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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Like many of you, I love the Christmas season.

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 I love the celebrations, the music, the traditions, everything that goes along with Christmas.

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 I try to pack as much of that as I can into the month of December.

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 And I usually find myself exhausted even before staying up all night on Christmas Eve.

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 For others of us, Christmas is painful and hard for a variety of reasons.

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 We just want to get it over with and get to the new year.

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 Regardless of which one of those groups you would put yourself in.

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 And whether we're rushing to get it over with or packing the calendar with Christmas festivities,

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 most of us struggle to allow the story of Christmas to penetrate and deeply impact our hearts.

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 For some reason, it's just one of those things that's really tough for us.

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 And it's so vital that that happened because our hearts, those deepest emotions and affections,

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 that they shape who we are and how we approach all of life each day.

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 Our hearts control the rest of our lives, right?

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 How we speak.

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 How we spend our time.

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 How we make our priorities.

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 How we engage with others.

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 And so it's vital for us to let God's Word address and shape our hearts.

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 And I think it's particularly important with the message of Christmas.

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 The fact that the incarnation of the very Son of God Himself,

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 the coming of Christ to earth to rescue enemies of God like us

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 and make them His sons,

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 it has to impact us at the deepest levels of our heart.

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 It must.

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 But it's so easy to miss.

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 So over the next few weeks, we're going to look at Christmas and our hearts.

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 Let every heart prepare Him room.

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 Every heart.

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 That means hearts busy with Christmas merriment

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 and hearts just ready to rush past it and get it over with.

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 We're just going to try together to slow down.

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 Not merely to learn some more things,

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 but actually to experience together the impact of the coming of Christ.

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 To have His birth address the range of emotions that we experience day in and day out,

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 year-round, not just at Christmastime.

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 Now, I know that to a room full of a lot of engineers

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 or a lot of Type A personalities like myself,

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 the idea of spending multiple weeks addressing our hearts and the emotions there is a little risky.

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 I feel that.

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 Some of you are ready to leave now.

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 But we need this.

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 Y'all, we have to have the reality of the incarnation of God impact our hearts.

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 God has worked on my heart so richly and deeply as I've prepared the past few weeks.

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 And I'm excited to get to share in this

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 and in some of these glorious passages we're going to look at over the next few weeks.

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 So let's pray together for this time in God's Word.

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 And then we'll talk this morning about longing and hope from Isaiah 11.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, we come to Your Word and we're thankful

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 that it is living and active.

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 That it penetrates dividing joint and marrow to our very hearts

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 to show us the thoughts and the intentions of our hearts.

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 We thank You for that, but honestly, sometimes we don't like that.

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 We'd rather keep Your Word and even You at arm's length.

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 Oh, Holy Spirit, don't let our hearts do that this morning.

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 Would You mold our hearts as we come to the Word of God and open it together.

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 You, Holy Spirit, soften our hearts.

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 Shape them as You would have them to be

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 that we might know more and love more our great God.

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 Would You do that work in each of us for Your glory?

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Many of us have visited the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee.

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 glorious forests like this one in Gatlinburg.

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 We've vacationed there, enjoyed the beauty and the grandeur.

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 And so we watched this week with great sadness, didn't we?

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 As reports came back of forest fires.

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 Devastation that was going on in the Gatlinburg area

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 and the areas around there.

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 Buildings, homes, neighborhoods, and forests decimated by the blaze.

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 Basically, beautiful, glorious places brought to nothing overnight.

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 Those beautiful forests we've seen reduced to smoldering stumps.

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 Pictures that you see discouraging and lifeless and hopeless.

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 Well, that's the context of Isaiah chapter 11, actually.

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 God has spoken of His people Israel and other nations as well

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 as mighty forests that He has decimated swiftly.

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 He's reduced them to stumps, as it were.

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 They are seemingly lifeless and hopeless at the end of Isaiah chapter 10,

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 brought to nothing.

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 And to that very hopelessness,

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 He brings this hope through the prophet Isaiah chapter 11 at verse 1.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,

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 and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,

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 the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

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 the Spirit of counsel and might,

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 the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

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 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.

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 He shall not judge by what his eyes see,

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 or decide disputes by what his ears hear,

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 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,

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 and decide with equity for the meek of the earth.

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 And he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

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 and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

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 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,

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 and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

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 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,

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 and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,

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 and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together,

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 and a little child shall leave them.

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 The cow and the bear shall graze,

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 their young shall lie down together,

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 and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,

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 and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

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 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,

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 for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord,

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 as the waters cover the sea.

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 In that day, the root of Jesse,

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 who shall stand as a signal for the peoples,

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 of him shall the nations inquire,

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 and his resting place shall be glorious.

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 Amen.

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 What a beautiful passage.

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 What a glorious, hopeful prophecy.

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 But the passage starts

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 describing God's people as a stump.

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 As I said, they've been described as a forest,

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 now decimated.

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 And they've been longing, haven't they,

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 to be who they were created and called to be,

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 as God's glorious image bearers,

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 his treasured people,

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 a kingdom of priests to be a light to the nations.

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 This is who they are to be.

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 That's the longing that the people of God have been experiencing for generations.

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 I want us to explore that longing for just a couple minutes.

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 For our purposes this morning,

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 I'll describe longing as our deep desire for true fulfillment.

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 For things to be as they should be.

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 You see, for God's people in Isaiah's day,

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 this longing that they have is not a recent development, is it?

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 You can go all the way back to Eden,

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 to the garden,

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 where God creates people to live in this wonderful relationship with Him

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 and to reflect His glorious image,

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 but they fall.

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 They're banished from the garden,

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 having broken their relationship with God

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 and brought themselves and the rest of His good creation under a curse.

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 Things don't work the way they should.

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 And even there in the garden,

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 there's the promise of the offspring who will come,

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 all the way back in Genesis.

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 A seed who's going to come from the woman

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 and crush the head of the serpent.

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 He's going to fix that broken relationship.

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 And so, God's people wait

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 and long for things to be as they should be.

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 For the curse to be broken.

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 For blessing to come again.

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 Just this fall,

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 Cubs fans finally experienced the breaking of their curse.

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 Finally, after 108 years of losing,

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 they finally won the World Series again.

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 108 years.

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 That's a long time, right?

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 Year after year.

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 Imagine if you're not a Cubs fan.

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 Pick your own team.

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 The disappointment.

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 The expectations let down.

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 Things not going the way you planned.

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 For some Cubs fans,

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 for their entire lifetime,

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 this happens.

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 No World Series victory.

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 But for God's people here,

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 waiting even longer than 108 years.

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 Generations and generations waiting

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 for the curse to be broken

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 and promised blessing

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 to make things right again.

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 And that blessing is spoken again to Abraham.

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 But then God's people,

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 Abraham's descendants,

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 spend generations in Egypt.

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 Not feeling blessed,

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 but enslaved and oppressed

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 and seemingly abandoned by God.

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 It wasn't supposed to be like that, right?

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 God had promised blessing to Abraham

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 and his descendants.

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 We were going to be the ones on top.

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 He was going to take us to the promised land

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 and he was going to be our God

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 and fight for us.

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 And yet they're far away

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 in every way.

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 They're longing to be delivered

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 and for things to be as they should be.

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 And they do get to the promised land.

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 But even after they settle in the promised land

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 and blessing is promised to David

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 and his royal descendants forever,

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 they experience the pain of exile,

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 don't they?

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 Evil kings and evil people

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 removed from the promised land again.

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 Taken away.

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 They're beginning to doubt

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 the promises of God.

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 A sense of desperation

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 beginning to build.

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 This is not the way

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 we were promised it would be.

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 Longing for it to be right again.

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 When will it ever change?

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 And all of that is tied up

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 in the picture of the stump

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 of Jesse.

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 The crushed,

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 defeated,

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 dejected nation.

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 Longing generation after generation

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 for centuries

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 for things to be made right.

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 In many ways,

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 that prolonged desperation

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 is the essence

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 of the Advent season,

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 isn't it?

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 As we await

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 and long for Christmas,

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 the coming of Christ

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 to make things right.

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 Already this week,

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 my four-year-old

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 came downstairs

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 the morning

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 after we had decorated

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 our home for Christmas.

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 And she ran immediately

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 to her stocking

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 and grabbed it

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 and looked in

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 and said,

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 there's no gifts

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 in my stocking, mom.

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 Something's wrong.

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 That's not the way

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 it's supposed to be,

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 is it, kids?

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 Stockings are meant

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 to be full

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 of wonderful,

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 happy things.

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 And Christy told me

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 that story

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 and I thought,

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 oh, it's going to be

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 a long December.

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 It's not there.

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 Things aren't right.

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 And so it's waiting

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 and waiting

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 and waiting

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 for Christmas.

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 But while that longing

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 is there in a child

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 in that kind of

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 comical sense,

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 it's something

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 that we all experience

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 deep in our hearts,

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 isn't it?

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 Christians,

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 atheists,

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 agnostics,

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 all of us

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 at times feel

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 this deep sense

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 of being made

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 to be a glorious forest,

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 but experiencing

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 life feeling

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 much more like

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 a smoldering

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 stump.

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 It happens

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 so often

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 that we've got

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 a category

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 for it.

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 We sometimes

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 call it a midlife

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 crisis.

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 A longing

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 for my body

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 to work

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 like it used to.

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 A longing

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 to do something

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 that really matters.

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 Perhaps coupled

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 with a deep

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 doubt that

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 I'm actually

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 capable of that.

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 I long

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 to be truly

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 significant,

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 but I struggle

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 to believe

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 that I really am.

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 Maybe you would

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 describe your longing

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 as an ache.

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 An ache

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 because you

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 feel perhaps

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 the absence

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 of a loved one

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 that leaves you

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 feeling always

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 a little empty,

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 never quite fulfilled.

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 Maybe you long

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 for freedom

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 from a lifelong

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 struggle.

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 A battle

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 with sin

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 maybe.

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 A fight

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 with addiction.

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 A battle

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 within yourself.

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 Maybe the honest

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 truth is

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 you just feel

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 like your life

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 is not

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 what it's

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 supposed to be.

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 Certainly

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 not what you

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 always pictured

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 it would be.

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 You don't

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 like it.

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 If you're

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 honest,

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 you struggle

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 to like

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 yourself.

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 You don't

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 find deep

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 purpose

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 and significance

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 in anything.

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 You're really

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 just longing

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 for something

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 to be different

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 but you're

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 not even

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 certain

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 what it is.

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 But that

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.820
 lack of

00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:05.759
 fulfillment

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.779
 just gnaws

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 at you

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 constantly.

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 It comes up

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 again and then

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 you ignore it

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 and you go on

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 and it comes

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 back and

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 I just don't

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 feel

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 important.

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 You feel

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 you were made

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 for something

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 more than

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 this.

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 Why aren't

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 things as

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 they should

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 be?

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 Ever?

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 And so

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 we wait.

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 Day after

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 day.

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 Sometimes

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 year after

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 year.

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 Through

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 seasons of

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 our lives

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.820
 with this

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.659
 ache and

00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:39.460
 with these

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.940
 deep longings

00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:41.360
 in our

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 heart to

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.120
 be mighty

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 trees in a

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 glorious

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 forest and

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.759
 feel like

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 we're part

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 of something

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 even bigger

00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:51.080
 than ourselves

00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:53.440
 but with

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.220
 lives that

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.139
 feel like

00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:56.139
 smoldering

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:57.000
 stumps.

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 Unfulfilled.

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 Most days

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.580
 hopeless.

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 One of my

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 very favorite

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.620
 things about

00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.539
 Isaiah 11

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 is that it's

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 right there.

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.819
 Right there

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 in those very

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 low and

00:17:12.340 --> 00:17:13.340
 dark and

00:17:13.340 --> 00:17:14.000
 hopeless

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:15.200
 places.

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 It's right

00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:17.279
 there in one

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 of those

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 hopeless

00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.400
 stumps

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:21.039
 that hope

00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:22.319
 grows.

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 It's not

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 from some

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.859
 nation that's

00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:26.299
 mighty and

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:27.319
 controlling

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.119
 others and

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 achieving great

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 victories.

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 It's not

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 from some

00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.700
 other person

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.599
 who really

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 does have

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.099
 life together

00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.660
 and seems

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.079
 to have

00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:36.859
 things figured

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 out and

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.720
 that's where

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 hope is.

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 it's not

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:41.059
 in either

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.480
 of those

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.039
 places.

00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:43.500
 But rather

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.100
 it's in the

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 stump of

00:17:46.100 --> 00:17:46.480
 Jesse.

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.960
 Verse 1

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 There shall

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.799
 come forth

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 a shoot

00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:51.680
 from the

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 stump of

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 Jesse.

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 A branch

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 from his

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 roots shall

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 bear fruit.

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 A small

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 shoot appears

00:17:58.860 --> 00:18:00.160
 from the

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 stump.

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 There's hope

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.820
 that is

00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:03.400
 promised.

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 The shoot

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 is coming

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.519
 up from

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 what was

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.779
 hopeless.

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 just minutes

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 or days

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 ago.

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 Hope is

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 promised.

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 Christmas.

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.279
 The Christ

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:18.200
 is coming

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 to make

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 things as

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 they should

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 be.

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 That's the

00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:23.660
 promise of

00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.519
 Isaiah 11.

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 The promised

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.019
 one.

00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.019
 The anointed

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.279
 one.

00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.019
 The Messiah.

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 He brings

00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.099
 hope.

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.399
 Look at what

00:18:31.399 --> 00:18:31.859
 the rest of

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.299
 the passage

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.079
 says about

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:33.940
 what he will

00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:34.940
 be and

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.680
 do.

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 At first

00:18:36.820 --> 00:18:37.180
 he will

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:38.019
 bring a

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.460
 righteous

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.779
 rule.

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.680
 Verse 2

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.740
 The spirit

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.220
 of the Lord

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:43.740
 shall rest

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.180
 upon him.

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.620
 The spirit

00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:45.200
 of wisdom

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.080
 and understanding.

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.200
 The spirit

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.799
 of counsel

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.299
 and might.

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:48.759
 The spirit

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.360
 of knowledge

00:18:49.360 --> 00:18:49.940
 and the fear

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.519
 of the Lord.

00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:51.160
 His delight

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.600
 shall be

00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.100
 in the fear

00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:52.720
 of the Lord.

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.060
 As a result

00:18:54.060 --> 00:18:54.900
 what does

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.620
 it look like

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.120
 under his

00:18:56.120 --> 00:18:56.539
 rule?

00:18:57.060 --> 00:18:57.759
 He'll judge

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.460
 not by

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:58.900
 what his

00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.519
 eyes see

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.920
 or what

00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.279
 his ears

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.680
 hear

00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:02.980
 but with

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.740
 righteousness

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:05.000
 he shall

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.319
 judge

00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:05.859
 the poor.

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:06.579
 With

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.339
 equity

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.559
 he'll decide

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:08.920
 for the

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.180
 meek

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.720
 of the

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.059
 earth.

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.140
 He's going

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.559
 to strike

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.000
 the earth

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.319
 with the

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:12.620
 rod of

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.039
 his mouth.

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.400
 With the

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:13.720
 breath of

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.200
 his lips

00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.660
 he'll kill

00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.079
 the wicked.

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.000
 How?

00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:16.759
 Why?

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.559
 Because

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.319
 righteousness

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.299
 is the

00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:19.819
 belt of

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.339
 his waist

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:21.220
 and faithfulness

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.620
 the belt

00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:21.940
 of his

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.240
 loins.

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.859
 That is

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.440
 his very

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.019
 essence.

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.460
 That's what

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.000
 that means.

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.000
 That's who

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.740
 he is at

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.460
 the deepest

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.019
 part of

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.519
 who he is

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.000
 righteous

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.799
 and faithful.

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:31.919
 faithful.

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.659
 No more

00:19:33.659 --> 00:19:34.659
 idolatrous

00:19:34.659 --> 00:19:35.519
 kings.

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.940
 No more

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.700
 leaders who

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.700
 oppress the

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.299
 poor to

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:39.940
 cement their

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:41.159
 own power.

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:41.980
 No more

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.720
 injustice

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.799
 for the

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.240
 people.

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.139
 A king

00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:45.720
 is coming

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:46.399
 whose very

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:47.240
 essence

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.779
 is righteousness.

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.579
 It's his

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.559
 very character

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.039
 to the

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.919
 core of

00:19:51.919 --> 00:19:52.279
 who he

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.159
 is and

00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.799
 his just

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.319
 deeds

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:55.279
 reflect

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.740
 that

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.079
 righteous

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.559
 character

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.119
 without

00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:58.059
 fail.

00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.159
 Finally

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:01.100
 the

00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:01.500
 righteous

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.140
 king

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.380
 and

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.840
 just

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.620
 kingdom

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.000
 we've

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.320
 been

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:05.040
 longing

00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:05.519
 for.

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.019
 Second

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.259
 he'll

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.620
 bring a

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.220
 restored

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.560
 Eden.

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.200
 Listen to

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.019
 the beautiful

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.700
 picture of

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.300
 the curse

00:20:14.300 --> 00:20:15.180
 being broken

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.680
 and the

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.980
 good garden

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.740
 restored.

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:18.800
 It starts

00:20:18.800 --> 00:20:19.180
 at verse

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.700
 6.

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.440
 The wolf

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.980
 shall dwell

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.360
 with the

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:22.720
 lamb

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.700
 and the

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:23.920
 leopard

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.440
 shall lie

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.700
 down

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.019
 with the

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.480
 young goat

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.040
 the calf

00:20:26.040 --> 00:20:26.340
 and the

00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:26.700
 lion

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.040
 and the

00:20:27.040 --> 00:20:27.460
 fattened

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.740
 calf

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.220
 together

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:29.079
 and a

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.220
 little

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.660
 child

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:29.980
 shall

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.240
 lead

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.500
 them.

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:31.680
 The

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.000
 cow

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.279
 and the

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 bear

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 shall

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 graze

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 their

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 young

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 shall

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 lie

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 down

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 together

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 and the

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 lion

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 shall

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 eat

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 straw

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 like

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 the

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 ox.

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 You've

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 not seen

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.600
 these

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 things.

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 Something's

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 changing.

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 The

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 nursing

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.940
 child

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.259
 shall

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 play

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.140
 over the

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 hole

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.700
 of the

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 cobra

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.420
 and the

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 weaned

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.180
 child

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.460
 shall

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 put

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 his

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 hand

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 on

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 the

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 adder's

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 den.

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 They

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 shall

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 not

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 hurt

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 or

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 destroy

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 in

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 all

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 my

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 holy

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 mountain

00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:51.620
 for

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 the

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 earth

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.100
 shall

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 be

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 full

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:52.679
 of

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 the

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.199
 knowledge

00:20:53.199 --> 00:20:53.359
 of

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 the

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 Lord

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:53.959
 as

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 the

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 waters

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.859
 cover

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 the

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 sea.

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 It's a

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 picture

00:20:56.219 --> 00:20:56.419
 of

00:20:56.419 --> 00:20:56.699
 Eden

00:20:56.699 --> 00:20:57.019
 isn't

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 it?

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 It hasn't

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 been like

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.819
 this since

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 then.

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 None of

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 God's

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.099
 people have

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.859
 witnessed

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.579
 this

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.219
 reality.

00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:04.919
 Predator

00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:05.599
 and prey

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.259
 together

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.259
 in peace.

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 Mankind

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.779
 in the

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.179
 person

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.559
 of the

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 little

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.339
 child

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.019
 back

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.219
 where

00:21:12.219 --> 00:21:12.379
 he

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:12.619
 was

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 made

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.240
 to

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 be

00:21:13.439 --> 00:21:13.879
 in

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.099
 his

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.439
 role

00:21:14.439 --> 00:21:14.639
 of

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.059
 great

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.919
 dignity

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.459
 ruling

00:21:16.459 --> 00:21:17.000
 over

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 and caring

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.259
 for

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.480
 the

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.119
 creation.

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 If you

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 want to

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:21.919
 know for

00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:22.459
 sure that

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 the curse

00:21:22.979 --> 00:21:23.539
 is being

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.079
 reversed

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.459
 that God's

00:21:25.459 --> 00:21:25.639
 going to

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 make it

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:27.079
 all back

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.439
 to the

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 way it

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 was meant

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 to be

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 the seed

00:21:29.219 --> 00:21:29.579
 of the

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:29.879
 woman

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:31.059
 is near

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.899
 the seed

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.459
 of the

00:21:32.459 --> 00:21:32.959
 serpent

00:21:32.959 --> 00:21:33.859
 without

00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.239
 being

00:21:34.239 --> 00:21:34.699
 harmed.

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.379
 That's the

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.539
 picture Isaiah

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.979
 is painting.

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.579
 That's poetic

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.519
 prophecy right

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.859
 there.

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.619
 That's for

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:42.839
 all the

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.599
 non-engineers.

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.339
 Everything

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:47.299
 all of

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.919
 creation

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.959
 will be

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.440
 back

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.140
 the way

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.579
 God

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.200
 intended

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.579
 it.

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.259
 No

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.059
 pain

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.319
 and

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.940
 destruction

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:55.259
 but

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.720
 instead

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.340
 the

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.900
 glorious

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.840
 intimate

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.960
 unhindered

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.819
 relationship

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.740
 with God

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.340
 from

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:01.779
 sea

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:01.980
 to

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.380
 sea.

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.079
 Oh

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.660
 Israel

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.180
 was

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.799
 longing

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.160
 for

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.360
 that.

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:06.779
 They

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.220
 hadn't

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.559
 known

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.059
 that.

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.160
 None

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.400
 of

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.720
 them.

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.420
 What

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.600
 would

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:10.779
 that

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.059
 even

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.660
 feel

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.079
 like

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.279
 to

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.759
 relate

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.059
 to

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.640
 God

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.579
 like

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.100
 that?

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.600
 Finally

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.119
 the hope

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.779
 promised

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.379
 is that

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:20.919
 the

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.279
 Christ

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.519
 will

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.819
 bring

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.059
 a

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.539
 recovered

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.599
 people.

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.419
 Verse

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:25.719
 10.

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.759
 In

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:29.980
 that

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.319
 day

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.500
 the

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.759
 root

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:31.959
 of

00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:32.299
 Jesse

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.579
 who

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:32.839
 shall

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.399
 stand

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.259
 as a

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.599
 signal

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.059
 for the

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.579
 peoples

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.919
 of him

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:37.199
 shall

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.359
 the

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.759
 nations

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.459
 inquire

00:22:38.459 --> 00:22:39.199
 and his

00:22:39.199 --> 00:22:39.599
 resting

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.179
 place

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:40.879
 shall

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.079
 be

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.480
 glorious.

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.519
 Don't

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:42.980
 miss this.

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.359
 It's

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.179
 so good.

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.759
 I love

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.000
 this

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.319
 verse.

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:45.980
 Here's

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.179
 what's

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.439
 going

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:46.879
 on.

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.880
 The

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.240
 one

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.420
 who

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:48.640
 has

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:48.860
 been

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.260
 called

00:22:49.260 --> 00:22:49.520
 the

00:22:49.520 --> 00:22:49.840
 shoot

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.200
 coming

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.440
 out

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.680
 from

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:50.880
 the

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.200
 stump

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.760
 is

00:22:51.760 --> 00:22:52.120
 now

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.600
 also

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:53.040
 called

00:22:53.040 --> 00:22:53.440
 the

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:53.920
 root

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.500
 of

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.820
 Jesse.

00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:55.780
 He's

00:22:55.780 --> 00:22:56.240
 not

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.680
 merely

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.080
 one

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.360
 more

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:57.760
 king

00:22:57.760 --> 00:22:57.920
 in

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.040
 the

00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:58.320
 line

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:58.480
 of

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:58.800
 many

00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.260
 kings

00:22:59.260 --> 00:22:59.540
 who've

00:22:59.540 --> 00:22:59.820
 come

00:22:59.820 --> 00:23:00.320
 from

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:00.720
 Jesse

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.060
 and

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:01.400
 David

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.900
 but

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.160
 one

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.320
 who

00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:02.500
 is

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.020
 unique

00:23:03.020 --> 00:23:03.560
 in

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:03.700
 that

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:03.880
 he

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.120
 was

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.440
 there

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.240
 before

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.780
 Jesse

00:23:05.780 --> 00:23:06.140
 as

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.420
 well

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.640
 as

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.040
 after.

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:07.640
 He's

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:07.960
 promised

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.240
 all

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.360
 the

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.500
 way

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.780
 back

00:23:08.780 --> 00:23:08.940
 in

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.080
 the

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.400
 garden

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.780
 right?

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.860
 This

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.160
 one

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.520
 is

00:23:11.520 --> 00:23:12.180
 coming

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.600
 a

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:12.880
 king

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.060
 in

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.040
 to

00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:17.260
 be

00:23:17.260 --> 00:23:17.640
 a

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.260
 signal

00:23:18.260 --> 00:23:19.020
 a

00:23:19.020 --> 00:23:19.460
 banner

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.380
 what

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.040
 why

00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:21.560
 what's

00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:21.720
 so

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.100
 special

00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:22.460
 about

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.660
 him?

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.520
 He

00:23:23.520 --> 00:23:23.840
 comes

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.000
 and

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.220
 what

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.800
 happens?

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.200
 A

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.760
 sign

00:23:26.760 --> 00:23:27.040
 a

00:23:27.040 --> 00:23:27.360
 banner

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:27.660
 is

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.180
 raised

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.660
 and

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:28.960
 the

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.660
 nations

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:31.000
 run

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.400
 toward

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.720
 him

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.860
 rally

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.460
 around

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.860
 him

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.080
 as

00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:34.260
 it

00:23:34.260 --> 00:23:34.600
 were

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.620
 joyfully

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.640
 celebrating

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.040
 him.

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.320
 You

00:23:38.320 --> 00:23:38.460
 see

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.800
 Israel

00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.160
 wasn't

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.340
 the

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:39.700
 only

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.280
 nation

00:23:40.280 --> 00:23:40.700
 that

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:40.840
 was

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.220
 promised

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.440
 to

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.560
 be

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:41.920
 reduced

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.120
 to

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.320
 a

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.660
 stump

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.000
 was

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.200
 it?

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:44.920
 They

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.280
 were

00:23:45.280 --> 00:23:46.440
 but

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.960
 so

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.400
 was

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.920
 once

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.380
 mighty

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.080
 Assyria

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:50.120
 so

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.380
 were

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:50.920
 many

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.380
 other

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.180
 nations

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:53.039
 promised

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.500
 to be

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.200
 destroyed

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.980
 like

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.320
 them

00:23:55.320 --> 00:23:55.740
 and

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.039
 only

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 one

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.140
 stump

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:58.559
 Jesse

00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:00.279
 Israel

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.500
 would

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.840
 have a

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.039
 shoot

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.640
 come up.

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 There

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.559
 was

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.759
 just

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.120
 one

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.759
 stump

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.440
 with

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.900
 one

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.420
 shoot

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.299
 but

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.960
 the

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.500
 whole

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.259
 forest

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.279
 the

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.820
 whole

00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:11.860
 glorious

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.500
 beautiful

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.000
 thing

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.519
 is going

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.940
 to be

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.620
 replanted

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.000
 isn't

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.200
 it?

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.860
 The

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.259
 righteous

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.879
 ruler

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.379
 will

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.859
 bring

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.299
 back

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.500
 the

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.960
 restored

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.579
 creation

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.259
 and

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.700
 all

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:20.940
 the

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.319
 nations

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.640
 will

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.019
 find

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.279
 their

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.819
 life

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.420
 in

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.160
 him

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.799
 the

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.420
 forest

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.059
 around

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.359
 that

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.680
 one

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.240
 stump

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.720
 with

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:27.960
 that

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.299
 one

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.660
 shoot

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:28.900
 will

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.140
 be

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.059
 magnificent

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.740
 glorious

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.640
 again

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.579
 the way

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.079
 God

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.960
 intended

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.319
 it

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.519
 can't

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.720
 you

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.079
 just

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.460
 not

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.900
 wait

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.240
 to be

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.379
 a

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.579
 part

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:38.700
 of

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.000
 that

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.980
 a

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.740
 beautiful

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:42.240
 multicolored

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.940
 forest

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.599
 living

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.200
 together

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.759
 in

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.460
 peace

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.340
 enjoying

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:46.579
 the

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.100
 glorious

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:47.660
 presence

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:47.920
 of

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.140
 our

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.500
 God

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.279
 just

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.500
 the

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 way

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:49.860
 he

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.279
 designed

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.500
 us

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.700
 to

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.100
 live

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.900
 listen

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.220
 there's

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.559
 somebody

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:52.860
 in

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.000
 your

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.380
 life

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.559
 who

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:53.880
 needs

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.059
 to

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.299
 see

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.480
 you

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.799
 point

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.019
 them

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.200
 to

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.680
 Jesus

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.640
 the

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.079
 banner

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.539
 the

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.100
 signal

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.019
 so

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.180
 that

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.400
 they

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.620
 can

00:24:59.620 --> 00:24:59.900
 run

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.120
 to

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.380
 him

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.519
 and

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.660
 be

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:00.840
 a

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.120
 part

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.500
 of

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.700
 that

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.240
 glorious

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.840
 forest

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.440
 to

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.660
 have

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:03.860
 the

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.120
 hope

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.259
 of

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.920
 experiencing

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.480
 life

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.000
 as

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.200
 it

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.519
 should

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.940
 be

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.720
 finally

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:10.480
 where

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.600
 does

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:10.779
 that

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.000
 hope

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.339
 come

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.700
 from

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.059
 that's

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.200
 a

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.700
 glorious

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.279
 hope

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.480
 in

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.759
 verse

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.100
 10

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.259
 at

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.400
 the

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.579
 end

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:15.700
 of

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:15.900
 this

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.400
 passage

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.440
 don't

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.660
 miss

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:17.900
 where

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.200
 it's

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.819
 coming

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.259
 from

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.759
 it

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.240
 comes

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.860
 from

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.240
 Christmas

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:23.059
 it's

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.420
 only

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.880
 in

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.120
 the

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.519
 righteous

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.339
 ruler

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.819
 it's

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.059
 only

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.319
 in

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.660
 the

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:27.920
 little

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.519
 child

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.019
 who

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.380
 shall

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.700
 lead

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.000
 them

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.500
 it's

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.700
 only

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:30.920
 in

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.299
 the

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.579
 root

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:31.920
 of

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.319
 Jesse

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.940
 that

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.640
 single

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.100
 shoot

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.339
 that

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.759
 comes

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.240
 forth

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.160
 becomes

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.440
 the

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.859
 righteous

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:38.059
 branch

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:40.160
 that's

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.259
 the

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.460
 only

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.819
 place

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.000
 the

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.279
 hope

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.920
 is

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.279
 found

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.500
 on

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.680
 that

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.299
 first

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.839
 Christmas

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.200
 the

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.960
 shoot

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.779
 shoots

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.200
 forth

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.200
 sprouts

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.519
 out

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.640
 of

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:47.819
 the

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.200
 stump

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.700
 an

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.339
 unassuming

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.079
 child

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:52.440
 born

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.799
 in a

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.279
 stable

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.539
 in

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.259
 too

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.700
 little

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.960
 unimportant

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.480
 Bethlehem

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.799
 in a

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.259
 place

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.680
 of

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:02.120
 hopelessness

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:03.720
 he

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.079
 is the

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.460
 one

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.960
 from

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.279
 whom

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.759
 all

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.039
 this

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.519
 glorious

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.100
 hope

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.700
 will

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.039
 come

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.440
 he

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.940
 will

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.279
 live

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.460
 in

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.059
 humble

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.880
 poverty

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.980
 die

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.340
 on

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.539
 an

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.220
 awful

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.059
 cross

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.579
 and

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:14.960
 in

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.400
 so

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.000
 doing

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.620
 those

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.079
 things

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.640
 he

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:17.840
 will

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.100
 bring

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.480
 hope

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.799
 to

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:18.980
 the

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.480
 nations

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.000
 because

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.240
 it's

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.460
 only

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.660
 in

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:20.920
 those

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.299
 places

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.559
 that

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:21.920
 hope

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.799
 truly

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:24.140
 grows

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:26.120
 the

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.480
 long

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.079
 expected

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.920
 Jesus

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.620
 is

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.640
 Israel's

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.240
 strength

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.140
 and

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.120
 consolation

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.799
 and

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.380
 the

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.720
 hope

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:33.900
 of

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.340
 whom

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.740
 all

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.000
 the

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.379
 earth

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:38.039
 he

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.539
 is

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.720
 the

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.099
 joy

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.480
 of

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.339
 every

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.679
 longing

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.899
 heart

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:47.179
 except

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:47.480
 that

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.059
 sometimes

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.439
 we

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:49.799
 stop

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.480
 short

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.139
 of

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.459
 Jesus

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:51.759
 don't

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:51.939
 we

00:26:51.939 --> 00:26:54.339
 sometimes

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.179
 our

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:56.019
 hearts

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.439
 do

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:57.399
 long

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:57.639
 and

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.039
 and

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.179
 they

00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:58.439
 want

00:26:58.439 --> 00:26:59.199
 fulfillment

00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.579
 but

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.619
 but

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:00.779
 we

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.179
 think

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:01.419
 the

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.859
 fulfillment

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.159
 we're

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.480
 longing

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.839
 for

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.059
 can

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.259
 be

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.559
 found

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.000
 elsewhere

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.319
 don't

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.519
 we

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.699
 sometimes

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.059
 we

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.779
 grasp

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.099
 for

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.519
 hope

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.759
 that

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.279
 that

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.480
 is

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.980
 immediate

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.399
 and

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.279
 temporal

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.699
 and

00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.259
 we

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.599
 think

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.039
 that's

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.460
 finally

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.819
 going to

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.379
 do it

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.039
 for us

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.000
 be

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.319
 be honest

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.680
 does it

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.279
 ever feel

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.579
 like

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.220
 just a

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.579
 little

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:17.899
 more

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.379
 money

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:20.139
 a little

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:21.000
 different

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.799
 family

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:23.019
 a little

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.980
 better

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.500
 life

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.319
 circumstance

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:27.639
 would make

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.200
 things as

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.960
 they should

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.319
 be

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:31.339
 do you ever

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.920
 feel like

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.139
 that

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.980
 that deep

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.500
 longing

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.200
 you feel

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.700
 could be

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.559
 satisfied

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.159
 forever

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.720
 with just a

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.619
 just a small

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.559
 change in

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.740
 life situation

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:42.680
 I was going

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.019
 to run

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.440
 through a

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.940
 list of

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.400
 seemingly

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.220
 successful

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.079
 people who

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.319
 have said

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.759
 they found

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.559
 little hope

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.299
 or fulfillment

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.839
 in their

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.299
 success

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.319
 and in

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.799
 changing

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.140
 their

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.859
 circumstances

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.680
 and reaching

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.400
 the top

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.759
 as it

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.099
 were

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:56.859
 quarterback

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.839
 Tom Brady

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:59.500
 Madonna

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:01.900
 but then I

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.519
 decided actor

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.200
 Jim Carrey

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.640
 said it

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.140
 better than

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.960
 any of

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.160
 them

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:07.240
 this is what

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.819
 Jim Carrey

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.240
 said

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.279
 he said

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.619
 I think

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.240
 everybody

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.859
 should get

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.359
 rich

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.500
 and famous

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.980
 and do

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.460
 everything

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.980
 they ever

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.899
 dreamed of

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:17.220
 so they can

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.899
 see that it's

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:19.279
 not the

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.720
 answer

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:23.440
 they should

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.019
 do everything

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.519
 they ever

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.339
 dreamed of

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.079
 have all

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.759
 their dreams

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.599
 come true

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.700
 so they can

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.279
 see it's not

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.899
 the answer

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.759
 that's true

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.240
 isn't it

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.059
 you may not

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:33.139
 have had all

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.759
 your dreams

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.420
 come true

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.500
 and done

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.240
 everything you

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.799
 ever dreamed

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.180
 of but

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.079
 you've done

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.019
 a lot

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.519
 of things

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:42.159
 you've had

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.899
 a lot

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.599
 of things

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:46.079
 and yet

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:47.379
 that ache

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.019
 hasn't gone

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.859
 away completely

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.720
 has it

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.359
 no temporary

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.039
 improvement

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.119
 of circumstances

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.939
 has ever

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.539
 filled

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.599
 the deep

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.059
 longing

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.559
 has it

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.559
 that's why

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.039
 it's still

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.039
 there sometimes

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:01.919
 the people

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.339
 of God

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.919
 have long

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.419
 struggled

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.099
 to find

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.960
 the true

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.339
 hope

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.939
 that will

00:29:05.939 --> 00:29:06.379
 meet the

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.879
 true

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.539
 longing

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.079
 of their

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.519
 hearts

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.099
 they've

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.579
 chased

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:10.039
 idols

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.699
 that they

00:29:10.699 --> 00:29:11.019
 hoped

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.459
 could give

00:29:11.459 --> 00:29:12.059
 them rain

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.500
 for their

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.019
 crops

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.699
 or victory

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.480
 in battle

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.399
 they hoped

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.959
 the promised

00:29:15.959 --> 00:29:16.500
 Messiah

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.119
 would deliver

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.699
 them from

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:18.740
 foreign oppression

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.639
 and put them

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.220
 in charge

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.699
 and make

00:29:20.699 --> 00:29:21.159
 things a little

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:21.619
 easier

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:23.259
 and we will

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.019
 talk next

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.639
 week about

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:26.099
 the comfort

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:27.240
 in this life

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.379
 that Christ

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.859
 brings

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.740
 it's true

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:31.059
 that is there

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:32.139
 but the hope

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:33.119
 of the gospel

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:34.339
 is an eternal

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.739
 one

00:29:34.739 --> 00:29:35.419
 it's an

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:35.919
 eternal

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.619
 hope

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.199
 it's why

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.939
 C.S. Lewis

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:38.419
 wrote

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:39.479
 if I find

00:29:39.479 --> 00:29:40.219
 in myself

00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:41.479
 a desire

00:29:41.479 --> 00:29:42.119
 which no

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.719
 experience

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:43.319
 in this

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.699
 world

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.979
 can satisfy

00:29:44.979 --> 00:29:46.239
 the most

00:29:46.239 --> 00:29:46.719
 probable

00:29:46.719 --> 00:29:47.519
 explanation

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.859
 is that

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.679
 I was made

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:51.119
 for another

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.719
 world

00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:54.939
 perhaps some

00:29:54.939 --> 00:29:55.500
 of God's

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.059
 people were

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.719
 putting their

00:29:56.719 --> 00:29:57.579
 hope in one

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.019
 who would

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.859
 come to

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.279
 bring a little

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.059
 more political

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.939
 power

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.839
 a little

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.319
 more

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.059
 temporal

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.159
 comfort

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:05.079
 and God

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.759
 says listen

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.480
 I've got

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.139
 so much

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.619
 more in

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.179
 mind for

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.419
 you

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.059
 it's so

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.299
 much

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.599
 better

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.319
 than that

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.500
 eternal

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.359
 harmony

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.599
 and flourishing

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.220
 with all

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.799
 my people

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.119
 the way

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.439
 it was

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:15.919
 meant to

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.200
 be in

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.720
 the beginning

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:18.019
 all under

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.659
 the righteous

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.339
 rule of

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.019
 a divine

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.619
 king

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:22.740
 that's the

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.099
 hope of

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.839
 Isaiah 11

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.539
 isn't it

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.579
 Isaiah 11

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.359
 offers hope

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:27.059
 not in

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.899
 change

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:29.960
 not in

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.480
 altered

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.679
 circumstances

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.920
 it offers

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.400
 hope in

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.060
 a champion

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:35.580
 an altered

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.299
 eternity

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.279
 in fact an

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.980
 eternal

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.759
 savior

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.539
 who will

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.080
 come

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:41.100
 again

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:44.779
 and God

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.519
 says to us

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.160
 this morning

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.539
 I know

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.779
 in your

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.460
 longing you

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.000
 look for

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.420
 hope

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.700
 in a

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.380
 boyfriend

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:54.259
 or a

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.680
 girlfriend

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:56.799
 in a

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.180
 different

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.900
 spouse

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:59.860
 in a

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.060
 different

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.700
 job

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:03.620
 you look

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.160
 maybe to

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.960
 that method

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.799
 that you're

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.640
 using to

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.539
 escape the

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.100
 pain

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:09.519
 of life

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:11.019
 or to

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.700
 numb the

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.100
 ache

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.640
 that you

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.360
 feel so

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.940
 often

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.819
 and that

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.220
 seems like

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.640
 the only

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.480
 thing worth

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.559
 grabbing onto

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.360
 for hope

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:19.580
 and God

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:20.279
 says listen

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:22.400
 I've got so

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.039
 much more

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.620
 than that in

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:23.819
 mind

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.860
 it's so much

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.980
 better than

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:27.059
 just that

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:28.559
 there's only

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.679
 one stump

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.359
 with a

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.839
 green

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.480
 shoot

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.819
 only

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.500
 one

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.019
 place

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.240
 of

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.659
 true

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.119
 hope

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.339
 and

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.720
 life

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.359
 amidst

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.519
 the

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.500
 devastation

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.599
 and ache

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.480
 of your

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.980
 heart

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:40.059
 it's the

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.460
 righteous

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.279
 branch

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.119
 who offers

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.919
 in himself

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.839
 hope

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.440
 true

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.259
 hope

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.480
 hope of

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.259
 finally and

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.200
 forever being

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.679
 what you were

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.839
 truly made

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.859
 to be

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:52.319
 deep

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.579
 fulfillment

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:55.199
 true

00:31:55.199 --> 00:31:56.000
 freedom

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:58.439
 eternal

00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:59.539
 glory

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:01.519
 friend

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.679
 I would

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:03.359
 plead with

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.839
 you this

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.199
 morning

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:05.000
 not to

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.359
 settle

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.480
 for anything

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.220
 less than

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.619
 that

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:09.460
 run to

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.879
 Jesus

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.679
 and find

00:32:10.679 --> 00:32:11.500
 the purpose

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.199
 for which

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:12.559
 you were

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.059
 created

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.980
 in him

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.279
 and in

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.480
 his

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.519
 glorious

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.220
 multi-ethnic

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.460
 everlasting

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.659
 forest

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:21.199
 that you

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.619
 can be a

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.220
 part of

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:24.200
 that's the

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.500
 hope

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.900
 that Christmas

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.460
 offers

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.940
 the coming

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.839
 of God

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.600
 into this

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:29.960
 world

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.600
 and his

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.120
 return

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.500
 that we

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.000
 still

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.660
 await

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.039
 brings

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.620
 eternal

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.339
 hope

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.779
 and

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.299
 fulfillment

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.900
 not a

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.579
 temporary

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.200
 earthly

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.440
 reprieve

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.680
 from

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.400
 difficulty

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.460
 and

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.000
 longing

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:43.640
 we haven't

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.120
 gotten rid of

00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:44.440
 longing

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.980
 have we

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:47.019
 after all

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.500
 creation

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.220
 itself

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.779
 is

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.440
 still

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.900
 longing

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.339
 according

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.759
 to

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.620
 Romans 8

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:53.399
 creation

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:54.239
 waits

00:32:54.239 --> 00:32:55.399
 with eager

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.959
 longing

00:32:55.959 --> 00:32:56.799
 for the

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.199
 revealing

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.699
 of the

00:32:57.699 --> 00:32:57.979
 sons

00:32:57.979 --> 00:32:58.459
 of God

00:32:58.459 --> 00:32:59.279
 the whole

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.879
 creation

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.819
 groaning

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.500
 together

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.899
 and not

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.219
 only the

00:33:03.219 --> 00:33:03.739
 creation

00:33:03.739 --> 00:33:04.719
 but we

00:33:04.719 --> 00:33:05.479
 ourselves

00:33:05.479 --> 00:33:06.459
 groan

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:07.439
 inwardly

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:08.000
 as we

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.399
 wait

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.959
 eagerly

00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.639
 for adoption

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.339
 as sons

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.199
 redemption

00:33:11.199 --> 00:33:11.819
 of our

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.219
 bodies

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:13.339
 for in

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.500
 this hope

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.659
 we were

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.159
 saved

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:17.439
 not in a

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:18.000
 hope of

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.659
 just today

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.500
 not in the

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.859
 hope of a

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.539
 small change

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.919
 to my

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.480
 circumstance

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.360
 but the

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:22.820
 hope of

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.440
 redemption

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.320
 forever

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:25.220
 my adoption

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.740
 as the

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.180
 son of

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.660
 God

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.400
 and the

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.920
 glorious

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.420
 redemption

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.080
 of all

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:29.680
 of creation

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.279
 in that

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.759
 hope

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:32.259
 we were

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.560
 saved

00:33:32.560 --> 00:33:33.100
 creation

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.740
 waits

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:35.380
 and longs

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:36.480
 still today

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.460
 with us

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.580
 for the

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:38.960
 hope of an

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.480
 eternal

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.840
 salvation

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.840
 a glorious

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.460
 restoration

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.620
 to the way

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.519
 things were

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.440
 created to be

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.300
 that's the

00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:46.720
 hope

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.819
 hope of

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.039
 all

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.620
 creation

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:52.000
 I don't

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.299
 know about

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.620
 you

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:54.500
 but I

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.220
 still ache

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:57.220
 I ache

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.620
 a lot

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.480
 not not

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.160
 just the

00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.019
 morning after

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.460
 setting up the

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.200
 Christmas tree

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.920
 and waking up

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.519
 and feeling my

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.000
 back

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.220
 and that

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.740
 kind of

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.259
 aching

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:08.599
 I ache

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.300
 for the

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.860
 world to be

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.559
 a place of

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.139
 justice

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.639
 peace

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:15.179
 I wait

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.960
 and wait

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.559
 for a

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.199
 day when I

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.879
 no longer

00:34:17.879 --> 00:34:18.420
 have a

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.940
 selfish

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.619
 heart

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.639
 that hurts

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.339
 those that I

00:34:21.339 --> 00:34:21.759
 love the

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.179
 most and

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:23.079
 makes me feel

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.059
 deeply inadequate

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:27.799
 I long

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.259
 for the

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:29.179
 dignity

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.739
 and the

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.579
 glory for

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:30.980
 which I

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.719
 was created

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.379
 to be

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:32.980
 something I

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.900
 experience

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:35.059
 every day

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.819
 and day

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.519
 after day

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.119
 rather than

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.339
 something I

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:38.940
 feel I have

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:40.099
 to manufacture

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:41.099
 or pretend

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.639
 so other

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.099
 people will

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.679
 think I'm

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.259
 important

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.860
 and tell me

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.639
 I'm valuable

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:47.679
 I'm so

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.159
 thankful

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.440
 that the

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.920
 call of

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.839
 Isaiah 11

00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:51.579
 that the

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.159
 message of

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.799
 the gospel

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.900
 is not

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.900
 quit longing

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.779
 and get

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.339
 over the

00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:56.719
 ache

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:58.480
 it's not

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.299
 that at all

00:34:59.299 --> 00:35:00.179
 rather

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:01.079
 acknowledge

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:02.179
 your true

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:03.059
 deepest

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.639
 longing

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.699
 feel it

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.420
 deeply

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.179
 and let

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.839
 the longing

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.920
 you feel

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.739
 whether you

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.199
 feel it

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.900
 waiting for

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.559
 Christmas

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.340
 this year

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.059
 or whether

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.579
 you feel

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.279
 it longing

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.880
 and waiting

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.980
 for Christ

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.619
 to come

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.099
 again

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.039
 let that

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.699
 longing

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.659
 drive you

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.579
 to true

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:21.000
 hope

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:23.420
 there has

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.099
 indeed come

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.400
 forth a

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.719
 shoot

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.719
 from the

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.299
 stump of

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.659
 Jesse

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.059
 and a

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.519
 branch

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.440
 from his

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.900
 root

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:31.139
 has borne

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.880
 fruit

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.980
 and in

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.719
 that day

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.900
 one day

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.599
 he promises

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.380
 his coming

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.199
 soon

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:38.039
 the root

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.859
 of Jesse

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:40.019
 shall stand

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.819
 as a

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.339
 signal

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:42.119
 for the

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.799
 nations

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:44.639
 of him

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.919
 all of them

00:35:45.919 --> 00:35:46.819
 shall inquire

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.480
 and his

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.599
 resting place

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:50.039
 shall be

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.659
 glorious

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.859
 amen

00:35:51.859 --> 00:35:52.439
 let's pray

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:57.220
 Jesus

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.760
 what a

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.200
 day

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:59.320
 that will

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.720
 be

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:01.300
 when you

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:02.780
 and we

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.360
 with you

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.019
 will be

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:05.500
 at rest

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:07.539
 that's our

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.960
 hope

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:10.900
 don't let us

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.360
 settle for

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.659
 anything

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.519
 less than

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.880
 that

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:14.139
 there's great

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:15.200
 glory you

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:16.079
 have intended

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.960
 and designed

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.940
 for us

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:19.720
 you're working

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.440
 it out

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.700
 right now

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:23.780
 but it's

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.480
 coming

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.200
 in its

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:25.639
 fullness

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.519
 and we

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.519
 are desperate

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.920
 for it

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.420
 to come

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:32.079
 our hope

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:33.260
 indeed

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:34.579
 is in

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.360
 that one

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.840
 day

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.840
 someday

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:40.220
 we're not

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:41.019
 there yet

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.400
 but we

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.079
 have a

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.400
 savior

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:45.000
 who is

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.639
 taking us

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:45.940
 there

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:47.039
 and Jesus

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.700
 we thank

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:47.900
 you

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.820
 we pray

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.780
 come

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.580
 Lord

00:36:50.580 --> 00:36:51.260
 Jesus

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:52.740
 make

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.480
 this

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.060
 world

00:36:54.060 --> 00:36:54.920
 make

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.280
 your

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:55.880
 people

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:57.560
 everything

00:36:57.560 --> 00:36:59.840
 that you

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.320
 would have

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.940
 us to be

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.900
 for the

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.500
 glory of

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.160
 your name

00:37:03.160 --> 00:37:03.580
 and for

00:37:03.580 --> 00:37:03.880
 our

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.620
 eternal

00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:05.800
 fulfillment

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:07.060
 and joy

00:37:07.060 --> 00:37:07.760
 in you

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.620
 oh Jesus

00:37:08.620 --> 00:37:09.460
 meet our

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.160
 longings

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:11.720
 with true

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.080
 hope

00:37:12.080 --> 00:37:14.019
 we ask

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.300
 it in

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.740
 your name

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:16.280
 amen

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:20.640
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00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:21.160
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00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:21.960
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00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.460
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00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.800
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00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.760
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00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:25.540
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00:37:25.540 --> 00:37:33.260
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