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 Well, good morning. Great to see so many of you here this afternoon.

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 If you've got a Bible, and it will really help you if you have a Bible that you can sing.

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 And we're going to be reading a song by Zechariah.

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 Zechariah, John the Baptist's dad.

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 And you'll find it in Luke chapter 1 and verse 67.

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 Last week we heard about Mary singing a medley as she bursts forth, singing a song full of scripture.

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 She's been told that she is going to be the mother of Jesus, mother of the Messiah.

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 She goes to see her relative Elizabeth.

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 And Elizabeth gives her all these confirmations that God is really in this.

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 And she sings this amazing song about how she is blessed, how she will magnify the Lord.

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 And between that song and the song we're going to look at today, one thing has happened.

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 And that is that Elizabeth has given birth to a baby.

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 And there's a bit of a kerfuffle about what they should name him.

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 Everyone in the community says you should name him Zechariah after his dad.

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 But Elizabeth's very adamant, you must call him John.

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 And then Zechariah who can't speak because he's been struck dumb because of unbelief, writes on a tablet.

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 You shall name him John.

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 And we break into our story right there.

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 So let's read Luke chapter 1 verse 67.

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 His father, Zechariah, was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied.

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 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.

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 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.

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 As he said through his holy prophets of long ago, salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.

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 To show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant.

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 The oath he swore to our father Abraham.

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 To rescue us from the hand of our enemies and to enable us to serve him without fear.

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 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

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 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High.

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 For you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him.

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 To give his people the knowledge of salvation.

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 Through the forgiveness of their sins.

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 Because of the tender mercy of our God.

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 By which the rising sun will come to us from heaven.

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 To shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death.

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 To guide our feet into the path of peace.

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 And the child grew and became strong in spirit.

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 And he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father God, we thank you for this amazing song.

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 We thank you that it shows us so much about the work and person and mission of your son, the Lord Jesus.

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 So, Father, as we look at it this morning together.

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 Father, would you show us great things?

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 Would you apply its truths to our hearts?

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 And would we leave rejoicing in God, our saviour?

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 Father, bless us in the name of your son, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, yesterday, last week Mary sung a medley.

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 This week, Zechariah sings a distracted lullaby.

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 Zechariah sings a distracted lullaby.

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 And hopefully I'll show you why.

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 I think that's a good title.

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 I want you to think of something you've had to wait a long time for.

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 Perhaps if you've got children and they've been talking about what they want for Christmas since about August.

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 And they think the anticipation, they're going to burst.

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 Perhaps you could think of when you were small and you wanted something for your birthday.

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 So you said, Mum, I want a new bike.

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 But it was March and your birthday wasn't until October.

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 And you had to wait and wait and then one day you opened it.

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 I don't think you opened bikes, they're a bit big.

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 Perhaps it was a proposal.

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 You were dating for a long time.

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 And you thought any day now.

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 I'm just assuming.

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 Not being a female, this was not my experience.

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 I was more the ditherer.

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 Waiting for a proposal.

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 You've been dating for a long time.

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 You thought any day now there's going to be a muddy knee.

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 And a little box.

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 And a question.

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 And it's going to be great.

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 But the weeks passed.

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 And the months passed.

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 And you thought, would this ever happen?

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 Or perhaps you were waiting for a clean bill of health.

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 There's a few really interesting looks going on.

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 Of wives looking at their husband and nodding.

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 Or a clean bill of health.

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 You know, you've been ill for seemingly forever.

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 Struggling, sore, pained, desperate.

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 And then one day you woke up and energy had returned and the medicine had worked.

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 The operation was a success.

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 How did you feel when the waiting was over?

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 Something you'd wanted for so long had now arrived.

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 Well, Zechariah is in that position.

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 Zechariah has been married for decades.

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 Zechariah wanted children.

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 But it turned out that Elizabeth was barren.

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 And just as hope was fading,

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 Zechariah went and did a stint in the temple.

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 And he waved an offering before the Lord.

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 And an angel appeared and said, Elizabeth is going to give birth to a son.

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 That's amazing.

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 Something that Zechariah had waited so long for was now on the horizon.

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 But because hope was so slim,

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 he said, I don't really believe you.

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 And the angel strikes him dumb.

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 And says, you will not be able to speak again until your wife gives birth.

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 And he's waited for nine months in silence.

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 Not able to speak.

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 And this day,

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 Elizabeth gives birth.

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 Just imagine how we feel.

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 So excited.

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 Finally, it's happened.

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 Everything God told me is true.

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 And I have a son.

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 And I can just imagine the scene in the hospital,

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 although I don't think it was a hospital.

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 That Zechariah is handed this newborn baby John.

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 And he's overcome.

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 And he's so excited.

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 And full of the Holy Spirit,

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 he sings a prophetic praise.

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 He sings a song where he's literally bursting

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 because all that he's hoped for has finally arrived.

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 He sings a lullaby to his new son.

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 But it is a distracted lullaby.

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 Because I don't know if you clocked as we read it.

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 He doesn't really sing about John the Baptist.

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 In fact,

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 John gets one verse,

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 verse 76.

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 Where Zechariah says,

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 and you,

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 my child,

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 finally,

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 after he's gone on for a bit,

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 like the fifth verse,

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 he says,

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 and you,

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 my child,

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 will be called a prophet of the most high.

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 For you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way.

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 Zechariah sings a distracted lullaby about his son,

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 John,

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 but seems to be focusing on someone else all the more.

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 And even when he gets around to mentioning John,

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 it's only really to say that you're a warm-up act.

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 You're really only part of Jesus' entourage to go before him.

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 You know that joke,

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 don't you,

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 that the Queen thinks that all of Britain smells like fresh paint.

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 Because everywhere she goes has been newly painted.

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 And,

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 yeah,

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 I guess it's the same.

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 That John was going to be that advanced party

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 to prepare people's hearts and minds

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 to see their God.

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 Just as John the Baptist,

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 this baby,

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 will bridge the gap between Old Testament prophecy

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 and the Old Testament prophets and the Lord Jesus.

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 So John the Baptist's song,

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 the song that Zechariah sings,

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 is going to bridge the gap between

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 all that God promised in the Old Testament

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 and all that is now available in the Lord Jesus.

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 Zechariah sings a distracted lullaby

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 about a greater son given by his glorious God.

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 See as well that Zechariah sings in the past tense,

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 everything Zechariah sings about

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 as though it's already happened.

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 Even though all the events he sings about

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 are still to happen

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 because Jesus is still three months away.

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 Still haven't had that first Christmas

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 in Bethlehem.

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 But because this is God's plan,

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 guaranteed by God's faithfulness,

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 he can sing with prophetic assurance.

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 Because it's God who's going to do it

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 and therefore it is

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 as guaranteed as though

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 it had already happened.

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 And as I was thinking about this week,

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 I think this is exactly the song

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 that John would have wanted his dad to sing.

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 The whole of John's life was about

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 pointing away from himself

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 to the Lord Jesus.

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 And therefore the first words

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 that come to his ears,

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 I'm sure he would have been so delighted

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 that his dad doesn't sing a lullaby

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 about him to him.

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 But he sings a lullaby to him

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 about the Lord Jesus who was to come.

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 Zechariah sings

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 a distracted lullaby

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 about a greater son

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 given by his glorious God.

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 So let's have a look

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 at what this baby,

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 this son,

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 this other son

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 is going to look at like.

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 Look at verse 69 with me.

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 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us

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 in the house of his servant David.

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 It's a pretty odd image, isn't it?

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 A horn of salvation.

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 This is Old Testament imagery.

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 Let's remember,

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 Zechariah is a priest.

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 He is a trained priest.

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 His job is to teach people

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 the Old Testament.

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 Therefore,

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 when he's describing Jesus,

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 he uses

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 a very

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 provocative

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 Old Testament image.

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 He says,

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 Jesus is going to be

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 a horn of salvation.

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 Time and time again,

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 God in the Old Testament

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 is described as

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 Israel's horn of salvation.

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 All through the Psalms

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 in 2 Samuel and Ezekiel

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 says,

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 God is the horn of salvation

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 for Israel.

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 And the horn image

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 is one of a mighty warrior.

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 It is like the top trump

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 of military personnel.

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 The image we're supposed

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 to think of

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 is a wild bull

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 with flared nostrils,

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 head down,

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 horns showing,

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 ready to go into battle

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 and decimate

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 all

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 of his enemies.

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 Zechariah says

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 he's also from

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 the line of David.

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 So put those two together.

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 What we have

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 is a warrior king.

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 We have a marauding Messiah,

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 a conquering

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 Christ.

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 We have someone

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 who's going to come

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 and fight

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 for his people.

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 Someone who's going

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 to come and fight

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 and win for us.

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 Is there anything better

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 than to know

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 that God is fighting

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 for you?

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 That God has fought

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 for you.

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 He's come

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 and he's engaged

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 in a battle

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 that would cost him

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 his life

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 in order that you

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 might be his forever.

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 That's the truth

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 of the gospel.

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 Our God fights for us.

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 Our God has won us.

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 And we are his

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 because of what he has done.

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 And in this quite

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 dense passage

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 and we'll go through it

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 very, very quickly

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 I promise.

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 We have five pictures

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 of all that Jesus

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 fulfills.

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 Of all that this

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 divine champion

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 will do for his people.

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 As Zechariah sings

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 this distracted lullaby.

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 And the first one

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 is this.

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 Jesus will bring

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 redemption

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 from slavery.

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 It's there in verse 68.

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 Praise be to the Lord

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 the God of Israel

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 because he has come

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 to his people

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 and redeemed them.

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 The first stanza

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 of Zechariah's

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 distracted lullaby

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 is about God

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 visiting his people

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 and God

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 redeeming his people.

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 And we're supposed

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 to read that

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 and think Exodus.

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 We're supposed

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 to think

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 of Exodus chapter 3

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 where Moses

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 is at the burning bush.

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 And God said to Moses

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 I have heard

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 my people's cries

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 and I have come

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 to visit them

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 that I might

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 rescue them

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 and redeem them

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 from Egypt.

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 God's people

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 at this time

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 are enslaved

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 in Egypt.

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 They are under

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 the foot

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 of a cruel Pharaoh

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 who is making

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 them slave away.

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 making bricks.

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 And God said

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 I have come down

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 to rescue them.

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 And Zechariah

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 is saying

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 this son

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 who is coming

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 is doing

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 exactly the same

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 thing in a new

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 and better Exodus.

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 He has come down

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 not just to rescue

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 his people

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 from slavery

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 in Egypt

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 but come to

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 rescue them

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 from slavery

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 to sin

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 and death

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 and the prince

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 of the power

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 of the air.

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 He has come

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 to rescue them

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 fully and finally.

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 And we know

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 that though

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 the Israelites

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 left Egypt

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 the first opportunity

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 they got

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 they turned away

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 from God

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 and worshipped

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 themselves

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 and golden idols

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 so although

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 they were free

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 geographically

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 spiritually

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 they were still

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 enslaved.

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 And Zechariah

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 sings

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 and says

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 this

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 Jesus

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 who is coming

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 this horn

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 of salvation

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 from the house

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 of David

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 is coming

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 to set people

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 free

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 fully and finally

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 in a new

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 and better

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 Exodus.

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 won't Jesus

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 grow up

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 and say

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 if the son

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 sets you

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 free

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 you shall

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 be free

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 indeed.

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 Graham's

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 going to go

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 into this

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 much more

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 this evening

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 as he talks

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 about free

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 in Christ

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 being freed

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 to love

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 Christ

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 and worship

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 Christ

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 and turn

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 from sin.

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 but no

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 there's only

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 two

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 Facebook

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 statuses

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 when it

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 comes to

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 redemption

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 slave

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 to sin

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 or free

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 in Christ

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 there's no

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 halfway

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 house

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 there's no

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 middle ground

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 we're either

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 or we're

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 slaves

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 to sin

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 and Zechariah

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 sings and

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 says the only

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 freedom available

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 is in Jesus

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 Christ

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 the first

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 picture is

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 is that

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 Jesus is the

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 one who brings

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 redemption

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 from slavery

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 the second

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 thing we see

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 is that

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 Jesus is the

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 fulfillment of

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 promise

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 look at

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 verse 70

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 as he said

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 through his

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 holy prophets

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 of long ago

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 verse 72

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 to show mercy

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 to our ancestors

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 and to remember

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 his holy covenant

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 the oath he swore

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 to our father

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 Abraham

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 Zechariah sings

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 that God is

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 faithful

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 he's saying

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 none of this

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 that is happening

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 is God playing

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 jazz in

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 redemption history

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 he's not making

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 it up

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 this is not

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 a new thing

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 that God

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 is doing

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 this is

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 something that

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 God has

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 always said

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 that he

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 would do

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 he knows

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 that the

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 covenants

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 initiated by

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 God

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 when we get

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 to the

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 Old Testament

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 have only been

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 partially and

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 temporarily

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 realized

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 and only for

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 sporadic

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 periods

00:16:03.719 --> 00:16:05.719
 and he knows

00:16:05.719 --> 00:16:06.279
 that God

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 completes

00:16:06.859 --> 00:16:07.779
 everything

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 that he

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 starts

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 he knows

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 that God

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 is good

00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:10.959
 for his

00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:11.339
 promise

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:13.220
 and therefore

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 he sees

00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:14.180
 all of these

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 promises

00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:16.180
 tied up

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 in the birth

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 of this

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 son given

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 by a greater

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 saviour

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 he knows

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 that the

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 Old Testament

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.800
 has only been

00:16:22.800 --> 00:16:23.440
 shadows

00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.360
 and pictures

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.720
 and incomplete

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.280
 promises

00:16:27.280 --> 00:16:27.980
 and he knows

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.379
 that God

00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.120
 is good

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.120
 and will do

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.740
 all that he's

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.560
 promised to do

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 and that is

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:36.060
 why Zechariah

00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:36.700
 sings of this

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:37.560
 greater son

00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.979
 that's why

00:16:38.979 --> 00:16:39.500
 he sings

00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:39.919
 of the

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 promise

00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:41.459
 to Abraham

00:16:41.459 --> 00:16:42.679
 the promise

00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:43.319
 to Abraham

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 is that

00:16:43.739 --> 00:16:44.159
 you will be

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 the father

00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.179
 of a great

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 nation

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 you will have

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 a land

00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:47.979
 I will be

00:16:47.979 --> 00:16:48.479
 your God

00:16:48.479 --> 00:16:48.859
 and you

00:16:48.859 --> 00:16:49.199
 will be

00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:49.839
 my people

00:16:49.839 --> 00:16:51.179
 and that

00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:51.739
 all nations

00:16:51.739 --> 00:16:52.339
 of the world

00:16:52.339 --> 00:16:52.699
 will be

00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:52.959
 blessed

00:16:52.959 --> 00:16:53.659
 through you

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 and Zechariah

00:16:56.339 --> 00:16:56.939
 knows that's

00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:57.579
 not really

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.419
 been fully

00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:58.979
 fulfilled

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 it's been

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:00.899
 partial at

00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.159
 best

00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:01.819
 and temporal

00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.599
 at most

00:17:02.599 --> 00:17:04.240
 yes they've

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 been in

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 Israel

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 for 120

00:17:05.899 --> 00:17:06.720
 years

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 there was

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 just

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 kind of a

00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:10.980
 golden age

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 particularly

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.240
 in David's

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.539
 reign

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:14.860
 but he knows

00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:15.160
 they were

00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.680
 exiled

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.140
 he knows

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.480
 that even

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:16.839
 now

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.259
 Israel

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 is conquered

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.860
 by the

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 Roman Empire

00:17:20.360 --> 00:17:22.539
 and so

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.160
 Zechariah

00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:24.160
 proclaims

00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.980
 that that

00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.440
 promise to

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:25.779
 Abraham

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.240
 will be

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.500
 fully

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:26.980
 fulfilled

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.600
 in Jesus

00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:29.519
 that it

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:29.940
 is in

00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.460
 Jesus

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:32.460
 that God's

00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.019
 people will

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.779
 finally and

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.279
 fully be

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.819
 his

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:36.259
 blessed

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.559
 it's in

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:36.960
 the better

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.519
 and eternal

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.279
 promised land

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.939
 of the new

00:17:38.939 --> 00:17:39.539
 heavens

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.559
 and the new

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.359
 earth ushered

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.879
 in by this

00:17:41.879 --> 00:17:42.279
 Jesus

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:44.619
 it's only

00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:45.339
 when Jesus

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:45.960
 has come

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.659
 that God's

00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:47.159
 people will

00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:47.960
 finally be

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.619
 his people

00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.839
 with an

00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.500
 undivided

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.039
 heart

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.319
 and he

00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.960
 knows

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.879
 that it's

00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.359
 only in

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:55.720
 Jesus

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.819
 the descendant

00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:57.399
 of Abraham

00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:58.519
 that all

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:58.980
 the nations

00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.539
 of the earth

00:17:59.539 --> 00:17:59.839
 will be

00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.379
 blessed

00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:01.980
 you see

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.360
 Jesus

00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:02.860
 wasn't

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.280
 plan

00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:03.740
 B

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.980
 God

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.240
 didn't

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.560
 have a

00:18:05.560 --> 00:18:06.140
 stab at

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.360
 it in

00:18:06.360 --> 00:18:06.660
 the old

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.040
 testament

00:18:07.040 --> 00:18:07.340
 and when

00:18:07.340 --> 00:18:07.640
 it didn't

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 work he

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 kind of

00:18:08.280 --> 00:18:08.660
 drew a

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.020
 line

00:18:09.020 --> 00:18:09.780
 got his

00:18:09.780 --> 00:18:10.280
 tit picks

00:18:10.280 --> 00:18:10.740
 out and

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.140
 said right

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.460
 I'll send

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.980
 my son

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 God

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 from the

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 very beginning

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 said all

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 of creation

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 has always

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 and only

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 been about

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 Jesus

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 I gave

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 you this

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 stuff in

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 the old

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 testament

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 so you

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 know who

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 Jesus

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 was and

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 what he's

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 come to

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 do when

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 we got

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 to the

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 new

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 testament

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 the whole

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 old

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 testament

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 is

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 God

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 getting

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 us

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 ready

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 to see

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 exactly

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 who his

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 son

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 is

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 and

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 exactly

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 what

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 he

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 would

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 do

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 Zechariah

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 sings a

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 distracted

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 lullaby

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 about a

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 greater

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 son

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 because it

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 is in

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 God's

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 gift

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 of his

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 son

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 that the

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 bible

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 finally

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 makes

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 sense

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 it's only

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 in Jesus

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 that the

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 square of

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 the old

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 testament

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 is finally

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 circled

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 and that

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 we say

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 yes

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 God

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 you are

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 faithful

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 to your

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 promises

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 because you've

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 sent your

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 son to

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 make them

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 all real

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 and applicable

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 to us

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 thirdly

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 Zechariah

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 says

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 there's

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 deliverance

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 from

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 danger

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 verse 71

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 salvation

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 from our

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 enemies

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 and from

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 the hand

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 of all

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 those

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 who

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 hate

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 us

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 verse 74

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 to rescue

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 us from

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 the hand

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 of our

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 enemies

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 and to

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 enable us

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 to serve

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 him

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 without

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 fear

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 the old

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 testament

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 God

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 does some

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 incredible

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 things to

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 deliver his

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 people

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 he ambushes

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 people

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 God

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 fights for

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 his people

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 we've just

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 been going

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 through

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 Joshua

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 and we've

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 seen how

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 he does

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 that

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 we saw

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 the judges

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 that time

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 and time

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 again God

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 raises up

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 someone

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 and that he

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 fights and

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 delivers his

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 people from

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 danger

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 Zechariah

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 knows that

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 old testament

00:19:39.040 --> 00:19:39.700
 history has

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 been about

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 God delivering

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 his people

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 from danger

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 he knows

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 that his

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 God is the

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 God who

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 fights for

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 us

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 protects us

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 and defends

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 us and

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 ensures that

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 no bad

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 will come

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 to us

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 but he knows

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 that that

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 deliverance has

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 not been

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 full

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 he knows

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 that again

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 an enemy

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 came

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 a difficulty

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 came

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 a nation

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 came

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 he knows

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 even now

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.900
 that the

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 Romans

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 have occupied

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 Israel

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 and yet he

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 sees that in

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 Jesus there's

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.019
 final and full

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 deliverance

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 Zechariah

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 sees forward

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:18.099
 that this life

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 might be painful

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.740
 and enemies

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.480
 might seem to

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.940
 be winning

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 that in this

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 life there may

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 be casualties

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 but he says

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 but know this

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 that in Jesus

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 there is real

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 eternal

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.940
 deliverance

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 and the

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 wounds

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 that have been

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 inflicted in

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 this life

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 will be but

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.759
 fleeting memories

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.500
 and the scars

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 that we've

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 suffered

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 will shine

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.340
 like the stars

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 in the glory

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.400
 of Jesus

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 Christ

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:48.860
 Zechariah

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.539
 says that

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 do you want

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.220
 to be delivered

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 from all your

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.419
 enemies

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:52.939
 will trust

00:20:52.939 --> 00:20:53.359
 Jesus

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 because he's

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.359
 the one

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.179
 who does it

00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:57.220
 do you see

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 as well

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.099
 that he just

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.759
 doesn't deliver

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 us so we

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.740
 can sit in

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.319
 the hammock

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.579
 smoke a cigar

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:01.980
 with our

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:03.079
 slippers on

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:05.039
 verse 74

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:08.039
 rescued from

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.699
 our enemies

00:21:08.699 --> 00:21:10.139
 to enable us

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.819
 to serve him

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.519
 without fear

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:13.639
 he's rescued

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.039
 us and

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.699
 delivered us

00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.259
 so we can

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.799
 be that

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.500
 kingdom of

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.159
 priests

00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:19.019
 that God

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.339
 has been

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:19.939
 looking for

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.360
 since the

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:20.759
 creation

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.120
 of the

00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:21.500
 world

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:23.400
 we are

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:23.940
 now in

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.259
 Jesus

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.900
 able to

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.180
 be

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.779
 holy

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.279
 righteous

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.920
 servants

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.400
 in his

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:27.820
 kingdom

00:21:27.820 --> 00:21:29.740
 know that

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.340
 God didn't

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.779
 save you

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.120
 to give

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:31.380
 you an

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.039
 easy life

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.740
 he didn't

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.220
 save you

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.580
 for your

00:21:33.580 --> 00:21:33.840
 own

00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.120
 self

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:34.779
 advancement

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:36.240
 he saved

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.519
 you to

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.240
 be his

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:39.039
 holy

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.620
 his

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:41.039
 to serve

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.620
 him all

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:42.059
 of your

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.620
 days

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.720
 with all

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.039
 that you

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.600
 are

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:46.019
 Zechariah

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.519
 sings a

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.019
 distracted

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:48.059
 lullaby

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.619
 because the

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.220
 deliverance

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.679
 brought by

00:21:49.679 --> 00:21:50.159
 this other

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:51.299
 son will

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:52.079
 elevate God's

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.659
 people to

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.220
 be a royal

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.960
 priesthood

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.480
 to Jesus

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.220
 Christ

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:58.940
 forgiveness

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.859
 from debt

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:01.940
 he says in

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:03.319
 verse 77

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:07.099
 that he's

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.619
 come to give

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.119
 his people

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.779
 knowledge of

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.240
 salvation

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.679
 through the

00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:10.000
 forgiveness

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.940
 of sins

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:12.919
 John the

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.500
 Baptist will

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.220
 tell people

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.700
 about a

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.519
 greater sacrifice

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.980
 how does

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.539
 John first

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.000
 introduce

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.619
 Jesus

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:19.180
 behold the

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.640
 lamb of

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.039
 God who

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.519
 takes away

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.900
 the sins

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.160
 of the

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.700
 world

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:23.099
 Zechariah

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.480
 has been

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:23.920
 a priest

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.400
 he's killed

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.920
 a lot of

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.559
 animals in

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.119
 his life

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:27.359
 year in

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.980
 year out

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.819
 people bring

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.420
 him animals

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:29.819
 and he

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.500
 kills them

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.099
 and he

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.619
 throws blood

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.160
 everywhere

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:34.880
 it just

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.220
 seems to

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.759
 go round

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.220
 and round

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.720
 and round

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.259
 and round

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:39.740
 and yet

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.220
 Zechariah

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.180
 says finally

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:43.980
 finally

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:45.180
 a son

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.920
 will come

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:47.039
 finally

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.440
 there will

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.720
 be a

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:47.940
 great

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.480
 high priest

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.060
 who himself

00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:49.460
 will get

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.860
 onto the

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.160
 altar

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.259
 and be a

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.800
 once time

00:22:51.800 --> 00:22:52.700
 sacrifice for

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.160
 all that

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.960
 sins will be

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.360
 forgiven

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:55.500
 that the

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.080
 debt that

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.500
 we have

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.220
 accrued by

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 consistently

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.759
 falling short

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.259
 of God

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.259
 will finally

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.920
 be wiped

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.539
 clean as

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.000
 it's paid

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.460
 for by

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.920
 another

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.860
 in the

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.460
 Lord Jesus

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:06.560
 we have

00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.519
 categorically

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.100
 failed

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.980
 we are

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.840
 absolutely

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.460
 bankrupt

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.140
 because of

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.700
 our sin

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:13.980
 and Zechariah

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.640
 says

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.700
 now in

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.039
 Jesus

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.420
 there's

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.900
 forgiveness

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:18.700
 now in

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.180
 this one

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.620
 who is to

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.120
 come into

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:20.539
 the world

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.960
 there is

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.400
 hope

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:21.900
 and

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.779
 reconciliation

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:25.559
 as debt

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.000
 has been

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.840
 paid in

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.259
 full

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.759
 we are up

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.440
 sin creek

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.960
 without a

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.480
 paddle and

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.120
 the waterfall

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.700
 of death

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.259
 is lurking

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.740
 downstream

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.740
 and we

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.539
 are careering

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.360
 towards it

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:37.079
 and the

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.619
 only hope

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.240
 we have

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.139
 is this

00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:39.619
 son

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.639
 whom

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.199
 Zechariah

00:23:41.199 --> 00:23:41.879
 sings about

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:44.079
 the birth

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.740
 of this

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.579
 greater son

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.039
 means that

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.639
 our cosmic

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.319
 treason

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.039
 performed

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.599
 against a

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.179
 holy God

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.699
 can be

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:50.039
 wiped

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.479
 clean

00:23:50.479 --> 00:23:51.839
 by the

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.279
 mercy

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.240
 of a

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.819
 benevolent

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.339
 and gracious

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.699
 God

00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:55.019
 who would

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.459
 give his

00:23:55.459 --> 00:23:55.799
 son

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.879
 for us

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:59.519
 now

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.399
 Zechariah

00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:01.159
 sings at

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.559
 the top

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:01.899
 of his

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.539
 lungs

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.839
 his

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.339
 distracted

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.879
 lullaby

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.440
 saying that

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.940
 in Jesus

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.240
 there is

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.700
 forgiveness

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.340
 forgiveness

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.060
 to all

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.420
 who will

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.940
 come

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.960
 and turn

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.620
 from that

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:12.020
 sin

00:24:12.020 --> 00:24:13.420
 and to

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.020
 Christ

00:24:14.020 --> 00:24:16.220
 and then

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.660
 lastly

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.100
 we have

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.820
 the dawning

00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:18.900
 of a

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.360
 new day

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.940
 these last

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.580
 two verses

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:22.160
 are incredible

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:24.500
 because of

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.980
 the tender

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.620
 mercy of

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.000
 our God

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.520
 by which

00:24:26.520 --> 00:24:27.300
 the rising

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:27.680
 sun

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.160
 will come

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.520
 to us

00:24:28.520 --> 00:24:29.060
 from heaven

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:30.620
 to shine

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.140
 on those

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.880
 living in

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.300
 darkness

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:33.100
 and in

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.580
 the shadow

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.300
 of death

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:36.079
 to guide

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.859
 our feet

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:38.059
 into the

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.579
 path of

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.039
 peace

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:41.099
 finally

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.839
 Zechariah

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.839
 brings home

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.899
 his distracted

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.680
 lullaby by

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.460
 singing of a

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.079
 new dawn

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:48.019
 he sings

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.419
 of a

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:49.099
 heaven filled

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.940
 sunrise that

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.539
 will never

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.119
 set

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:52.440
 as the

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.879
 sun of

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.500
 righteousness

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.500
 rises to

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.399
 shine life

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.519
 giving light

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.180
 to all who

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.639
 walk in

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.059
 darkness

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.720
 he says

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.419
 it's Jesus

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.079
 for whom

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.940
 Isaiah 9

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.680
 is fulfilled

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:05.059
 saying

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.960
 Psalm 23

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.580
 even though

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:07.100
 you walk

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:07.559
 through the

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.279
 valley of

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.700
 the shadow

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.180
 of death

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.860
 I'm there

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.640
 and he's

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.039
 saying that

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.759
 is Jesus

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:13.059
 he's pulling

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.640
 all these

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.460
 old testament

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.180
 images of

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.740
 darkness

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.740
 and saying

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.160
 that in

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.539
 Jesus

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.200
 the new

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.620
 sun has

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:18.900
 risen

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.320
 and it's

00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:19.759
 totally

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.640
 obliterated

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:20.980
 though

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:23.000
 Zechariah

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.640
 knows that

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.100
 the coming

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.759
 of Emmanuel

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.340
 is the

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.720
 dawning

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.299
 of hope

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.200
 the birth

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.779
 of Jesus

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.220
 is the

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.820
 heralding

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.960
 of eternal

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.339
 hope

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.039
 to mortal

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.740
 humanity

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.379
 and I love

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.939
 this phrase

00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:34.419
 to guide

00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:35.059
 our feet

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:36.099
 into the

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.559
 path of

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.059
 peace

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:39.960
 you get to

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.879
 Isaiah 59

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.939
 one of the

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.480
 lesser known

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.980
 songs in

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.439
 Isaiah

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:44.659
 and Isaiah

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.359
 spends the

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.980
 first 15

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.619
 verses just

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:48.099
 categorically

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.659
 listing

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.879
 all the

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.399
 ways that

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.980
 humanity

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.539
 has fallen

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.059
 short

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.700
 he says

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.299
 things

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.079
 like their

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.659
 hands have

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.359
 been defiled

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.879
 with blood

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.539
 their fingers

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.359
 with iniquity

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.319
 their lips

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.119
 are overflowing

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.779
 with lies

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.500
 their tongues

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.919
 muttered

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:03.379
 wickedness

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.139
 justice

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.839
 honesty

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.719
 are absent

00:26:05.719 --> 00:26:06.379
 from them

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.079
 Isaiah

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.419
 writes

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:08.059
 their feet

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.839
 run to

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.199
 evil

00:26:09.199 --> 00:26:09.479
 and they

00:26:09.479 --> 00:26:09.979
 are swift

00:26:09.979 --> 00:26:10.419
 to shed

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:10.779
 innocent

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.240
 blood

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.240
 their thoughts

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.799
 are thoughts

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.579
 of iniquity

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.719
 desolation

00:26:14.719 --> 00:26:15.459
 and destruction

00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:15.839
 of their

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.439
 highways

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:17.699
 the last

00:26:17.699 --> 00:26:17.979
 thing he

00:26:17.979 --> 00:26:18.319
 says in

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.639
 Isaiah

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.139
 59

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:20.599
 the way

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.019
 of peace

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.399
 they do

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.939
 not know

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:23.179
 and there

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:24.539
 is no

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.979
 justice

00:26:24.979 --> 00:26:25.399
 in their

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.959
 path

00:26:25.959 --> 00:26:26.759
 they have

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.219
 made their

00:26:27.219 --> 00:26:27.919
 roads crooked

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.500
 no one

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.000
 who treads

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.300
 on them

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:30.120
 knows peace

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.820
 Isaiah

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.120
 writes

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.500
 they don't

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.980
 know the

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.360
 way of

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:32.820
 peace

00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:34.039
 best thing

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.300
 about

00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:34.640
 Isaiah

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.160
 59

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.500
 is that

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.960
 from verse

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.560
 16 to

00:26:37.560 --> 00:26:37.840
 the end

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.120
 of the

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.400
 chapter

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.740
 it's like

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.200
 God says

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.019
 I'm coming

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.500
 down to

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.900
 do something

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.580
 about that

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:42.660
 it's like

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.060
 he's getting

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.840
 suited up

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.320
 to do

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.620
 something

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.120
 himself

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.880
 he talks

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.360
 about putting

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:46.680
 on a

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.360
 breastplate

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:47.720
 and a

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.080
 helmet

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:49.140
 he talks

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.840
 about coming

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.240
 as a

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.880
 warrior king

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.360
 to fight

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.720
 for his

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.160
 people

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.900
 and he

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.240
 says if

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.660
 they don't

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.080
 know the

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.420
 way of

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.920
 peace

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:57.140
 I'm going

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.400
 to come

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.740
 down and

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.259
 show them

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.420
 I'm going

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.700
 to come

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.140
 down and

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.480
 give them

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.180
 the ability

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.060
 to walk

00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:02.980
 in my

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.720
 ways

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:05.380
 finishes by

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.820
 saying that

00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:06.420
 a redeemer

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.980
 will come

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.620
 to Zion

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.779
 to those

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:10.200
 in Jacob

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.080
 who turn

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.700
 from

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.400
 transgression

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.500
 it's an

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.040
 incredible

00:27:14.040 --> 00:27:14.680
 verse

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.700
 and Zechariah

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.160
 says I'm

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.380
 going to

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.759
 piece all

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.380
 this together

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:20.360
 in Jesus

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.840
 a sun

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.740
 will rise

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:23.400
 in Jesus

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.920
 death

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.299
 will be

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.079
 banished

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:26.660
 in Jesus

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.140
 those who

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.640
 don't know

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.099
 God and

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.440
 sit in

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.799
 darkness

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.440
 will finally

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.039
 know God

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.759
 for themselves

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:32.720
 and they

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.240
 will finally

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.960
 be able to

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.380
 walk in

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.240
 my ways

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.620
 as in

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.099
 my son

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.740
 my spirit

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.980
 is poured

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.599
 out

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:41.680
 Zechariah

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.220
 sings a

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.680
 distracted

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.279
 lullaby

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 as his gaze

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 is filled

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 with Messiah

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 as his

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 mind is

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 flooded

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 with Jesus

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 the warrior

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 king

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 who comes

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 to fight

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 for his

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 people

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 and usher

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 in God's

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 perfect

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 inaugurated

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 kingdom

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 of promise

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 Zechariah

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 is in

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 essence

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 just singing

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 the words

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 that the

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 apostle Paul

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 would pen

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 to the

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 Corinthians

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 in 2

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 Corinthians

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 chapter 1

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 he says

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 for no

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 matter how

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 many promises

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 God has

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 made

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 they are

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 yes

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 in Christ

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 and so

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 through him

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 the amen

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 is spoken

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 by us

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 to the

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 glory of

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 God

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 Paul is

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 saying that

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.180
 the whole

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.700
 Old Testament

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.240
 is about

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 Jesus

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.700
 Zechariah

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 is saying

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.519
 the whole

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.500
 Old Testament

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.039
 is about

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 Jesus

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.460
 Zechariah

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 sings of

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 Jesus

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 our redeemer

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 our promised

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 Messiah

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 our deliverer

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 our forgiveness

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 and the

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 eternal sunrise

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 of our new

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.360
 day

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 Jesus

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 our everything

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 the one

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.700
 who like

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.720
 Zechariah

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:39.000
 is to be

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.660
 the distraction

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.319
 of all

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 of our lives

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 let me pray

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:50.100
 Father God

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:50.600
 thank you

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:50.900
 for this

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.520
 great song

00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:53.580
 Father

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.000
 thank you

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.280
 for this

00:28:54.280 --> 00:28:54.880
 great song

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.560
 that focuses

00:28:55.560 --> 00:28:56.520
 our minds

00:28:56.520 --> 00:28:57.700
 on Jesus

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:59.420
 Father

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.800
 thank you

00:28:59.800 --> 00:29:00.100
 for this

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.740
 great song

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.320
 that centres

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.920
 all of the

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.540
 Old Testament

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:03.300
 on Jesus

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:05.400
 Father

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.860
 thank you

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.300
 that this

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:07.120
 song

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:08.600
 shows off

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:08.960
 Jesus

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.580
 in all

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:09.860
 of his

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.280
 glory

00:29:10.280 --> 00:29:12.160
 the one

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.880
 who completed

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.460
 redemption

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:15.300
 the one

00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:15.980
 who forgives

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.320
 us of

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.860
 sins

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:18.779
 the one

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.120
 that you

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.720
 promised

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.259
 of long

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 ago

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:22.460
 and now

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.960
 at Christmas

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.700
 we celebrate

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.200
 that he's

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:25.080
 finally come

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:26.700
 and Father

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.200
 I thank you

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.640
 that because

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.000
 of him

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.820
 we can live

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:30.920
 in the dawn

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.340
 of new

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.779
 day of

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.220
 Messiah

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:34.400
 a day

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.060
 where death

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.540
 has lost

00:29:35.540 --> 00:29:36.240
 its sting

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.860
 a day

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.560
 where sin

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.180
 no longer

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.800
 rules

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:41.620
 and a day

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.279
 where Christ

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.839
 can truly

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.379
 be our

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.739
 all

00:29:43.739 --> 00:29:44.299
 in all

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:46.039
 so Father

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.619
 bless these

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.159
 things to

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:47.559
 us

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.739
 Father

00:29:48.739 --> 00:29:49.379
 distract

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.019
 our minds

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.639
 this Christmas

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.199
 with things

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:51.539
 of your

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.839
 son

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:53.319
 and that

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.799
 we might

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.319
 cling to

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.619
 him

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:56.119
 and love

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.479
 him

00:29:56.479 --> 00:29:58.119
 and serve

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.639
 him in

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.179
 righteousness

00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.979
 and holiness

00:29:59.979 --> 00:30:01.359
 the very

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.819
 thing that

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.259
 he's freed

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.899
 us to do

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:04.079
 Father

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.500
 thank you

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.039
 for Jesus

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.459
 and may

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:06.899
 we love

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.419
 him more

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.800
 and serve

00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.539
 him most

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.640
 amen

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.540
 I

00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.500
 will

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.540
 Bob

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.100
 take

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.259
 him

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.980
 do

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.300
 anything

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:14.700
 never

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.220
 he

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.620
 I

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:15.640
 will

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.280
 take

00:30:16.280 --> 00:30:16.620
 him

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.160
 to

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:21.100
 see

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.700
 him

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.560
 a

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:22.880
 them

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.600
 in

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:23.720
quez

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.259
 he

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.180
 eu