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 Thanks very much, Al. Good evening, everyone.

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 As Al and others have said, it is a real privilege to be back with a smallish but real congregation in the church this evening.

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 I had the privilege at the end of the first lockdown of speaking on the Sunday evening we came back,

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 and I'm delighted to be doing it again, although I hope there won't be a third time that I'll be saying that.

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 But great Dota Deas, I think for all of us, it makes us look forward to a better day.

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 Yes, it's good for some of us to be able to meet together tonight, and for others to be able to join us on Zoom.

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 But one day, we'll all be together as a church in the building.

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 One day, we won't be wearing face coverings and socially distancing.

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 One day, we'll be able to sing heartily rather than just listen to songs.

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 And on that day, we'll be able to greet one another with a hug or a handshake, whichever we prefer.

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 We'll be able to be reunited with people who we haven't seen for many months, family and friends.

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 And we'll be able to praise God as we look back at how he has taken us through the time of crisis,

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 and as we look forward to the future.

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 Life will be back to normal.

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 But maybe on that day, we will then look forward to another day.

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 A day when the Lord Jesus will return.

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 A day when we'll go to be with him,

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 and the troubles and trials of this life will be behind us.

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 A day when there will be justice done on the earth.

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 And in that day, we'll rejoice in our Savior and our salvation.

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 In that day, we'll gaze on the face of our Savior,

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 and be able fully to express our appreciation of him.

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 In that day, things will really be back to how they should be.

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 And I wonder if we look forward to that day,

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 with as much excitement as we look forward to the day

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 when life will return to what is called normal in our society.

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 Are we really thrilled at the thought of the Lord Jesus returning,

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 and going to be with him?

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 So there's a day coming when things will be better,

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 when we won't be so affected by the virus,

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 and we'll be living life as we used to live it.

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 But how much better that there's a day coming

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 when everything will be returned to the way it should be,

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 and when Jesus is seen to reign.

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 And who knows?

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 Maybe the day of Jesus' return will be sooner

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 than the day when we're free from the virus.

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 It could be any time.

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 Why am I saying that?

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 Because when we come to Isaiah chapters 11 and 12,

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 we have exactly the same situation.

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 You may have noticed in the reading

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 that several times it said,

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 in that day.

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 And it said it at key points in the passage.

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 If you have your Bible in front of you,

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 and you have a Bible that indents poetry,

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 you may notice that verses 10 and 11 of chapter 11

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 are actually prose.

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 And actually, Archie told us a couple of weeks ago

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 that when we see prose in the middle of poetry,

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 as there was in his passage too,

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 that is something that we should be paying

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 particular attention to.

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 So Isaiah is pointing out that

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 that day is really important.

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 And then in chapter 12,

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 in verses 1 and 4,

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 he talks about in that day

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 and what people will say.

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 Again, he's saying,

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 here's something we look forward to,

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 and it's going to be really important,

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 and here's what's going to happen.

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 And as with our illustration

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 from current situation,

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 there are the two perspectives

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 of what that day means.

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 There is a day in the time of Isaiah,

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 actually probably a couple of hundred years later,

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 but there is a day in the relatively short term

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 when much of the prophecy

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 in these chapters was fulfilled,

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 particularly when the Israelites returned

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 from their exile.

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 But even then,

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 even looking back on that,

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 as they read Isaiah 11 and 12,

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 they must have thought,

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 is that it?

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 Is there not more to it than this?

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 It doesn't all seem to have been fulfilled.

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 And of course,

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 when we look at it,

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 we see particularly

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 the day when the Lord Jesus will return,

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 and the day when everything

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 will be under his rule,

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 and everything will be perfect.

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 So the perspective here,

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 the ultimate perspective here,

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 is exactly the same

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 as the ultimate perspective

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 I was talking about

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 a few minutes ago.

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 And the bulk of what we want to learn

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 from this passage

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 is looking forward

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 to the Lord's return

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 and what will happen then.

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 But there is an immediate context,

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 and let me just take a short time

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 to talk about that.

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 So you remember,

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 in this section of Isaiah,

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 what's happening is

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 you've got the nation of Israel,

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 the northern kingdom,

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 the nation of Judah,

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 the southern kingdom,

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 now separate since the days

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 of Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

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 And round about,

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 you've got quite a number

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 of other small nation states.

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 So you've got Aram,

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 and you've got Philistine,

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 and you've got Moab,

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 and a number of others.

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 And they're all relatively

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 insignificant countries

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 in terms of the world of their day.

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 They get involved in skirmishes

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 with each other,

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 but they weren't nations

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 at that time of great significance.

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 Below them to the south,

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 you have Egypt,

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 but more significantly,

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 to the northeast of these nations,

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 you have the great nation of Assyria.

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 And Assyria was a really scary superpower

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 in its day.

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 It was one of the most vicious powers

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 in human history.

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 It was treacherous,

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 it was cruel,

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 and it overran countries

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 with no thought at all

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 for their good.

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 And Assyria had become a big threat

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 to all these small nations

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 sitting in the Middle East.

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 And they had a choice to make.

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 So Israel and Aram,

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 seeing Assyria on their borders,

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 they joined together,

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 they joined forces,

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 and they tried to raise Israel,

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 tried to raise Judah rather,

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 to join them.

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 It seems that Judah said no,

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 and so there was a bit of a skirmish

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 between Israel and Aram and Judah.

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 And in that situation,

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 as the king of Judah,

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 as Ahaz wondered what to do,

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 Isaiah said to him,

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 trust God.

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 Don't enter into a pact with Assyria.

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 Trust God for the future.

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 And Ahaz didn't listen to him,

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 and there are consequences in that

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 for Judah,

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 which are listed.

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 And at the same time,

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 because of Israel's sin,

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 the northern country of Israel's sin,

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 there was a judgment from God on it.

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 So chapters 7 to 11 are about that,

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 and we just put a little picture up.

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 And this is kind of summary

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 of where we've been

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 over the last few weeks.

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 So it's bookended by chapter 6,

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 which is the call of Isaiah

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 when the Lord appeared to him,

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 and chapter 12,

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 which is a celebration

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 we'll look at later on.

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 And then there's a section

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 which is particularly

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 about the kingdom of Judah,

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 and there's one that's particularly

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 about the kingdom of Israel.

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 And we can say both of them

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 have broadly the same pattern.

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 There's a challenge,

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 a decision to be made.

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 Following on from that decision,

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 there's a judgment from God,

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 a judgment against Judah,

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 a judgment against Israel,

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 a judgment also against Assyria,

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 described as God's tool.

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 There's a remnant.

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 There is a small number of people

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 who don't turn away from God

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 and provide hope for the future.

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 And then there is

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 the forward-looking ending of it.

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 So chapter 9 is the chapter

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 we're all so familiar with

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 that points to the birth

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 unto us a child is born,

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 unto us a son is given.

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 And chapter 11 was drawn

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 at the bulk of the passage

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 that we're looking at this evening.

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 It looks forward,

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 as I said, that bit further,

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 and it looks forward

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 especially to the return

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 But the immediate context,

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 what people would look at

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 and perhaps in the centuries

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 to come would take from it

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 as having happened,

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 was that after the exile,

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 after Israel was taken over

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 by the Assyrians

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 and Judah by the Babylonians

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 and the people were taken away,

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 there would be a return

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 which came under Ezra and Nehemiah,

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 and there would be

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 a partial fulfillment

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 of what is said here.

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 People were able to live

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 in peace in the land

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 and to, again,

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 worship God as they wished to,

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 but only a partial fulfillment.

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 So let's spend the rest of the time

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 thinking about what this has to say to us

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 as we look forward from now.

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 What is it that is the ultimate fulfillment

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 of the prophecy here?

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 And four things about that

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 that I think we learn

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 from these chapters.

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 In that day, first of all,

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 there will be a rain.

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 So this is chapter 11

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 and the first five verses.

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 It is about a king

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 who is filled with God's spirit

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 and who rules justly.

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 And of course,

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 it's about the Lord Jesus.

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 So let's have a look at that

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 and draw some thoughts from it.

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 Chapter 11 and verse 1 says,

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 a shoot will come up

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 from the stump of Jesse.

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 Now, if you remember way back

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 to chapter 6,

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 in chapter 6,

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 because of the sins of the people,

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 God had prophesied,

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 Isaiah prophesied from God

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 that the tree would be cut down.

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 The tree that was Israel

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 or Judah would be cut down

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 and there would only be

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 a stump left.

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 Isaiah says,

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 looking forward,

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 that stump will produce a shoot.

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 Just a shoot,

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 but a shoot that will grow

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 to be a branch

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 and to bear fruit.

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 And that fruit will come

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 from the stump of Jesse.

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 Now, Jesse, of course,

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 was the father of King David

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Interestingly,

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 he says from Jesse

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 rather than David,

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 perhaps something to do

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 with the obscurity

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 from which the Lord Jesus

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 would come,

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 perhaps also pointing to him

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 being the second David,

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 the great David's greater son.

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 But Isaiah is saying

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 there will be in the future

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 a shoot that becomes a branch

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 that bears fruit.

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 And this person,

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 this shoot,

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 which will ultimately be the king,

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 it will have some

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 very special qualities.

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 So verse 2,

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 the spirit of the Lord

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 will rest on him,

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 the spirit of wisdom

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 and of understanding,

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 the spirit of counsel

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 and of power,

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 the spirit of knowledge

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 and the fear of God,

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 and he will delight

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 in the fear of the Lord.

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 He could perfectly

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 be describing the Lord Jesus,

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 couldn't he?

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 Of course,

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 with the eye of prophecy,

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 he is.

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 the one on whom

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 the spirit of God

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 came to rest

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 at his baptism,

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 but throughout his life

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 who was filled

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 with the spirit

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 and who displayed

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 the qualities

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 that are those

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 of someone

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 who is truly

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 spiritual.

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 So Isaiah talks about

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 a spirit of wisdom

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 and understanding.

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 So that is being able

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 to see the world

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 around about us

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 and to see it

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 for what it is

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 and to know

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 what to do

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 in every situation.

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 And is that not exactly

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 what we see

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 in the Lord Jesus?

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 Whoever came to him,

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 he could discern

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 what was in their hearts,

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 he could discern

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 their needs,

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 and he could act

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 in a way

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 that was for

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 their good.

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 For some people,

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 it was to heal them

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 physically.

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 For some people,

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 it was to assure them

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 of salvation

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 and of forgiveness.

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 For some people,

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 it was to condemn them

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 because of their hypocrisy.

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 But in every situation,

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 the Lord Jesus,

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 through the spirit,

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 was able to discern

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 what was the right thing

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 to do

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 and to do it.

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 Spirit of counsel

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 and of power,

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 which is the next thing

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 described here,

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 would typically be

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 the kind of expression

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 that was used

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 in terms of

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 a king

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 and managing

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 the affairs

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 of state.

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 So it is

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 understanding again,

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 but understanding

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 the big picture,

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 being able to see

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 everything

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 in its context

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 and what needs

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 to be done

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 and having the power

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 to do it.

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 And again,

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 is that not exactly

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 what we see

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 in the Lord Jesus,

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 both in his life

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 on earth

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 and now

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 as he is our advocate

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 in heaven

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 with the Father.

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 He understands

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 our situation.

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 He understands

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 our world.

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 He is able to

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 guide us

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 as we seek

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 to navigate

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 through it.

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 And he has

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 had in his life

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 and has now

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 the power

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 to make a real

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 difference

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 in every situation.

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 And of course,

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 ultimately,

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 as he went

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 to the cross,

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 he had the

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 understanding

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 and the wisdom

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 to know

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 that that was

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 the only way

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 of salvation

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 for us.

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 And he had

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 the power,

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 he had the

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 desire

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 and the ability

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 to go to the cross

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 and because

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 he was sinless

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 to take our sins

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 on himself

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 and to emerge

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 victorious,

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 to rise again

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 on the third day.

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 The spirit of wisdom

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 and understanding,

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 the spirit of counsel

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 and power,

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 and then thirdly,

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 as the spirit

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 of knowledge

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 and of the fear

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 of the Lord.

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 So the Lord Jesus

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 had a perfect knowledge

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 in every situation.

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 Not head knowledge

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 really particularly

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 being talked about here

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 although that comes

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 into it.

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 It is the knowledge

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 that comes from

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 being able to see things

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 the way they are

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 and being able

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 to act on them.

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 And particularly

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 knowing God

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 and fearing him.

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 Fear, of course,

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 not being terror

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 in this context.

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 It is respect

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 and reverence

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 for God.

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 And that is the description

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 I wonder how well

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 it describes us.

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 We all have

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 the spirit

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 of the Lord.

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 Unlike

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 people in the Old Testament

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 where the spirit

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 would come and rest

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 on someone for a while

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 to do a specific task

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 and would then

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 not be with them.

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 We have the spirit,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 in our hearts,

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 in our lives,

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 guiding,

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 leading,

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 directing us,

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 helping us to live

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 the way that

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 Jesus does.

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 Jesus did

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 and Jesus would

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 want us to.

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 And do we then

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 display wisdom

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 and understanding,

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 counsel, power,

00:16:05.900 --> 00:16:06.320
 knowledge,

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 and fear

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 of the Lord?

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 And then verses

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 3 to 5

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 talks about

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 what this shoot

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 will do,

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 what this king

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 who is coming

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 will do.

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 And it is a message

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 of judgment

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 but of righteousness

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 and of justice.

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 Verse 5,

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 I think,

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:28.840
 is key.

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 Righteousness

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 will be his belt

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 and faithfulness

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 the sash

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 round his waist.

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 The things,

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 if you like,

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:37.319
 that hold him together,

00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:38.720
 that make him complete

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.140
 are righteousness

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 and faithfulness.

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 Doing what is right,

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:47.020
 helping others

00:16:47.020 --> 00:16:48.240
 to do what is right,

00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:49.440
 enforcing justice

00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.680
 where necessary,

00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:52.300
 but always being

00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:53.580
 faithful to God

00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:55.820
 and to his word.

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 This is the king

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.720
 that Isaiah

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 is able to look

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.540
 forward to.

00:17:02.020 --> 00:17:03.020
 This is the one

00:17:03.020 --> 00:17:04.400
 who ultimately

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.380
 will reign.

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 and this is the one

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:09.140
 who is our saviour

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 and our lord

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 and we should be

00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:13.680
 serving him

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 and seeking

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.360
 to follow

00:17:15.360 --> 00:17:17.340
 his example.

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 Him says,

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 Sing we the king

00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:21.320
 who is coming

00:17:21.320 --> 00:17:21.960
 to reign.

00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:23.900
 Glory to Jesus,

00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:24.780
 the lamb

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 that was slain.

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 Righteousness,

00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.200
 peace,

00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:29.280
 then his empire

00:17:29.280 --> 00:17:30.040
 shall bring.

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:32.100
 Joy to the nations

00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:33.759
 when Jesus

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:35.859
 is king.

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.039
 So we look forward

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.719
 to the day

00:17:37.719 --> 00:17:38.659
 when Jesus

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 is seen to reign

00:17:39.939 --> 00:17:41.519
 and restore

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.319
 righteousness

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:43.099
 and justice

00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:44.559
 in our world.

00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:47.259
 Let's move on though

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.939
 and look at

00:17:47.939 --> 00:17:49.099
 the next few verses

00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:50.399
 from verse 6

00:17:50.399 --> 00:17:52.000
 to verse 9.

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 And I've called

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 these restoration.

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 It is the return

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 of creation

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 to what it

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 should be.

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 Now like a lot

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.379
 of prophecy,

00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.480
 we have a bit

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.119
 of a dilemma

00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:05.419
 with these verses.

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 Are we to take

00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:08.399
 them literally

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:09.859
 or not?

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 So will it

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.700
 really be the case

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 that lions

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.339
 will start

00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:15.279
 to eat straw

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:17.019
 rather than meat?

00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:18.659
 Now it's possible,

00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:20.259
 but it would require

00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.859
 quite big

00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:21.859
 biological changes.

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 Obviously God

00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:24.440
 could well do,

00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:26.180
 but it may be

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:27.080
 that what

00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:28.200
 the writer

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.980
 here is looking

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.160
 at,

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.600
 the prophecy

00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:30.019
 here,

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.860
 is as much

00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:31.460
 figurative

00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:33.220
 as literal.

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 That is,

00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:35.360
 looking forward

00:18:35.360 --> 00:18:36.059
 to a day

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:37.039
 when those

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:38.240
 who are strong,

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 when those

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.460
 who like

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.059
 to exert

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.900
 their authority,

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.299
 have that

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:43.940
 taken away

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.500
 from them

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.059
 and they are

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.580
 brought down

00:18:45.580 --> 00:18:46.200
 to the same

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:47.180
 kind of level

00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:48.220
 as those

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.940
 who are weak

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 and those

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.620
 who might seem

00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:51.380
 helpless.

00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:53.380
 So in terms

00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:54.060
 of the world

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 of Isaiah's day,

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 it would be

00:18:56.340 --> 00:18:57.440
 Israel and Judah

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 having the same

00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:01.820
 kind of strength

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.760
 and the same

00:19:02.760 --> 00:19:03.440
 kind of relationship

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.400
 that Assyria did

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 or Babylon would

00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:06.380
 or that Egypt did.

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.740
 The big countries

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:09.260
 and the little countries

00:19:09.260 --> 00:19:10.580
 being able to live

00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:12.340
 at peace together.

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.860
 Now maybe that,

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.980
 or it's maybe

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:16.420
 to be taken literally

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:17.220
 if you two think

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:18.000
 that through

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.760
 for yourself.

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 But the key thing is

00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:22.140
 it is a world

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.980
 where creation

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:24.440
 has been restored

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.539
 to the way

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:26.759
 it should be.

00:19:27.600 --> 00:19:28.539
 Where everything

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.340
 is peaceful

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 and there is not

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 a dogfight

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 going on

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 and everyone

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 trying to get

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 their own way.

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 Where a little child

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 can lead them.

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 I think the contrast

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 is between

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 a great warrior king

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 going out to battle

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 and a little child

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 being able to lead.

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 Where there is no fear.

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 Where the young child

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 can put his hand

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 into the nest

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 of vipers

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 and not worry

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 about it.

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 And how can this

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 come about?

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 What are the circumstances

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 that are required

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 for that?

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 Well it's in verse 9

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 isn't it?

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 They will neither harm

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 nor destroy

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 on all my holy mountain

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 for the earth

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 will be full

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 of the knowledge

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 of the Lord

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 as the waters

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 cover the sea.

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 How do the waters

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 cover the sea?

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 They cover it completely.

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 You don't have

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 bits of sea

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 and then there's

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 a bit of dry land

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 and then there's

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 another bit of sea

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 and that is not

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 what we would

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 normally expect.

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 The sea is full

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 of water

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 everywhere.

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 And the prophet

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 is saying here

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 one day

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 the earth

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 will be full

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 of the knowledge

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 of God

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 in that way.

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 Not head knowledge

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 not just knowing

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 the facts about God

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 but knowing God

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 and seeking

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 to do his will

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 and to follow

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 in his good purposes.

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 One day

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 everything will change

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 and a world

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 where there is

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 very little knowledge

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 of God now.

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 A world where

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 most people

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 have no interest

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 in God

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 or in eternity.

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 One day

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 it will all be different

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 and everyone

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 will know

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 that Jesus

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 is Lord.

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 Everyone will know

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 that we have

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 a just

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 and a righteous

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 God

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 and creation

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 will be back

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 as it should have been

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 if sin hadn't

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 entered in it.

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 Creation

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 will be

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 restored.

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 Let me continue

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 my hymn.

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 Knowledge and fear

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 of the Lord

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 then shall be

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 as the deep waters

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 that cover the sea

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 all things

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 shall be

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 in the splendor

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 of spring

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 and all harmonious

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 when Jesus

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 is King.

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 restoration.

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 Third thing

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 we look at

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 I've put under

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 the heading

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 of return.

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 God's people

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 are reunited.

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 Interesting

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 as we come

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 to verse 10

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 in verse 1

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 we notice

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 that there was

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 a shoot

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 coming from

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 the stump

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 of Jesse.

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 In verse 10

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 it talks about

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 the root

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 of Jesse.

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 Now the root

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 it needs to be there

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 for a long time

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 before the shoot

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 can come up

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 or before the tree

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 can be established

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 doesn't it?

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 So we have this

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.619
 curious paradox

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.319
 which we can

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.399
 begin to understand

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 now

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 that the Lord

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 Jesus

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 who was great

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 David's greater

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 son

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 also was the one

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 who was there

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 before David

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 or before Abraham

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 or before anything

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 else existed.

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 He is the one

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 who is the root

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 the source

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 of everything

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 in our lives.

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 and he will

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 be the banner

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 says Isaiah

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 that will attract

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 people to him

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 and that will

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 bring them

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.679
 all together.

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 If you're following

00:22:44.439 --> 00:22:45.219
 on in verse 11

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 there's a list

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 of different places

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 and nationalities

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 there.

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 The idea I think

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 is just from

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 every corner

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 of the world.

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 Some are east

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 some are west

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 some are north

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 some are south

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 God's people

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 are being brought

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 back

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 from everywhere.

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 these verses

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 I think there are

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 quite a lot of

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.320
 echoes of the

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:05.540
 exodus from Egypt

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 and of God's

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 people for the

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.220
 first time

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.240
 being brought

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 to Israel

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 and saying

00:23:12.540 --> 00:23:13.279
 this will happen

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 again a second

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:14.820
 time.

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 That God's people

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.720
 who have been

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.400
 removed from

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.019
 their land

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.779
 will be brought

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.620
 back.

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 Now as I say

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 it's probably

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.620
 in the shortish

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.700
 term referring

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.340
 to the return

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 from exile

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 from Babylon.

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 You might also

00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.940
 want to depending

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.680
 on how you

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.240
 view things

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.160
 seeing it

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.620
 the return

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.220
 of the Jews

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:34.240
 to Israel

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.380
 in the middle

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.200
 of the 20th

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.580
 century

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.080
 something which

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.440
 people would

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.920
 never have

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.519
 forecast in

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.340
 previous years

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:41.559
 but wonderfully

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.500
 happened.

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.980
 But particularly

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.620
 I think it looks

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.360
 forward to the

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.500
 day when all

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.180
 God's people

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.019
 will be together

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.620
 united under

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.480
 the Lord Jesus.

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.320
 That those who

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.920
 were there in

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.799
 the first century

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.680
 BC when the

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.700
 Lord was on

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.779
 earth, those

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.380
 who have trusted

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.080
 him since,

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.279
 and the saints

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.700
 from Old

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.619
 Testament days

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.339
 who had their

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.799
 trust in God

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.960
 will all be

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.339
 united and

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.299
 will be together

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.899
 singing the

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:09.200
 praise of the

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.819
 Lord Jesus.

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.879
 All separation

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:13.200
 is gone.

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.539
 You may have

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.059
 noticed the end

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.720
 of chapter 11

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.339
 that the prophet

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.180
 talks about the

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.399
 seas drying up,

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.420
 the Euphrates

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.279
 and the Red Sea

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.859
 and so on,

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.740
 and the picture

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.420
 there of just

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.420
 everything that

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.700
 separates being

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.279
 removed.

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.359
 See in the Bible

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.079
 tends to talk

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.240
 about separation.

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.219
 So everything

00:24:30.219 --> 00:24:30.839
 that would stop

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.719
 us being together

00:24:31.719 --> 00:24:32.579
 as God's people

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.919
 is removed and

00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:35.179
 we're all united

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:36.479
 and we're all

00:24:36.479 --> 00:24:37.839
 together with

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.559
 the Lord who

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.939
 loved us and

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:41.199
 who died for

00:24:41.199 --> 00:24:41.579
 us.

00:24:41.979 --> 00:24:42.539
 And what a day

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.179
 that should be

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:43.659
 as we look

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.599
 forward to it

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.519
 when we're with

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.619
 the Lord and

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.539
 we're with all

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.759
 the saints from

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.240
 down the ages.

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.240
 All shall be

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.459
 well in this

00:24:53.459 --> 00:24:54.079
 kingdom of

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.539
 priests.

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.799
 Freedom shall

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.599
 flourish and

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.639
 wisdom increase.

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.099
 Foe shall

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:00.419
 be friend when

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.039
 his triumph

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.619
 we sing.

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.139
 Sword shall

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:04.779
 be sickle when

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:06.459
 Jesus is

00:25:06.459 --> 00:25:06.879
 king.

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:07.779
 And these

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.259
 skirmishes

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.819
 talked about

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.579
 between Israel

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.599
 and Judah

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.959
 and the other

00:25:11.959 --> 00:25:12.259
 nation

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.799
 dragged about.

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:13.319
 They'll be

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.500
 behind because

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.240
 everyone who

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.159
 knows the

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:17.259
 Lord will be

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.579
 brought together.

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.859
 And finally

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.399
 let's have a

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.019
 look at

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.199
 chapter 12.

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.199
 So chapter

00:25:24.199 --> 00:25:24.779
 12 as I've

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.599
 said is one

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:25.959
 of the

00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:27.139
 bookends of

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.659
 the section

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.119
 of Isaiah

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.379
 I've been

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.779
 looking at

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.219
 from chapter

00:25:29.219 --> 00:25:30.179
 6 to

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:31.119
 chapter 12.

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.379
 And it's a

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.259
 song of

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.219
 praise to

00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:34.399
 God.

00:25:34.459 --> 00:25:34.939
 Actually it's

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.559
 two songs

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.579
 of praise to

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:36.740
 God.

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.019
 But you've

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.339
 noticed that

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.839
 verse 1

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.779
 says in

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.240
 that day

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.579
 you will

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.539
 say and

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.099
 verse 4

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.899
 also says

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.639
 in that

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.559
 day you

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.119
 will say.

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.439
 What you

00:25:45.439 --> 00:25:46.199
 don't get in

00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.619
 the modern

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.539
 translations but

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.119
 would get in

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.759
 the very old

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.359
 ones is that

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.359
 in verse 1

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.980
 the you is

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.879
 singular so it

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.579
 would be thou in

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.000
 some of the

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.740
 old translations

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:57.339
 in verse 4

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.259
 it's plural so

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.399
 it's ye in

00:25:59.399 --> 00:25:59.740
 the old

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.359
 translations.

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 So the first

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.819
 few verses are

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.579
 an individual

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.539
 song of

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.419
 praise to

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:06.679
 God and

00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.299
 the last few

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.679
 verses are

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.480
 the company of

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.199
 God's people

00:26:10.199 --> 00:26:11.659
 joining together

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:13.639
 in praise of

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:13.919
 him.

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.579
 But all

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.079
 together

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.899
 recognizing God's

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.460
 goodness,

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:20.220
 recognizing God's

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.740
 wisdom,

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.119
 recognizing the

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:23.259
 reign of the

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.900
 Lord Jesus

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:25.259
 and praising

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.440
 God for all

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.119
 he has done

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.299
 for us.

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.099
 So in

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:32.059
 verses 1

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.680
 to 3

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.339
 it is the

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.039
 individual

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.920
 praising God.

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 Now again

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.720
 there's something

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.180
 you probably

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.819
 don't get from

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.640
 your translation.

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.359
 In two places

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.359
 it talks about

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.400
 God being

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:46.119
 my salvation.

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.480
 It's the

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.960
 beginning of

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.559
 verse 2

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.359
 and it's also

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:49.079
 at the end

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.259
 of verse 2.

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 Now what you

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.619
 don't get from

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.659
 that is that

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.039
 the name

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.659
 Isaiah,

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.519
 the name of

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.939
 the prophet

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.439
 here,

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.899
 means God

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.759
 is my

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.619
 salvation.

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.059
 So there's a

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.619
 bit of a

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.119
 pun if you

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.559
 like going

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:00.879
 on here.

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 This is Isaiah

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.939
 as the prophet

00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:03.399
 saying,

00:27:03.739 --> 00:27:04.459
 yes my name

00:27:04.459 --> 00:27:05.199
 is true,

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.599
 God is

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:08.500
 my salvation.

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.500
 And three

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.539
 things that

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.119
 particularly

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:13.179
 strike him

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.899
 as he thinks

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.619
 about God

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.719
 his salvation.

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:16.939
 The first

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.699
 in verse 1

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.920
 is God's

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.600
 forgiveness.

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.080
 So God

00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:21.819
 has rightly

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.779
 been angry

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.539
 with his

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.880
 people.

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.340
 His people

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.920
 have failed

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.259
 him,

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.420
 they deserve

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.660
 to be judged.

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.940
 But our

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.880
 God is a

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.299
 merciful and

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.180
 gracious God.

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 And when the

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.620
 people turn

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.420
 back to him

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 then he will

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:36.140
 forgive them

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.819
 and they

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.640
 will be restored

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.580
 to fellowship

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.700
 with him.

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.420
 And that is

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.039
 something too

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.720
 that we should

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.539
 be praising

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.759
 God for.

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.740
 We deserve

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.019
 God's wrath.

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.440
 We have

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.259
 done wrong,

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:48.900
 we are

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.319
 sinners,

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.240
 we don't

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.700
 deserve

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.339
 anything

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.660
 from God.

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.539
 But through

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.960
 the death

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.440
 of the Lord

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.160
 Jesus and

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.980
 through God's

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.859
 grace to us

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.579
 we have

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.039
 come to

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.579
 know him.

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.460
 And we

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.799
 know he is

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.559
 no longer

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:02.180
 angry with

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.599
 us.

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.400
 Because the

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.920
 Lord Jesus

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.539
 has taken

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.299
 the punishment,

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.559
 he has

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.339
 turned away

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.099
 the wrath

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.599
 of God.

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.000
 He has

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.079
 atoned for

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.960
 our sins

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:12.220
 and we

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.380
 have forgiveness

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.640
 through him.

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:16.220
 And Isaiah

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.340
 praises God

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:18.340
 for that.

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.280
 In verse 2

00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:21.180
 he praises God

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.940
 that he doesn't

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.940
 need to be

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.720
 afraid.

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.640
 Actually a couple

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.100
 of weeks ago

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.520
 he was talking

00:28:26.520 --> 00:28:26.900
 about the

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.360
 trust,

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.020
 who do you

00:28:28.020 --> 00:28:28.620
 trust?

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.000
 And I think

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.780
 that is coming

00:28:29.780 --> 00:28:30.400
 out again

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.380
 in this.

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.600
 Surely God

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.620
 is my salvation,

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.440
 I will trust

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.280
 and not be

00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:38.160
 afraid.

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:40.020
 Isn't it

00:28:40.020 --> 00:28:40.540
 great that

00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:41.220
 for us as

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.640
 Christians,

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.259
 when we go

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.700
 through the

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.540
 trials of life,

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.200
 when things

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.980
 are difficult

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.119
 and stressful

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.920
 for us,

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.039
 we know

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.460
 that we

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.099
 can trust

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.859
 the Saviour

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.680
 who loved

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.559
 us and

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.000
 gave his

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.940
 life for

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.319
 us.

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:53.980
 We know

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.339
 he is in

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.240
 every situation,

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.180
 that he is

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.859
 in control,

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.779
 and we can

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.519
 commit things

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.079
 to him

00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:00.079
 knowing that

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.720
 he knows

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.480
 what is

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.740
 best for

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.119
 us.

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.279
 And then

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.079
 in verse 3

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.879
 there is

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.500
 the joy

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.180
 that comes

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.879
 from

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.759
 salvation.

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.940
 Our sins

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.259
 have been

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.639
 forgiven.

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.019
 We have a

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.359
 God,

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.000
 a Saviour,

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.380
 who we

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:14.359
 can trust

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.079
 in.

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.079
 And so

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.480
 we can

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.900
 live our

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.759
 lives with

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.259
 joy,

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.220
 with the

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.660
 well of

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.240
 salvation

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.059
 springing up

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.799
 within us

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:23.900
 and rejoicing

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:25.019
 in all that

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.740
 the Saviour

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.680
 has done

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.759
 for us.

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.380
 I wonder

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.819
 whether we

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.500
 as individuals,

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.980
 as we do

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.640
 as a church,

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.500
 thank God

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.480
 regularly for

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.960
 all these

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.839
 things that

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.380
 he has done

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:37.019
 for us,

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.759
 for our

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.299
 salvation,

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.839
 for his

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.339
 daily

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.119
 provision,

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.339
 for the

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.199
 joy that

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:43.579
 we can

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.659
 have in

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.039
 the Lord

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.419
 Jesus.

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.359
 But then

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.839
 there's also

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.239
 in verses

00:29:48.239 --> 00:29:49.179
 4 to 6

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:50.059
 there's the

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.739
 united

00:29:50.739 --> 00:29:51.559
 worship

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.500
 together.

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.559
 This is

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.339
 addressed to

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.639
 all God's

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.959
 people and

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.559
 encouraging

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.779
 them to

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:00.219
 praise God

00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:01.119
 and to

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:02.459
 tell others

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:03.699
 about him.

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:04.879
 And the

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.679
 two go

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.179
 together.

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.799
 We praise

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.440
 God because

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.960
 we want

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.519
 to sing

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:11.180
 his praises

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.500
 and

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.299
 celebrate

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.240
 all that

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.500
 he has

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.819
 done

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.599
 in our

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.059
 lives.

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.240
 But we

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.919
 also praise

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:17.480
 God and

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.220
 proclaim him

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.819
 so that

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.460
 others may

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.919
 come to

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.440
 know him

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.200
 and to

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.879
 trust him

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.899
 as well.

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.519
 And Isaiah

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.099
 says the

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.819
 two very

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.859
 much go

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.399
 together.

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.960
 As people

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.799
 can see the

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.799
 delight that

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.460
 we have in

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.119
 our God,

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.259
 the relationship

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.180
 that we have

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.099
 with him,

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:37.099
 then they

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.579
 will be

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.439
 attracted to

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:38.719
 him and

00:30:38.719 --> 00:30:38.959
 will be

00:30:38.959 --> 00:30:39.279
 able to

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.980
 proclaim his

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:41.219
 goodness and

00:30:41.219 --> 00:30:41.939
 the salvation

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:43.339
 that we have

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:44.500
 through the

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.099
 Lord Jesus.

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.139
 And that's

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.619
 true both

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:48.240
 individually and

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.159
 corporately.

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.319
 We should be

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.099
 rejoicing in

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.719
 our God and

00:30:51.719 --> 00:30:52.199
 that should be

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:52.579
 in a sense

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.139
 infectious,

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.579
 that people

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.099
 around about

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.659
 us should

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:55.139
 see we're

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:56.240
 different and

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.740
 should want

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.359
 to come to

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.599
 trust in

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.379
 the Lord

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.759
 Jesus.

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.079
 So again I

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.859
 ask myself

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:04.219
 and all of

00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:05.480
 us, are

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.680
 we rejoicing

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.339
 in the

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.360
 prospect of

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:09.099
 the Lord's

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.880
 return?

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.120
 Do we

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.779
 look forward

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.360
 to that

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.380
 day and

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.099
 yearn for

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.480
 it when

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.059
 things will

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.860
 be as

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.299
 they should

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.660
 be?

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.740
 And when

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.160
 we will

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.680
 be with

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.360
 our Lord

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.299
 and be

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.960
 with him

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.920
 forever?

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.000
 And if we

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.519
 are, does

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.980
 it make a

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.660
 difference in

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.140
 the way we

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.599
 live?

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.299
 Does it

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.660
 make a

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.220
 difference in

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.720
 the way we

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.220
 view our

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.599
 world?

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.519
 Does it

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.860
 make a

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.380
 difference in

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.700
 how we

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.259
 relate to

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.220
 others and

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.700
 seek to

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.380
 witness to

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.539
 them about

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.400
 the Lord

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.779
 Jesus?

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.600
 When the

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.160
 Bible talks

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.600
 about the

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.140
 second coming

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.400
 of the

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.819
 Lord Jesus

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.339
 it is never

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.000
 a theoretical

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.960
 thing that

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.420
 it is talking

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.839
 about.

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.880
 It is always

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.420
 something that

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.799
 should have a

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.860
 practical impact

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.539
 on our

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.539
 lives and

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.200
 make us want

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.319
 day by day

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.240
 to live for

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.360
 the Lord and

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.319
 to tell others

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.620
 about him.

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.779
 Kingdom of

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.920
 Christ, for

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.720
 thy coming we

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.079
 pray.

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.420
 Hasten, O

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.120
 Father, the

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.839
 dawn of that

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.559
 day, when

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.139
 this new

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.839
 song thy

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.599
 creation shall

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:09.199
 sing, Satan

00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:10.199
 is vanquished

00:32:10.199 --> 00:32:11.480
 and Jesus

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.139
 is king.

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.879
 Come let us

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.720
 sing praise

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.139
 to our

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:16.519
 king, Jesus

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.240
 our king,

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:18.019
 Jesus our

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.339
 king.

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.819
 This is our

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.599
 song who to

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.619
 Jesus belong.

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.179
 Glory to

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:24.579
 Jesus, to

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:26.179
 Jesus our

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.539
 king.

00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:27.459
 Let's pray

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:27.859
 together.

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:30.839
 our

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.279
 Father, we

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.679
 thank you

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.219
 for this

00:32:32.219 --> 00:32:32.839
 wonderful

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:34.259
 prophecy by

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.740
 Isaiah.

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.959
 We thank

00:32:35.959 --> 00:32:36.459
 you for the

00:32:36.459 --> 00:32:37.099
 way in which

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.719
 you enabled

00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:38.579
 him so

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.439
 accurately to

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:40.579
 portray what

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.259
 will happen

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.000
 on the

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.319
 Lord's

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.819
 return.

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.339
 That one

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:44.799
 day the

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.659
 Lord will

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:46.339
 come back

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:47.339
 and in

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.859
 that day

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.419
 everything

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.500
 will be put

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.519
 right that's

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.459
 been so

00:32:51.459 --> 00:32:51.879
 wrong.

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.059
 In that

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.519
 day we

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.899
 will be

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:55.119
 united with

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.779
 all others

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.299
 who love

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.159
 him and

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.680
 know him.

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.920
 Above all

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.400
 in that

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.300
 day we

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.660
 will go

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.060
 to be

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:01.480
 with our

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.560
 Lord and

00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:02.900
 to be

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.440
 with him

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.259
 forever.

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.640
 Help us

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:05.980
 to look

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.640
 forward to

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.279
 that day,

00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:08.320
 to long

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:09.800
 for it and

00:33:09.800 --> 00:33:10.740
 to seek to

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.620
 win others

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.240
 for the

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.740
 Lord Jesus

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.200
 that they

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.180
 too may

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.580
 have the

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:15.080
 joy of

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.900
 knowing that

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.300
 they will

00:33:16.300 --> 00:33:17.120
 go to

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.560
 be with

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:17.779
 him.

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.680
 We thank

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:18.840
 you for

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.360
 your presence

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:19.759
 with us

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.279
 this evening.

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:20.960
 We pray

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.200
 you will

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.779
 continue with

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:23.220
 us now as

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.920
 we come to

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.519
 remember the

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.980
 Lord Jesus

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.500
 together.

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.340
 We ask

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:26.660
 in his

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:26.960
 name.

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.019
 Amen.

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.120
 Amen.