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 Hi, I'm Lori, and I'm part of the Oakland community.

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 Today's reading is first from Isaiah 60, verses 1-16, and second from John 1, verses 14-18.

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 A reading from the prophet Isaiah.

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 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

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 See, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples.

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 But the Lord rises on you, and his glory appears over you.

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 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

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 Lift up your eyes and look about you.

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 All assemble and come to you.

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 Your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.

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 Then you will look and be radiant.

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 Your heart will throb and swell with joy.

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 The wealth on the seas will be brought to you.

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 To the riches of the nations will come.

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 I'm sorry, to you the riches of the nations will come.

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 Herds of camels will cover your land.

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 Young camels of Midian and Epa.

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 And from Sheba will come, and all from Sheba will come,

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 bearing gold and incense, and proclaiming the praise of the Lord.

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 All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you.

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 The rams of Nebioth will serve you.

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 And they will be accepted as offerings on my altar.

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 And I will adorn my glorious temple.

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 Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?

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 Surely the islands look to me.

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 In the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your children from afar,

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 with their silver and gold, to the honor of the Lord your God,

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 the Holy One of Israel.

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 For he has endowed you with splendor.

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 Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you.

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 Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.

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 Your gates will always stand open.

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 They will never be shut, day or night,

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 so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations.

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 Their kings led in triumphal procession.

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 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish.

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 It will be utterly ruined.

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 The glory of Lebanon will come to you,

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 the juniper, the fir, and the cypress together,

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 to adorn my sanctuary.

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 And I will glorify the place for my feet.

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 The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you.

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 All who despise you will bow down at your feet,

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 and will call you the city of the Lord,

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 Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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 Although you have been forsaken and hated,

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 with no one traveling through,

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 I will make you the everlasting pride and joy of all generations.

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 You will drink the milk of nations,

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 and be nursed at royal breasts.

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 Then you will know that I, the Lord,

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 am your Savior, your Redeemer,

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 the Mighty One of Jacob.

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 The grass withers and the flowers fade,

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 but the word of our God stands forever.

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 A reading from the Gospel according to John.

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 John.

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 The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

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 We have seen his glory,

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 the glory of the one and only Son,

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 who came from the Father,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 John testified concerning him.

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 He cried out, saying,

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 This is the one I spoke about when I said,

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 He who comes after me has surpassed me,

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 because he was before me.

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 Out of his fullness,

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 we have all received grace,

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 in place of grace already given.

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 For the law was given through Moses.

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 Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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 No one has ever seen God,

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 but the one and only Son,

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 who is himself God,

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 and is in closest relationship with the Father,

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 has made him known.

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 This is the Gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, O Christ.

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 Good morning, Christ Church.

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 We are about five days out from Christmas Eve,

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 and some of us are thinking,

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 hurry up,

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 some of us are thinking,

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 slow down.

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 Our presents are beginning to pile up

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 under the tree just a bit,

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 and I've mentioned to you

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 that the tree we got this year was huge,

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 because I wanted to get my money's worth this year,

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 so lots of girth.

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 And, you know,

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 I kind of feel dumb with our tree,

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 especially with the job of putting the lights on.

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 That's typically Catherine's job,

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 because it's a geometry problem

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 that's way beyond my competency.

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 I'm not really qualified for this eight-foot cone,

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 and, like, 40 feet of string,

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 and the question is, you know,

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 how many times do you bank it around that cone?

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 And for me,

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 I'm going, like, two-thirds of the way up

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 and running out of lights.

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 So, and once I'm not going back down,

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 I'm not going to unwind.

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 I'm just going to take what's left,

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 string it straight to the top,

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 and there's, like, one light at the top of the tree.

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 So that's why that's Catherine's job.

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 Although my way would be a nice way

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 to share the Gospel, you know,

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 here's all the light at the bottom of the tree.

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 That's paradise.

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 Here's all the darkness in the middle of the tree.

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 That's paradise lost.

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 And here's the one light at the top.

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 That's Jesus Christ.

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 He's the hope and the light of the world.

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 Catherine has our tree.

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 I want to start today by saying

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 that light is the opposite of darkness.

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 I know I just blew your minds,

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 so I'm going to say it one more time.

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 Light is the opposite of darkness.

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 And the people of God receiving this text of Isaiah 60

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 are a people who are living in darkness,

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 people living in distress and gloom,

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 sorrow and anguish and oppression.

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 Because of the Babylonian invasion,

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 the Babylonian exile,

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 as we said before, they've had loved ones die.

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 They've had their families ripped apart.

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 They've had their homes torn down,

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 their city burned to ashes,

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 their temple has been reduced to rubble.

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 And they've been living as refugees

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 in a foreign land for quite a long time.

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 And perhaps you feel that you're living in darkness today.

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 You look at your life and you wonder

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 if God is present with you in any way.

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 Maybe you feel like these people,

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 like a smoldering wick that's about to burn out.

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 All the color in your life has gone away.

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 And all you can see is brokenness and bondage and suffering.

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 And the image here with two words of Isaiah 60

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 is sort of like a teenager that's asleep on a Saturday morning

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 and they're in a dark room.

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 It's just, they're dead to the world.

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 And mom comes into that dark room

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 and she throws back the curtains

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 and light comes flooding in.

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 And what does she say?

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 She says, rise and shine.

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 A new day has dawned.

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 And of course, the teenager so appreciates

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 the wisdom of his mother

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 that he just bounces out of bed.

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 But the message today from Isaiah 60

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 is that God's light will draw all nations

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 to know him as savior.

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 That's the promise of Isaiah 60,

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 that God's light will draw all nations

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 to know him as savior.

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 And I want us to think for a minute about God's,

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 these two words that God speaks to his people,

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 rise and shine.

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 Verse one, arise and shine for your light has come

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 and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

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 See, darkness covers the earth

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 and thick darkness is over the peoples,

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 but the Lord rises upon you

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 and his glory appears over you.

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 God is likening himself to the sun,

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 the sun that rises at dawn,

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 the sun that breaks the darkness with light,

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 the sun that scatters the night away.

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 And how is it that God is the light of the world?

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 Well, we know that the sun gives life

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 and that if the sun were to go out,

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 if it were just to never come back out again,

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 we would all freeze to death, right?

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 If the sun went down tonight

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 and didn't come up tomorrow,

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 all of our plants would begin to die

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 and it would kill the food chain

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 and we would be dead pretty soon.

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 And so imagine a world with no sun.

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 It's all darkness and death.

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 And now imagine a world with no God,

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 no one to give us life,

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 no one to give us being and existence.

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 The light of the sun is an image of life.

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 But the light of the sun is also an image of the truth.

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 We were locking up here on Sunday night

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 after Lessons and Carols

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 and Walter, our third child,

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 began turning out the lights

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 as I was moving around the sanctuary.

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 So I started bumping into pews, right?

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 Because without the light,

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 I didn't know the truth about where I was

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 and what was in front of me

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 and where I was going.

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 And it's similar with us.

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 Without the light of God's truth,

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 we get hurt.

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 We feel pain.

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 This is why the psalmist says in Psalm 36,

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 in your light, we see light.

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 The sun is not an object that you look at.

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 It's the way that you see everything else.

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 If you look directly at the sun,

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 you're going to burn your eyes out.

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 But if you look,

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 but you look at everything else

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 by the light of the sun.

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 And God says,

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 I'm going to shine my light on you.

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 And when I shine my light on you,

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 I'm not only going to give you life,

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 I'm going to pour out all of my knowledge

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 and my wisdom and my truth on you.

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 Light is life-giving.

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 Light is truth-revealing.

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 And light also is joy-producing.

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 Why do we post all of our sunset

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 and sunrise pictures on social media?

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 Right?

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 Why do we go in search of these things?

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 Why do I go out on these dark days of December

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 and look for that one sunny spot

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 on those steps over there

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 and on the steps out front of the church

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 to read my book for 15 minutes?

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 Because it makes me feel good.

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 Because we're searching for beauty.

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 We're searching for joy.

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 We're searching for something to gladden our heart.

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 And God is reassuring his people

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 that sit in the deep darkness

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 of the Babylonian exile

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 and their return

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 and all their collective despondency

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 and their individual depression.

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 He says to them,

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 I'm going to shine on you like the rising sun.

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 And my light is going to give you life

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 and truth and joy.

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 Notice the double imperative

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 that God says to his people.

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 He says, in light of that,

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 rise and shine.

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 Rise and shine.

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 Get up, my people,

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 and glow in the dark.

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 Why?

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 Because, verse one,

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 the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

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 The light of my eternal glory

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 is going to shine on you.

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 And because of that, verse three,

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 nations will come to your light

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 and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

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 Because my light

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 and my glory

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 is flooding you,

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 the people,

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 you are going to shine

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 with brightness

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 and radiance

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 and brilliance

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 and glory

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 and beauty.

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 And when you do,

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 you're going to have this magnetic

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 drawing power

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 that's going to cause the world

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 to run to you

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 to get the life,

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 to get the truth,

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 to get the joy

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 that the light of my glory

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 brings.

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 One of the most audacious claims

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 that Jesus makes

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 in the Gospels

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 is he says,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 But I think what's even more audacious

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 than that

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 is in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Jesus turns to his disciples

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 and he says,

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 you are the light of the world.

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 And the Apostle Paul

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 says this in Ephesians 5,

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 he says,

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 for you were once darkness

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 but now you are light

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 in the Lord,

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 live as children

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 of the light.

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 And I just want to encourage us

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 as we think about

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 the light of God

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 shining like the sun

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 that we would start our days

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 over these stressful days

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 of the holidays

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 as the sun is coming up

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 that we would begin our days

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 with 10 minutes

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 or 15 or 20 minutes

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 just letting the objective reality

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 of God's light

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 come flooding in

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 and become the subjective experience

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 of our lives.

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 That we would allow

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 God's light

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 to dawn upon our souls.

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 That we would allow

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 the light of God's word

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 and God's spirit

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 to flood us

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 on the inside

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 and illumine us

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 from the inside out

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 that his life coming in

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 would give us his life

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 and his truth

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 and his joy

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 and when it does that

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 it will make us

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 a radiant

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 and an attractive people

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 that Isaiah says

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 will glow in the dark.

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 We will arise

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 and shine.

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 You with me so far?

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 God's light.

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 What a beautiful image.

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 God's light

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 it says

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 will draw all

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 the nations.

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 God's light

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 will draw

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 all the nations.

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 How many

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 nations or cultures

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 do you think

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 are represented

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 here at Christ Church

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 this morning?

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 You can look around

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 take a guess.

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 How many nations?

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 How many cultures?

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 I can't even begin

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 to parse

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 the complexities

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 of just this little room

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 of people

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 but I think

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 that's directly tied

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 to Isaiah 60

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 this vision

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 of the city of God

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 this picture

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 of Jerusalem

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 renewed

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 this image

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 of Zion

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 exalted

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 and it shows us

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 this text

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 shows us

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 what it means

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 when the Lord's prayer

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 is answered.

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 When the kingdom

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 of God

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 comes on the earth

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 as it is in heaven

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 Isaiah 60 says

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 when it does

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 all the nations

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 and all their kings

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 will come

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 to live and worship

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 in the city of God

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 and when they do

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 enemies will be reconciled

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 war will be over

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 there will be no more

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 ethnic divisions

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 everyone will live together

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 in unity

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 and peace

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 it's a vision

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 of the city of God

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 as a place

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 of spiritual

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 brightness

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 and illumination

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 where the light

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 of God's glory

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 is drawing

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 the nations together

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 for their healing

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 and in verse 5

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 it says

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 then you will look

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 and be radiant

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 your heart will throb

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 and swell

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 with joy

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 why is this

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 such a thrilling

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 and exciting

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 vision

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 because it's a city

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 that no human

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 efforts

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 at urbanization

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 have yet been able

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 to produce

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 it's a city

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 that's built

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 by God

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 and what is the first

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 thing that God does

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 for this city

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 of Zion

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 we're told in verse 4

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 it says

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 lift up your eyes

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 and look about you

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 all assemble

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 and come to you

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 your sons come

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 from afar

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 and your daughters

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 are carried

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 on the hip

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 the last of the scattered

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 and exiled

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 children of Abraham

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 are going to be

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 willingly

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 and gently brought

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 from all parts

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 of the world

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 north, south, east, and west

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 the people of God

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 are all going to come

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 and be at home

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 and be at rest

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 with their God

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 but then it gets better

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 it says

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 in verse 5

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 look and be radiant

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 your heart will throb

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 and swell with joy

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 why?

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 because the wealth

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 on the seas

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 will be brought

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 to you

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 to you

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 the riches

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 of the nations

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 will come

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 surprisingly

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 all the Gentile nations

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 will stream

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 to Zion's light

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 they're going to be

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 like moss

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 to the flame

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 of God's glory

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 and it's this great image

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 of a caravan

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 of nations

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 all coming

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 to this

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 one city

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 and as they come

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 they're carrying

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 Zion's exiles home

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 but when they arrive

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 what do they do?

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 they bring all

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 of their wealth

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 all the abundance

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 of the nations

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 all the finest

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 that they have

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 and they give it

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 to God

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 I love verse 11

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 it says

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 your gates

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 will always stand open

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 they will never be shut

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 day or night

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 so that people

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 may bring you

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 the wealth

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 of the nations

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 the gates

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 of the city

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 are open

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 24-7

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 because the wealth

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 of the nations

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 is being continually

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 hauled

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 through those gates

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 in a constant

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 unending influx

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 of accumulated

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 foreign goods

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 to transform

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 and to glorify

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 the city

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 of God

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 you guys with me

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 so far?

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 can you mind

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 if I just nerd out

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 for a second

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 on this text?

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 I went to seminary

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 for three years

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 so it's got to be

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 worth something

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 okay?

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 when you hear

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 these places

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 Midian

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 Ifa

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 Sheba

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 Kedar

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 Nebeo

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 Tarshish

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 Lebanon

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 what does that

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 mean to us?

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 it means nothing

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.459
 to us

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 but these were

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 the seven most

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 important trading

00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.039
 centers of the

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.740
 ancient world

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.339
 New York

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:45.839
 London

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 Shanghai

00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:47.119
 Hong Kong

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 Tokyo

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 Singapore

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 Frankfurt

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 this is where

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 it's at

00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:51.659
 and this is where

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 it's all coming

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 from

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 and I want to

00:17:53.699 --> 00:17:54.319
 explain to you

00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.979
 the camels

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 and the ships

00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.079
 that are coming

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.799
 from these trading

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 centers

00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:57.960
 in verse 6

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 the herds of

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 camels will

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 cover your land

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 young camels

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 of Midian

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 and Ephah

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 and all from

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.860
 Sheba will come

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 bearing gold

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.519
 and incense

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 we'll come back

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 to that in a second

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:10.460
 and proclaiming

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 the praise

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 of the Lord

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 these camel trains

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 were the ships

00:18:14.540 --> 00:18:15.100
 of the desert

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 that came from

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 the east

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 from Arabia

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 and they were

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.400
 symbols of great

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 economic power

00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:20.960
 and mobility

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 and they came

00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.500
 bringing what?

00:18:22.820 --> 00:18:23.400
 gold

00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:25.019
 and incense

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:26.900
 and then in

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 verse 9

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 we're told

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 that surely

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.200
 the islands

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.879
 look to me

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 in the lead

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 are the ships

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.619
 of Tarshish

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 bringing your

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 children from

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.200
 afar

00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:33.759
 and with their

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.680
 silver and gold

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.759
 to the honor

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.400
 of the Lord

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:36.839
 your God

00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:37.519
 the Holy One

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:37.920
 of Israel

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 for he has

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:39.259
 endowed you

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 with splendor

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 just as these

00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.660
 camels come

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.319
 from the east

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 from Arabia

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 so these ships

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 of Tarshish

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.460
 come from the west

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 from Spain

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 and they're these

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 impressive

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:51.480
 vessels of transport

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 that bring people

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.120
 and silver

00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:53.759
 and gold

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.799
 through the whole

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:56.460
 Mediterranean world

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 and it's this image

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.880
 of busy ports

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 endless loading

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:02.039
 docks

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:03.240
 crowded scales

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.519
 agents hurrying

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.480
 and scuttling about

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:05.940
 shipping

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:07.120
 and receiving

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.039
 it's an image

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:09.460
 of exotic

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 cultural products

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 in enormous

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 commercial wealth

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 coming flooding

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 and pouring

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 into the city

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 of God

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 and remember

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 who's hearing

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 this vision

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 it's people

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 maybe like you

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 who've given up

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 hope

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 that any sort

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 of quality

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 of life

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 is possible

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 for them

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 anymore

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 these are people

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 who lack

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 sufficient materials

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 to rebuild

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 the temple

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 of God

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 these are a people

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 for as long

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 as they can remember

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 the people of God

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 have been paying

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 imperial tribute

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 to other nations

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 to Assyria

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 to Babylon

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 to the Persians

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 and now here

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 all the goods

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 that have been

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 flowing out

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 from the people

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 of God

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 are somehow

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 miraculously

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 dramatically

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 reversed

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 and flowing

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 back in

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 the light

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 is so filling

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 the people

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 of God

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 that they glow

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 in the dark

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 and they draw

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 all these nations

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 to bring with them

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 their wealth

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 so that the camels

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 of Midian

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 why are they coming

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 in verse 6

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 they're coming

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 to proclaim

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 the praise

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 of the Lord

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 these ships

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 of Tarshish

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 in verse 9

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 why are they coming

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 they're coming

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 to honor the Lord

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 the Holy One

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 of Israel

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 all the technological

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 and cultural

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 and military

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 and commercial goods

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 that once were signs

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 of pagan power

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 are here in this moment

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 being cleansed

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 of all their prideful

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 and idolatrous functions

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 to serve a very different

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 purpose

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 all the camels

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 of Arabia

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 all the ships

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 of Tarshish

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 are coming

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 from the east

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 and coming

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 from the west

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 why

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 for the glory

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 of God

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 why

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 all of this

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 luxury

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.680
 and extravagance

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 and prosperity

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.519
 and generosity

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 this vision

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 tells us

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 that just as

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 the kings

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 and queens

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 brought tribute

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 to Solomon

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 so he could build

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 Yahweh's first temple

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 now he's doing it again

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 but this time

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 bigger

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 and better

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 you see all these

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 this gold

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 in verse 6

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 from Sheba

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 is going to beautify

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 the house of the Lord

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 and all that incense

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 is going to make

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 for a fragrant

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 sweet smelling

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 worship to God

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 and these flocks

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 from Kedar

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 in verse 7

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 these are going to become

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 costly sacrifices

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 on the altar

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 of the Lord

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 to adorn

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 his glorious temple

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 with his merciful

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 substitutionary

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 atonement

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 in verse 13

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 the timber

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 from Lebanon

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 is going to come

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 and strengthen

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 and adorn

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 the Lord's sanctuary

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 and glorify

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 the place

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 it says

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 where his feet

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 mysteriously

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 walk

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 among us

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 mortals

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 and verse 10

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 is shocking

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 the nations

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 and the kings

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 are not only

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 going to provide

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.319
 the raw materials

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 but they themselves

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 are going to roll up

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 their sleeves

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 and get their hands

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 dirty

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 as they

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 begin to build

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 the house

00:22:13.439 --> 00:22:14.000
 of the Lord

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 themselves

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 you see

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 this new city

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.079
 exists

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 for something

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 beyond itself

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 and beyond

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 its own

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 pleasure

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 and self

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 actualization

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 this is a place

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.599
 where every knee

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 can come

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 and bow

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 and every tongue

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.039
 can come

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.799
 and confess

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 that Yahweh

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.319
 the Holy One

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.799
 of Israel

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:36.259
 is the Savior

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.879
 and Redeemer

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 of the whole world

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:41.439
 Isaiah 60

00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:42.039
 reveals

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 that the world's

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.319
 achievements

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.119
 and wealth

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 and power

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.819
 are destined

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.959
 not for destruction

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 but for transformation

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 that each

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 cultural artifact

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.519
 of every

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 diverse

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 and distinct

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.480
 people group

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 will be put

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.899
 into the service

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.879
 of the glory

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.879
 of God

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:59.740
 this is a place

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.879
 for all nations

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.839
 and all cultures

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.359
 to come

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.059
 and surrender

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.720
 allegiance

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.919
 with extravagant

00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:07.559
 generosity

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:09.639
 for the enhancing

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.700
 of God's worship

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:12.480
 for the building

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.519
 up of the house

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.359
 of the Holy One

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.819
 of Israel

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.700
 for the extending

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.919
 of His kingdom

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:19.059
 in every direction

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:20.019
 every culture

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:21.299
 is bringing

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.000
 their best

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.380
 to worship

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:23.400
 to worship

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.880
 the Lord

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.819
 and that's why

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.759
 friends

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.160
 that's why

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.960
 we come here

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:28.140
 every Sunday

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:30.019
 to bring

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.140
 our unique gifts

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:33.059
 to bring the best

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.119
 that we have

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.779
 to proclaim

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.980
 the praise

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.599
 of the Lord

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:38.339
 to put our

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:39.480
 sacrificial offerings

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.480
 on His altar

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.339
 and to adorn

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.400
 and beautify

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:44.200
 the glorious temple

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:46.319
 of His diverse

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.720
 global

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:49.400
 multicultural

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:51.160
 international

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.559
 church

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.819
 amen

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:57.620
 God's light

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.200
 we're told

00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:00.039
 is going to draw

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.100
 all the nations

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:02.740
 arise and shine

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:04.420
 glow in the dark

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.960
 my people

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.720
 because I want to draw

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.580
 all the nations

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.279
 to myself

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.139
 why

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:10.180
 God's light

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.539
 will draw

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.139
 all nations

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:12.019
 to know Him

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.639
 as the Savior

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:15.200
 to know Him

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.819
 as the Savior

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:18.480
 it's December 19th

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.220
 so some of you

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.779
 may be wondering

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.660
 okay this is great

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.299
 but what does all this

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.099
 have to do with Christmas

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:24.119
 I want to draw

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.559
 your attention

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.539
 back to verse 6

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.099
 where it says

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:27.379
 herds of camels

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.899
 will come

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.559
 from Midian

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.079
 Ephah

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.680
 and Sheba

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.619
 and they're going to come

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.619
 bearing gold

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.399
 and incense

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.920
 and proclaiming

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.539
 the praise

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.539
 of the Lord

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:38.759
 and also verse 14

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.319
 where it says

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.680
 the children of your oppressors

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.299
 will come bowing before you

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.700
 all who despise you

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.460
 will bow down

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.220
 at your feet

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:47.879
 and then in verse 16

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.599
 then you will know

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.519
 that I am the Lord

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.319
 I the Lord

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.940
 am your Savior

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.659
 your Redeemer

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.960
 the Mighty One

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.500
 of Jacob

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.460
 the question with these

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.259
 prophetic texts

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.879
 is always

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.779
 when

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.700
 and where

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.819
 and how

00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:00.139
 is this going to happen

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:01.339
 and the Gospels tell us

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:02.220
 the Gospel of Matthew

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.779
 tells us

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:04.180
 that these wise kings

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:06.079
 from the east

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.699
 from Arabia

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:09.980
 they came on camels

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.699
 to the city

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.639
 of Zion

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.419
 and they asked

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:13.339
 where is the one

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.559
 born king of the Jews

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.139
 and when they finally

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.740
 found him

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.659
 they saw the child

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.319
 and were told

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.059
 in the Gospels

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.199
 that they bowed down

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:22.240
 and they worshipped him

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.179
 and what did they do

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.899
 they opened their treasures

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.399
 to him

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:27.259
 and what were the gifts

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.500
 of those Gentile kings

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.539
 presented to him

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:31.019
 gold

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.859
 incense

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:35.079
 and myrrh

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.419
 kids you can come

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:37.399
 study our little

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:38.539
 nativity set

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.539
 here from Rwanda

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:41.199
 to see these gifts

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.959
 that these kings

00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:42.579
 have brought

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.839
 to Jesus

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.559
 and why do they

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.339
 give these gifts

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.719
 to him

00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.459
 is it because

00:25:46.459 --> 00:25:48.139
 he's such a cute baby

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:51.399
 these are wise kings

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:53.379
 who've been seeking

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.019
 the mystery

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.579
 and meaning

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.319
 of the cosmos

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.519
 all their lives

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:58.719
 these are men

00:25:58.719 --> 00:26:00.079
 who plumb the depths

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.599
 of the wisdom

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.559
 that history

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.339
 and religion

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.240
 and philosophy

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.359
 has to offer

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:07.319
 and at the end

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.339
 of all their searching

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.740
 they find themselves

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:11.879
 drawn to this reality

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:14.259
 from John chapter 1

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.059
 verse 14

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.779
 the word became flesh

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:18.579
 and made his dwelling

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.139
 among us

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:20.359
 we have seen his glory

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:22.679
 the glory of the only son

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:23.859
 who came from the father

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.679
 full of grace

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:26.159
 and truth

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:28.359
 why do these kings

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.119
 from the east

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.619
 bow down

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:32.919
 why do they worship

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:34.679
 why do they

00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:36.039
 pour out their treasures

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:39.359
 because here is the word

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:42.059
 the logos of God

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:44.500
 the logic of God

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:46.659
 the deep inner wisdom

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:48.000
 that made the worlds

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:50.459
 the logic that is beyond

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:52.279
 all human logic

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.739
 and that logic of God

00:26:53.739 --> 00:26:55.199
 has been made flesh

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:57.799
 in a real historical person

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:59.779
 the divine

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.240
 preexistent

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.859
 eternal

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.960
 all creating

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.180
 lord of nature

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.440
 and of history

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.740
 has become human

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:09.639
 what mattered

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:12.299
 has become matter

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:15.399
 what gives meaning

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:18.059
 is now material

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:20.940
 and the life of the universe

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.680
 is embodied

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.779
 in this vulnerable

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.819
 child

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:25.200
 so that when they see

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:26.100
 his face

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:27.519
 they see the face

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.140
 of God

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:29.980
 and when they look

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.759
 in his eyes

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:32.660
 God is looking back

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.120
 at them

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:35.200
 and when they speak

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.759
 the name of this one

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.539
 who's born from the womb

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.120
 of Mary

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.600
 and birthed in a cave

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.460
 in Bethlehem

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:43.539
 they're calling on the name

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:45.400
 of almighty God

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:48.980
 the word

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.580
 became flesh

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:53.740
 he made his dwelling

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.839
 among us

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:56.740
 literally

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.359
 it says

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:58.500
 the word became flesh

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.599
 and he tabernacled

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.299
 among us

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:02.480
 he became a temple

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.519
 in our midst

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:05.679
 so that these words

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.599
 of Isaiah 60

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.839
 about all the nations

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.559
 streaming

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:10.059
 to worship

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.839
 at the house

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.359
 of the Lord

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.079
 John 1

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.619
 tells us

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.599
 that this child

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:15.559
 is that point

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.379
 of intersection

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.960
 between the timeless

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.659
 and time

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:20.380
 between heaven

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.960
 and earth

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:22.920
 between humanity

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:24.400
 and divinity

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.600
 here the light

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.100
 of the glory

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.519
 of God

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.380
 shines

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:29.860
 and draws

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:31.160
 these wise kings

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.540
 from the east

00:28:32.540 --> 00:28:34.460
 they thought

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.940
 to themselves

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.920
 we have gone

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:37.440
 to extraordinary

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.060
 lengths

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.920
 to get to this

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.380
 cradle

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.240
 but when they get

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.620
 there

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:42.080
 they only realize

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.720
 that God

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.400
 has gone to

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.880
 extravagant lengths

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.519
 to get into

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.060
 a personal

00:28:47.060 --> 00:28:47.660
 relationship

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.900
 with each

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.820
 one

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.840
 of them

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:53.180
 and when these

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.940
 kings see

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.680
 in Jesus

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.759
 this God

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.340
 who is full

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:56.840
 of grace

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.500
 and truth

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.100
 this God

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.620
 who is full

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.160
 of love

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.100
 and faithfulness

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.900
 what do they do

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:03.400
 they bow down

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:05.420
 and they worship

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.779
 him

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:07.320
 and they pour

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:08.259
 out the best

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.720
 that their culture

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.220
 has

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.200
 to offer

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.720
 if you got

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.220
 on a plane

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.580
 today

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:15.380
 and you

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.880
 flew

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.940
 to Israel

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.400
 and you

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.740
 went to

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.340
 the church

00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:19.580
 of the nativity

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.480
 in Bethlehem

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.240
 the site

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.660
 of Jesus

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.160
 birth

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.460
 you would

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.920
 find that

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.380
 the door

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.300
 of that church

00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:27.060
 is so small

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:28.240
 and so low

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.620
 that you're

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.420
 literally forced

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.600
 to stoop down

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.400
 if you want

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.440
 to enter into it

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.580
 it's one of my

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.160
 favorite churches

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.500
 in the whole world

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.840
 you have to bow

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.300
 down

00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:39.560
 to go inside

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:41.500
 and once you're

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.880
 in there

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.220
 if you want

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.620
 to go

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.679
 to the cave

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.959
 where Jesus

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:45.479
 was born

00:29:45.479 --> 00:29:45.879
 you have to

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.359
 walk down

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.959
 these steps

00:29:46.959 --> 00:29:47.399
 and you have

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.919
 to bend

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.559
 your head

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.019
 low

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.099
 to get down

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.359
 there

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.959
 and then many

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.619
 people once

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.279
 they get down

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.859
 to that level

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.879
 they bow down

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.859
 on the ground

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.759
 so that they

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.519
 can touch

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.659
 the rocks

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.459
 of that cave

00:29:59.459 --> 00:30:00.019
 and some people

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.679
 just kiss

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.639
 the dirt

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.539
 that's in there

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.359
 and you might

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.659
 think well

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.039
 what's up

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.500
 with all this

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.219
 stooping

00:30:06.219 --> 00:30:06.859
 and bending

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.799
 and bowing

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:10.139
 well when Isaiah

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:12.419
 says in verse 16

00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:13.119
 then you will know

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.659
 that I

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.159
 the Lord

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.879
 your Savior

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.940
 your Redeemer

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.700
 the Mighty One

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.119
 of you

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:19.740
 no one could

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.460
 have imagined

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:22.599
 that God

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.240
 was going to

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.259
 empty himself

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.279
 of all of his

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.819
 glory

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:27.240
 and stoop down

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.259
 as low as a

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.839
 tiny crying

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.319
 baby in a

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.720
 manger

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.940
 to be our

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.259
 Savior

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:35.319
 no one

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.519
 could fathom

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.059
 that God

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.639
 would bend

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.680
 as low as

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.160
 a man

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:40.020
 of sorrows

00:30:40.020 --> 00:30:41.140
 and a friend

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.720
 of sinners

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:43.220
 to become

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.900
 our Redeemer

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.720
 no one

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:46.400
 could even

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.500
 conjure up

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.060
 this image

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.740
 of the Mighty

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.500
 One of Jacob

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.500
 bowing down

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.420
 as low as a

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.940
 slave

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.960
 to wash

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.360
 our feet

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:57.259
 no one

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.580
 could have

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.680
 possibly come up

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.440
 with the idea

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.220
 that God

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:03.020
 became like us

00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.620
 so that he could

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.860
 stretch out his arms

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:06.340
 to give us

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.340
 a hug

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:09.899
 and absolutely

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.939
 no one

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.299
 would have

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.779
 ever

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.799
 ever imagined

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:14.579
 that that God

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:16.059
 on Good Friday

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.679
 would stretch out

00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:18.359
 those arms

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:20.139
 on his cross

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:22.439
 and that the light

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:23.039
 of the world

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:25.059
 the light of the glory

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.519
 of God

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.480
 would be plunged

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.639
 into the darkness

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:30.079
 to bear the weight

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.980
 of our guilt

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.639
 and shame

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:33.819
 to pay the debt

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.959
 of our selfishness

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.799
 and sin

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.420
 and to die

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.000
 the death

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.740
 that we deserve

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.259
 to die

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:41.079
 and you see

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.900
 that's the reason

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.779
 we stoop

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:44.660
 and we bend

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:46.360
 and we bow

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.799
 as Christians

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:50.180
 because the Holy One

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.620
 of Israel

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.420
 stooped

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:53.100
 and bent

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:55.079
 and bowed

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:56.700
 to become

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.299
 our Savior

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:59.420
 and to become

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.880
 our Redeemer

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:03.060
 and so Christ

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.260
 Church

00:32:03.260 --> 00:32:04.040
 that's my prayer

00:32:04.040 --> 00:32:04.680
 for us

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.200
 that we would

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.740
 arise

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.700
 and that we

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.260
 would shine

00:32:08.260 --> 00:32:10.320
 that we would

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:12.040
 glow in the dark

00:32:12.040 --> 00:32:13.920
 that God

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.940
 would so shine

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.700
 the light of his

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.500
 glory on us

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.320
 the glory of his

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:18.400
 one and only son

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:20.260
 that we would

00:32:20.260 --> 00:32:21.500
 become transfigured

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.440
 into brilliant

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.480
 illumined

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.100
 radiant

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:25.480
 beautiful

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.660
 Christ-like

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.720
 life-giving

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.900
 truth-revealing

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:30.140
 joy-producing

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.640
 people

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:32.480
 who in our

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.140
 stooping

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.440
 and our

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.839
 bending

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.279
 and our

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.799
 bowing

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.640
 before God

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.079
 and before

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.839
 other people

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.380
 we would shine

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.200
 the light of God's

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.940
 glory into this

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.299
 world

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.860
 that we would

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.559
 shine the light

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.259
 of God's glory

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.079
 into the city

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.480
 where every

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.779
 people and tribe

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.700
 and nation

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.420
 and tongue

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:51.319
 could be drawn

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.900
 to this

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.860
 stooping

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.839
 bending

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:55.259
 and bowing

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.980
 Savior

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:58.079
 whose light

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.220
 shines in the

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.679
 darkness

00:32:59.679 --> 00:33:01.639
 and the darkness

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.359
 has not

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.939
 overcome it

00:33:03.939 --> 00:33:05.699
 this is my

00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:06.059
 prayer

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.559
 in the name

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.000
 of the Father

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 Son and Holy

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 Spirit

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 Amen