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 We're going to begin our service singing to God's praise in Psalm 98.

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 He has remembered well the covenant he made with him, the house of Israel.

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 And all the nations of the earth have seen what God has done, our God who brings deliverance

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 by his right hand alone.

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 Acclaim the Lord of all the earth, shout loudly and rejoice.

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 Make music and be jubilant to him, lift up your voice.

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 With harp make music to the Lord, with harp his praises sing.

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 With trumpet and with horn rejoice.

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 Before the Lord, the King.

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 Let earth, the sea and all in them rejoice triumphantly.

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 Let streams clap hands and mountains sing together joyfully.

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 Now let them sing before the Lord who comes to judge the earth.

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 He'll judge the world in righteousness, the peoples in his truth.

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 Verses 3 to the end of Psalm 98 and sing psalms.

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 His steadfast love and faithfulness he has remembered well.

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 Amen.

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 His steadfast love and faithfulness he has remembered well.

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 The covenant he made within the house of Israel.

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 And all the nations of the earth have seen what God has done.

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 His steadfast love and faithfulness he has remembered well.

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 Our God who brings deliverance by his right hand alone.

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 Acclaim the Lord, O all the earth.

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 Shout loudly and rejoice.

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 Make music and be jubilant.

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 To him lift up your voice.

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 With harp make music to the Lord.

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 With harp his praises sing.

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 With trumpet and with horn rejoice.

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 Before the Lord, the King.

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 Let earth, the sea, and all in them rejoice triumphantly.

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 Let streams clap hands and mountains sing together joyfully.

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 Now let them sing before the Lord who comes to judge the earth.

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 He'll judge the world in righteousness, the peoples in his truth.

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 Let us bow in prayer.

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 O Lord, as we bow in your presence tonight, we pray for the grace to worship you in a right way.

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 We give thanks, O Lord, that we're able to sing your word and to be reminded of your steadfast love towards us.

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 We give thanks that your word reinforces that you are an unchanging God.

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 You are unchanging in your character.

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 Unchanging in your purposes.

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 And we give thanks for that great truth.

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 It's often hard for us to understand what that is because we are always changing.

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 Our attitudes change.

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 Our thoughts change.

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 Our thoughts change.

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 The very plans that we make change.

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 Sometimes, not out of our own making, but we realize that we are constantly in a world of change.

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 But you are the God who never changes, and we're thankful for that.

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 Because it means that your promises are absolute guaranteed that what you have said you will do.

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 It is impossible for God to lie.

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 And so tonight we rest in these promises, assured that you are faithful to every single one of them.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will lift up our hearts, lift up our mind beyond ourselves,

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 because we are so tied to who we are and what we are.

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 And help us as we are here tonight to focus upon you and to realize that ultimately life is not so much about ourselves,

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 but it is about you and your glory in this world.

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 And we pray that we might have the great end in view that we are reminded of,

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 that our chief end or chief purpose is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.

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 And we pray that that enjoyment might be discovered by each and every one of us.

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 And help us to realize that it is only in and through the Lord Jesus Christ

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 that we are able to find this fulfillment and this enjoyment.

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 So we pray for the faith.

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 Pray for the faith for maybe some in here who might not already have come to faith.

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 We pray that they will.

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 And pray for those who have come to faith,

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 that they will come to a greater enjoyment of you.

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 And that every day will be a day where they will come to a greater knowledge of you.

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 We pray that you will help us in our worship.

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 And that you will deliver us from the temptations which so often flood our minds as we seek to worship you.

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 Because the evil one is never far away trying to distract us.

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 And to take our mind off the truth.

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 And to think of other things.

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 And to bring tempting thoughts before us.

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 And even to cast doubt upon who you are and what you are.

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 And so we pray Lord that you will grant us that focus as we wait upon you.

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 We pray to bless this congregation.

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 We give thanks for its witness and testimony over the years.

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 And we pray that you will continue to bless us.

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 That you will do in us and for us more than we could ask or think.

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 That you will grant your people a greater confidence in you.

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 A greater strength in the Lord.

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 We pray that we might have a greater focus upon you.

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 And a greater understanding of our responsibilities to you and to one another.

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 We pray Lord that you will bless this congregation particularly at a time of vacancy.

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 We pray your leading and guiding.

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 We give thanks oh Lord that you have done so in the past.

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 And we are persuaded that you will continue to do so.

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 So grant us the patience to wait upon you.

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 And grant us the wisdom that only you can give.

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 We pray your blessing upon Colin who is the intermoderator.

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 Pray your blessing upon Colin Murdo and Joanne.

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 And we give thanks for his ministry here.

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 And the encouragement that he is to us.

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 And pray to bless them and their family.

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 Pray for all the office bearers and all their differing responsibilities.

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 We pray for all who do so much in this congregation.

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 And we see that week in, week out.

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 That there are so many things happening.

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 Good things happening.

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 And so much work is on behind the scenes.

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 And so we pray to encourage all your people.

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 Reminding us that no labour in the Lord is ever in vain.

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 There are times we think it is.

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 There are times we can become discouraged.

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 But your word assures us that it is not in vain.

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 And that it will all receive its reward.

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 All that is done in faith in due time.

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 So we pray that you will bless.

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 As we say your witness here.

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 And we pray that for all the congregations in our town and throughout our island.

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 And indeed throughout our land.

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 We pray Lord that you will give a gospel boldness to preachers.

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 And that you will give a gospel boldness to your people.

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 Because there are so many who do not know who you are.

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 They don't know the first thing about you.

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 And we pray particularly at this time of year.

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 That people who might have for the first time since maybe this time last year any thoughts about you.

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 That they may indeed have stronger and greater thoughts.

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 And that your truth might be opened up here and there.

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 And that people will come to know and to believe.

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 We pray for those who are struggling in life.

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 And we pray for those who face health battles.

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 We pray that you will help them and undertake for them.

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 Pray for those who are experienced or have experienced the loss of loved ones.

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 Whether of recent times or in times gone by.

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 But there is particularly at this time of year an emptiness.

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 And an empty soreness within the heart.

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 And we pray that you will give them comfort.

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 Give them strength.

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 And give them a sense of your love towards them.

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 We pray for all our young people.

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 We give thanks for them.

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 And we pray that in the young years of their life.

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 That they will come to know you and to serve you.

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 And we give thanks Lord for every effort that is made.

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 To teach our young in the way of the Lord.

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 Pray for all our different families.

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 And ask Lord that you will be with them.

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 And pray Lord for where there may be difficulties within the home.

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 That maybe others aren't aware of.

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 That you will come and that you will help.

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 We pray for the elderly.

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 And those who are no longer able to get out.

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 Those who suffer pain in their bodies.

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 And weakness in their limbs.

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 And maybe weakness in their mind.

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 Pray for those who have mental health issues.

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 We ask Lord that you will give them strengthening in their mind.

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 And we pray Lord for our hospitals.

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 For our NH staff.

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 For all our emergency services.

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 And our chaplains.

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 And we pray for our armed forces.

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 And our chaplains there.

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 And we pray for order within our land.

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 Because we live in times where there is so much chaos.

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 And we pray Lord for wisdom to our leaders.

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 To those in authority over us.

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 All grant them Lord.

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 The wisdom that is from above.

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 That they will lead us in the right way.

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 Help us then as we wait upon you.

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 And to do us good.

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 And watch over each and every one of us.

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 Be with the fellowship this evening.

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 And pray your blessing upon it.

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 And all those who are prepared for it.

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 We ask your blessing upon them.

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 And grant us your grace.

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 And have mercy upon us.

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 Cleansing us from each and every sin.

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 In Jesus name we ask God.

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 Amen.

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 I'm going to sing again from Psalm 89.

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 And this is from the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm number 89.

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 And we're going to sing from verse 13.

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 It's on page 3, 4, 5.

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 Thou hast an arm that's full of power.

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 Thy hand is great in might.

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 And thy right hand exceedingly exalted is in height.

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 Justice and judgment of thy throne are made the dwelling place.

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 Mercy accompanied with truth shall go before thy face.

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 O greatly blessed the people are.

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 The joyful sound that know.

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 In brightness of thy face, O Lord, they ever on shall go.

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 They in thy name shall all the day rejoice exceedingly.

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 And in thy righteousness shall they exalted be on high.

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 Because the glory of their strength doth only stand in thee.

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 And in thy favor shall our horn and power exalted be.

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 For God is our defense.

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 And he to us doth safety bring.

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 The Holy One of Israel is our Almighty King.

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 13 to 18, Psalm 89.

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 Thou hast an arm that's full of power.

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 Thou hast an arm that's full of power.

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 Thy hand is great in might.

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 And thy right hand exceedingly exalted is in height.

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 Justice and judgment of thy throne are made the dwelling place.

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 Mercy accompany the need with truth shall go before thy face.

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 O greatly blessed the people are.

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 The joyful sound that know.

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 In brightness of thy face, O Lord, they ever on shall go.

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 They in thy name shall all the day rejoice exceedingly.

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 And in thy righteousness shall be exalted be on high.

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 Because the glory of their strength doth only stand in thee.

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 And in thy favor shall our horn and power exalted be.

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 For God is our defense.

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 And he to us doth safety bring.

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 The Holy One of Israel is our Almighty King.

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 Let's turn now to read God's word in the gospel of Luke.

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 Luke's gospel.

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 Chapter 24, the last chapter.

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 And we pick up a reading at verse 25.

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 We know, of course, that this is

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 where Jesus has joined the two on the road to Emmaus.

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 And so we pick up on what Jesus is saying at verse 25.

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 And he, that's Jesus, said to them,

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 O foolish ones and slow of heart,

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 to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

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 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things

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 and enter into his glory?

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 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

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 he interpreted to them in all the scriptures

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 the things concerning himself.

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 So they drew near to the village to which they were going.

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 He acted as if he were going further,

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 but they urged him strongly, saying,

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 Stay with us, for it is two or three evening,

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 and the day is now far spent.

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 So he went in to stay with them.

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 When he was at table with them,

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 he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them.

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 And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him,

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 and he vanished from their sight.

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 They said to each other,

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 Did not our hearts burn within us

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 while he talked to us on the road,

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 while he opened to us the scriptures?

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 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem.

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 And they found the eleven,

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 and those who were with them gathered together,

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 saying,

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 The Lord has risen indeed,

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 and has appeared to Simon.

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 Then they told what had happened on the road,

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 and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

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 As they were talking about these things,

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 Jesus himself stood among them,

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 and said to them,

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 Peace to you.

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 But they were startled and frightened,

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 and thought they saw a spirit.

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 And he said to them,

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 Why are you troubled?

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 And why do doubts arise in your heart?

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 See my hands and my feet,

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 that it is I myself.

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 Touch me and see.

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 For a spirit does not have flesh and bones,

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 as you see that I have.

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 And when he had said this,

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 he showed them his hands and his feet.

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 And while they still believed for joy and were marvelling,

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 he said to them,

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 Have you anything here to eat?

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 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,

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 and he took it and ate before them.

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 Then he said to them,

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 These are my words that I spoke to you

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 while I was still with you,

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 that everything written about me

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 in the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms

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 must be fulfilled.

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 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,

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 and said to them,

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 Thus it is written,

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 that the Christ should suffer

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 and on the third day rise from the dead,

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 and repentance and forgiveness of sins

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 should be proclaimed in his name

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 to all nations,

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 beginning from Jerusalem.

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 You are witnesses of these things.

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 And behold,

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 I am sending the promise of my Father upon you,

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 but stay in the city

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 until you are clothed with power from on high.

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 Then he led them out as far as Bethany,

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 and lifting up his hands,

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 he blessed them.

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 While he blessed them,

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 he parted from them

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 and was carried up into heaven.

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 And they worshipped him

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 and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

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 and were continually in the temple,

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 blessing God.

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 Amen,

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 and may God bless to us

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 this reading of his own holy word.

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 We're going to sing again

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 and sing Psalms in Psalm number 24.

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 It's on page 28,

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 Psalm 24,

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 from the beginning,

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 verses 1 to 8.

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 The world and all in it are gods,

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 all peoples of the earth,

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 for it was founded by the Lord

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 upon the seas beneath.

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 Who may ascend the hill of God

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 or in his temple stand?

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 The one who shuns false gods and lies,

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 who's pure in heart and hand.

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 He will find favour from the Lord

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 and from his Saviour grace.

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 Thus are they blessed,

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 O Jacob's God,

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 who truly seek your face.

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 You engine gates,

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 lift up your heads.

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 You doors be opened wide.

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 So may the King of glory come

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 forever to abide.

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 But who is this exalted King?

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 What glorious King is he?

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 It is the Lord of strength and might,

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 the Lord of victory.

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 1 to 8, Psalm 24,

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 the world and all in it are gods.

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 Amen.

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 The world and all in it are gods,

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 all peoples of the earth,

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 for it was founded by the Lord

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 upon the seas beneath.

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 Who may ascend the hill of God

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 or in his temple stand?

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 The one who shuns false gods and lies,

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 who's pure in heart and hand.

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 He will find favour from the Lord

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 and from his Saviour grace.

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 Thus are they blessed,

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 O Jacob's God,

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 who truly seek your face.

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 You ancient gates,

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 lift up your heads.

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 You doors be opened wide.

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 So may the King of glory come

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 forever to abide.

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 But who is this exalted King?

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 What glorious King is he?

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 It is the Lord of strength and might,

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 the Lord of victory.

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 Amen.

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 Let's turn again for a little

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 to the chapter we read

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 in Luke's Gospel,

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 Luke chapter 24.

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 Luke chapter 24.

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 Luke chapter 24.

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 And at verse 50.

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 Then he led them out as far as Bethany

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 and lifting up his hands,

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 he blessed them.

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 While he blessed them,

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 he parted from them

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 and was carried up into heaven.

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 And they worshipped him

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 and returned to Jerusalem

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 with great joy

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 and were continually in the temple

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 blessing God.

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 Now as we know at this time of year,

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 there is great focus

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 upon the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and this morning,

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 Calamurda was looking

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 at the return

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 his second coming into this world.

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 And tonight,

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 I want to focus

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 on Jesus's leaving this world.

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 This which happened between

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 his coming first time into the world

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 and also between his return again.

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 Now as we know,

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 at a human level,

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 partings are never easy.

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 Whether the parting

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 is just for a short time

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 or whether the parting

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 is going to be forever.

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 Partings are always difficult

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 and it doesn't matter.

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 Of course,

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 we know that final partings

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 are things that we never really get over.

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 But even parting for a short time

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 is never an easy thing.

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 And usually,

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 we find the reaction

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 is a very heavy heart

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 and people are sad

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 and down.

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 But we find the very opposite here

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 because this parting

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 has brought in the disciples

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 of Jesus

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 great joy.

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 That's what we find,

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 that they return to Jerusalem

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 with great joy.

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 And at one level,

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 we might find that very strange

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 because here they are

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 parting from the person,

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 the one who filled them

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 with the greatest delight,

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 the one that they loved

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 above all others in this world.

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 And so,

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 we might say to ourselves,

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 it's a kind of a strange reaction.

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 But they are filled with joy

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 because what they had experienced

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 and what they were told

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 produced joy within their heart.

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 Now,

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 there was such a contrast

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 between Jesus' coming

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 into this world

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 and his leaving this world.

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 And yet,

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 in some ways,

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 there was also similarity

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 because

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 only very,

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 very few

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 witnessed

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 the arrival of Jesus

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 into this world

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 when he was born.

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 Very few.

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 And again,

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 it was only a handful

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 that witnessed

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 his actual ascension.

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 And

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 of course,

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 when Jesus returns,

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 it couldn't be more different.

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 His first time

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 coming into the world,

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 as we said,

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 very few

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 were witnessed

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 to his actual birth.

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 To his leaving this world,

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 only his disciples

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 saw him leave.

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 But when he returns,

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 everybody

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 is going to see him.

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 There won't be one

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.700
 person alive

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 when the Lord Jesus Christ

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 returns

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 that will have

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 the slightest bit of doubt

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 that this is

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 the Son of God,

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 that this is

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 On that day,

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 there will be no scoffers,

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 there will be no mockers,

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 there will be no agnostics,

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 there will be no atheists.

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 Every single person

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 will be

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 absolutely

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 convinced

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 that this is

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.279
 the returning

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 Son of God.

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 And that

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.580
 couldn't have been

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.180
 more different

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:56.000
 to how it was

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.560
 at the beginning

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:56.960
 because,

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:57.840
 as we know,

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.080
 when Jesus was born

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.900
 into this world,

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.860
 he was born

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.660
 in an outhouse.

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 There was no

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.960
 room in the inn.

00:28:04.540 --> 00:28:05.340
 There was no place

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.059
 for Jesus

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.199
 in the world.

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.720
 It's very symbolic

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.639
 in many ways

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.480
 of how it was.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.220
 There was no room

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.679
 in the inn

00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:13.480
 because,

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.240
 from the very start,

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.759
 this world

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.740
 had no place

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.519
 for Jesus.

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.199
 From the very start,

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.179
 the world

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:22.559
 didn't want

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.119
 Jesus.

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.699
 And nothing has changed

00:28:24.699 --> 00:28:26.259
 because there's no

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.639
 creed

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.639
 and there's no faith

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.919
 that has

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:30.079
 suffered more

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.500
 mocking

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.399
 and persecution

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:34.500
 than the Christian faith.

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 and down

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.240
 throughout the centuries

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.279
 right to this

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.839
 very day.

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.779
 And you remember

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.640
 that, I suppose,

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:43.099
 where you see

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.640
 the focus

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.160
 more than

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.859
 anywhere else

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:46.720
 is when the crowd

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.460
 were offered

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:49.440
 to choose

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.400
 between the most

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.839
 loving,

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.140
 caring,

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.539
 tolerant

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.400
 person

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.940
 that ever lived

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.900
 in this world

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.440
 or else

00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:00.539
 the riotous

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:02.440
 terrorist

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.880
 who struck

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.700
 fear in every

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.220
 heart,

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.460
 Barabbas.

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.259
 They chose

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.860
 Barabbas.

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.900
 At a human level,

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.259
 you see,

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.080
 it's utterly mad

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:14.380
 that they chose

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.900
 a man

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.980
 who was a terrorist,

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.660
 a man who caused

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.100
 total unrest

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:20.160
 within the community

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.700
 over against

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:23.380
 the most caring,

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.539
 generous,

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:26.080
 loving person

00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:27.279
 ever to walk

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.059
 this world.

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:30.659
 their choice

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.559
 was basically

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.440
 anybody

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.419
 but Jesus.

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.919
 And sadly,

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.539
 that's still

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.579
 the way it is.

00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:39.799
 Get rid of Jesus,

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.980
 crucify him.

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.720
 But the ascension

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.240
 of Jesus

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.159
 was really

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.440
 quite a remarkable

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.960
 thing.

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.480
 And the disciples

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.419
 had become used

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:49.519
 to seeing

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.720
 remarkable things

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.839
 in the life

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.819
 of Jesus Christ.

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.559
 They had seen

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.419
 him walk

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.940
 on the water,

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.620
 they had seen

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.559
 him feed

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.620
 the 5,000

00:29:58.620 --> 00:30:00.240
 from five loaves

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.039
 and two fish.

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.400
 They had seen

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.360
 him heal

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.120
 the paralyzed

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:05.880
 and the deaf

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.620
 and the mute

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.440
 and the blind.

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.279
 They had seen

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:10.120
 him cast out

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.559
 demons,

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.840
 they had seen

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:13.019
 him even

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.920
 raise the dead.

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.460
 They had seen

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.180
 him walk

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.380
 on,

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.920
 as we say,

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.660
 walk on the water

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.440
 and they had seen

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.460
 him just by the word

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.700
 calm the water.

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.860
 Three of them

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.340
 had seen

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:23.279
 him transfigured

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:26.180
 and they had

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.799
 seen him

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.619
 crucified

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:29.119
 and they had

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.700
 seen him

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:31.220
 reappear before

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.500
 them.

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.799
 And so,

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.819
 in many ways,

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.460
 what happened

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.519
 was very fitting

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.180
 for the life

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.859
 of Jesus.

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.480
 What they were

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.420
 able to witness

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.920
 this extraordinary

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.759
 departure

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:44.059
 out from this

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.420
 world.

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.460
 Now,

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.799
 we know

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.799
 that there was

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.819
 a 40-day period

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.500
 where Jesus,

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.740
 before this

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.799
 final ascension,

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.960
 was appearing

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.120
 and reappearing

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.960
 to his

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.519
 disciples.

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.900
 And it wasn't

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.519
 just to the

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.880
 immediate 11.

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.960
 He also

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.579
 appeared to

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.900
 Mary.

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.740
 He appeared

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.940
 to,

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.539
 as we saw,

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.019
 the two on

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.799
 the Emmaus Road.

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.440
 He appeared

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:06.500
 to many

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.000
 of the other

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.900
 women as well.

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.539
 And Paul tells

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.960
 us that he

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.539
 appeared to

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.079
 500.

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:14.039
 And it is

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.279
 often believed

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.880
 that in that

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.900
 40-day period

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.559
 that Jesus

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.500
 was returning

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.440
 over,

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.039
 back and

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.420
 forward,

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.200
 to the

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.559
 Father,

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.559
 but returning

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.980
 again to

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.419
 the world

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:25.059
 until his

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:26.200
 final ascension.

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.700
 And in this

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:29.000
 period of

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.599
 these 40

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.059
 days,

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.359
 he used

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.339
 that period

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:34.139
 to encourage

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.819
 the church,

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.980
 to teach

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.639
 the church,

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.319
 to restore,

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.039
 like, for

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.440
 instance,

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:39.859
 Peter,

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.259
 and to prepare

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.819
 them for the

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.119
 future.

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.319
 And Luke

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.019
 tells us,

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.440
 in fact,

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.859
 in Acts

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.659
 chapter 3,

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.720
 he presented

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.679
 himself alive

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.399
 to them after

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:50.339
 his sufferings,

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:52.159
 by many

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:53.199
 proofs,

00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:53.959
 appearing to

00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:55.019
 them during

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.899
 40 days

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:57.019
 and speaking

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.539
 to them

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.319
 about the

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.619
 kingdom.

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.379
 You see,

00:32:00.439 --> 00:32:00.759
 the early

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.379
 church had

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.679
 to be

00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:02.119
 witnesses

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.619
 to the

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.139
 ascension

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.459
 of the

00:32:03.459 --> 00:32:04.039
 Lord Jesus

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.379
 Christ.

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.720
 They had

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.279
 to be

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.839
 witnesses

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.379
 to the

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:08.059
 real fact

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.599
 that Jesus

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.459
 is a

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.699
 living

00:32:09.699 --> 00:32:10.279
 saviour.

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.399
 saved.

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.660
 Because if

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.200
 Jesus is

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.639
 a dead

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.119
 saviour,

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.460
 he's not

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.019
 a saviour

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.519
 at all.

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.319
 If Jesus

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.980
 didn't rise

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.339
 from the

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.619
 dead,

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.920
 Paul tells

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.259
 us we're

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.799
 still dead

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.079
 in our

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.460
 sins.

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.279
 If Jesus

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.839
 didn't rise

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.139
 from the

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.319
 dead,

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.059
 there is

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.680
 no gospel

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.180
 message.

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.839
 And that's

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.200
 one of the

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.440
 great

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.139
 distinctions.

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.599
 There are

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.599
 many distinctions

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.180
 between the

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.940
 Christian faith

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.279
 and the

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.119
 other faiths.

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.920
 But when you

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.359
 look at the

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.000
 leaders of the

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.259
 others,

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.899
 they died

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.220
 and they're

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.700
 buried and

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.200
 they remain

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.599
 buried.

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:38.339
 But our

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:40.240
 saviour

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.179
 died,

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.019
 was buried

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.139
 and defeated

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.740
 death and

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.500
 rose again.

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.799
 And so the

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.439
 church has to

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.339
 be witness to

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.039
 this fact

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:49.299
 that we have

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.919
 a risen

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:51.059
 ascended

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.819
 saviour.

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.379
 Now the

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.919
 thing is that

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:55.579
 nobody saw

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.879
 the risen

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.879
 Jesus

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:59.099
 apart from

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.619
 his followers.

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.959
 Nobody of

00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:01.459
 the world,

00:33:01.719 --> 00:33:03.059
 no unbeliever

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.839
 was witness

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.959
 to the

00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:06.299
 risen

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:07.279
 saviour.

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.299
 He only

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.460
 appeared to

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.980
 his people.

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.700
 And in a

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.139
 sense,

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.799
 that's almost

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.519
 how it still

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.919
 is.

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.200
 Because

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.859
 until

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:17.119
 naturally,

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.680
 we cannot,

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.319
 I know it's

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.940
 by faith,

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:21.119
 but naturally,

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.500
 we cannot

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.440
 see Jesus

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.500
 as we are.

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.279
 We hear

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.799
 about him,

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.519
 we know

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.119
 about him,

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.500
 but we've

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.659
 never seen

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.359
 him in a

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.960
 way where

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.500
 we're able

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.940
 to lay

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.639
 hold upon

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.399
 him and

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:34.319
 believe in

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.899
 what he has

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.299
 done,

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.000
 that he

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.440
 has done

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.799
 it for

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.139
 us,

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.879
 and that

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.299
 he has

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:39.279
 by his

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.960
 work saved

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.319
 us from

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.740
 our sins.

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.559
 It's only

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.659
 by faith

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.440
 that we're

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.859
 able to

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.299
 see him.

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.460
 Naturally,

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.659
 we can't,

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.940
 and

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:50.500
 naturally,

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.500
 we don't

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.139
 even want

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.279
 him.

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.019
 We don't

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.599
 think about

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:53.960
 him too

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.220
 much.

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.519
 We might

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.859
 think a

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.200
 wee bit,

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.559
 but we

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.759
 don't have

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.980
 this desire

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.919
 to have

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.599
 him as

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.079
 our Lord.

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:01.740
 as I

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.279
 said,

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.299
 they saw

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.939
 no beauty

00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:04.319
 in him

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.099
 that they

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.299
 should

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.759
 desire

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.000
 him.

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.039
 So it

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.419
 is by

00:34:07.419 --> 00:34:08.179
 faith,

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.900
 and by

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.679
 faith alone,

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.579
 that we're

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.000
 able to

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.719
 see Jesus.

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:12.960
 And the

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.460
 thing is

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:15.299
 that I

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:15.960
 think every

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.739
 believer

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.920
 wishes that

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.239
 they could

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:19.259
 see Jesus

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.699
 better.

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:20.980
 If you're a

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.500
 believer here

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.920
 tonight,

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.880
 I'm sure

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.500
 deep down

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.779
 in your

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.019
 heart,

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.460
 that's what

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.639
 you say,

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.299
 oh Lord,

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.880
 help me to

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.259
 see you

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.519
 better.

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.880
 And I'm

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.259
 sure you

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.679
 think that

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.739
 everybody in

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.400
 this church

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.920
 has a

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:34.239
 clearer sight

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.820
 of Jesus,

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.219
 that they're

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.659
 able to

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:38.739
 love him

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.219
 more than

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.400
 you,

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.820
 that they're

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.259
 able to

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.460
 see more

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.259
 clearly than

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.519
 you.

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.860
 It's a

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.199
 thing you

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.880
 long for,

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.579
 but I

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.980
 think it's

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.539
 something that

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.280
 plagues us

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.639
 all.

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.360
 We see,

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.840
 we're told,

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.259
 but through

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:51.219
 a glass

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:51.920
 darkly.

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.599
 It's a

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.139
 very dim

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.739
 vision we

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:53.900
 have,

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.539
 but we

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.280
 have seen

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.780
 enough to

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.380
 accept

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.079
 and to

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.579
 believe.

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.680
 And I

00:34:59.680 --> 00:34:59.920
 would go

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.260
 as far

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.579
 as to

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.019
 say that

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.619
 it's only

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:03.360
 somebody who

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.079
 has the

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.740
 Lord Jesus

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.519
 Christ in

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.119
 their heart

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.300
 that is

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.860
 troubled by

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.619
 these thoughts.

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.240
 Because a

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.660
 person who

00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:11.140
 doesn't have

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.640
 Christ

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:14.220
 isn't

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.800
 troubled by

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.420
 the fact that

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.760
 they're not

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.460
 able to see

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.099
 him clearly,

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.680
 that they're

00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:19.900
 not able to

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.680
 love him in

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.180
 the way that

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:21.579
 they do.

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.940
 It's an

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.960
 evidence of

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.619
 the very fact

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.280
 that Christ

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.400
 is within

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.760
 you,

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.600
 that you

00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:28.000
 have this

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.800
 desire to

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.220
 see him

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.920
 more clearly

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.740
 and to

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.180
 love him

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:32.640
 more clearly.

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.100
 Now,

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.100
 Jesus,

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.760
 as we see

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:36.980
 here,

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.400
 he spoke

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.780
 to them

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.540
 and he

00:35:38.540 --> 00:35:39.060
 taught them

00:35:39.060 --> 00:35:39.320
 and he

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.860
 opened their

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:41.500
 minds to

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.240
 understand

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:44.740
 things that

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.360
 they hadn't

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.920
 been able to

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.880
 understand before.

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.420
 This, in a

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.880
 sense, was

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.380
 kind of their

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.220
 finishing school

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:51.200
 where Jesus

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:52.380
 was opening

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.240
 their mind

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:54.180
 to understand

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.960
 truths that

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.540
 he had taught

00:35:55.540 --> 00:35:56.180
 them before,

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.879
 but they

00:35:56.879 --> 00:35:57.179
 hadn't

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:57.719
 grasped.

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.559
 And in

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.199
 many ways,

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.059
 it's similar

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.719
 to ourselves

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.379
 as we go

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:02.839
 along in

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.159
 life.

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.259
 There are

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:04.940
 many things

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.019
 when we

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.659
 start out

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.940
 in the

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:08.419
 faith that

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:08.779
 we don't

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.179
 properly

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.879
 understand.

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:10.960
 In fact,

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:12.179
 even as we

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.759
 go on in

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.199
 the faith,

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.500
 there are

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.359
 things that

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:14.759
 we don't

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.379
 understand.

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.359
 But I'm

00:36:16.359 --> 00:36:16.919
 sure along

00:36:16.919 --> 00:36:17.319
 the way,

00:36:17.399 --> 00:36:17.839
 often you've

00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:17.980
 said,

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.179
 I get it

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.480
 now.

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:21.159
 I'm beginning

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.759
 to see

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.460
 this now.

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.039
 Well, this

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.379
 was a

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:24.739
 dawning

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.359
 moment for

00:36:25.359 --> 00:36:26.079
 the disciples

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:28.139
 because they

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.699
 were able to

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.039
 understand.

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:29.839
 We know how

00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.460
 limited their

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.299
 understanding was.

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:31.960
 They hadn't,

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.839
 even Peter,

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.199
 James,

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.759
 and John

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.599
 hadn't

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:36.159
 grasped the

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:37.420
 significance of

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.259
 Christ's mission.

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.039
 Yes, they

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.239
 believed in him

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.940
 as the son of

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.159
 God.

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.159
 They believed

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.179
 completely in him

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.859
 as the Messiah,

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:44.759
 but they

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:46.119
 hadn't grasped

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.719
 that he had to

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:47.899
 die.

00:36:47.899 --> 00:36:48.779
 Peter, in fact,

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:49.659
 tried to talk him

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.239
 out of going

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.940
 to the cross.

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.359
 He's saying,

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:52.960
 put these

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.659
 thoughts away

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.199
 from you.

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.259
 We've said it

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.879
 often enough

00:36:55.879 --> 00:36:56.359
 before,

00:36:56.879 --> 00:36:57.779
 Mary of Bethany

00:36:57.779 --> 00:36:58.379
 was the one

00:36:58.379 --> 00:36:58.779
 who fully

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.500
 understood the

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.960
 mission of

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.359
 Christ.

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.940
 Remember

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.759
 where it

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.219
 tells us

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.539
 that when

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.059
 Peter and

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.659
 John went

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:05.960
 to the

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.319
 grave,

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.839
 it tells

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:08.819
 us Peter

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.420
 ran into

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.859
 the grave,

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.379
 but John

00:37:10.379 --> 00:37:10.920
 stood at

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.259
 the grave

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:12.539
 and he

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.099
 believed.

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.339
 It was

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:15.000
 like there

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.420
 was a

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.199
 dawning of

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.639
 how this,

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.259
 yeah,

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:19.079
 I understand

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.559
 now,

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.199
 all Jesus

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.920
 is teaching.

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.079
 It's all

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:23.139
 coming together.

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.159
 You know,

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.480
 it's often

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.920
 like that

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.259
 for us.

00:37:25.359 --> 00:37:25.440
 Well,

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.159
 here was

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.719
 a special

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.299
 moment for

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.960
 the disciples

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:29.019
 as Jesus

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.839
 was teaching

00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:31.299
 them about,

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.819
 this was

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:32.259
 kind of like

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.799
 their finishing

00:37:32.799 --> 00:37:33.279
 school.

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.359
 And those,

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.559
 we all have

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.239
 to be taught

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.920
 because we're

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.579
 all serving

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.039
 the Lord.

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.619
 Wherever you

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.079
 are as a

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.339
 believer,

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.219
 you're serving

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.679
 the Lord.

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.539
 And we all

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.000
 have to have

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.500
 a level of

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.159
 understanding

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.679
 and a level

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.299
 of teaching,

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.159
 a level of

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.559
 knowledge,

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.259
 because we

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:48.059
 have to impart

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.659
 to others.

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.299
 But those

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:50.559
 who are

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.299
 sent out,

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.539
 they have

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.899
 to be

00:37:52.899 --> 00:37:53.279
 taught.

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.239
 Moses

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.719
 had his

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.659
 time of

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.039
 learning.

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.119
 Paul had

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.599
 his time

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.139
 of learning.

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.119
 The disciples

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.759
 had three

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.480
 years with

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.899
 Jesus,

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.839
 but here it

00:38:02.839 --> 00:38:03.079
 is,

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.539
 here now,

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.539
 Jesus is

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.119
 teaching them.

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.359
 And that's

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.779
 what we read

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.359
 about there

00:38:06.359 --> 00:38:07.539
 from verses

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.279
 44,

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.039
 45.

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.420
 then he

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.679
 opened

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.519
 their minds

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:12.039
 to understand

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.920
 the scriptures

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.739
 and so on.

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.500
 And what a

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.759
 wonderful insight

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:17.340
 was given

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.659
 then.

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.719
 And then we

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:19.420
 find Jesus

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.099
 heading out

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.759
 as far as

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.199
 Bethany.

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.599
 And this

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:22.840
 was,

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.599
 Bethany was

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:23.940
 on the

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.460
 slopes of

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.759
 the Mount

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:25.239
 of Olives.

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.079
 And as

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.400
 we know,

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.800
 it's often

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.639
 been suggested

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.340
 that Jesus

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.019
 rose,

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.300
 ascended

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:32.099
 from Bethany,

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.519
 from the

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.219
 vicinity of

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:33.599
 Bethany,

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.539
 as a

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:36.380
 mark of

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.000
 the devotion

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.539
 of Mary

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.179
 of Bethany.

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.820
 Jesus didn't

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:41.019
 ascend from

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.599
 Jerusalem.

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.519
 They had

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.800
 put him

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.259
 to death.

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:44.759
 He didn't

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:45.460
 ascend from

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.099
 Nazareth,

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.800
 where his

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.400
 home was.

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.860
 They'd

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.519
 rejected him.

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.519
 He didn't

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.119
 ascend from

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.840
 Capernaum,

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.119
 where he

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.860
 did many

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.619
 mighty works.

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.440
 They again

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.239
 rejected him.

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.599
 But he

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.420
 ascended from

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.920
 Bethany,

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.800
 which was

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.639
 the home

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.039
 that he

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.380
 loved,

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.179
 the family

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.659
 that he

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:01.960
 loved,

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.619
 Mary,

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.059
 Martha,

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.860
 and Lazarus.

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.880
 Many have

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.619
 suggested it

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.960
 is as a

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.480
 token

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:09.900
 to that

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.880
 home that

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.420
 it is from

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.559
 this vicinity

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:14.079
 that he

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:15.400
 ascended.

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:16.559
 Now,

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:16.840
 of course,

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.460
 many of the

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:18.000
 significant

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:19.659
 events in

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:19.940
 Jesus'

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.960
 life took

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.460
 place on

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.039
 hills or

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.659
 on mountains.

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.340
 His famous

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:25.119
 sermon,

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.940
 we find in

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.320
 Matthew,

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.119
 termed the

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.639
 Sermon on

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:28.900
 the Mount,

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.679
 still termed

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.059
 that to

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.519
 this very

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.840
 day.

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.579
 It was

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:32.860
 on a

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.139
 mountain

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.619
 that he

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.260
 was

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:34.980
 transfigured.

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.340
 It was

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.659
 on a

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.099
 hill that

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:36.380
 he was

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:36.880
 crucified.

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.360
 We find,

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.780
 in fact,

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.519
 that there

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.860
 were many

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.539
 times we

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.320
 find Jesus

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.219
 going up

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.719
 into the

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.300
 mountain to

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.659
 pray.

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.360
 We find

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.840
 many of the

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.519
 Old Testament

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.880
 saints that

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.340
 the mountains

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.139
 were significant

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.760
 to them.

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.860
 We find that

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.219
 the Lord

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.920
 appearing to

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.659
 Abraham on

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.099
 the mountain.

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.820
 We find

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.960
 Moses spending

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.940
 40 days and

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.860
 40 nights with

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.380
 the Lord on

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:58.760
 the mountain

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.559
 when the

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.079
 table of

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.679
 the law was

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.340
 written out

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:02.260
 by God's

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.639
 hand.

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:03.800
 We find

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.440
 that Elijah

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:06.000
 was recommissioned,

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.579
 as it were,

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.599
 and again

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.059
 it was on

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.539
 the mountain

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.819
 to go

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.420
 back to

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:11.319
 work for

00:40:11.319 --> 00:40:11.759
 the Lord.

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.400
 So here

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:13.960
 is Jesus

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:15.019
 with this

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.579
 little group

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:15.880
 and it

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.319
 tells us

00:40:16.319 --> 00:40:16.699
 in verse

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:17.460
 50,

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.500
 and he

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.519
 and lifting

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.139
 up his

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.779
 hands,

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.739
 he blessed

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.039
 them.

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.179
 And while

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.699
 he blessed

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:23.920
 them,

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.679
 he parted

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.259
 from them

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:26.039
 and was

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.799
 carried up

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:27.880
 into heaven.

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.480
 Lifting up

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.159
 his hands.

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.099
 These are the

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.900
 hands that

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.219
 fed the

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:34.699
 thousands,

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:34.879
 sins,

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.299
 the hands

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.639
 that had

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:37.119
 blessed

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.779
 the children,

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:39.279
 the hands

00:40:39.279 --> 00:40:39.659
 that had

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.259
 healed the

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.559
 sick,

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.279
 the hands

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.579
 that had

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.219
 been stretched

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.739
 out in

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:45.119
 invitation to

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.719
 sinners to

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.219
 come to

00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:46.399
 him,

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.939
 the hands

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.259
 that had

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:48.719
 been nailed

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.119
 to the

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.500
 cross.

00:40:50.779 --> 00:40:51.219
 These are

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.759
 the hands

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.119
 that are

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:53.139
 lifted up

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:54.099
 and stretched

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.919
 out over

00:40:54.919 --> 00:40:55.179
 them.

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.439
 And many

00:40:56.439 --> 00:40:57.219
 people think

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:57.739
 that this is

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:59.319
 simply the

00:40:59.319 --> 00:40:59.919
 benediction,

00:41:00.379 --> 00:41:01.399
 like we have

00:41:01.399 --> 00:41:02.079
 in parting.

00:41:02.419 --> 00:41:02.659
 You know

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.359
 how we pronounce

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.079
 a benediction

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.760
 in parting.

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:05.680
 And while

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:06.500
 definitely that

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.120
 is true,

00:41:07.620 --> 00:41:08.240
 I think there's

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:09.880
 more involved

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.740
 than simply

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:11.860
 a benediction.

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:14.120
 Because the

00:41:14.120 --> 00:41:14.640
 whole of

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:16.480
 scripture and

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.800
 the Old

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:18.480
 Testament has

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.160
 been described

00:41:19.160 --> 00:41:19.900
 as God's

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.720
 picture book

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:22.640
 where we

00:41:22.640 --> 00:41:24.420
 see in

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:25.160
 type and

00:41:25.160 --> 00:41:25.900
 in symbolic

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:27.140
 way the

00:41:27.140 --> 00:41:27.660
 life of

00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:28.700
 Jesus fulfilled.

00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:30.280
 And when we

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.980
 go to

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.700
 Leviticus,

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.759
 we read

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.619
 in chapter

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.139
 8 of

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:34.859
 how Aaron

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.980
 was set

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:37.559
 apart to

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:37.879
 be the

00:41:37.879 --> 00:41:38.599
 high priest.

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:39.819
 He was

00:41:39.819 --> 00:41:40.139
 to be

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:40.759
 over all

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:41.899
 with regard

00:41:41.899 --> 00:41:42.239
 to the

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.519
 whole

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.259
 sacrificial

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.839
 system.

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.460
 And in

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:46.179
 chapter 9

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.819
 we find

00:41:46.819 --> 00:41:47.819
 his first

00:41:47.819 --> 00:41:49.019
 official

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.699
 duty was

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.500
 to present

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.179
 the offerings

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:52.839
 on behalf

00:41:52.839 --> 00:41:53.139
 of the

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:54.379
 people before

00:41:54.379 --> 00:41:54.899
 the Lord.

00:41:55.839 --> 00:41:56.259
 And we

00:41:56.259 --> 00:41:56.759
 find him

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.659
 presenting the

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.699
 sin offering

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.299
 and the

00:41:59.299 --> 00:41:59.980
 burnt offering

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.619
 and the

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:01.300
 peace offering

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.880
 the different

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.360
 animals.

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.340
 And then it

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:05.179
 tells us when

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.880
 he had done

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.480
 all that

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:07.820
 that he

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:08.480
 lifted up

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:09.280
 his hands

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:10.659
 to bless

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.260
 the people.

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.079
 And as he

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.740
 did that,

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:15.240
 that fire

00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:15.840
 from the

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.840
 Lord devoured

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:17.500
 all the

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.099
 sacrifice

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:19.240
 and the

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:20.079
 glory of

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.599
 the Lord

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:21.519
 appeared.

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.740
 Because the

00:42:23.740 --> 00:42:24.460
 Lord was

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.480
 at this

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.300
 very moment

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:27.820
 bearing

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:28.900
 testimony to

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.400
 the fact

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:29.800
 that he

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:31.160
 was accepting

00:42:31.160 --> 00:42:33.400
 the sacrifice

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:34.440
 that the

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.280
 high priest

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:36.280
 Aaron had

00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:37.180
 made on

00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:37.820
 behalf of

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.280
 the people.

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.820
 And is

00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:40.360
 that not a

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:41.360
 picture exactly

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:41.900
 of what we

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.559
 have here?

00:42:43.180 --> 00:42:44.300
 Because Jesus

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:45.300
 is the

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:45.940
 great high

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:47.720
 priest and

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.119
 he has

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.860
 come to do

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:50.460
 everything that

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:51.059
 the father

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.800
 gave him

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.260
 to do.

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.619
 And he

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.180
 isn't just

00:42:54.180 --> 00:42:54.780
 the high

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.780
 priest offering

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.619
 the sacrifice,

00:42:57.160 --> 00:42:58.079
 he is a

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.579
 sacrifice.

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:00.039
 He is a

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.719
 burnt offering,

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:01.619
 he is a

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:02.239
 sin offering,

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.179
 he is a

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:03.860
 peace offering,

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.819
 and through

00:43:05.819 --> 00:43:06.779
 his offering

00:43:06.779 --> 00:43:08.279
 the wrath

00:43:08.279 --> 00:43:08.900
 of God

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:09.440
 has been

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:10.259
 removed.

00:43:11.299 --> 00:43:11.880
 And God

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.739
 is declaring

00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:13.719
 over all,

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.099
 I am well

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:15.639
 pleased,

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.900
 fully satisfied.

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.480
 And so

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.159
 there is a

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.659
 sense of

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:20.500
 the completion

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.619
 and the

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.639
 acceptance of

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:23.619
 God in

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:24.239
 the raising

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:24.799
 of the

00:43:24.799 --> 00:43:25.480
 hands of

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:25.860
 Jesus.

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.860
 But we

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:28.659
 mustn't also

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.599
 lose sight of

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.679
 indeed that

00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:31.679
 benediction

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.199
 blessing.

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:33.219
 Yes, it

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:33.960
 is all

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:34.500
 finished.

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:35.179
 God and

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:35.699
 man are

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:36.960
 reconciled

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.340
 together.

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.559
 The veil of

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.079
 the temple

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.900
 that separated

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.780
 the glory of

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:41.300
 God was

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:41.980
 torn from

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.500
 top to

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:42.780
 bottom.

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.119
 God and

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.579
 man are

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:44.920
 now

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:46.340
 reconciled

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:46.940
 together.

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:48.980
 And so

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.619
 Jesus,

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:51.059
 he raises

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.519
 up his

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:52.159
 hands and

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:52.480
 as he

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:53.019
 blesses

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.240
 them,

00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:54.779
 we find

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.000
 this

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.679
 extraordinary

00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:56.479
 thing that

00:43:56.479 --> 00:43:57.039
 he's

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.979
 carried up

00:43:57.979 --> 00:43:59.019
 into heaven.

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.579
 That's what

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.399
 we're told,

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:02.839
 that he

00:44:02.839 --> 00:44:03.679
 parted from

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.219
 them and

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:04.919
 was carried

00:44:04.919 --> 00:44:06.000
 into heaven.

00:44:06.759 --> 00:44:06.939
 And you

00:44:06.939 --> 00:44:07.539
 know, it's a

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.379
 beautiful picture,

00:44:08.859 --> 00:44:09.399
 the idea,

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:10.259
 the picture of

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:11.319
 Jesus rising

00:44:11.319 --> 00:44:12.539
 up with

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.379
 his hands

00:44:13.379 --> 00:44:14.139
 in blessing

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:15.699
 over the

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.099
 church.

00:44:16.899 --> 00:44:17.219
 In Acts

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.899
 chapter 1

00:44:17.899 --> 00:44:18.500
 verse 9,

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:19.359
 it tells us,

00:44:19.839 --> 00:44:20.219
 as they were

00:44:20.219 --> 00:44:20.759
 looking on,

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:21.399
 he was lifted

00:44:21.399 --> 00:44:22.339
 up and a

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:23.059
 cloud took

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.559
 him out of

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:24.100
 their sight.

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.460
 And this

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:26.380
 word lifted

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:27.240
 up indicates

00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:27.600
 that the

00:44:27.600 --> 00:44:28.300
 ascension is

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:29.300
 actually the

00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:29.900
 work of the

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.220
 Father.

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.240
 And then

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:33.160
 Luke 24,

00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:34.600
 51 tells us

00:44:34.600 --> 00:44:35.539
 they worshipped

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:35.740
 him.

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.180
 You know,

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:38.200
 I think it's

00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:38.519
 one of the

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:39.120
 most beautiful

00:44:39.120 --> 00:44:39.640
 scenes.

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.460
 There's a lot

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:41.280
 of scenes in

00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:42.120
 the life of

00:44:42.120 --> 00:44:42.760
 Jesus I would

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.320
 love to have

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:44.700
 been witness

00:44:44.700 --> 00:44:45.480
 to, to have

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:45.980
 been there.

00:44:47.180 --> 00:44:48.059
 But I think

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:49.180
 this is as

00:44:49.180 --> 00:44:50.640
 good or as

00:44:50.640 --> 00:44:51.340
 wonderful as

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.579
 any.

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:53.180
 that moment

00:44:53.180 --> 00:44:53.660
 where the

00:44:53.660 --> 00:44:54.500
 Lord Jesus

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:55.720
 lifts up

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:56.400
 his hand

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:57.780
 in blessing

00:44:57.780 --> 00:44:59.240
 over his

00:44:59.240 --> 00:44:59.640
 people.

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:01.059
 And he's

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.880
 carried on

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.860
 up into

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.220
 heaven.

00:45:04.180 --> 00:45:04.579
 And we

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:05.220
 find that the

00:45:05.220 --> 00:45:05.820
 church in

00:45:05.820 --> 00:45:06.720
 response to

00:45:06.720 --> 00:45:08.160
 this falls

00:45:08.160 --> 00:45:08.920
 down before

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:09.900
 him and

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.620
 worships him.

00:45:11.620 --> 00:45:12.019
 And that

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:12.800
 has always

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.860
 got to be

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.620
 the response

00:45:14.620 --> 00:45:14.920
 of the

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:15.260
 church.

00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:16.019
 It's this

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:17.940
 worship as

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.340
 the Lord

00:45:18.340 --> 00:45:19.220
 continues to

00:45:19.220 --> 00:45:19.579
 bless.

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.819
 and it

00:45:20.819 --> 00:45:21.299
 tells us

00:45:21.299 --> 00:45:21.599
 that a

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:22.079
 cloud

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:25.500
 took him

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:25.799
 out of

00:45:25.799 --> 00:45:25.960
 their

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.319
 sight.

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:28.079
 So some

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:28.639
 people ask

00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:30.079
 why had

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.400
 there to

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:31.079
 be this

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.799
 ascension

00:45:31.799 --> 00:45:32.440
 like this?

00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:33.639
 Well I think

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:34.420
 very simply

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:35.739
 Jesus is

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.079
 showing,

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:36.940
 having appeared

00:45:36.940 --> 00:45:37.460
 over this

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:38.059
 40 day

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.460
 period,

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:39.139
 that he

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:39.739
 is now

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:40.579
 finally,

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:41.719
 that's him,

00:45:42.319 --> 00:45:42.739
 that he's

00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:43.779
 gone to

00:45:43.779 --> 00:45:44.159
 glory.

00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:44.199
 day.

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.500
 And the

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.819
 cloud,

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:46.359
 the presence

00:45:46.359 --> 00:45:46.739
 of the

00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:47.000
 cloud,

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:47.359
 of course

00:45:47.359 --> 00:45:47.899
 again is

00:45:47.899 --> 00:45:48.799
 also symbolic

00:45:48.799 --> 00:45:49.719
 because we

00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:50.279
 find so

00:45:50.279 --> 00:45:50.699
 often in

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:51.139
 the Bible

00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:51.779
 the presence

00:45:51.779 --> 00:45:52.179
 of the

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:53.000
 Lord is

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.539
 accompanied

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:54.079
 by the

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:54.399
 cloud.

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:55.799
 In the

00:45:55.799 --> 00:45:56.279
 journey of

00:45:56.279 --> 00:45:56.859
 the Israelites

00:45:56.859 --> 00:45:57.599
 through the

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:57.980
 wilderness,

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:58.980
 you remember

00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.359
 there was

00:45:59.359 --> 00:46:00.059
 the cloud

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:01.399
 by day

00:46:01.399 --> 00:46:02.159
 and the

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:02.579
 pillar of

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:03.139
 cloud by

00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:03.519
 day and

00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:03.899
 the pillar

00:46:03.899 --> 00:46:04.480
 of fire

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:05.219
 by night,

00:46:05.879 --> 00:46:06.699
 which spoke

00:46:06.699 --> 00:46:07.000
 of the

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:07.579
 presence of

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:08.019
 the Lord.

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:09.460
 The fire

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:09.839
 to give

00:46:09.839 --> 00:46:10.420
 them light

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:11.539
 and the

00:46:11.539 --> 00:46:12.179
 cloud there

00:46:12.179 --> 00:46:12.920
 to protect

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:13.739
 them and

00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:14.239
 the cloud

00:46:14.239 --> 00:46:14.759
 there as

00:46:14.759 --> 00:46:15.279
 a guidance.

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:16.039
 When the

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.759
 cloud stopped,

00:46:16.879 --> 00:46:17.399
 they stopped.

00:46:17.479 --> 00:46:17.739
 When the

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:18.399
 cloud moved,

00:46:18.459 --> 00:46:19.019
 they moved.

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.539
 This was

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:21.739
 indicating the

00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:22.299
 presence of

00:46:22.299 --> 00:46:22.759
 the Lord.

00:46:23.479 --> 00:46:23.799
 You remember

00:46:23.799 --> 00:46:24.419
 again at the

00:46:24.419 --> 00:46:25.259
 dedication of

00:46:25.259 --> 00:46:25.799
 the temple

00:46:25.799 --> 00:46:26.899
 when Solomon

00:46:26.899 --> 00:46:27.379
 had built

00:46:27.379 --> 00:46:27.919
 the temple

00:46:27.919 --> 00:46:28.679
 and dedicated

00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:29.599
 that it

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:30.199
 tells us

00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:30.719
 that the

00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:31.639
 temple was

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:32.500
 filled with

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.039
 a cloud

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:33.979
 which spoke

00:46:33.979 --> 00:46:34.279
 of the

00:46:34.279 --> 00:46:34.859
 glory of

00:46:34.859 --> 00:46:35.219
 God.

00:46:35.919 --> 00:46:36.500
 When Jesus

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:37.119
 returns,

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:37.859
 it tells us

00:46:37.859 --> 00:46:38.859
 in Revelation

00:46:38.859 --> 00:46:39.739
 he will

00:46:39.739 --> 00:46:40.979
 come in

00:46:40.979 --> 00:46:41.619
 the clouds

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:42.179
 of heaven.

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:44.359
 So

00:46:44.359 --> 00:46:44.899
 Jesus,

00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:45.299
 as he

00:46:45.299 --> 00:46:45.940
 disappears

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:46.500
 into the

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:46.759
 cloud,

00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:47.559
 we find

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:48.079
 again in

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.579
 Acts that

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:49.099
 tells us

00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:49.480
 that two

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:50.399
 angels appear

00:46:50.399 --> 00:46:51.299
 and tell the

00:46:51.299 --> 00:46:52.259
 disciples something

00:46:52.259 --> 00:46:52.759
 wonderful.

00:46:53.859 --> 00:46:54.219
 This

00:46:54.219 --> 00:46:55.359
 Jesus taken

00:46:55.359 --> 00:46:55.799
 up to

00:46:55.799 --> 00:46:56.779
 heaven will

00:46:56.779 --> 00:46:58.659
 come in

00:46:58.659 --> 00:46:59.339
 the same

00:46:59.339 --> 00:47:00.719
 way as

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:01.299
 you saw

00:47:01.299 --> 00:47:02.399
 him go

00:47:02.399 --> 00:47:02.960
 into

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:03.319
 heaven.

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:05.199
 And what a

00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:05.839
 moment that's

00:47:05.839 --> 00:47:06.399
 going to be.

00:47:07.279 --> 00:47:08.239
 It tells us

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:08.819
 that Jesus

00:47:08.819 --> 00:47:09.739
 will descend

00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:10.919
 from heaven.

00:47:11.859 --> 00:47:12.419
 And it

00:47:12.419 --> 00:47:12.979
 won't be a

00:47:12.979 --> 00:47:13.619
 private

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:15.399
 descending

00:47:15.399 --> 00:47:16.599
 like the

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:17.439
 ascension was

00:47:17.439 --> 00:47:18.359
 private only

00:47:18.359 --> 00:47:18.799
 for the

00:47:18.799 --> 00:47:19.159
 immediate

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:20.000
 few.

00:47:20.899 --> 00:47:21.419
 But we're

00:47:21.419 --> 00:47:21.939
 told in

00:47:21.939 --> 00:47:23.199
 scripture that

00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:23.659
 this is going

00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:24.039
 to be the

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:24.719
 most public

00:47:24.719 --> 00:47:25.359
 event that

00:47:25.359 --> 00:47:25.739
 the world

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:26.419
 has ever

00:47:26.419 --> 00:47:27.039
 witnessed.

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:27.819
 Now we

00:47:27.819 --> 00:47:28.299
 know that

00:47:28.299 --> 00:47:29.679
 nowadays

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:31.579
 through the

00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:32.339
 way that

00:47:32.339 --> 00:47:32.839
 things are

00:47:32.839 --> 00:47:33.359
 able to be

00:47:33.359 --> 00:47:33.759
 broadcast,

00:47:34.419 --> 00:47:34.699
 that there

00:47:34.699 --> 00:47:35.379
 are sometimes

00:47:35.379 --> 00:47:36.599
 things are

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:37.459
 broadcast all

00:47:37.459 --> 00:47:37.819
 over the

00:47:37.819 --> 00:47:38.019
 world.

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:38.460
 but here

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:38.960
 is something

00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:39.519
 and I

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:39.800
 don't know

00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:40.179
 how it's

00:47:40.179 --> 00:47:40.480
 going to

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:40.780
 happen.

00:47:41.280 --> 00:47:41.719
 But it's

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:42.059
 going to

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:43.059
 happen that

00:47:43.059 --> 00:47:43.759
 Jesus is

00:47:43.759 --> 00:47:44.079
 going to

00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:44.780
 descend from

00:47:44.780 --> 00:47:45.599
 heaven and

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:46.960
 every eye

00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:47.699
 will see

00:47:47.699 --> 00:47:47.880
 him.

00:47:48.300 --> 00:47:48.759
 Everyone.

00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:50.280
 Everyone.

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:51.940
 And there's

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:52.259
 going to be

00:47:52.259 --> 00:47:53.119
 two distinct

00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:54.000
 reactions to

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.699
 the return of

00:47:54.699 --> 00:47:55.059
 the Lord

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:56.000
 Jesus Christ.

00:47:57.280 --> 00:47:57.820
 We're told

00:47:57.820 --> 00:47:58.360
 that those

00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:58.659
 who have

00:47:58.659 --> 00:47:59.440
 rejected him

00:47:59.440 --> 00:47:59.960
 will call

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.400
 upon the

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:00.920
 rocks and

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:01.340
 to the

00:48:01.340 --> 00:48:01.840
 hills to

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.320
 cover them,

00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:02.900
 to fall,

00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:03.659
 to hide

00:48:03.659 --> 00:48:04.579
 them from

00:48:04.579 --> 00:48:05.380
 the glare,

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:06.519
 from the

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:07.099
 face of

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:07.480
 Jesus.

00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:09.280
 But his

00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:10.539
 people are

00:48:10.539 --> 00:48:10.900
 going to

00:48:10.900 --> 00:48:11.159
 say,

00:48:11.559 --> 00:48:11.980
 even so

00:48:11.980 --> 00:48:13.079
 come Lord

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:13.500
 Jesus.

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:15.159
 That's going

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.519
 to be the

00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:15.960
 reaction.

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:17.179
 There's going

00:48:17.179 --> 00:48:17.440
 to be

00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:17.960
 delight,

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:18.880
 anticipation,

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:20.300
 thrill in

00:48:20.300 --> 00:48:20.900
 the hearts of

00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:21.599
 his people as

00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:23.059
 they see the

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:24.420
 descending Jesus

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:26.259
 arrive back

00:48:26.259 --> 00:48:26.800
 into this

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:27.239
 world.

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:30.099
 That's why the

00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:30.699
 church does

00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:30.980
 say,

00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:31.599
 even so

00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:32.519
 come Lord

00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:32.960
 Jesus.

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.079
 Christ.

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.559
 So what

00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:34.920
 does the

00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:35.619
 ascension of

00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:36.280
 Christ mean

00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:36.699
 for us

00:48:36.699 --> 00:48:37.000
 tonight?

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:37.280
 Well,

00:48:37.460 --> 00:48:38.119
 very simply

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:38.460
 as we

00:48:38.460 --> 00:48:38.920
 conclude,

00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:40.139
 as we

00:48:40.139 --> 00:48:40.720
 said earlier,

00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:41.019
 the

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:41.880
 ascension is

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:43.260
 proof that

00:48:43.260 --> 00:48:44.159
 everything that

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:44.820
 Christ was

00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:45.679
 given to do,

00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:46.800
 he did.

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.400
 The

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:49.300
 ascension is

00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:50.720
 proof that

00:48:50.720 --> 00:48:51.280
 all the

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:52.440
 enemies Christ

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:53.159
 came to

00:48:53.159 --> 00:48:53.860
 defeat were

00:48:53.860 --> 00:48:54.300
 defeated.

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.880
 The enemy

00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:56.539
 of sin.

00:48:57.240 --> 00:48:57.699
 When you

00:48:57.699 --> 00:48:58.380
 think of all

00:48:58.380 --> 00:48:59.260
 that sin is,

00:48:59.340 --> 00:49:00.280
 it's twistedness,

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:01.300
 it's deceit,

00:49:01.300 --> 00:49:01.860
 it's guilt,

00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:02.460
 all these

00:49:02.460 --> 00:49:02.660
 things,

00:49:03.080 --> 00:49:04.180
 Christ took

00:49:04.180 --> 00:49:05.039
 all that

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.780
 upon himself.

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:08.200
 He has

00:49:08.200 --> 00:49:08.680
 come and

00:49:08.680 --> 00:49:09.300
 he's defeated

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:09.820
 the enemy

00:49:09.820 --> 00:49:10.539
 of death

00:49:10.539 --> 00:49:12.400
 with all

00:49:12.400 --> 00:49:13.340
 its fears

00:49:13.340 --> 00:49:14.620
 and with

00:49:14.620 --> 00:49:15.260
 all its

00:49:15.260 --> 00:49:16.960
 darkness,

00:49:17.260 --> 00:49:17.680
 with all

00:49:17.680 --> 00:49:18.660
 its separation

00:49:18.660 --> 00:49:20.539
 because he's

00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:21.000
 taken the

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:21.620
 sting out

00:49:21.620 --> 00:49:22.100
 of death.

00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:23.920
 We know

00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:24.920
 unless the

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:25.600
 Lord returns

00:49:25.600 --> 00:49:26.260
 first that we

00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:26.820
 will die.

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:29.820
 But while

00:49:29.820 --> 00:49:30.580
 it is natural

00:49:30.580 --> 00:49:31.220
 to fear,

00:49:31.300 --> 00:49:31.620
 death,

00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:32.920
 we know

00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:33.280
 that the

00:49:33.280 --> 00:49:33.880
 sting of

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:34.660
 death has

00:49:34.660 --> 00:49:35.380
 been removed.

00:49:36.640 --> 00:49:37.100
 He has

00:49:37.100 --> 00:49:37.519
 defeated

00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:38.400
 Satan,

00:49:39.180 --> 00:49:39.680
 that

00:49:39.680 --> 00:49:40.440
 malicious,

00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:41.960
 ferocious

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.780
 enemy that

00:49:42.780 --> 00:49:43.320
 we have.

00:49:44.160 --> 00:49:44.580
 He has

00:49:44.580 --> 00:49:44.980
 defeated

00:49:44.980 --> 00:49:45.340
 him.

00:49:46.740 --> 00:49:47.160
 He has

00:49:47.160 --> 00:49:47.580
 defeated

00:49:47.580 --> 00:49:48.400
 hell,

00:49:48.720 --> 00:49:49.260
 that place

00:49:49.260 --> 00:49:49.780
 of outer

00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:50.360
 darkness

00:49:50.360 --> 00:49:51.140
 and eternal

00:49:51.140 --> 00:49:51.900
 separation,

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:53.420
 so that

00:49:53.420 --> 00:49:53.860
 all who

00:49:53.860 --> 00:49:54.460
 trust in

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:55.080
 Jesus are

00:49:55.080 --> 00:49:55.480
 delivered.

00:49:56.960 --> 00:49:57.300
 And he's

00:49:57.300 --> 00:49:58.200
 also ascended

00:49:58.200 --> 00:49:58.900
 into heaven

00:49:58.900 --> 00:49:59.519
 to make

00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:00.680
 continual

00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:01.679
 intercession

00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:02.199
 for us.

00:50:02.279 --> 00:50:02.480
 We've

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:02.839
 said it

00:50:02.839 --> 00:50:03.239
 before,

00:50:03.239 --> 00:50:04.399
 the intercession

00:50:04.399 --> 00:50:05.019
 of Jesus

00:50:05.019 --> 00:50:05.579
 is not

00:50:05.579 --> 00:50:07.639
 Jesus at

00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:07.960
 the right

00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:08.500
 hand of the

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:09.319
 Father pleading

00:50:09.319 --> 00:50:10.119
 on our

00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:11.019
 behalf saying,

00:50:11.419 --> 00:50:11.440
 Father,

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:12.119
 forgive them,

00:50:12.179 --> 00:50:12.659
 they can't

00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:13.139
 help it.

00:50:14.379 --> 00:50:14.859
 Father,

00:50:15.419 --> 00:50:16.159
 forgive them,

00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:17.859
 they're

00:50:17.859 --> 00:50:18.879
 sinners and

00:50:18.879 --> 00:50:19.480
 they're unable

00:50:19.480 --> 00:50:20.219
 to break

00:50:20.219 --> 00:50:21.460
 these habits.

00:50:21.460 --> 00:50:22.300
 not

00:50:22.300 --> 00:50:22.320
 no,

00:50:23.099 --> 00:50:24.380
 he intercedes

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:25.440
 by presenting

00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:26.079
 what he

00:50:26.079 --> 00:50:26.780
 has done

00:50:26.780 --> 00:50:27.539
 on our

00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:28.079
 behalf.

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:29.320
 That the

00:50:29.320 --> 00:50:30.019
 Father is

00:50:30.019 --> 00:50:30.559
 looking on

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:31.280
 the fulfilled

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:32.659
 work of

00:50:32.659 --> 00:50:33.420
 Jesus which

00:50:33.420 --> 00:50:34.460
 is shown

00:50:34.460 --> 00:50:35.019
 by a

00:50:35.019 --> 00:50:35.679
 continual

00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:36.300
 intercession

00:50:36.300 --> 00:50:36.760
 on our

00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:37.240
 behalf.

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:39.260
 He's also

00:50:39.260 --> 00:50:39.679
 gone to

00:50:39.679 --> 00:50:40.220
 prepare a

00:50:40.220 --> 00:50:40.780
 place for

00:50:40.780 --> 00:50:41.019
 us.

00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:42.320
 Now he

00:50:42.320 --> 00:50:43.019
 did that

00:50:43.019 --> 00:50:43.740
 when the

00:50:43.740 --> 00:50:44.800
 first part

00:50:44.800 --> 00:50:45.300
 of the

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:45.800
 preparation

00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:46.240
 of that

00:50:46.240 --> 00:50:46.780
 place was

00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:47.179
 leaving

00:50:47.179 --> 00:50:47.500
 heaven,

00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:48.159
 coming into

00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:48.420
 this

00:50:48.420 --> 00:50:48.839
 world.

00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:49.879
 That

00:50:49.879 --> 00:50:50.500
 preparation

00:50:50.500 --> 00:50:51.079
 involved

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:51.899
 living for

00:50:51.899 --> 00:50:52.279
 us in

00:50:52.279 --> 00:50:52.519
 this

00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:52.899
 world.

00:50:53.299 --> 00:50:53.599
 That

00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:54.159
 preparation

00:50:54.159 --> 00:50:54.739
 involved

00:50:54.739 --> 00:50:55.539
 dying for

00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:55.899
 us in

00:50:55.899 --> 00:50:56.099
 this

00:50:56.099 --> 00:50:56.379
 world.

00:50:56.779 --> 00:50:57.299
 Preparation

00:50:57.299 --> 00:50:57.819
 involved

00:50:57.819 --> 00:50:58.639
 rising from

00:50:58.639 --> 00:50:59.039
 the dead

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.679
 and ascending

00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:00.319
 into heaven.

00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:02.059
 And all

00:51:02.059 --> 00:51:02.679
 the meantime

00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:03.159
 he is

00:51:03.159 --> 00:51:04.099
 preparing us

00:51:04.099 --> 00:51:05.119
 for that

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:05.559
 place.

00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:07.359
 And one

00:51:07.359 --> 00:51:08.579
 day the

00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:08.980
 Lord is

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:09.319
 going to

00:51:09.319 --> 00:51:09.599
 say,

00:51:10.299 --> 00:51:10.699
 it's time

00:51:10.699 --> 00:51:11.039
 to come

00:51:11.039 --> 00:51:11.339
 home.

00:51:12.179 --> 00:51:12.739
 Your place

00:51:12.739 --> 00:51:13.219
 is ready.

00:51:14.279 --> 00:51:14.619
 You don't

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:14.920
 know when

00:51:14.920 --> 00:51:15.279
 it'll be,

00:51:15.359 --> 00:51:15.659
 I don't

00:51:15.659 --> 00:51:15.899
 know.

00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:17.379
 But if we

00:51:17.379 --> 00:51:17.719
 love the

00:51:17.719 --> 00:51:18.379
 Lord Jesus,

00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:19.699
 that call

00:51:19.699 --> 00:51:20.179
 will come

00:51:20.179 --> 00:51:20.759
 one day.

00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:22.019
 Time to

00:51:22.019 --> 00:51:22.500
 come home.

00:51:23.339 --> 00:51:23.839
 Your place

00:51:23.839 --> 00:51:24.339
 is ready.

00:51:24.939 --> 00:51:25.859
 Because Jesus

00:51:25.859 --> 00:51:27.199
 has gone to

00:51:27.199 --> 00:51:28.000
 heaven to

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:28.719
 prepare that

00:51:28.719 --> 00:51:29.159
 place.

00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:30.819
 And it

00:51:30.819 --> 00:51:31.259
 tells us

00:51:31.259 --> 00:51:31.879
 the disciples

00:51:31.879 --> 00:51:32.559
 worshipped him

00:51:32.559 --> 00:51:33.119
 and returned

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:33.779
 with great

00:51:33.779 --> 00:51:34.219
 joy.

00:51:34.659 --> 00:51:34.959
 And they

00:51:34.959 --> 00:51:35.799
 were continually

00:51:35.799 --> 00:51:36.939
 praising and

00:51:36.939 --> 00:51:37.619
 blessing God

00:51:37.619 --> 00:51:37.899
 in the

00:51:37.899 --> 00:51:38.239
 temple.

00:51:38.859 --> 00:51:39.219
 It's very

00:51:39.219 --> 00:51:39.839
 interesting that

00:51:39.839 --> 00:51:40.739
 the gospel

00:51:40.739 --> 00:51:41.379
 according to

00:51:41.379 --> 00:51:41.719
 Luke of

00:51:41.719 --> 00:51:43.519
 24 chapters,

00:51:44.359 --> 00:51:45.239
 Luke begins

00:51:45.239 --> 00:51:45.539
 in the

00:51:45.539 --> 00:51:45.919
 temple,

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:47.559
 telling us

00:51:47.559 --> 00:51:47.860
 about

00:51:47.860 --> 00:51:48.639
 Zachariah.

00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:49.380
 Remember

00:51:49.380 --> 00:51:49.779
 John the

00:51:49.779 --> 00:51:50.320
 Baptist's

00:51:50.320 --> 00:51:50.599
 father?

00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:51.799
 Zachariah was

00:51:51.799 --> 00:51:52.380
 offering the

00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:53.619
 sacrifice when

00:51:53.619 --> 00:51:54.259
 the angel

00:51:54.259 --> 00:51:55.000
 came to

00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:56.500
 tell about

00:51:56.500 --> 00:51:57.679
 that Elizabeth

00:51:57.679 --> 00:51:58.420
 was to have

00:51:58.420 --> 00:51:58.900
 the baby.

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:00.519
 That's where

00:52:00.519 --> 00:52:01.259
 it begins in

00:52:01.259 --> 00:52:01.739
 the temple.

00:52:03.259 --> 00:52:03.860
 And 24

00:52:03.860 --> 00:52:04.860
 chapters later,

00:52:04.860 --> 00:52:05.820
 it ends in

00:52:05.820 --> 00:52:06.360
 the temple

00:52:06.360 --> 00:52:07.299
 with the

00:52:07.299 --> 00:52:08.259
 Lord's people

00:52:08.259 --> 00:52:09.679
 praising God.

00:52:10.920 --> 00:52:11.340
 And in

00:52:11.340 --> 00:52:11.820
 between

00:52:11.820 --> 00:52:12.699
 chapter 1

00:52:12.699 --> 00:52:13.239
 and chapter

00:52:13.239 --> 00:52:13.860
 24,

00:52:13.860 --> 00:52:15.180
 24, we

00:52:15.180 --> 00:52:15.519
 have the

00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:16.460
 most remarkable

00:52:16.460 --> 00:52:18.079
 account of

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:18.579
 the greatest

00:52:18.579 --> 00:52:19.420
 life that was

00:52:19.420 --> 00:52:20.519
 ever lived in

00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:21.120
 this world,

00:52:21.579 --> 00:52:22.240
 the life of

00:52:22.240 --> 00:52:22.599
 Jesus.

00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:24.840
 What does

00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:25.460
 the life of

00:52:25.460 --> 00:52:26.760
 Jesus mean to

00:52:26.760 --> 00:52:27.400
 you tonight?

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:30.039
 Is the life of

00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:31.320
 Jesus a life

00:52:31.320 --> 00:52:32.579
 that has changed

00:52:32.579 --> 00:52:32.860
 you?

00:52:33.860 --> 00:52:34.960
 Is it a life

00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:36.320
 that you're so

00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:37.320
 thankful for?

00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:39.240
 Or does

00:52:39.240 --> 00:52:39.800
 the life of

00:52:39.800 --> 00:52:40.660
 Jesus just

00:52:40.660 --> 00:52:41.700
 simply interest

00:52:41.700 --> 00:52:41.980
 you?

00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:43.620
 Or does it

00:52:43.620 --> 00:52:44.100
 not really

00:52:44.100 --> 00:52:44.980
 mean much

00:52:44.980 --> 00:52:45.500
 at all?

00:52:47.280 --> 00:52:48.620
 Well, if

00:52:48.620 --> 00:52:49.039
 you've never

00:52:49.039 --> 00:52:50.200
 really thought

00:52:50.200 --> 00:52:50.800
 about it,

00:52:51.400 --> 00:52:52.080
 it's time you

00:52:52.080 --> 00:52:53.059
 started thinking

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:53.800
 about it.

00:52:54.420 --> 00:52:55.440
 Because his

00:52:55.440 --> 00:52:56.800
 life is the

00:52:56.800 --> 00:52:58.300
 only life that

00:52:58.300 --> 00:52:59.039
 can change

00:52:59.039 --> 00:53:00.600
 you and

00:53:00.600 --> 00:53:01.720
 fulfill and

00:53:01.720 --> 00:53:02.580
 make your

00:53:02.580 --> 00:53:04.100
 life what

00:53:04.100 --> 00:53:05.059
 nobody else

00:53:05.059 --> 00:53:06.380
 and nothing

00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:06.820
 else.

00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:07.800
 can make

00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:07.980
 it.

00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:08.660
 Let us

00:53:08.660 --> 00:53:08.920
 pray.

00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:10.500
 Oh, Lord,

00:53:10.539 --> 00:53:10.980
 our God,

00:53:11.080 --> 00:53:12.039
 we give

00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:12.720
 thanks for

00:53:12.720 --> 00:53:13.539
 the transforming

00:53:13.539 --> 00:53:14.360
 power of

00:53:14.360 --> 00:53:15.160
 Jesus Christ.

00:53:16.180 --> 00:53:16.820
 We give

00:53:16.820 --> 00:53:17.400
 thanks for

00:53:17.400 --> 00:53:17.820
 the great

00:53:17.820 --> 00:53:18.500
 account of

00:53:18.500 --> 00:53:19.019
 his life,

00:53:19.120 --> 00:53:19.400
 of his

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:19.760
 death,

00:53:19.880 --> 00:53:20.180
 of his

00:53:20.180 --> 00:53:20.760
 resurrection,

00:53:21.039 --> 00:53:21.420
 and of his

00:53:21.420 --> 00:53:21.980
 ascension.

00:53:23.100 --> 00:53:23.519
 And we

00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:24.039
 give thanks

00:53:24.039 --> 00:53:24.360
 that he

00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:25.160
 continues to

00:53:25.160 --> 00:53:26.640
 make intercession

00:53:26.640 --> 00:53:27.280
 for us.

00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:28.800
 And how

00:53:28.800 --> 00:53:29.580
 thankful we

00:53:29.580 --> 00:53:30.140
 are for

00:53:30.140 --> 00:53:30.840
 everything that

00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:31.300
 your word

00:53:31.300 --> 00:53:32.059
 reveals to

00:53:32.059 --> 00:53:32.440
 us of

00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:33.140
 him.

00:53:33.920 --> 00:53:34.600
 We pray

00:53:34.600 --> 00:53:35.200
 to bless

00:53:35.200 --> 00:53:35.640
 us in

00:53:35.640 --> 00:53:36.200
 each and

00:53:36.200 --> 00:53:36.740
 every one

00:53:36.740 --> 00:53:37.059
 of us.

00:53:37.059 --> 00:53:37.480
 Take us

00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:37.820
 to our

00:53:37.820 --> 00:53:38.599
 home safety

00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:40.079
 and grant

00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:40.460
 us your

00:53:40.460 --> 00:53:41.059
 grace in

00:53:41.059 --> 00:53:41.460
 all that

00:53:41.460 --> 00:53:42.059
 we're about.

00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:43.199
 Lord, we

00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:43.820
 pray your

00:53:43.820 --> 00:53:44.420
 blessing on

00:53:44.420 --> 00:53:44.900
 the fellowship

00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:46.159
 tonight and

00:53:46.159 --> 00:53:46.759
 again on

00:53:46.759 --> 00:53:47.440
 all those

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:47.820
 who have,

00:53:48.340 --> 00:53:49.420
 as usual,

00:53:49.539 --> 00:53:49.940
 done so

00:53:49.940 --> 00:53:50.539
 much behind

00:53:50.539 --> 00:53:51.179
 the scenes.

00:53:52.340 --> 00:53:52.739
 Grant us

00:53:52.739 --> 00:53:53.440
 your grace in

00:53:53.440 --> 00:53:54.000
 all that we

00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:54.500
 do and

00:53:54.500 --> 00:53:55.059
 forgive us

00:53:55.059 --> 00:53:55.500
 our every

00:53:55.500 --> 00:53:56.039
 sin in

00:53:56.039 --> 00:53:56.320
 Jesus'

00:53:56.539 --> 00:53:56.739
 name.

00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:57.340
 Amen.

00:53:57.340 --> 00:54:00.100
 we're

00:54:00.100 --> 00:54:00.340
 going to

00:54:00.340 --> 00:54:00.700
 conclude

00:54:00.700 --> 00:54:01.320
 singing in

00:54:01.320 --> 00:54:02.320
 Psalm 68

00:54:02.320 --> 00:54:04.420
 from the

00:54:04.420 --> 00:54:04.760
 Scottish

00:54:04.760 --> 00:54:05.360
 Psalter.

00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:06.460
 Psalm number

00:54:06.460 --> 00:54:07.579
 68 from

00:54:07.579 --> 00:54:07.800
 the

00:54:07.800 --> 00:54:08.120
 Scottish

00:54:08.120 --> 00:54:08.680
 Psalter.

00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:13.160
 And we're

00:54:13.160 --> 00:54:13.360
 going to

00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:13.880
 sing verses

00:54:13.880 --> 00:54:14.680
 18 to

00:54:14.680 --> 00:54:15.200
 20.

00:54:16.460 --> 00:54:17.720
 Psalm 68

00:54:17.720 --> 00:54:18.100
 verses

00:54:18.100 --> 00:54:18.960
 18 to

00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:19.440
 20.

00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:24.900
 Thou hast,

00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:25.440
 O Lord,

00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:26.420
 most glorious,

00:54:26.579 --> 00:54:27.280
 ascended up

00:54:27.280 --> 00:54:27.740
 on high,

00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:28.860
 and in

00:54:28.860 --> 00:54:29.440
 triumph,

00:54:29.639 --> 00:54:30.200
 victorious,

00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:30.639
 led,

00:54:30.780 --> 00:54:31.240
 captive,

00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:31.880
 captivity.

00:54:32.659 --> 00:54:33.119
 Thou hast

00:54:33.119 --> 00:54:34.139
 received gifts

00:54:34.139 --> 00:54:34.760
 for men,

00:54:34.900 --> 00:54:35.659
 for such as

00:54:35.659 --> 00:54:36.300
 did rebel,

00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:37.300
 yea,

00:54:37.400 --> 00:54:38.019
 even for

00:54:38.019 --> 00:54:38.340
 them,

00:54:38.440 --> 00:54:38.940
 that God

00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:39.360
 the Lord

00:54:39.360 --> 00:54:39.900
 in midst

00:54:39.900 --> 00:54:40.320
 of them

00:54:40.320 --> 00:54:41.159
 might dwell.

00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:42.339
 blessed

00:54:42.339 --> 00:54:42.699
 be the

00:54:42.699 --> 00:54:43.000
 Lord,

00:54:43.079 --> 00:54:43.359
 who is

00:54:43.359 --> 00:54:43.739
 to us

00:54:43.739 --> 00:54:44.119
 of our

00:54:44.119 --> 00:54:44.619
 salvation

00:54:44.619 --> 00:54:45.119
 God,

00:54:45.679 --> 00:54:46.359
 who daily

00:54:46.359 --> 00:54:46.859
 with his

00:54:46.859 --> 00:54:47.440
 benefits

00:54:47.440 --> 00:54:47.779
 as

00:54:47.779 --> 00:54:48.500
 plenteously

00:54:48.500 --> 00:54:49.179
 doth load.

00:54:49.879 --> 00:54:50.239
 He of

00:54:50.239 --> 00:54:50.859
 salvation

00:54:50.859 --> 00:54:51.299
 is the

00:54:51.299 --> 00:54:51.619
 God,

00:54:51.839 --> 00:54:52.339
 who is

00:54:52.339 --> 00:54:52.519
 our

00:54:52.519 --> 00:54:52.879
 God

00:54:52.879 --> 00:54:53.379
 most

00:54:53.379 --> 00:54:54.119
 strong,

00:54:54.899 --> 00:54:55.239
 and unto

00:54:55.239 --> 00:54:55.719
 God

00:54:55.719 --> 00:54:56.019
 the

00:54:56.019 --> 00:54:56.339
 Lord

00:54:56.339 --> 00:54:56.719
 from

00:54:56.719 --> 00:54:57.119
 death

00:54:57.119 --> 00:54:57.759
 the

00:54:57.759 --> 00:54:58.159
 issues

00:54:58.159 --> 00:54:58.819
 do

00:54:58.819 --> 00:54:59.259
 belong.

00:54:59.379 --> 00:54:59.899
 18 to

00:54:59.899 --> 00:55:00.359
 20,

00:55:00.519 --> 00:55:01.839
 Psalm 68,

00:55:02.179 --> 00:55:02.319
 the

00:55:02.319 --> 00:55:02.719
 Scottish

00:55:02.719 --> 00:55:03.239
 Psalter.

00:55:03.659 --> 00:55:04.119
 Thou hast,

00:55:04.219 --> 00:55:04.699
 O Lord,

00:55:04.819 --> 00:55:05.179
 most

00:55:05.179 --> 00:55:05.599
 glorious.

00:55:08.960 --> 00:55:10.940
 Thou hast,

00:55:10.940 --> 00:55:12.800
 the Lord

00:55:12.800 --> 00:55:13.679
 most

00:55:13.679 --> 00:55:15.920
 glorious.

00:55:17.179 --> 00:55:19.659
 Ascended

00:55:19.659 --> 00:55:21.840
 upon

00:55:21.840 --> 00:55:23.659
 high,

00:55:24.340 --> 00:55:26.500
 and in

00:55:26.500 --> 00:55:28.159
 triumph

00:55:28.159 --> 00:55:30.940
 victorious

00:55:30.940 --> 00:55:32.639
 led

00:55:32.639 --> 00:55:34.039
 captive,

00:55:35.280 --> 00:55:37.659
 captivity.

00:55:37.659 --> 00:55:42.819
 thou hast

00:55:42.819 --> 00:55:44.739
 received

00:55:44.739 --> 00:55:47.119
 gifts

00:55:47.119 --> 00:55:48.799
 for men,

00:55:48.799 --> 00:55:50.739
 for such

00:55:50.739 --> 00:55:53.879
 as did

00:55:53.879 --> 00:55:55.879
 rebel,

00:55:56.519 --> 00:55:57.299
 yea,

00:55:57.379 --> 00:55:59.279
 in for

00:55:59.279 --> 00:56:00.359
 them

00:56:00.359 --> 00:56:01.500
 that

00:56:01.500 --> 00:56:02.500
 got

00:56:02.500 --> 00:56:03.500
 the

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:04.920
 Lord,

00:56:05.239 --> 00:56:06.019
 in

00:56:06.019 --> 00:56:07.440
 midst

00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:08.179
 of

00:56:08.179 --> 00:56:09.659
 them

00:56:09.659 --> 00:56:10.500
 might

00:56:10.500 --> 00:56:11.820
 dwell.

00:56:12.820 --> 00:56:13.659
 Blessed

00:56:13.659 --> 00:56:14.300
 be

00:56:14.300 --> 00:56:15.920
 the

00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:17.440
 Lord,

00:56:17.440 --> 00:56:19.440
 who is

00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:20.239
 to

00:56:20.239 --> 00:56:21.539
 us

00:56:21.539 --> 00:56:22.739
 of

00:56:22.739 --> 00:56:24.159
 our

00:56:24.159 --> 00:56:25.500
 salvation

00:56:25.500 --> 00:56:28.400
 God,

00:56:28.400 --> 00:56:29.400
 God,

00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:29.639
 who

00:56:29.639 --> 00:56:29.639


00:56:29.639 --> 00:56:31.200
 daily

00:56:31.200 --> 00:56:33.200
 with

00:56:33.200 --> 00:56:33.980
 his

00:56:33.980 --> 00:56:37.200
 benefits

00:56:37.200 --> 00:56:38.400
 as

00:56:38.400 --> 00:56:39.980
 plentiously

00:56:39.980 --> 00:56:42.139
 doth

00:56:42.139 --> 00:56:44.260
 Lord,

00:56:44.260 --> 00:56:45.260
 he

00:56:45.260 --> 00:56:46.139
 of

00:56:46.139 --> 00:56:48.260
 salvation

00:56:48.260 --> 00:56:50.260
 is

00:56:51.880 --> 00:56:52.139
 the

00:56:52.139 --> 00:56:53.559
 God,

00:56:53.559 --> 00:56:54.799
 who

00:56:54.799 --> 00:56:56.320
 is

00:56:56.320 --> 00:56:57.000
 our

00:56:57.000 --> 00:56:58.480
 God

00:56:58.480 --> 00:56:59.179
 most

00:56:59.179 --> 00:57:00.380
 strong,

00:57:00.980 --> 00:57:01.860
 and

00:57:01.860 --> 00:57:03.360
 unto

00:57:03.360 --> 00:57:04.980
 God,

00:57:05.420 --> 00:57:05.860
 the

00:57:05.860 --> 00:57:07.500
 Lord

00:57:07.500 --> 00:57:08.279
 from

00:57:08.279 --> 00:57:09.320
 death,

00:57:09.799 --> 00:57:10.380
 he

00:57:10.380 --> 00:57:11.900
 is

00:57:11.900 --> 00:57:12.719
 to

00:57:12.719 --> 00:57:15.179
 belong.

00:57:15.179 --> 00:57:18.000
 Now,

00:57:18.059 --> 00:57:18.299
 may the

00:57:18.299 --> 00:57:18.619
 grace,

00:57:18.779 --> 00:57:19.019
 mercy,

00:57:19.159 --> 00:57:19.559
 and peace

00:57:19.559 --> 00:57:19.960
 of God,

00:57:20.019 --> 00:57:20.119
 the

00:57:20.119 --> 00:57:20.419
 Father,

00:57:20.599 --> 00:57:20.799
 Son,

00:57:20.879 --> 00:57:21.259
 and Holy

00:57:21.259 --> 00:57:21.719
 Spirit,

00:57:22.239 --> 00:57:22.659
 rest and

00:57:22.659 --> 00:57:23.259
 abide upon

00:57:23.259 --> 00:57:23.739
 each one

00:57:23.739 --> 00:57:24.000
 of you

00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:24.500
 now and

00:57:24.500 --> 00:57:25.359
 forevermore.

00:57:25.759 --> 00:57:26.099
 Amen.

00:57:26.699 --> 00:57:27.399
 I'll go to

00:57:27.399 --> 00:57:27.759
 the door

00:57:27.759 --> 00:57:28.059
 on my

00:57:28.059 --> 00:57:28.699
 left here.

00:57:28.699 --> 00:57:29.059
 Amen.

00:57:45.179 --> 00:57:46.179
 Amen.

00:58:15.179 --> 00:58:16.179
 Amen.