attempt to

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.799
 control

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:07.100
 your world.

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.619
 it's an

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.079
 attempt to

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.459
 control

00:26:08.459 --> 00:26:08.939
 God.

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:12.559
 So the

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.039
 Tower of

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.480
 Babel can

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.699
 look,

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.059
 it looks

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.480
 religious,

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.000
 it is

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.439
 religious.

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.839
 Our

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.439
 prayers,

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.179
 our giving

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:21.699
 of money,

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.559
 our service,

00:26:22.959 --> 00:26:24.299
 our Bible

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.759
 knowledge,

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.759
 it can

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.159
 be just

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.639
 to make

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.379
 your name

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.799
 great,

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:31.719
 or it

00:26:31.719 --> 00:26:32.019
 could be

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.839
 using God

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.179
 to get

00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:33.740
 some other

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.179
 blessing

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:34.819
 rather than

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.059
 God

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.559
 himself.

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.859
 It's

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.319
 trying to

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.659
 control

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.079
 God.

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.159
 It looks

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.459
 very

00:26:40.459 --> 00:26:40.819
 religious,

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.659
 but it's

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.019
 false

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.500
 religion,

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.099
 not true

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.559
 religion.

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.719
 See,

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.139
 the Tower

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.559
 of Babel,

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:52.219
 it helps

00:26:52.219 --> 00:26:52.899
 us see the

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.599
 depths of

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:53.919
 sin,

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:55.559
 what sin

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.000
 is.

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.799
 It's not

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.759
 only behaviour,

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.299
 immorality,

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.959
 it's just the

00:27:01.959 --> 00:27:02.759
 visible fruit.

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.159
 Sin is,

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.759
 it's more

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.160
 than being

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.720
 selfish.

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.859
 I don't

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.279
 like that

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.000
 definition of

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.220
 sin,

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:12.980
 because we

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.619
 ought to

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.779
 seek blessing.

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.480
 Seeking

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.240
 blessing in

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.279
 God is

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.700
 the most

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.559
 selfish thing

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.879
 you can

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.140
 do.

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.559
 I don't

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.379
 like selfish

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.859
 as a

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.440
 definition of

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.660
 sin.

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.339
 That's my

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.799
 little hobby

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.279
 horse there.

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:29.319
 Sin here

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.160
 is pride.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:34.200
 It's not

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.980
 just boasting,

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.059
 sin.

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.779
 Pride is

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.559
 a focus

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.380
 on self.

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.360
 It's

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.180
 reliance on

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.740
 self to

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.360
 glorify

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.759
 self.

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.880
 And the

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.420
 flip side of

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.000
 pride is

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.900
 ungodliness.

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.599
 It's got

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.099
 nothing to do

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.500
 with God,

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.000
 or at least

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.480
 you're just

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.200
 using God.

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.559
 Sin is

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.059
 pride.

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.440
 Sin is

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.480
 godlessness.

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:57.480
 sin is

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.480
 sin.

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.259
 Another way

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.599
 to put it

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.240
 is Babel

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.140
 is man's

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.900
 attempt to

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.519
 build our

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.380
 own Eden.

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.759
 It's we

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.200
 want the

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.440
 kingdom

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.960
 blessings,

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.519
 we just

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:13.960
 don't want

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.960
 the king.

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.539
 Now in

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.059
 light of

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.380
 Genesis

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.039
 chapter 1,

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.420
 what we've

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.759
 seen,

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:24.140
 it's in

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.039
 our creator

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.420
 that we

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.319
 live and

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.180
 move and

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.659
 have our

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.220
 being.

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.000
 Acts 17

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.619
 talks about

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:30.799
 it.

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.200
 We owe

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.420
 our

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.460
 allegiance to

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.700
 him.

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.779
 And Babel

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.159
 says,

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:36.920
 no,

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.879
 you can be

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.740
 self-dependent.

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.500
 Let us

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.899
 make.

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:45.319
 In light of

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.039
 Genesis 2,

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.920
 what did we

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.259
 see there?

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.079
 The best

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.839
 thing about

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.240
 Eden,

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.940
 what was it?

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.740
 The best

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.579
 blessing was

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.079
 that God

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.720
 was there,

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.180
 intimately

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.940
 involved.

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.420
 He wants

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.060
 his home

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.580
 with us.

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.560
 Him

00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.360
 providing

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.880
 everything,

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.720
 us depending

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.180
 on him,

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.360
 and glorifying

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.980
 his character.

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.180
 That's the

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.539
 best thing

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.019
 about Eden,

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.779
 is he is

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.140
 there.

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.220
 But Babel

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.580
 says,

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.460
 no, I'm

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.660
 going to

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.340
 seek my

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.779
 glory.

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.340
 I can

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:13.799
 create

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.560
 fulfillment,

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:14.960
 deep

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.400
 fulfillment,

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.100
 without

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.640
 God.

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:16.700
 God.

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:16.799
 God

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:24.899
 Babel

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.339
 is the

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.779
 repeat

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.419
 of Adam

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:26.859
 and Eve.

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.319
 It shows

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.779
 us that we're

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.619
 still believing

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.419
 Satan's lie.

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.899
 The whole

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.460
 world is

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.859
 believing

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.480
 Satan's

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.819
 lie,

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.859
 that God

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.139
 is not

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.440
 good,

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.139
 that to

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:39.039
 glorify his

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.799
 name is

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:41.799
 not the

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.399
 life of

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.639
 deep

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.099
 fulfillment.

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:46.319
 it's

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.740
 a lie.

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.099
 We think

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.659
 God doesn't

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:52.919
 want to

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.459
 bless us.

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.959
 He does.

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.359
 He is

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:55.859
 totally

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.379
 committed

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.699
 to

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.039
 blessing.

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.319
 So I

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.559
 think we've

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.719
 got to

00:30:03.719 --> 00:30:04.019
 ask,

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:04.500
 is God

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.039
 threatened?

00:30:06.719 --> 00:30:07.259
 They've got

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.779
 this tower.

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.240
 Is God

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.699
 threatened?

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.119
 Because it

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.539
 sounds like

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.959
 he is.

00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:10.719
 It sounds

00:30:10.719 --> 00:30:11.199
 like God's

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.480
 the one

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:11.679
 who's

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.079
 insecure.

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.039
 Anything

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.619
 man can

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.019
 do will

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.159
 be

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.639
 possible.

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.839
 Is he

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.279
 threatened?

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.720
 He's

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:19.980
 not.

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.519
 He has

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.939
 to come

00:30:20.939 --> 00:30:21.579
 down to

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.240
 even see

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.839
 this tower.

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.759
 You go

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.099
 up in a

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.439
 plane,

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.379
 you don't

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.599
 have to

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.000
 go too

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.240
 high.

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.619
 It's

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.659
 the tallest

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.359
 buildings or

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.559
 whatever,

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.539
 the biggest

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.339
 landmarks,

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.000
 they become

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.039
 a dot.

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:35.299
 I have to

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.619
 come down

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.000
 to see

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.500
 this thing.

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.579
 You build

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:39.960
 a kingdom

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.480
 on earth,

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.519
 God's got

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.779
 to come

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.119
 down to

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.579
 find it.

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.900
 He's

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.059
 not

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.400
 threatened.

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:46.920
 Our

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.180
 little

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.019
 towers of

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.379
 Babel,

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.359
 they don't

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.119
 reach heaven.

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.480
 They don't

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.240
 control him.

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.440
 He's got

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.700
 to come

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.279
 down and

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.599
 see it.

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.139
 He remains

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.539
 God.

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.700
 And he

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.519
 confuses

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:02.559
 the world.

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.920
 He strikes

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.319
 at the

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.779
 godless

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.319
 unity.

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:09.419
 Now,

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.720
 this

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.299
 confusion,

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.259
 maybe it

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.779
 was

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.779
 gradual.

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.759
 I'm not

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:13.980
 sure.

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.460
 It might

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.799
 have been

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:16.379
 just slowly

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.240
 not understanding

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.740
 each other

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.599
 and separating,

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.639
 which eventually

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:21.439
 turned into

00:31:21.439 --> 00:31:22.079
 different languages.

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.259
 Or maybe it

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.659
 was immediate.

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.379
 Maybe it was a

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.039
 divine just

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:27.200
 immediately

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:29.339
 babbling,

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.879
 not making

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.319
 sense.

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.240
 But he

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.899
 scatters.

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:34.000
 If you

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.440
 hear the

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.660
 term

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.259
 scatters in

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.640
 the Bible,

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.720
 it's a

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.180
 picture of

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.580
 judgment.

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.200
 And why

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.660
 does he do

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:41.840
 it?

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:42.840
 It's not

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.340
 because he's

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.720
 threatened.

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:44.940
 He's not

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.320
 threatened.

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:46.940
 Like,

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.780
 read Psalm

00:31:47.780 --> 00:31:48.100
 2.

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.100
 The nations

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:50.120
 rage and

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.920
 plot against.

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.500
 He's on

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.940
 his throne.

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.120
 He's not

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.420
 threatened.

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.160
 I think

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.500
 we see

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.920
 here that

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.960
 he strikes

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.319
 at the

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.000
 godless

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.500
 unity

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:07.579
 to prevent

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.019
 worse

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.440
 judgment,

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.519
 to keep

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.079
 his promise

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.619
 not to

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.039
 flood the

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.519
 world again.

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.440
 He's

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.200
 prolonging

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.440
 his

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.859
 judgment

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:18.279
 because he

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.980
 knows if

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.359
 working

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.839
 together,

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.819
 this pride

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.200
 left unchecked

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:25.319
 would provoke

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.640
 him to

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:25.940
 wrath.

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.859
 I think

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.259
 we also

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:31.039
 see that

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.660
 he strikes

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:31.960
 at this

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.700
 because you

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.180
 are not

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.819
 staying

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.440
 here.

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.819
 I'm going

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.240
 to bless

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.740
 the whole

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.079
 earth.

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.059
 And he's

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.660
 determined to

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:39.980
 keep his

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.480
 plan to

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.819
 spread.

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.480
 And so

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.960
 he forces

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.200
 it.

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.519
 I think

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.819
 of Acts

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.559
 17 where

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.220
 Paul says

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.740
 to the

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.240
 Athenians

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.279
 that God

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.019
 has put

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.480
 people in

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.600
 their

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:52.880
 different

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.380
 places,

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.700
 in their

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:53.940
 different

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.539
 countries at

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.759
 certain

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.160
 times.

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.160
 God's

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.160
 love.

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:58.220
 And the

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.740
 purpose, he

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.920
 says, is it

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.800
 so that they

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:02.340
 might find God.

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:03.279
 He's not far.

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.040
 He's actually

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.440
 got good

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.140
 purposes in

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.400
 this.

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:10.860
 But we

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.700
 also see at

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.240
 the Tower of

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.960
 Babel that

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.920
 there's no

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:15.380
 grace, there's

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.080
 no token of

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.560
 grace here.

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.180
 There's no

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.780
 message of

00:33:18.780 --> 00:33:19.340
 hope here.

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.759
 You don't

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.140
 have the

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.880
 clothing of

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.280
 Adam and

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:22.240
 Eve after

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.720
 their sin.

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:23.780
 You don't

00:33:23.780 --> 00:33:24.100
 have the

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.640
 mark of

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.280
 Cain to

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:26.900
 preserve him.

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.600
 There's no

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:28.540
 message of

00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:29.140
 grace here.

00:33:29.540 --> 00:33:30.280
 There's no

00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:30.820
 rainbow.

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:35.039
 So I

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.279
 think it's

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.639
 a loud

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.259
 message to

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.799
 us that

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.399
 man's

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:37.939
 attempt to

00:33:37.939 --> 00:33:38.700
 control our

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.159
 world, to

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:40.059
 bless ourselves,

00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:41.139
 is under

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:41.779
 curse.

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.059
 It's not

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.700
 possible.

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.519
 It's to

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.000
 find deep

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.679
 fulfilment in

00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:47.179
 your own

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.859
 efforts.

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.839
 Our

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.359
 world is

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.819
 under

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.439
 curse.

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.379
 It

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.039
 prepares us

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.599
 for where

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.399
 salvation is

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.599
 going to

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:01.980
 come from.

00:34:02.959 --> 00:34:03.559
 It's not

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.059
 from us.

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.899
 If it's

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.119
 going to

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.019
 come, it's

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.439
 got to be

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:09.139
 from God.

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.019
 And it

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.559
 prepares us

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.019
 for him to

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.619
 make a new

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.279
 family, a

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.819
 family that

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.759
 he creates

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:15.839
 through

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.259
 Abraham.

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.000
 Salvation

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.679
 is from

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.239
 the Jews.

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.000
 He creates

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.360
 a new

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.799
 family.

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.900
 But we

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.319
 read the

00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:26.779
 Old Testament,

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:28.059
 Israel too

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.719
 became proud

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:32.519
 false

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.059
 worship,

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.919
 rebellious,

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.399
 and they

00:34:36.399 --> 00:34:36.799
 too are

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.500
 scattered in

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.879
 exile.

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.659
 The answer

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.619
 finally comes

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:46.219
 in God

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.799
 coming down

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.539
 again in

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.659
 John chapter

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.139
 12.

00:34:50.459 --> 00:34:51.279
 Let me flick

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.739
 over there.

00:34:51.899 --> 00:34:52.379
 John chapter

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:52.819
 12.

00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:53.019
 John

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:02.879
 John's

00:35:02.879 --> 00:35:03.379
 gospel, this

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:03.619
 is the

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.299
 first time

00:35:04.299 --> 00:35:05.199
 that Greeks,

00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.539
 so non-Jews

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:06.879
 come.

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.299
 They want

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.619
 to meet

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.000
 Jesus.

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.219
 And when

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.759
 these Greeks

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.239
 come,

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.379
 Jesus'

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.359
 response is,

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:17.400
 now the

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.180
 hour has

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:19.420
 come for

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.920
 the Son of

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.240
 Man to

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.980
 be glorified.

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.860
 This is the

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.400
 time of the

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.760
 cross.

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.360
 It's the

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.880
 nations

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.059
 coming to

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.800
 meet Jesus

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.480
 that Jesus

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:32.099
 knows his

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.920
 cross is

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.260
 imminent.

00:35:35.640 --> 00:35:36.340
 And listen

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.760
 to what he

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.340
 prays.

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.780
 He says,

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.559
 now is my

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.240
 soul troubled.

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.620
 And what

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.200
 shall I say?

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.059
 Father, save

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.619
 me from

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.239
 this hour.

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.820
 But for

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.820
 this purpose,

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.619
 I have

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.960
 come to

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.480
 this hour.

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.360
 Father,

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.559
 glorify your

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.039
 name.

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.219
 At the

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.840
 cross, he

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.239
 is the

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.179
 one man,

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:03.019
 one human

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.679
 being who

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:05.639
 ever lived

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.900
 to glorify

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.739
 the Father.

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.679
 He's the

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.440
 only secure

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.980
 person.

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:14.820
 He is

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.360
 willing to

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.179
 lose the

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:17.000
 whole world

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:19.199
 to glorify

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.900
 the Father.

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.219
 He is

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.880
 deeply

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:23.019
 fulfilled in

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.519
 the promises

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.099
 of God.

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.519
 And he

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.119
 takes the

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.639
 curse that

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.119
 we should

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.799
 receive for

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.199
 our little

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.920
 towers of

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.279
 Babel.

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:33.059
 I think

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.679
 another theme

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.159
 we see in

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.599
 this passage

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.820
 is all

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.299
 those little

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:37.099
 attempts to

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.119
 climb up

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.599
 to God.

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.679
 He has

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.019
 to be

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.739
 lifted up.

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.460
 on the

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.840
 cross.

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.159
 Or as

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.840
 Hebrews talks

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.159
 about,

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.599
 he dies

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.719
 outside the

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.039
 city.

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.139
 And he

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.579
 says the

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.079
 purpose of

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.559
 his death

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:01.559
 will draw

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.480
 all people

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.179
 to myself.

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.900
 He's going

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.299
 to gather.

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.400
 He's going

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.940
 to reverse

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.400
 Babel.

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:10.400
 to be

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.940
 able to

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.740
 see in

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.360
 Acts chapter

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.720
 2.

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.119
 The new

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.740
 community

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.639
 filled with

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.700
 God, the

00:37:17.700 --> 00:37:18.460
 Holy Spirit

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.480
 coming down to

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.139
 fill us

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:21.400
 because we

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:21.880
 trust in

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.200
 Jesus.

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.760
 What do we

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.180
 see there?

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.400
 Lots of

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.960
 people see it as

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.480
 a reversal.

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.200
 All these

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:27.220
 nations listed,

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.579
 it's the next

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.639
 genealogy of the

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.079
 table of

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.460
 nations.

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.880
 And what

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.240
 happens?

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:32.019
 We can

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:33.280
 understand each

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.519
 other.

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.280
 But what are

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.760
 we hearing?

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.540
 We're hearing

00:37:35.540 --> 00:37:36.380
 them praising

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:37.180
 the works

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.720
 of God,

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.100
 not the

00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:38.600
 works of

00:37:38.600 --> 00:37:39.720
 what you've

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.020
 done,

00:37:40.660 --> 00:37:41.660
 what Jesus

00:37:41.660 --> 00:37:42.260
 has done.

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.440
 I want to

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.960
 quote Tim

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.220
 Keller.

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:51.620
 I'm pretty

00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:51.960
 sure I've

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.440
 quoted this

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.780
 before,

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.200
 but it's

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:55.260
 a good

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:55.540
 quote.

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:57.660
 The

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:58.280
 fulfillment

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:59.440
 we've been

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.040
 looking for

00:38:00.040 --> 00:38:00.680
 in work,

00:38:01.680 --> 00:38:02.680
 in building

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.640
 skyscrapers,

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:05.179
 in having

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.599
 wonderful

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.139
 spouses,

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.879
 in having

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:08.319
 lots of

00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:08.679
 children,

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.539
 in making

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.900
 money.

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.859
 The blessing

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.639
 we've been

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.400
 looking for

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.440
 is actually

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.400
 in the face

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.839
 of God.

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:23.000
 It's

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.480
 knowing

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:25.019
 that Jesus

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.839
 shares his

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:26.379
 name with

00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:26.500
 me.

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.960
 I'm already

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.559
 named.

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.339
 What have

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:28.739
 I got to

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.179
 prove?

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.599
 He's given

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.420
 me that

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.799
 name.

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:35.299
 We've got

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:36.239
 purpose in

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.980
 serving him.

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.679
 All we

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.119
 do for

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.239
 him has

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:41.980
 everlasting

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.619
 fruit.

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:45.239
 Wow.

00:38:47.339 --> 00:38:48.400
 And so

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.159
 that frees

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.500
 us.

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.079
 Anything

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:52.980
 we're doing,

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.400
 whether it's

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:55.099
 parenting or

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.539
 business,

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.440
 it frees

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:58.219
 us to

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.839
 serve.

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.519
 We're not

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.799
 trying to

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:01.119
 build a

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.460
 tower.

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.740
 We're

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.179
 trying to

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.280
 put the

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.840
 focus on

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.539
 Jesus and

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.340
 truly serve

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.860
 the people

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.900
 serving.

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.039
 So can

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.940
 I finish

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 with two

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:13.960
 questions for

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 us to

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 reflect on?

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 What little

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:19.659
 towers, and

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:19.980
 they are

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.659
 little towers,

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.260
 what little

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:22.039
 towers is

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:25.619
 God telling

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:25.960
 you to

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.340
 let go

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 of?

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.019
 What

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:33.099
 will you

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.460
 do?

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.900
 In which

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.159
 city do

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:36.019
 you believe

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:38.139
 will give

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.619
 you deep

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.380
 fulfilment?

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.880
 The city of

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:43.059
 man, what

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.579
 we can do, or

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.099
 the city of

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.659
 God, what

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.480
 Jesus has

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.840
 done?

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.079
 Jesus is

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.699
 saying, come

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.740
 to me, come

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.320
 outside the

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.579
 city.

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.099
 Will you

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.380
 pray?

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:56.900
 Let's

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.059
 pray.

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 Amen.

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.220
 Amen.

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 Lord, your

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:05.500
 promise of

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:05.860
 a new

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.519
 heavens and

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.940
 a new

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.720
 earth, that

00:40:07.720 --> 00:40:09.519
 new Jerusalem

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:12.960
 with your

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:14.059
 name written

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.519
 on our

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.240
 foreheads,

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.840
 access to

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.539
 the tree of

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:19.780
 life, a

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:20.519
 healing for

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.139
 the nations,

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.840
 all the

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.599
 nations bringing

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:24.780
 their glory in

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:25.960
 to that new

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.500
 Jerusalem.

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.320
 We'll have no

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.940
 more need of

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:30.320
 temple because

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.059
 you were there

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:34.179
 Lord, that

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:35.420
 you promise

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:36.239
 that to us,

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:36.599
 that you

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.500
 guarantee it

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.099
 because of

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.579
 what Jesus

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.059
 has done.

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:42.239
 Help us to

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:43.360
 long for that

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:45.039
 day when we

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.739
 will be there

00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:48.039
 so that we

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:49.619
 will be salt

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.279
 and light

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.960
 here and

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.239
 now.

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.239
 Pray this

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:54.559
 for your

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.360
 glory and

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.960
 the salvation

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:57.380
 of many and

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.920
 our deep

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.579
 fulfilment in

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:58.759
 you.

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.299
 In his

00:41:00.299 --> 00:41:00.940
 name, amen.

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:03.599
 to

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:05.759
 a

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:10.460
 At

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.639
 moment, when the

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:15.779
-

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.159
.