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 We are in the book of Exodus for the first time today, so please turn your Bibles to

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 the book of Exodus, the second book in the Old Testament, right after Genesis and right

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 before Leviticus.

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 And let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, we tremble before your Word.

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 For your Word is truth.

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 For your Word is power of God for salvation.

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 Because your Word is living and active.

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 Because your Word is breathed out from your own mouth.

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 And Lord, we want to hear you address us.

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 Lord, we look forward to, we eagerly anticipate what you have in store for us in this book.

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 So Lord, do the work that only you can do.

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 Exalt the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, in our hearts.

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 Fill us with your Holy Spirit.

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 Help us to live in our identity as servants of God.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Exodus chapter 1.

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 I'm going to read the whole chapter.

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 Verses 1 to 22.

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 It says,

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 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob.

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 Each with his household.

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 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah.

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 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin.

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 Dan, and Naphtali.

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 Gad, and Asher.

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 All the descendants of Jacob were 70 persons.

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 Joseph was already in Egypt.

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 Then Joseph died.

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 And all his brothers.

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 And all that generation.

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 But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly.

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 They multiplied and grew exceedingly strong so that the land was filled with them.

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 Now there arose a new king over Egypt who did not know Joseph.

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 And he said to his people,

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 Behold, the peoples of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

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 Come, let us deal surely with them lest they multiply.

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 And if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.

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 Therefore, they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens.

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 They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Ramses.

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 And the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied, and the more they spread abroad.

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 And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.

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 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and brick.

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 And in all kinds of work in the field.

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 In all their work, they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

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 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,

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 When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew woman and see them on the birthstool,

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 if it is a son, you shall kill him.

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 But if it is a daughter, she shall live.

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 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them.

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 But let the male children live.

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 So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them,

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 Why have you done this?

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 And let the male children live.

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 The midwives said to Pharaoh,

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 Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women,

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 for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.

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 So God dealt well with the midwives,

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 and the people multiplied and grew very strong.

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 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

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 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people,

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 Every son that is born to the Hebrews,

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 you shall cast into the Nile,

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 but you shall let every daughter live.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Just some introductory stuff since we're in the new book.

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 Exodus is a loan word from the Greek word that means going out,

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 or leaving, or departure.

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 It comes from the Greek translation of Exodus 19, verse 1,

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 which says,

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 On the third new moon,

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 after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt,

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 on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

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 So it refers to Israel's deliverance from Egypt,

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 which was, in the Old Testament,

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 the single greatest act of salvation that God had worked.

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 But the original Hebrew title for the book is actually not Exodus.

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 It's,

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 And These Are the Names.

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 It's not a creative title,

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 because it's the first words of the book.

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 The first words of the book are,

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 And these are the names of the sons of Israel

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 who came to Egypt with Jacob,

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 each with his household.

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 So in the original, it begins with the conjunction,

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 And,

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 And These Are the Names,

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 to show that it's a sequel to the book of Genesis.

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 It's continuing the story that we have seen in the book of Genesis.

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 And we were in the book of Genesis not that long ago,

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 though I guess maybe it's been a couple years now.

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 And that's why Exodus assumes a number of details

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 that we can only learn from the book of Genesis.

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 For example,

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 Who are the sons of Israel?

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 Why is Israel also called Jacob?

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 How did they end up in Egypt?

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 And where did they come from?

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 Who is this person named Joseph?

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 In verses 6 to 8.

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 And why is it significant that a new king arose over Egypt

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 who did not know Joseph?

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 So all that to say,

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 Exodus is continuing the story of the sons of Israel

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 that began in Genesis.

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 And if you were with us through that sermon series in Genesis,

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 you might recall that settling in a land

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 that is not the promised land of Canaan

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 is frowned upon all throughout the book of Genesis.

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 It's always the people who are outside of the covenant promises of God

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 that settle in places outside of Canaan.

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 So throughout the book,

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 God's chosen line of people,

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 there are always sojourners in Canaan,

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 the promised land,

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 while those who are outside of that chosen line

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 settle in various other places.

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 So for example,

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 Cain settles in the land of Nod.

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 The inhabitants of Babel settled in Shinar.

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 Genesis 13.12 tells us that

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 while Abram settled in the land of Canaan,

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 Lot settled in Sodom.

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 And we know what happens to Sodom.

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 It's destroyed.

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 Later, Ishmael settles in the wilderness of Paran.

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 And then in Genesis 36,

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 it says that while Jacob remained in the land

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 of his father's sojourning in the land of Canaan,

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 Esau settled in the hill country of Seir.

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 Why am I mentioning this?

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 Because the only time in the book of Genesis

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 when the people of God is said to have settled in a land

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 other than the land of Canaan,

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 the promised land,

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 and it is okay,

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 it is the book of Genesis.

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 Sorry, it's in Egypt.

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 And that's because it's a temporary arrangement.

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 Given in chapter,

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 it says in 47.27 that Israel settled in the land of Egypt.

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 And that's because God had already predicted this,

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 said that it would happen in Genesis 15.

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 13 to 14.

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 He told Abram that his descendants will be sojourners

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 in a land that is not theirs,

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 and that they will be servants there,

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 and that they will be afflicted for 400 years.

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 But then God promised that he will bring judgment upon that nation

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 that they serve,

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 and afterward that they would come out with great possessions.

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 And so Joseph at the end of his life,

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 at the very last paragraph,

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 Genesis in chapter 50,

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 he reminds his brothers of this promise of God

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 and tells them,

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 hey, when you are delivered from here,

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 take my bones up with you from Egypt.

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 So then Exodus is the fulfillment of that prophecy and promise from Genesis.

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 And Exodus, like Genesis, is written by Moses.

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 Throughout the New Testament,

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 the first five books of the Old Testament,

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 called collectively the Pentateuch,

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 are mentioned frequently,

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 and they're attributed to Moses.

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 In Mark 12, 26 to 27,

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 when Jesus answers the Sadducees

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 who denied the reality of the resurrection of the dead,

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 he said to them,

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 as for the dead being raised,

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 have you not read in the book of Moses,

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 in the passage about the bush,

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 how God spoke to him,

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 saying, I am the God of Abraham,

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 and the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob?

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 He is not God of the dead,

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 but of the living.

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 So he is there citing Exodus 3,

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 and he calls it a book of Moses.

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 And four times throughout the book of Exodus,

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 it self-notes,

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 that the book itself notes

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 that Moses was writing down what God was doing

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 and what was happening throughout the book of Exodus.

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 And so Moses is the author,

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 the principal author,

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 though I'm sure there have been other editors of the book.

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 The dating is also clearly indicated by Scripture,

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 when it was written,

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 and at what time period the events in Exodus take place.

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 So 1 Kings 6.1 gives us a very specific date.

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 In the 480th year,

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 after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt,

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 in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel,

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 in the month of Ziv,

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 which is the second month,

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 he began to build a house of the Lord.

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 So according to that clue,

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 the Exodus from Egypt was 480 years

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 before Solomon's fourth year of reign over Israel,

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 and we know that was 967 B.C.

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 And so that puts the date of Exodus right around 1447 B.C.

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 That's the time period when this was taking place.

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 Now the book can be outlined in three parts.

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 First chapters 1 to 18 speak of the salvation of the Lord.

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 It's the retelling of the Exodus.

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 Chapters 19 to 24 tell us about the law of the Lord.

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 And then chapters 25 to 40 tell us about the presence of the Lord

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 when the Israelites are instructed to build a tabernacle,

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 the tent where God will come to dwell with them, among them.

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 And so it's a story of how God delivers the Israelites

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 and gives them the law to govern them,

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 and then he dwells with them,

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 with his presence in the tabernacle.

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 And that basic outline of Exodus is taken up in the New Testament,

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 fulfilled ultimately in Jesus and in the people of God,

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 because Jesus accomplishes God's salvation through his life

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 and through his death as the Passover lamb

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 and through his resurrection.

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 And then after his ascension,

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 he sends the Spirit of God to set his people apart as holy,

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 and then he writes the law of God upon the people's hearts.

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 So there's the salvation and there's the law,

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 and then finally when Jesus returns to judge the world,

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 there will be a new heaven and a new earth,

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 and he will dwell forever with us.

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 God's dwelling place will be with man.

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 That's the presence of the Lord.

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 And so that outline captures the main theme of the book of Exodus,

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 namely that the Lord is present with his people as their Savior and King.

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 That's what we're going to see over and over again throughout the book.

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 And with that emphasis on the presence of God,

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 we're seeing a partial and initial reversal of what happened at the fall,

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 because God's people, Adam and Eve,

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 were exiled from the Garden of Eden,

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 removed from the presence of God,

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 and now in Exodus they're starting to make their way back,

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 though it's not fully there until Christ comes

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 and then until Christ returns.

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 And in this particular chapter,

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 the first chapter that we fear God and not man,

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 trusting that God's sovereign purposes will always prevail.

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 So that was the outline of the book before,

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 and then this is the outline of this chapter.

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 And we're going to first look at the spread of Israel

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 and the dread of Israel that falls upon Egyptians,

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 and then finally the fear of the Lord.

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 Let's first look at the spread of Israel in verses 1 to 7.

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 Verse 1 says,

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 And these are the names of the sons of Israel

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 who came to Egypt with Jacob,

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 each with his household.

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 Then verses 2 to 5 list the 12 sons of Jacob

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 with the accession of Joseph who was already in Egypt,

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 and then they tell us that all the descendants of Jacob

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 were 70 persons.

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 But there's something interesting going on here

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 because the phrase,

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 all the descendants of Jacob,

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 is literally all the persons coming out of Jacob's hip.

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 That's a very interesting way to refer to someone's descendants.

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 And that's intentional.

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 Because if you recall from Genesis 32,

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 while Jacob is wrestling with God,

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 asking for his blessing,

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 God in order to make Jacob stop,

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 what does he do?

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 He touches Jacob's hip,

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 puts it out of joint.

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 It's so that Jacob can't continue.

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 But Jacob persists and asks God continually to bless him.

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 And then that's when God gives Jacob a new name.

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 And he says to him,

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 your name shall no longer be called Jacob,

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 but Israel,

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 for you have striven with God and with men

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 and have prevailed.

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 It is then that Jacob receives that new name

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 and becomes the father of the nation of Israel.

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 It's now the people of God are finally becoming,

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 kind of coming together

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 and having its own identity as a people

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 and as a nation.

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 So Moses is alluding to that incident

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 when he says that all the persons

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 coming out of Jacob's hip were 70 persons.

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 And that's why he also,

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 in verse one,

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 calls the sons of Jacob,

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 the sons of Israel,

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 to remind us of that promise that God had made.

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 And that promise is now being fulfilled.

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 70 is not that many people,

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 but it is a number that represents perfection in scripture.

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 And here comes the nation of Israel.

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 Now we get to watch them grow.

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 Even though,

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 as verse six tells us,

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 Joseph died and all that generation with him,

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 verse seven assures us,

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 but the people of Israel were fruitful

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 and increased greatly.

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 They multiplied and grew exceedingly strong

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 so that the land was filled with them.

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 Look at how many words Moses uses

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 to tell us of Israel's population explosion.

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 They were fruitful,

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 increased greatly,

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 multiplied,

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 grew exceedingly strong

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 and the land was filled.

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 With them.

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 And that's no exaggeration.

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 According to Numbers chapter one,

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 verse 46,

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 around the time of the Exodus,

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 shortly afterward in the wilderness,

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 there were 603,550 men

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 over the age of 20.

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 So that means the total population,

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 you count the woman and the children,

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 is likely in the millions,

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 counting them all.

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 And so from 70 to millions.

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 And there's something else

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 that Moses is telling us here also,

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 besides the fact that the nation of Israel

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 grew very numerous.

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 Do these words ring a bell,

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 kind of remind you of any verses from scripture?

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 Fruitful,

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 increased,

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 greatly,

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 multiply,

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 filled.

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 They're echoing God's creation mandate

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 to Adam and Eve

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 in Genesis 128

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 and his mandate to Noah

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 after the flood

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 in Genesis 9,

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 1-2.

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 Be fruitful

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 and multiply

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 and fill the earth

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 and subdue it.

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 So then,

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 the chosen people of God

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 are fulfilling God's command to humanity

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 what the rest of the world

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 was not fulfilling.

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 God's initial blessing to humanity

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 is now continuing

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 through the nation of Israel.

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 So this is also a fulfillment

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 of a promise.

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 It's also a fulfillment

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 of the specific promises

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 that God had given to the patriarchs,

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 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

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 because he said to them

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 numerous times

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 throughout the book of Genesis

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 that I will bless you

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 and make you a nation

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 and your offspring

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 will be as numerous

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 as the stars of the heavens,

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 as the dust of the earth,

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 and as the sand of the seashore.

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 And that's now being fulfilled.

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 That's all great,

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 but here comes

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 the conflict of the story.

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 Verse 8 says,

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 Now there arose

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 a new king over Egypt

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 who did not know Joseph.

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 The word know in Hebrew

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 has a range of meaning.

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 It could refer merely

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 to kind of surface knowledge

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 about a person,

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 but it can also refer

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 to intimate relational knowledge

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 of a person.

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 So this doesn't necessarily mean

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 that this Pharaoh

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 knew nothing of Joseph,

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 though it can mean that.

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 But even if Pharaoh

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 knew something of Joseph,

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 he didn't care about him.

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 In the same way,

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 people might say to someone,

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 Who are you?

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 Not because the identity

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 of that person is unknown,

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 but as a way of dismissing them

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 or ignoring them.

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 So this new king over Egypt

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 did not know Joseph.

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 The way that Joseph,

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 as a powerful ruler,

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 second only to Pharaoh,

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 had delivered Egypt

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 and its surrounding nations

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 from the seven years

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 of severe famine

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 with the guidance of God

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 and wise stewardship,

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 that memory is now distant.

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 This king feels no obligation

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 whatsoever to Joseph

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 and his progeny,

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 his people,

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 the Israelites.

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 So this prepares the way

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 for verses 9 to 10.

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 And he said to his people,

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 Behold,

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 the people of Israel

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 are too many

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 and too mighty for us.

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 Come,

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 let us deal shrewdly with them

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 lest they multiply,

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 and if war breaks out,

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 they join our enemies

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 and fight against us

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 and escape from the land.

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 Notice how Pharaoh

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 shrewdly uses this

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 us versus them mentality,

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 that contrast.

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 He says to his people

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 that those people,

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 the people of Israel,

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 are too many

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 and too mighty for us.

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 The descendants of Jacob,

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 think about this,

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 the descendants of Jacob

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 have been living in Egypt

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 for almost 400 years.

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 It's longer than our country

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 has been around.

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 And still,

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 the king of Egypt

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 does not consider

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 the Israelites his people.

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 Instead,

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 he sees them

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 as a security risk,

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 a potential threat

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 to his rule,

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 so he stirs up xenophobia

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 among his own people.

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 He stokes their fear

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 of losing power,

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 and then he turns them

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 against the people of God.

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 This is a common tactic

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 used by rulers

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 to this day.

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 Look at how numerous

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 they have become.

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 Look at how powerful

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 they have become.

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 They are not one of us.

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 We must contain them.

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 We must control them.

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 We must send them

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 to concentration camps

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 to re-educate them.

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 That's how the Holocaust

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 was justified.

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 Six million Jews

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 killed in Nazi Germany

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 throughout Europe.

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 That's how the Armenian

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 genocide was justified,

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 where 1.2 million

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 Armenians,

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 many of them Christians,

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 were killed

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 in the Ottoman Empire.

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 That's how the Rwandan

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.340
 genocide was justified,

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 where 800,000 Tutsis

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 were killed by Hutus.

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 That's how the Rohingya

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:12.400
 genocide was justified,

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 with 25,000 Muslim Rohingya

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 were killed

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 when they were killed

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 by the Burmese military.

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 It goes without saying,

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 but eliminating people

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 who are unlike us

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 is never the way

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:27.160
 to try to preserve

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 our cultural influence

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 or societal power.

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 even if wicked rulers

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 go to Zahn.

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 In setting himself

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 and his people

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:39.440
 against the people of Israel,

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.759
 Pharaoh puts himself

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 in direct opposition

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 to God himself.

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 Because as I mentioned earlier,

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:46.059
 in Genesis 15,

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 God had promised to Abram

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 that his descendants

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 will come out

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 of the land of affliction

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 after 400 years

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 of sojourning.

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 And anticipating this,

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.340
 remember Joseph said

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 to take my bones

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 out with you,

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 but that's precisely

00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.200
 what Pharaoh is trying

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 to prevent.

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 He doesn't want

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.079
 the Israelites

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 to leave the land.

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 It's interesting, right?

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 On the one hand,

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 he feels threatened by them,

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 but on the other hand,

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.039
 he doesn't want them

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.440
 to leave.

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 So what's going on

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.880
 is he wants them

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 to be just big enough

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 for him to be able

00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:14.380
 to abuse them

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 and use them for labor,

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 but he wants them

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.779
 to be just small enough

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 that they'll never be

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.160
 a real threat

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 to his rule.

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 So he wants

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.779
 to control them.

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 So Pharaoh reduces Israel

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 to back-breaking

00:21:29.300 --> 00:21:30.380
 slave labor

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:32.779
 as a way of subjugating them

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 and controlling the population.

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 He says in verses 11 to 12,

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 therefore they set taskmasters

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.120
 over them

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.940
 to afflict them

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.940
 with heavy burdens.

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 They built for Pharaoh

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 store cities,

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.980
 Pithom and Ramses,

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 but the more they were oppressed,

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 the more they multiplied

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 and the more they spread abroad

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 and the Egyptians

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:51.720
 were in dread

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.740
 of the people of Israel.

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.899
 The Israelites are sent

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:56.480
 to forced labor camps

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:58.019
 to build store cities

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.740
 for Pharaoh

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 and by reducing the Israelites

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:02.579
 to slave labor,

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.819
 the Egyptians are trying

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:05.379
 to break their spirit

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.279
 and strength.

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 They're treating them

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.679
 like cattle,

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.980
 thinking perhaps

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.179
 that they can tame

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:12.279
 and control them

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.240
 like livestock,

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.000
 hoping perhaps

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.379
 that if they exhaust them

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.019
 with work

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.539
 that they would

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.379
 stop having

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:19.159
 so many children.

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.579
 But ironically,

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:23.500
 the more they were oppressed,

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:25.180
 the more they multiplied

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:27.200
 because it's the promise

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.720
 of God.

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.639
 The Egyptians learned

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:31.139
 very quickly

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:32.139
 that God cannot

00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:33.099
 be thwarted.

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.659
 God's plans

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:36.079
 always prevail.

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:40.139
 And in Genesis 9,

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.579
 I mentioned this earlier,

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 of God's command

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.000
 to Noah

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.079
 to be fruitful

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.879
 and multiply

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:46.119
 and fill the earth.

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:47.959
 God also said

00:22:47.959 --> 00:22:48.299
 to Noah

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:50.000
 in that same passage,

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:51.539
 the fear of you

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:53.559
 and the dread of you

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.419
 shall be upon

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:56.159
 every beast of the earth

00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:57.279
 and upon every

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.259
 birds of the heavens

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.059
 and upon everything

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:00.039
 that creeps on the ground

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 and all the fish

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.219
 of the sea.

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.500
 Into your hand

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.199
 they are delivered.

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.779
 So it's ironic.

00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:05.679
 Here the Egyptians

00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.959
 are treating the Israelites

00:23:06.959 --> 00:23:07.839
 like cattle,

00:23:07.959 --> 00:23:08.659
 like slaves,

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.759
 but instead

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.900
 it's the Egyptians

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.720
 that become

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.720
 like the beasts

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.360
 of the earth

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.080
 who stand now

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:15.279
 in dread of them.

00:23:18.060 --> 00:23:19.380
 If we fear God

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:20.420
 and fear no man,

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.840
 those who oppose God

00:23:21.840 --> 00:23:22.460
 and his purposes

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:24.040
 will stand in dread of us.

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.620
 The Egyptians

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.700
 are spooked

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:29.759
 because the Israelites

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.640
 continue to grow

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:32.180
 so they redouble

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.700
 their efforts

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.340
 to oppress them.

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.700
 It says in verses 13 to 14,

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.720
 they ruthlessly

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.680
 made the people of Israel

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.539
 work as slaves

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.400
 and made their lives

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.660
 bitter with hard service.

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:41.100
 In mortar and brick

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.880
 and in all kinds

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.620
 of work in the field

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.539
 in all their work

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.259
 they ruthlessly

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.059
 made them work

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.799
 as slaves.

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.680
 Notice the repetition,

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.360
 the verses,

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.880
 verses 13 and 14,

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.039
 they begin and end

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:52.940
 with the statement

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.720
 that the Egyptians

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.840
 ruthlessly

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:56.559
 made the people of Israel

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.600
 work as slaves.

00:23:59.080 --> 00:24:00.180
 And that frames

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.019
 the middle section

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.799
 in that they made

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.019
 their lives bitter

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.619
 with hard service

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.779
 in mortar and brick

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.400
 in all kinds of work

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.079
 in the field.

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.240
 Many of us

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.539
 having grown up

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:14.099
 with much freedom

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:15.700
 and much comfort,

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.700
 we don't know

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.200
 what it's like

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.240
 to be made bitter

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.759
 with hard service.

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.859
 To do work

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.980
 that is so intensive

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.539
 and unrelenting

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:27.539
 that it literally

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.579
 breaks our back,

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.799
 drives us to despair.

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.720
 Brick making

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.720
 was that kind of labor.

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.680
 There's ancient literature

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:37.339
 that mock brick makers

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.220
 because they were

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.019
 always muddy

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.779
 and always miserable.

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.680
 That's what the Egyptians

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.819
 forced the Israelites

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.359
 to do.

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.119
 And in this short span

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.720
 of two verses,

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.339
 there are five words

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.400
 that contain

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.359
 the Hebrew root

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.579
 for serve.

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:54.039
 The word slave,

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.639
 the word service,

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.480
 the word work,

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.460
 they're all variations

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.940
 of the same Hebrew word

00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:00.019
 for serve.

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.500
 And this is significant

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.859
 because the book of Exodus

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.339
 poses this question

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.660
 again and again.

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.359
 Will the Israelites

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:09.220
 be servants of Pharaoh

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.779
 or will they be servants

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.599
 of the Lord?

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:15.879
 And that's why

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.679
 in his confrontation

00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.619
 with Pharaoh,

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.379
 God says over and over again,

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:21.879
 let my people go

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:23.179
 that they may

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:25.519
 serve me.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:30.359
 And here again then,

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.279
 we see Pharaoh

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:33.160
 standing in direct opposition

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.759
 to God's purposes.

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.660
 He wants Israel

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.480
 to serve him

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:39.379
 rather than God.

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:41.240
 He forces Israel

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.879
 to make store cities

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:44.060
 but later,

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.460
 God will liberate Israel

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.540
 to commission them

00:25:46.540 --> 00:25:48.600
 to build his tabernacle.

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.860
 The word tabernacle

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:50.560
 and store city

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:51.380
 in the Hebrew

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.880
 sound almost exactly

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.320
 the same

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:54.220
 and are spelled

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.620
 almost exactly the same.

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.540
 So there's a contrast

00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:57.100
 there also.

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:00.860
 The Israelites

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:02.340
 should not be reduced

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:03.100
 to slave labor

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:04.160
 serving Pharaoh

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.740
 and building his store cities

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.840
 because they belong

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.860
 to the Lord

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:09.060
 and should be serving

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.680
 the Lord

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.260
 and building

00:26:10.260 --> 00:26:11.640
 his tabernacle.

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:14.600
 who are you serving?

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:21.440
 Who are you working for?

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:25.320
 Are you merely

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:27.100
 building

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:29.960
 storehouses of man?

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:34.060
 Or are you building

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:35.120
 God's house?

00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:40.400
 You might be

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.420
 working hard

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.900
 to build

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.460
 a company

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.480
 or a career

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.960
 but what are you doing

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.800
 to build up

00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.980
 God's people?

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.860
 His church?

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.180
 His temple?

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.420
 Is your life

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.380
 dominated by

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.539
 your work

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.140
 to the neglect

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.900
 of the worship

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.420
 of God?

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:01.120
 Even when you work

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.980
 you are not

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.539
 ultimately

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.240
 to work

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.240
 for man

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:06.180
 or for yourself

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:07.080
 but you are

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.539
 to work

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.240
 for God

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.279
 as an act

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.160
 of worship.

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.720
 Colossians 3

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.200
 23

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.879
 24

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.220
 says

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.139
 whatever you do

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:15.180
 work heartily

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.839
 ask for the Lord

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:18.039
 and not for man

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.319
 knowing that

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.059
 from the Lord

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.740
 you will receive

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.379
 the inheritance

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.500
 as your reward.

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.579
 If you work

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.539
 only for men

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.339
 you will not work

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.339
 as you ought to.

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.420
 You might cut corners

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.379
 and slack off

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.099
 and no one's looking

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:33.619
 or you might

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.379
 overwork

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.500
 and enslave

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.500
 yourself to man

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.559
 because you're

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.660
 expecting to receive

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.279
 your reward

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.160
 from man

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.720
 and not

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.539
 from God.

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.359
 Are you living

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.940
 as a servant

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.380
 of man

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.640
 or as a servant

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.180
 of God?

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.420
 Pharaoh is

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.500
 thwarted again

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.119
 in his efforts

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.059
 to control Israel

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.279
 so he resorts

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.079
 to even greater

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.680
 atrocities

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.160
 he says in

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.819
 verses 15

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.380
 to 16

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.319
 then the king

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.700
 of Egypt

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.279
 said to the

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.180
 Hebrew midwives

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.880
 one of whom

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.319
 was named

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.940
 Shiphrah

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.380
 and the other

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.799
 Puah

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.879
 when you serve

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.500
 as midwife

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.019
 to the Hebrew

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.359
 woman

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.039
 and see them

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.960
 on the birthstool

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.240
 if it is a son

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.799
 you shall kill him

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:13.019
 but if it is

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.639
 a daughter

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:15.200
 she shall live.

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.919
 After enslaving

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.899
 God's people

00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:21.059
 and exploiting them

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:22.299
 the wicked king

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:24.099
 resorts to infanticide

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:25.759
 and then he tries

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.440
 to hide it.

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.799
 He commands

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:29.099
 the Jewish midwives

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:30.339
 Shiphrah and Puah

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.559
 to kill the male babies

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.240
 when they are born.

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:36.859
 If they are

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.319
 probably not

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.000
 the only Hebrew

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.419
 midwives

00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:38.839
 because if that

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.339
 was the case

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.740
 they would have

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.980
 been really

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.659
 really busy.

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.539
 But Pharaoh

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.180
 doesn't need

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.599
 to command

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.339
 all the midwives

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.019
 to do that

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.460
 right?

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.659
 Because his goal

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.079
 is not

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:52.440
 the extermination

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.059
 of the Jews

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.339
 it's control

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.720
 population control

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.960
 so he wants

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.680
 enough Jews

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.779
 to press into service

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.740
 but not so many

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.720
 to risk rebellion

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.740
 so even if only

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.839
 two midwives

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.399
 cooperate

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.480
 he could kill

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.140
 a significant

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.240
 number of male

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.780
 babies

00:29:06.780 --> 00:29:07.300
 Hebrew babies

00:29:07.300 --> 00:29:07.920
 over time

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.720
 limiting

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.820
 and he could

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.360
 in doing so

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.960
 also limit

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.420
 the number

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.000
 of people

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.540
 who are in

00:29:12.540 --> 00:29:13.019
 the know

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.840
 and keep

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.180
 himself

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.700
 from being

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.160
 exposed

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.540
 in his

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:17.320
 sinister plot.

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.440
 And why

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.980
 male babies?

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.440
 Because the

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.900
 line

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.640
 the family

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.040
 tradition

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:25.700
 passes on

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.100
 through the

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.340
 men

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:27.380
 in this

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.240
 culture

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:30.980
 Egyptian

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.840
 men can

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.320
 take the

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.500
 Hebrew

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.840
 woman

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:35.259
 but if

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.919
 the Hebrew

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.139
 men

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.459
 continue

00:29:36.459 --> 00:29:36.839
 to marry

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.139
 Hebrew

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.459
 woman

00:29:37.459 --> 00:29:38.220
 then that

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.259
 line

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.659
 that

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:40.259
 family

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.559
 that

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.339
 identity

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.099
 continues

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:46.159
 presumably

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:47.119
 he expected

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.779
 the midwives

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.799
 to kill

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.439
 the babies

00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:50.179
 without being

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:50.720
 detected

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:52.679
 coming to

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.619
 acting like

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.159
 they're helping

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.899
 with the birth

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:55.339
 and then

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:58.179
 the unthinkable

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:58.559
 act

00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:00.099
 I'm sorry

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.519
 the baby

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.980
 didn't make

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.379
 it.

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:04.859
 which was

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.259
 common

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.919
 neonatal

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:07.220
 deaths

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.699
 were more

00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:07.939
 common

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.259
 back in

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.720
 those days

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.619
 it's a

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.879
 wicked

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.259
 plan

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:12.659
 and he's

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.259
 turning the

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.539
 Hebrew

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.879
 midwives

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.639
 against their

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.259
 own people

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:17.579
 and violating

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.079
 the king's

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.539
 command of

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.279
 course would

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.299
 have dire

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.099
 circumstances

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:22.359
 and so these

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.639
 Hebrew

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.539
 midwives have

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.159
 to decide for

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.779
 themselves whether

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.139
 they will

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:25.699
 preserve their

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:26.379
 own careers

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.119
 their own

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:28.179
 livelihoods

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:28.659
 perhaps their

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.339
 own lives

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:31.059
 or save

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.379
 the male

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.740
 babies

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.019
 that they

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.299
 have in

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.659
 order to

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:32.859
 kill

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:35.000
 and verse

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.899
 17 to 21

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.319
 tell us what

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.919
 happens next

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.259
 but the

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.779
 midwives

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.779
 feared

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.699
 God

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:41.099
 and did

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.879
 not do

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.220
 as the

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.619
 king of

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:42.959
 Egypt

00:30:42.959 --> 00:30:43.439
 commanded

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:43.779
 them

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:45.599
 but let

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.019
 the male

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.359
 children

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.899
 live

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:47.599
 so the

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:47.939
 king of

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.220
 Egypt

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.639
 called

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:48.819
 the

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.259
 midwives

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.699
 and said

00:30:49.699 --> 00:30:50.119
 to them

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:51.000
 why have

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.399
 you done

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:51.799
 this

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.199
 and let

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:52.559
 the male

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.000
 children

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.459
 live

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.460
 the

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.860
 midwives

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.279
 said to

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.519
 Pharaoh

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.840
 because

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.039
 the

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.240
 Hebrew

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.539
 women

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.860
 are not

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.100
 like

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.240
 the

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.519
 Egyptian

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.880
 women

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.380
 for

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.480
 they

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.600
 are

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:58.980
 vigorous

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.420
 and give

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.779
 birth

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.160
 before

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.400
 the

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.840
 midwife

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.200
 comes

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.620
 to them

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.960
 that's a

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.440
 way to rub

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.819
 it in his

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.180
 face

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.279
 so God

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.940
 dealt well

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.279
 with the

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.720
 midwives

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.400
 and the

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.660
 people

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.220
 multiplied

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.720
 and grew

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.500
 very strong

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.940
 and because

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.480
 the midwives

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.120
 feared

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.779
 God

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.299
 he gave

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.660
 them

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.579
 families

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:15.340
 Shiphrah

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.980
 and Pua's

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.539
 defiance

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.980
 of Pharaoh

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.759
 is a display

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.640
 of remarkable

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.279
 courage

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.340
 because remember

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.019
 that Pharaohs

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.440
 were treated

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.380
 like gods

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.840
 in those

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.220
 days

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.200
 had absolute

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.680
 power

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.140
 in their

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.680
 nation

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:28.380
 Rachmire

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.019
 who served

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.740
 as prime

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.259
 minister

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.920
 under

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.559
 Pharaohs

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.980
 Thutmose

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.380
 the third

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.240
 and Amenhotep

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.720
 the second

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.259
 in the

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.980
 15th century

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.259
 BC

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.759
 describes the

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.079
 Pharaoh

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.640
 this way

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.079
 quote

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.059
 what is

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.559
 the king

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.039
 of upper

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.380
 and lower

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.759
 Egypt

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.940
 he is a

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.340
 god

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:42.819
 by whose

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.340
 dealings

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.259
 one lives

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.220
 the father

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.680
 and mother

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.340
 of all

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.759
 men

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.559
 alone

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.319
 by himself

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:49.000
 without

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.539
 an

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.140
 equal

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:52.880
 that's

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.200
 what

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.860
 Shiphrah

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.180
 and Pua

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.580
 are up

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:54.960
 against

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:56.600
 David

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:57.180
 and Goliath

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.760
 situation

00:31:57.760 --> 00:31:58.320
 certainly

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:58.820
 except

00:31:58.820 --> 00:31:59.240
 a lot

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.720
 worse

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:03.200
 since

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.840
 verse 21

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.480
 tells us

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.820
 that God

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.120
 gave

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.520
 Shiphrah

00:32:05.520 --> 00:32:05.880
 and Pua

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.660
 families

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.340
 in response

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.560
 to their

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:07.880
 obedience

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.360
 to him

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:09.000
 at the

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.340
 time

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.660
 of

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.540
 the

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:11.000
 Pharaoh's

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.420
 command

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.620
 they did

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.220
 not have

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.820
 families

00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:15.300
 so they

00:32:15.300 --> 00:32:15.920
 didn't have

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.380
 husbands

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.420
 to protect

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.580
 them

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:17.860
 or look

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.260
 after them

00:32:18.260 --> 00:32:18.500
 maybe

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.000
 they were

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.660
 young

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.120
 women

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:20.759
 or single

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.259
 girls

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.159
 or maybe

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:22.819
 widows

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:24.319
 Shiphrah

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.699
 is a

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:24.939
 Hebrew

00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.239
 name

00:32:25.239 --> 00:32:25.399
 that

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.639
 means

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.139
 fair

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.559
 or

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.059
 beautiful

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.699
 and

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:27.979
 Pua

00:32:27.979 --> 00:32:28.479
 is a

00:32:28.479 --> 00:32:28.919
 Canaanite

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.139
 name

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.339
 that

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.679
 means

00:32:29.679 --> 00:32:30.199
 little

00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:30.659
 girl

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:33.439
 here

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:33.639
 are

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:34.219
 Shiphrah

00:32:34.219 --> 00:32:34.739
 and Pua

00:32:34.739 --> 00:32:35.579
 the

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:35.859
 fair

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.219
 girl

00:32:36.219 --> 00:32:37.399
 and the

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:37.679
 little

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.099
 girl

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.500
 defying

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.879
 one of

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.419
 the most

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:41.219
 powerful

00:32:41.219 --> 00:32:41.719
 man

00:32:41.719 --> 00:32:42.459
 most

00:32:42.459 --> 00:32:42.979
 powerful

00:32:42.979 --> 00:32:43.459
 ruler

00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:44.159
 in the

00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.439
 ancient

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:44.859
 world

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:49.899
 and how

00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:50.179
 were they

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:50.459
 able to

00:32:50.459 --> 00:32:50.819
 stand up

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:50.979
 to

00:32:50.979 --> 00:32:51.299
 Pharaoh

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.879
 twice

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.279
 this

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.519
 passage

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.959
 tells us

00:32:53.959 --> 00:32:54.299
 because

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.519
 in

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.679
 verse

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:55.199
 17

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.579
 verse

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:55.979
 21

00:32:55.979 --> 00:32:56.399
 they

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.479
 feared

00:32:57.479 --> 00:32:58.219
 God

00:32:58.219 --> 00:32:59.099
 they

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.240
 were

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.559
 not

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.159
 controlled

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:00.559
 by the

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:00.819
 fear

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.000
 of

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.279
 Pharaoh

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.579
 because

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:01.799
 they

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.299
 feared

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.199
 God

00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:05.379
 if

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.579
 you

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.799
 grew

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.000
 up

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.139
 by

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:06.319
 the

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.740
 ocean

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.119
 swimming

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.259
 in

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.419
 its

00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:07.879
 waves

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:09.079
 you're

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.279
 not

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.519
 going

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.699
 to

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.059
 be

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.099
 afraid

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.539
 to

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.639
 swim

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:12.899
 among

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.099
 the

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.399
 ripples

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:13.639
 in

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:13.740
 the

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.099
 pond

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:18.219
 this

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:18.539
 doesn't

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:18.779
 mean

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:18.980
 that

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.339
 Shiphrah

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.519
 and

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.740
 Pua

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:19.980
 were

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.719
 terrified

00:33:20.719 --> 00:33:20.980
 of

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.199
 God

00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:21.500
 it's

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.859
 referring

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.079
 to

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.339
 their

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.319
 reverence

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.179
 their

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:25.159
 acknowledgement

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.419
 of

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.699
 God's

00:33:25.699 --> 00:33:26.179
 authority

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:26.439
 and

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:26.779
 power

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.019
 it's

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.139
 the

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.619
 fear

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:27.859
 that

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.659
 constrains

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:28.959
 them

00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.139
 to

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.480
 live

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.740
 with

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.359
 integrity

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.980
 knowing

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.259
 that

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.619
 all

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:31.819
 that

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:31.980
 they

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.259
 do

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.740
 ultimately

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:32.899
 is

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.279
 accountable

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.480
 to

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.779
 God

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.919
 to

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.359
 fear

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.579
 the

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:35.839
 Lord

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.159
 is

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.359
 to

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.599
 live

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.740
 in

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.359
 humility

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.939
 before

00:33:37.939 --> 00:33:38.480
 the

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.119
 presence

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.539
 of

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.819
 under

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.039
 the

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.639
 authority

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.199
 of

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:42.059
 and

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.359
 then

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.299
 for

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.779
 the glory

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.000
 of

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.259
 God

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:46.960
 Proverbs

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.460
 29

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.980
 25

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.460
 to 26

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.720
 says

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:48.879
 this

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.259
 the fear

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.619
 of man

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.079
 lays a

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.420
 snare

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.139
 but whoever

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.839
 trusts in

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.259
 the Lord

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.079
 is safe

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.519
 many seek

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.980
 the face

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.559
 of a ruler

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.059
 but it is

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.799
 from the Lord

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.399
 that a man

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:58.460
 gets justice

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.639
 so Shiphrah

00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:00.119
 and Pua

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.000
 knew that

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.559
 they did not

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.500
 seek the face

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.039
 of Pharaoh

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.819
 they sought

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.279
 the face

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.899
 of the Lord

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.359
 God

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.079
 and sought

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.920
 his protection

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.519
 and his

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.139
 justice

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.139
 instead of

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.980
 fearing man

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.900
 they feared

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.759
 God and trusted

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:12.340
 in him

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:14.920
 if we

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.320
 want to

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.760
 stand up

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.340
 to crooked

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.840
 bosses

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:18.300
 and rulers

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:19.440
 we too

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.880
 need to

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.220
 cultivate

00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:20.700
 the fear

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:20.960
 of the

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.280
 Lord

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:23.980
 if we

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.340
 want to

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.559
 serve

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.780
 the

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.180
 Lord

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:26.519
 we must

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.800
 fear him

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:29.260
 and not

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.559
 men

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:31.579
 and Shiphrah

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:31.980
 and Pua

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.579
 are rewarded

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.940
 for their

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.240
 fear of

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.440
 God

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.980
 verse 21

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.300
 says

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.860
 and because

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.519
 the midwives

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.360
 feared God

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.760
 he gave

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.100
 them

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:37.800
 families

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:37.980
 families

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.060
 in Hebrew

00:34:39.060 --> 00:34:39.620
 the phrase

00:34:39.620 --> 00:34:40.019
 is literally

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.539
 he gave

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.380
 them houses

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.640
 because house

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.460
 can represent

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.300
 the household

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:46.160
 and the word

00:34:46.160 --> 00:34:47.019
 also sets up

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.420
 a wonderful

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.920
 contrast

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.440
 because

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.300
 the term

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.920
 Pharaoh

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:51.300
 literally means

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.920
 the great

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.620
 house

00:34:52.620 --> 00:34:54.019
 it originally

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.560
 referred to

00:34:54.560 --> 00:34:55.440
 the palatial

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.000
 estate of

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.340
 Pharaoh

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.000
 of the

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.600
 Egyptian king

00:34:57.600 --> 00:34:58.800
 and then

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.160
 eventually

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.760
 it came to

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.220
 refer to

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.539
 the king

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.100
 himself

00:35:01.100 --> 00:35:03.680
 so here

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:04.140
 Shiphrah

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:04.519
 and Pua

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.300
 defy

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.820
 the great

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.340
 house

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:08.320
 and receive

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.840
 houses

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.620
 from the

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:09.880
 Lord

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.700
 themselves

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:13.720
 if you

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.079
 guys are

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.760
 into history

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.360
 maybe some

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.640
 of you are

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:15.920
 wondering

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.280
 at this

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.559
 point

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.620
 who this

00:35:17.620 --> 00:35:18.100
 infamous

00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:18.480
 Pharaoh

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.940
 is

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:20.220
 because

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.700
 Egyptians

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.200
 kept a

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.539
 pretty good

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.820
 record

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.120
 of their

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:22.460
 kings

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:24.160
 and it

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.740
 is possible

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.740
 by corroborating

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.980
 historical

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.180
 and architectural

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.800
 data with

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.220
 what scripture

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.820
 tells us

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.940
 to identify

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.440
 the most

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.880
 likely

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.400
 candidate

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:34.840
 but I'm

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.079
 not going

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.360
 to tell

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.579
 you the

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.920
 name

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.039
 because

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.360
 scripture

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.680
 doesn't

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:38.300
 tell us

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:41.119
 you'll

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.400
 search

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.980
 in vain

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.039
 through the

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.900
 chapters of

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.159
 Exodus

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.019
 for any

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.420
 name

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.840
 of

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.300
 Pharaoh

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:47.880
 none

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.139
 of the

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.240
 Egyptian kings

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.760
 are named

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.039
 in the

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.280
 book of

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.559
 Exodus

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.940
 but God

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.539
 is named

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.559
 Yehovah

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:55.880
 the Pharaoh

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.240
 is not

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:56.539
 named

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.960
 but guess

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.380
 who else

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.980
 is named

00:35:57.980 --> 00:36:00.320
 Shiphrah

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:01.559
 and Pua

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:04.779
 the Hebrew

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.539
 midwives

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.460
 are named

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.440
 in Exodus

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.619
 chapter 1

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.619
 surely

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.320
 Moses

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:11.420
 if he knew

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.920
 the name

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.340
 of those

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.179
 two midwives

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.559
 would have

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.039
 known

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.679
 who the

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.579
 Egyptian king

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:15.960
 was

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.340
 but he

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.480
 doesn't name

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.000
 him to make

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.739
 a theological

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.299
 point

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:20.460
 because from

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.500
 God's

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.039
 eternal

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.619
 point of

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:22.920
 view

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:24.099
 this Pharaoh

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:25.279
 however powerful

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.900
 he may have

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.219
 been

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:27.059
 is an

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.779
 anonymous

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:29.219
 non-entity

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:32.839
 but these

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.219
 Hebrew

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.899
 midwives

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:35.099
 they are

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.399
 his

00:36:35.399 --> 00:36:35.899
 precious

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:36.419
 daughters

00:36:36.419 --> 00:36:38.699
 the heroes

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.279
 of the story

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:40.159
 from God's

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:41.039
 point of

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.359
 view

00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:42.219
 so that

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.799
 children

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:43.239
 can be

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:43.439
 named

00:36:43.439 --> 00:36:44.099
 after them

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:45.079
 so their

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.399
 names

00:36:45.399 --> 00:36:45.839
 are here

00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:48.919
 your name

00:36:48.919 --> 00:36:49.419
 might never

00:36:49.419 --> 00:36:49.879
 be found

00:36:49.879 --> 00:36:50.319
 among the

00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:50.980
 who's who

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.419
 lists

00:36:51.419 --> 00:36:51.899
 of the

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:52.239
 world

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.980
 you might

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.579
 not make

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:54.839
 it to

00:36:54.839 --> 00:36:55.480
 any kind

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.919
 of hall

00:36:55.919 --> 00:36:56.439
 of fame

00:36:56.439 --> 00:36:57.319
 but I

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.980
 can assure

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.619
 you that

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.259
 almighty

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.739
 God

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.299
 creator

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.599
 of the

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:00.960
 universe

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.079
 is not

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.539
 impressed

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.960
 with those

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.400
 lists

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:07.159
 what

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.679
 ultimately

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.099
 counts

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.539
 is not

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.099
 whether or

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.319
 not

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:09.659
 you are

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:09.980
 known

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.339
 by

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:11.000
 man

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:12.079
 but

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.440
 whether or

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.579
 not

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:12.900
 you are

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.299
 known

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.799
 by

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.519
 God

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:18.639
 whether

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:18.940
 or not

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.400
 he has

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.739
 called

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:19.940
 you

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.179
 by

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.579
 name

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:23.539
 Isaiah

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.099
 43

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.599
 verse 1

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.739
 says

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:24.980
 now

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.539
 thus says

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:25.699
 the

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:25.940
 Lord

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.299
 he who

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:26.819
 created

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.179
 you

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.639
 old

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:27.920
 Jacob

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.260
 he who

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.780
 formed

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.119
 you

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.639
 oh

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.159
 Israel

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.139
 fear

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.720
 not

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.680
 for I

00:37:32.680 --> 00:37:33.099
 have

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.619
 redeemed

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.000
 you

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.360
 I

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.760
 have

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.360
 called

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.659
 you

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.039
 by

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.659
 name

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.559
 you

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.019
 are

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.980
 mine

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:42.280
 the

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.599
 book of

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.000
 revelation

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.740
 mentions

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.700
 again and

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:45.159
 again a

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.680
 book called

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:46.460
 book of

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.900
 life

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:48.280
 on which

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.659
 is written

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.220
 the name

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.800
 of God's

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.079
 chosen

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.480
 people

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.519
 the names

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.920
 that the

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.440
 Lord Jesus

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.039
 will confess

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.680
 before his

00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:54.059
 father

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.480
 and before

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.099
 his angels

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:56.920
 saying

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.360
 these

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.759
 belong

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.279
 to the

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.559
 kingdom

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:58.960
 they

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.400
 belong

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.819
 to me

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.019
 I

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.179
 have

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.559
 saved

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.920
 them

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.880
 but

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:02.139
 anyone

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.360
 whose

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.579
 name

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.980
 is not

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.179
 written

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.380
 in the

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.519
 book

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.900
 of life

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.179
 will be

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.420
 thrown

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.779
 into the

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:04.980
 lake

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.539
 of fire

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:07.920
 is your

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.199
 name

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.440
 written

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.759
 in that

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.059
 book

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:12.079
 if you

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.360
 want

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.679
 your

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.019
 name

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.299
 in the

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.480
 book

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.119
 of life

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.559
 of the

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.880
 lamb

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.179
 who was

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.460
 slain

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.639
 you

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:15.920
 must

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.759
 confess

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:17.259
 the

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:17.559
 name

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.940
 of that

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.339
 lamb

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:19.460
 the

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.739
 Lord

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.000
 Jesus

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.559
 Christ

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:22.460
 Pharaoh

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.000
 is even

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.779
 more upset

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.440
 and so

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.739
 at the

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.039
 end

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.460
 of this

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.719
 chapter

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.039
 one

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.320
 he

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.820
 resorts

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.179
 to even

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.519
 greater

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:27.980
 atrocity

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.219
 he says

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.719
 then Pharaoh

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.159
 commanded

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.500
 all his

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.900
 people

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.779
 every

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.139
 son

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.380
 that is

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.559
 born

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:31.820
 to the

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.119
 Hebrews

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.320
 you

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.500
 shall

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.900
 cast

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.099
 into

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.259
 the

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.519
 Nile

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.699
 but

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:33.820
 you

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.000
 shall

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.179
 let

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.500
 every

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.960
 daughter

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.980
 live

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:37.579
 now

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.059
 he's

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:39.299
 indiscriminate

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:39.759
 not just

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.139
 the ones

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.420
 that the

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.880
 midwives

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.519
 happened

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.179
 to find

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:43.360
 all the

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.539
 male

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.880
 babies

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.219
 take

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.420
 them

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.820
 down

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:48.799
 1500

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.400
 years

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.799
 or so

00:38:49.799 --> 00:38:50.139
 later

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.539
 another

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.879
 king

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.059
 would

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.299
 try

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.539
 to do

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.719
 the

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.039
 same

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.859
 to try

00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.299
 to wipe

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.519
 out

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.719
 the

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.000
 seed

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.179
 of

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.539
 Israel

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:56.039
 to try

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.460
 to kill

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.639
 the

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.139
 Messiah

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.639
 who was

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:57.960
 born

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.759
 King

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.179
 Herod

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.779
 tries

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.179
 to kill

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.519
 the male

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.940
 babies

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.659
 but

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.319
 Jesus

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:03.480
 like

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.960
 Moses

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.299
 his

00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:04.879
 forerunner

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:05.239
 the one

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:05.379
 who

00:39:05.379 --> 00:39:06.019
 foreshadowed

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.279
 him

00:39:06.279 --> 00:39:06.879
 Jesus

00:39:06.879 --> 00:39:07.599
 survives

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:10.059
 by

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.980
 God's

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.619
 to fulfill

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:11.980
 God's

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.199
 sovereign

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.679
 purposes

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.839
 and this

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.239
 Jesus

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:14.779
 lives

00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:15.139
 the life

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.619
 of perfect

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.119
 obedience

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.599
 and then

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.440
 he dies

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.179
 on the

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.579
 cross

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.279
 for our

00:39:19.279 --> 00:39:19.739
 sins

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.839
 to pay

00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.359
 the penalty

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:22.000
 for our

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.479
 rebellion

00:39:22.479 --> 00:39:22.879
 against

00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:23.179
 God

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.679
 we are

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.219
 described

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.639
 in scripture

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.439
 as enemies

00:39:25.439 --> 00:39:26.019
 of God

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:27.119
 but Romans

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.439
 5

00:39:27.439 --> 00:39:27.859
 10 says

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.299
 while we

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:29.039
 were enemies

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:30.119
 like Pharaoh

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:31.179
 we were

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.219
 reconciled to

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.919
 God by the

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:33.399
 death of

00:39:33.399 --> 00:39:34.139
 his son

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.819
 Jesus

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.339
 the son

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:36.779
 of God

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.299
 became a

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.579
 son of

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:37.799
 man

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.319
 and died

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:38.779
 for our

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:38.959
 sins

00:39:38.959 --> 00:39:39.219
 on the

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.479
 cross

00:39:39.479 --> 00:39:40.259
 as our

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:41.199
 representative

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:42.099
 as our

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.679
 substitute

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.719
 and it's

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.139
 by his

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.559
 death

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.099
 and by his

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.500
 resurrection

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.559
 that he

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.639
 reconciles

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.099
 us to

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.320
 God

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.099
 even though

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.960
 we've been

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.440
 rebelling

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.179
 against him

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:52.079
 as every

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.699
 bit as much

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.599
 as the

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:53.920
 Egyptians

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:56.019
 as Pharaoh

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.480
 himself

00:39:56.480 --> 00:40:01.579
 if you're

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.099
 here today

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.480
 and you

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.039
 have not

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.500
 confessed

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.739
 the name

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.199
 of Jesus

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:04.940
 I urge you

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.559
 to confess

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.440
 the name

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.760
 of the

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.039
 Lord

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.460
 Jesus

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:09.980
 he promises

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.719
 us in

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.019
 Matthew

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.440
 10

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.179
 verse 32

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:13.419
 everyone

00:40:13.419 --> 00:40:13.940
 who

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.759
 acknowledges

00:40:14.759 --> 00:40:14.980
 me

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.399
 before

00:40:15.399 --> 00:40:15.739
 men

00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:16.559
 I

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.159
 also

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.719
 will

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.579
 acknowledge

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.139
 before

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.480
 my

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:19.859
 father

00:40:19.859 --> 00:40:20.019
 who

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.159
 is

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.279
 in

00:40:20.279 --> 00:40:20.539
 heaven

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:23.500
 acknowledge

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.019
 the name

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.519
 of Christ

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.279
 confess him

00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:25.519
 as your

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:25.879
 Lord and

00:40:25.879 --> 00:40:26.139
 Savior

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.940
 and our

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.440
 good Lord

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:28.339
 will call

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:28.940
 you by

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.239
 name

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:30.559
 and you

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.219
 will find

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.819
 your name

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:33.019
 indelibly

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.899
 written

00:40:33.899 --> 00:40:34.659
 in the

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.000
 book of

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.359
 life

00:40:35.359 --> 00:40:36.659
 forevermore

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.899
 let's

00:40:37.899 --> 00:40:38.159
 pray

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:44.679
 God we

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:45.279
 rejoice

00:40:45.279 --> 00:40:45.960
 this evening

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.920
 that our

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.480
 names

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.299
 are written

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:48.980
 in the

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.339
 book of

00:40:49.339 --> 00:40:49.759
 life

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:57.539
 ours

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:58.019
 are the

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.359
 names

00:40:58.359 --> 00:40:59.000
 that should

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.279
 have been

00:40:59.279 --> 00:40:59.859
 blotted out

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:00.539
 from history

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:02.159
 never

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.739
 remembered

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.879
 because we

00:41:03.879 --> 00:41:04.579
 are rebels

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.960
 guilty of

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.420
 treason

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:07.199
 sinners

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.920
 against the

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.480
 most high

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.059
 God who

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.400
 has done

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.960
 nothing but

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.480
 good for

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.920
 us

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:12.500
 and yet

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.099
 Lord you

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.519
 have been

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.039
 so gracious

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.760
 and merciful

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.400
 to us

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:18.280
 thank you

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:18.680
 for sending

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.300
 Jesus to

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.880
 save us

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:22.920
 thank you

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.559
 for engraving

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.019
 our name

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.579
 in your

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:24.980
 book

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:27.940
 through our

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.420
 faith in

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:28.800
 Jesus

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:33.940
 thank you

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.680
 for knowing

00:41:34.680 --> 00:41:35.539
 us intimately

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:36.420
 calling us

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:36.920
 by name

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.539
 and leading

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.139
 us every

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.500
 day of

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.039
 our lives

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.940
 so that

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.300
 we need

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.119
 not fear

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.699
 any man

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:47.519
 help us

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.980
 to live

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.199
 in the

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.519
 fear of

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:48.759
 the Lord

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.179
 always

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:51.579
 in Jesus

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.980
 name we

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.199
 pray

00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:53.199
 amen