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 1 Samuel 6. We're going to start in verse 13. Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their

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 wheat harvest in the valley, and when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, they rejoiced to

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 see it. The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh and stopped there. A great stone was

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 there, and they split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

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 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the box that was beside it, in which were the golden

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 figures, and set them upon the great stone. And the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and

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 sacrificed sacrifices on that day to the Lord. And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it,

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 they returned that day to Ekron. These are the golden tumors that the Philistines offered as a

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 offering to the Lord, one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron,

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 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the

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 five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone beside which they set

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 down the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

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 And he struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the Lord.

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 He struck down seventy men of them, and the people mourned, because the Lord had struck the people

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 with a great blow. Then the men of Beth Shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord,

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 this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us? So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of

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 Kiriath-Jerim, saying, The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you.

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 The men of Kiriath-Jerim came and took up the ark of the Lord, and brought it to the house of

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 Abinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the Lord.

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 From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-Jerim, a long time passed, some twenty years,

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 and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. And Samuel said to all the house of Israel,

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 If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the

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 Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your heart to the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver

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 you out of the hand of the Philistines. So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth,

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 and they served the Lord only. Then Samuel said, Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the

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 Lord for you. So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted

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 on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the people of Israel at

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 Mizpah. Now when the Philistines heard that the people of Israel had gathered at Mizpah, the lords of

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 the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the people of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the

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 Philistines. And the people of Israel said to Samuel, Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us,

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 that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines. So Samuel took a nursing lamb, and offered it as a

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 whole burnt offering to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.

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 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord

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 thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines, and threw them into confusion.

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 And they were routed before Israel. And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah, and pursued the

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 Philistines, and struck them as far as below Beth-kar. Then Samuel took a stone, and set it up between

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 Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer. For he said, Till now the Lord has helped us. So the

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 Philistines were subdued, and did not again enter the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was

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 against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. The cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel

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 were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of

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 the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites. Samuel judged Israel all the days

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 of his life. And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in

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 all these places. Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there. And there also he judged

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 Israel. And he built there an altar to the Lord. So the word of God for the people of God.

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 You may be seated. Isaiah 40 tells us that the grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the

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 Lord stands forever. Luke 1, no word from God shall be void of power. Would you pray with me again?

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 Lord, we thank you that your word is not scarce, that your Holy Spirit takes up the sword of the

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 Spirit, the word of God, and wields it powerfully still today. I pray, Lord, that your Holy Spirit

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 will illumine the truth of your gospel, salvation, and Jesus Christ alone from this ancient passage

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 in 1 Samuel. I thank you for your people and for those who are still far from you, but who you have

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 brought to hear your word, Lord. And we pray that your word will pierce in where no human wisdom,

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 no human words can touch, but that your Holy Spirit will quicken and make alive that which was dead.

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 Ears that are deaf will be made to hear, and eyes that are blind will be made to see you

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 in your holy glory for the first time by faith. We ask this for your glory alone and for Christ's sake.

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 In his name we pray. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Hiro Onoda did not live his life aligned to reality. He became a soldier in the Japanese army in 1944,

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 and he was sent off to a remote island in the Philippines on a mission, but with the Allies' campaign

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 of island hopping, they would knock out the communication between these islands. So here

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 was this Japanese soldier sent there in 1944 without him or his commanding officers knowing

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 that World War II would come to an end in just a few months. He remained on that island thinking

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 that World War II was still going on for 30 years. That's 10,000 nights.

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 Can you imagine the realization to look back on 30 years of your life thinking,

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 I could have been living in freedom, watching my country boom economically, moving on with all

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 the other things a normal life and time of peace would give me, but here he was instead in suspicion,

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 worried, constantly afraid of captivity and death, living as though there's a war.

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 I've been thinking a lot this week of what does it mean to be a Christian, and really it means to align

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 our lives to the spiritual reality. Sanctification is watching God do that. He's aligning my life more

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 and more, every aspect of it, to the reality that he is victorious. There are no other gods besides him.

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 He's already proven this in Philistine territory.

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 He's shown that Dagon, remember the father of all the other gods,

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 the father of Baal and all these lesser gods,

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 bowed down, prostrate, literally disarmed,

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 head crushed. There is no other god.

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 But this happened over in Philistia.

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 The Israelites are living out of alignment

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 to that reality.

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 So, beloved congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 what I want to try to walk us through in this passage is how

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 the Lord applies his victory to his people.

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 How the

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 holy Lord God applies,

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 makes a real experience

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 of the victory he already accomplished

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 in the lives of his people.

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 We have four celebrations

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 and a couple other observations

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 as we work through this passage.

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 The first is this.

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 The holy

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 Lord God doesn't keep his victory

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 to himself.

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 He turns

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 his own exile into a great

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 exodus.

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 He redeems his people, accomplishes the victory

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 using reversal,

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 but he doesn't stay there

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 and he also doesn't go somewhere else.

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 He returns

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 and shares this victory

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 with the people

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 of Israel.

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 We have to start back

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 in chapter 6

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 to remember what

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 he is doing here.

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 See, this holy

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 Lord God,

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 by the power of the Holy Spirit,

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 he is dragging

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 his ark,

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 which represents

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 the presence of God

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 with sinners

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 using the means

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 that he's ordained

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 for them to receive grace.

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 And he drags it

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 all the way across

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 Philistine territory

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 using these untrained

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 mother heifers

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 with the yoke

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 to pull it.

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 Their udders are full of milk,

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 their calves are bleeding,

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 and yet they are marching

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 without turning

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 to the right

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 or the left.

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 Look at verse 12

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 of chapter 6.

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 1 Samuel chapter 6

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 verse 12.

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 The cows headed

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 straight for the road

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 to Beth Shemesh,

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 and they went along

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 the highway,

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 lowing as they went,

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 and did not turn

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 to the right hand

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 or to the left.

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 And the Philistine lords

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 went after them

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 all the way

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 to the border.

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 What a sight

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 that would be.

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 The kings

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 of each of the major cities

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 of the Philistine kingdom

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 following behind,

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 drug along

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 as captives,

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 so to speak,

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 watching

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 the ark

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 of the Lord

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 by the power

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 of the Spirit

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 alone,

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 the invisible hand

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 of God

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 returning

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 to Israel.

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 Not just

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 to anywhere

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 in Israel.

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 Look at

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 verse 13,

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 chapter 6,

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 verse 13.

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 Where

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 was this ark

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 going?

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 It could have

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 gone anywhere,

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 so it must be

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 significant

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 where it goes.

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 See,

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 the people

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 of Beth Shemesh,

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 this is where

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 it's going.

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 They were reaping

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 their wheat harvest

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 in the valley.

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 That's significant

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 as well.

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 Do you remember

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 Dagon was

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 the god

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 of fertility

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 and grain?

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 Dagon was

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 the god

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 that could

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 send storms

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 and rain

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 that would

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 make this

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 wheat grow

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 and create

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 a great

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 harvest.

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 And this

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 is what

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 the people

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 of Israel

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 are doing.

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 They're

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 harvesting

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 their wheat.

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 Remember,

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 the Philistines,

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 they had

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 encountered

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 the true

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 God,

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 and they

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 learned to

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 fear Him

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 alone.

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 Now,

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 how would

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 the people

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 of Israel

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 receive this

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 God?

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 Would they

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 view Him

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 as the one

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 and only

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 God?

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 Well,

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 we read

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 that in

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 verse 16,

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 if you'll

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 skip down

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 to 16,

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 when the

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 five lords

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 of the

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 Philistines

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 had seen

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 this,

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 they returned.

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 They wanted

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 to be rid

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 of this

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 holy Lord

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 God.

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 In Israel,

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 they did

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 nothing different

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 in the meantime.

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 The last

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 they had

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 encountered

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 this ark

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 was when

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 the Lord

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 made them

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 lose to

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 the Philistines

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 and 30,000

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 of their men

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 died.

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 And they

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 declared

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 Ichabod,

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 the glory

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 of God

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 has departed.

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 Nothing

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 has changed

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 in Israel

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 this whole

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 time.

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 But for

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 this fullness

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 of time,

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 these 70

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 days while

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 the ark,

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 I'm sorry,

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 seven months

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 while the ark

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 is in

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 Philistia,

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 Israel's done

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 nothing to

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 deserve God

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 returning to

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 them.

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 Yet the

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 Lord returns

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 victorious,

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 leading captivity

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 captive all the

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 way to the

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 border.

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 And why is

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 He going to

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 this city?

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 See,

00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:20.700
 Israel has

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 not yet

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 repented

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 for their

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 sin.

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 Who was

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 it that

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 carried away

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 the ark

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 of the

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 Lord to

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 the great

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 battle that

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 they lost?

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 It was

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 Hophni and

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 Phinehas.

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 They're the

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 last Israelites

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 to have

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 handled or

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 carried this

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 ark anywhere.

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 And the

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 Lord was not

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 pleased and

00:12:36.620 --> 00:12:37.060
 He showed

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 very clearly

00:12:37.680 --> 00:12:38.020
 in that

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 battle,

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 He is not

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 pleased with

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 Israel.

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 They need

00:12:41.400 --> 00:12:41.879
 to learn

00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:42.860
 His law

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 and they

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 need to

00:12:43.900 --> 00:12:44.680
 repent of

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 their sin.

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 There's not

00:12:47.060 --> 00:12:48.080
 been a revival

00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:48.740
 in the land,

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 there's not

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 been a

00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:50.159
 great

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 reformation,

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 there's been

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 no covenant

00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:54.259
 renewal ceremony

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 the way the

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 Lord prescribed

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 it,

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 which is the

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 only way

00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:57.680
 He'll accept

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 their repentance.

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 Well,

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 why Beth

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 Shemesh?

00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:03.000
 Why this

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 town compared

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 to all

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 hundreds or

00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:05.539
 thousands of

00:13:05.539 --> 00:13:06.000
 other towns

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 it could have

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 gone to?

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 In the book

00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:08.759
 of Joshua

00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.680
 chapter 21

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 verse 13,

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 we learn that

00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.539
 Beth Shemesh

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 was a

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 Levitical

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 city,

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 specifically

00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.879
 given to the

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 clan of

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 Kohath.

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 The

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 Kohathites

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 were assistants

00:13:21.579 --> 00:13:22.079
 to the

00:13:22.079 --> 00:13:22.519
 priests and

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 the Levites.

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 They were

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 the ones

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 who were

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 allowed to

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 go in

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 and perform

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 a lot of

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 the duties,

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 but only

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 after the

00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:28.919
 descendants of

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 Aaron had

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 covered up

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 all the

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 furniture in

00:13:31.319 --> 00:13:32.000
 the tabernacle,

00:13:32.219 --> 00:13:32.740
 including the

00:13:32.740 --> 00:13:33.139
 Ark of the

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 Covenant.

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 And so this

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 was a

00:13:35.199 --> 00:13:36.019
 Levitical city.

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 These are

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 the ones

00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.459
 God has

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 set apart

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 and called

00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:39.939
 to handle

00:13:39.939 --> 00:13:41.059
 the ceremonies

00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:42.079
 of forgiveness

00:13:42.079 --> 00:13:42.839
 of sins.

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 In Numbers

00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.819
 chapter 4

00:13:45.819 --> 00:13:46.439
 verses 3

00:13:46.439 --> 00:13:46.819
 and 4,

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 these were

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 the ones

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 specifically

00:13:48.400 --> 00:13:48.700
 the

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 Korathites

00:13:49.260 --> 00:13:49.879
 assigned for

00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.360
 the care

00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:51.140
 of the

00:13:51.140 --> 00:13:51.480
 Ark.

00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.040
 See,

00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.400
 the Lord

00:13:54.400 --> 00:13:54.960
 knows that

00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.280
 you and

00:13:55.280 --> 00:13:55.920
 I need

00:13:55.920 --> 00:13:56.520
 our sins

00:13:56.520 --> 00:13:57.300
 pardoned.

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 The Lord

00:14:00.140 --> 00:14:01.280
 is victorious.

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 He's already

00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.980
 seated at the

00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:05.560
 right hand of

00:14:05.560 --> 00:14:05.879
 God the

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.620
 Father Almighty

00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:07.420
 until all of

00:14:07.420 --> 00:14:07.820
 his enemies

00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:08.680
 are put under

00:14:08.680 --> 00:14:09.740
 his feet.

00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:11.840
 But he knows

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.380
 that you and

00:14:12.380 --> 00:14:12.860
 I need

00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.800
 his victory

00:14:13.800 --> 00:14:14.120
 that he

00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.700
 accomplished

00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:15.660
 applied to

00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:16.200
 our lives.

00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:17.520
 our sins

00:14:17.520 --> 00:14:18.100
 need to be

00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:19.060
 covered by

00:14:19.060 --> 00:14:19.700
 his work.

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.120
 You and I

00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:22.060
 individually,

00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:23.020
 we can't

00:14:23.020 --> 00:14:23.660
 approach God

00:14:23.660 --> 00:14:24.300
 on our

00:14:24.300 --> 00:14:24.900
 own terms.

00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:27.400
 He was

00:14:27.400 --> 00:14:27.940
 victorious

00:14:27.940 --> 00:14:30.900
 and he meets

00:14:30.900 --> 00:14:31.440
 his people

00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:33.000
 for a covenant

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.120
 renewal.

00:14:35.020 --> 00:14:35.560
 This is why

00:14:35.560 --> 00:14:36.020
 he's going

00:14:36.020 --> 00:14:36.340
 to a

00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:36.860
 Levitical

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.580
 city.

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:40.020
 the people

00:14:40.020 --> 00:14:40.400
 of Israel

00:14:40.400 --> 00:14:41.060
 don't know

00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:41.840
 what God

00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.700
 requires of

00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:43.139
 them because

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.600
 the word

00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:43.920
 of God

00:14:43.920 --> 00:14:44.220
 has been

00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:44.740
 so long

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.240
 neglected.

00:14:45.400 --> 00:14:45.500
 Do you

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:45.680
 remember?

00:14:45.780 --> 00:14:46.000
 The word

00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.300
 of God

00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:46.879
 was scarce

00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.259
 in those

00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:47.580
 days.

00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:48.320
 Where we

00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.720
 left off

00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:49.240
 in 1 Samuel

00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:49.900
 chapter 3,

00:14:50.020 --> 00:14:50.379
 Samuel had

00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:51.160
 been established

00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:52.220
 as a true

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.620
 prophet,

00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:53.580
 but it

00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:54.420
 takes so long

00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:54.960
 for the people

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.300
 of God

00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:55.920
 to be under

00:14:55.920 --> 00:14:56.460
 his word

00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.160
 and to

00:14:57.160 --> 00:14:58.000
 reform their

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.480
 thinking and

00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:58.879
 their right

00:14:58.879 --> 00:14:59.240
 view of

00:14:59.240 --> 00:14:59.540
 God,

00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:00.680
 and Israel's

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.200
 not there

00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:01.540
 yet.

00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:03.179
 But this

00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:03.719
 holy Lord

00:15:03.719 --> 00:15:04.319
 God does

00:15:04.319 --> 00:15:04.939
 not keep

00:15:04.939 --> 00:15:05.459
 his victory

00:15:05.459 --> 00:15:06.319
 to himself.

00:15:06.459 --> 00:15:07.179
 He returns

00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:08.519
 to his

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:08.860
 covenant

00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.279
 people.

00:15:10.199 --> 00:15:10.299
 Well,

00:15:10.319 --> 00:15:10.659
 the second

00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:11.240
 celebration

00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:11.759
 is this,

00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:12.079
 that this

00:15:12.079 --> 00:15:12.579
 holy Lord

00:15:12.579 --> 00:15:12.959
 God,

00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:14.019
 he comes

00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:14.480
 near to

00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:14.839
 sinners

00:15:14.839 --> 00:15:15.879
 while they

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.419
 are still

00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:17.159
 in darkness.

00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:18.620
 There's the

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.000
 people of

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.199
 God,

00:15:19.339 --> 00:15:19.599
 ignorant,

00:15:19.699 --> 00:15:20.139
 without his

00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:20.339
 word,

00:15:20.459 --> 00:15:21.019
 in darkness,

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.059
 and yet God

00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:23.000
 comes to

00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:23.279
 them.

00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:24.439
 Would you

00:15:24.439 --> 00:15:24.779
 look at

00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.480
 chapter 7,

00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:26.099
 verse 3?

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.139
 Samuel has

00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:28.679
 to tell the

00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:29.000
 people,

00:15:30.219 --> 00:15:31.120
 put away

00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:31.700
 the

00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.259
 bales.

00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.039
 The bales

00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:34.379
 were the

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.860
 gods of

00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:35.600
 the storm

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.820
 and rain

00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:37.480
 subservient

00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.039
 to Dagon.

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.820
 And put

00:15:39.820 --> 00:15:40.299
 away your

00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:41.100
 asterisks.

00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.000
 These are

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.759
 also false

00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.240
 idols,

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.560
 a pagan

00:15:44.560 --> 00:15:45.360
 goddess of

00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:45.879
 love,

00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.139
 fertility,

00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:48.200
 and

00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:48.779
 reproductive

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:49.480
 desire.

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.560
 So it's

00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:52.299
 not a

00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:52.820
 stretch to

00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.379
 conclude that

00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:53.639
 here are

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.000
 the people

00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:54.519
 in Beth

00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.019
 Shemesh

00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:55.740
 bringing

00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.460
 these idols

00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:57.080
 along for

00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.720
 good luck,

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.180
 bringing

00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.680
 along the

00:15:59.680 --> 00:16:00.120
 bales and

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.720
 the asterisks,

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:00.980
 and here

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.379
 comes the

00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:01.680
 ark of

00:16:01.680 --> 00:16:01.840
 the

00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:02.080
 Lord.

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.160
 Is it

00:16:03.160 --> 00:16:03.700
 just one

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.160
 more of

00:16:04.160 --> 00:16:04.480
 all these

00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.000
 gods that

00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.399
 might give

00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:05.680
 them an

00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.200
 even better

00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:07.000
 harvest?

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.759
 Samuel tells

00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:08.940
 them,

00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:09.800
 put away

00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.700
 these idols

00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:11.240
 from among

00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:11.399
 you,

00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.460
 prepare your

00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:12.960
 hearts for

00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:13.360
 the Lord

00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.279
 and serve

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.420
 him only.

00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:18.620
 Now go

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:18.960
 back to

00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.759
 chapter 6,

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.540
 verse 13.

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.139
 See,

00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:21.600
 I think

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.639
 Beth Shemesh

00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.600
 described as

00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.240
 reaping their

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.879
 wheat harvest

00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.360
 in the

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.779
 valley is

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.740
 also significant

00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.860
 because if

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.240
 these are

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:30.919
 Levites,

00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.560
 they're not

00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:33.039
 supposed to

00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.659
 be farmers.

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.299
 Remember?

00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.779
 This shows how

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.580
 far the word of

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.019
 God has been

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.659
 neglected and

00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:39.220
 this is another

00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:39.820
 pattern in

00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.139
 Israel.

00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.560
 In Nehemiah

00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:42.419
 chapter 13,

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:42.879
 verse 10,

00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:43.279
 after the

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:43.720
 people of God

00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.000
 have been

00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.519
 exiled,

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.159
 they've abandoned

00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.620
 his word,

00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:46.060
 they don't know

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:46.620
 his ways,

00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.539
 look at what

00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.080
 he has to

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.500
 correct them

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:48.700
 with.

00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.180
 Nehemiah

00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:50.379
 says,

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.039
 the Levites

00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.659
 have not been

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.259
 given their

00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:53.019
 regular food

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.620
 allotments,

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.879
 so the Levites

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 and the singers

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 who led the

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 services of

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 worship had

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 all left

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 and gone

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 back to

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 their farms.

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 So the

00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:02.659
 people of

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.319
 Beth Shemesh,

00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:04.079
 the Lord is

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.899
 exposing the

00:17:04.899 --> 00:17:05.319
 sin of the

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 nation.

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 You don't

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 know my

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 word,

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 you all as

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 a nation

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 should have

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 been setting

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 these Levites

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 apart,

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 and here they

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.039
 are,

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 worshiping the

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 Baals and the

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 Ashtaroths,

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 trusting in

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 them for a

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 great harvest.

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 How wrong

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.859
 you've gotten

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.740
 my kingdom.

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 They're ignorant

00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.279
 of God's

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 word,

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 but the

00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:25.700
 Lord,

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 he goes

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 to those

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 sinners,

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 and he

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 will receive

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 sinners while

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 they're in

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 darkness if

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 they come

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 to him by

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 the way of

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 the covenant

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 he's provided.

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 See,

00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.440
 God's covenant

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.420
 does require

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 sacrifice for

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 blood guilt,

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 but it's not

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 just any

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 blood guilt.

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 There's a

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 great principle

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:47.840
 in the

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 scriptures called

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 federal

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 headship,

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 and this

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 means that

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 one can

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 represent many,

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 many.

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 You can see

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 why this

00:17:56.840 --> 00:17:57.420
 principle is

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 so important

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 for the

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 gospel.

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 How is it

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 that one

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 could represent

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 many?

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 This is built

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 into the

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 sacrificial

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 system.

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 Specifically

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.380
 this,

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.779
 if a

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 high priest

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 or any

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 priest

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 sins,

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 it's not

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 just any

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 animal that

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 could be

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 brought to

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 cover the

00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:16.279
 sin of

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:16.799
 the priest.

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 Remember,

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.039
 what's been

00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:18.680
 exposed so

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 far as the

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:19.720
 great sin

00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.559
 was the

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 two sons

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 of Eli.

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 These are

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.500
 priests who

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.160
 have sinned.

00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:24.400
 Israel's never

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:24.860
 repented.

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 The Lord has

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 never covered

00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.680
 up that

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 sin of

00:18:27.100 --> 00:18:27.300
 these

00:18:27.300 --> 00:18:27.700
 priests.

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 So how

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.060
 could anyone

00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:29.480
 else have

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.940
 their sins

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.480
 covered up

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.140
 until the

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.560
 priests get

00:18:31.560 --> 00:18:31.860
 clean?

00:18:33.540 --> 00:18:34.380
 Leviticus 4

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 says,

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 if an

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 anointed

00:18:35.860 --> 00:18:36.400
 priest

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.100
 sins,

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.080
 bringing

00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.920
 guilt on

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.420
 the people,

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 the whole

00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:40.400
 nation is

00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:40.940
 now cursed

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.660
 by this

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.300
 principle of

00:18:42.300 --> 00:18:42.580
 federal

00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:43.080
 headship,

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.080
 he must

00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:44.500
 bring to

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.960
 the Lord

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.820
 a young

00:18:45.820 --> 00:18:46.759
 bull,

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 a male

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 uncastrated

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.620
 bull,

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 without

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.059
 defect,

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.620
 as a

00:18:53.620 --> 00:18:54.279
 sin offering

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.000
 for the

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.940
 sin the

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:57.000
 priest committed.

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 And the

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.620
 priest is to

00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.220
 present the

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 bull at

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 the entrance

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 to the

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 tent of

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.519
 meeting

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:03.140
 before the

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.440
 Lord.

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.819
 The priests

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.539
 should know

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:07.880
 this.

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:08.420
 And those

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.819
 who help

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.460
 with the

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.039
 tabernacle

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.559
 ministry,

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.880
 the Kohathites

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.200
 and these

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.480
 Levites that

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.859
 live in the

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.200
 city of

00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.700
 Beth Shemesh,

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.019
 if they

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.319
 have the

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.620
 word of

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:15.839
 God

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.700
 minister to

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:16.880
 them,

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.279
 should know

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.620
 all of

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:17.900
 this.

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 And this

00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:19.160
 should be

00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:19.640
 their posture

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.120
 toward the

00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:20.279
 Lord,

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.680
 who's already

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.539
 been victorious

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:22.380
 over all

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:22.700
 the other

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.180
 gods.

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 But look

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.240
 back at

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.900
 chapter 6

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.120
 now,

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.940
 verse 14.

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 When the

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:28.740
 cart came

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.200
 into the

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.559
 field of

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.000
 Joshua

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.440
 of Beth

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.779
 Shemesh

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.299
 and stood

00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:31.620
 there,

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:32.579
 a large

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.099
 stone was

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.359
 there,

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.799
 so they

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.400
 split the

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.680
 wood of

00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.099
 the cart

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:36.319
 and offered

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:37.519
 the cows,

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.319
 these same

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:39.019
 two young

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:40.059
 female heifers

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.900
 that had

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:41.279
 left their

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.019
 calves behind

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:43.160
 as a burnt

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.819
 offering to

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.220
 the Lord.

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.099
 So they

00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.559
 did burn

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:45.799
 it all

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.140
 the way,

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:47.680
 but the

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.060
 Lord did

00:19:48.060 --> 00:19:48.680
 not receive

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.680
 this as

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:50.340
 the atonement

00:19:50.340 --> 00:19:50.900
 for their

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.539
 sin that

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.259
 he required.

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:55.060
 How is it

00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:55.580
 that sinners

00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:56.240
 can know

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.920
 the terms

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.480
 of God?

00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.600
 We must

00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:01.980
 learn God's

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.660
 terms from

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.259
 his word.

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.700
 God does

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.440
 not lower

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.240
 the terms

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.600
 of his

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:06.940
 covenant.

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.480
 And you

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:08.759
 and I,

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.460
 despite our

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.640
 sin,

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.480
 we can know

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.400
 the terms

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.259
 of God's

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.600
 covenant,

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.099
 covenant,

00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:14.019
 but we

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.740
 must learn

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.799
 from God's

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.139
 word.

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.059
 We need

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.399
 to be the

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:18.019
 people of

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.439
 his word.

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:18.759
 We need

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.419
 to help

00:20:19.419 --> 00:20:19.839
 one another,

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.500
 sharpen one

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:20.839
 another.

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:21.539
 That's one

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:21.899
 of the things

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.439
 I love about

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:22.899
 the culture

00:20:22.899 --> 00:20:23.199
 of this

00:20:23.199 --> 00:20:23.619
 church is

00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.480
 we're under

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:24.919
 his word

00:20:24.919 --> 00:20:25.359
 together.

00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:26.919
 You see

00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.299
 how this

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.879
 holy Lord

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.240
 God,

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:28.659
 he comes

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.199
 near to

00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:29.559
 sinners

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.339
 while they're

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:31.079
 still in

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.480
 darkness.

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.939
 Have I

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.819
 proved that

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.279
 these people

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:34.559
 are in

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:34.879
 darkness?

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.819
 They need

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.099
 the word

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.480
 of God?

00:20:37.699 --> 00:20:38.179
 I think

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:38.539
 the reason

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.019
 the Lord's

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.899
 exposing this

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.660
 is because

00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.040
 that will

00:20:41.040 --> 00:20:41.720
 be Samuel's

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.100
 ministry.

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.519
 It's to

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.140
 minister the

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.480
 word of

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.140
 God finally

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.960
 that's been

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.700
 long neglected.

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:46.300
 And while

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.620
 he's been

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.380
 recognized as

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.240
 an established

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.840
 prophet of

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.080
 God,

00:20:49.320 --> 00:20:50.080
 they are not

00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:50.740
 receiving the

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.060
 word of

00:20:51.060 --> 00:20:51.320
 God.

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.840
 So what's

00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:53.900
 the third

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.540
 observation

00:20:54.540 --> 00:20:55.019
 here?

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.420
 Well,

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.720
 the Lord

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.019
 will get

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.519
 their attention

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.300
 even further

00:20:59.300 --> 00:21:01.120
 by showing

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.600
 the high

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.780
 cost of

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:03.960
 falling short

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.600
 of his

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.060
 glory.

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.740
 This

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.300
 holy Lord

00:21:07.300 --> 00:21:07.720
 God,

00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.720
 he shows

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.240
 the high

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.820
 cost of

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.639
 falling short

00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.480
 of his

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.799
 glory.

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:12.759
 They took

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.119
 the wood

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:14.000
 that the

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.559
 Philistines

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:14.879
 had sent

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.099
 over,

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.700
 burnt it,

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.339
 put these

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.000
 female

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.939
 heifers on

00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:18.319
 top,

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.500
 but they

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.259
 fell short

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.759
 of the

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.240
 glory of

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.519
 God.

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.319
 They

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.679
 sinned

00:21:23.679 --> 00:21:23.960
 against

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.200
 him.

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.240
 The

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.799
 Philistines

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.179
 knew the

00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:27.740
 holiness of

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.200
 God better

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.859
 than Israel

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.159
 did.

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 We're told

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.220
 in verse

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.839
 19,

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.799
 chapter 6,

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.539
 verse 19,

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:35.059
 the Lord

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.899
 struck the

00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.939
 men of

00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:37.879
 Beth Shemesh

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.879
 because they

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.779
 had looked

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:41.420
 into or

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:43.180
 gazed at

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:44.460
 the ark

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:44.940
 of the

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.180
 Lord.

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.500
 They

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.119
 gazed at

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.460
 or looked

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.339
 inside this

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:49.500
 ornate

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:51.359
 golden box.

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 Picture this

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.319
 in the desert

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.799
 wilderness,

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.700
 massive box

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.379
 with two

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.180
 ornate

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:58.059
 angels,

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:58.720
 cherubim,

00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.099
 warrior angels,

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.579
 separating what

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.899
 is unholy

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.519
 from the

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.940
 Lord who

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.460
 is holy.

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:06.019
 What a sight

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.359
 for these

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:07.399
 simple Israelite

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:07.779
 farmers.

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:07.940
 farmers.

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.819
 And the

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.519
 Lord strikes

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.319
 them dead

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.779
 for looking

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.460
 at the

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.759
 ark.

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.879
 They looked

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.420
 at it because

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.899
 they didn't

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.440
 know the

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.759
 word of

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.019
 God.

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:19.940
 They had

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.279
 not been

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.839
 taught that.

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:21.899
 One

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.420
 commentator

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.879
 said they

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:24.339
 put it as

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.799
 a tourist

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.259
 attraction.

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:25.680
 Here's a

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.259
 big stone,

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.859
 set it up

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.119
 there.

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:27.879
 Everyone

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.559
 traveling this

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:28.819
 highway,

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.399
 come and

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:29.839
 gawk and

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.220
 look at

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.339
 it.

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.940
 And the

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.299
 Lord said,

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.980
 this is not

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.379
 how you

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.399
 worship the

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.220
 holy creator

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.180
 of all,

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.720
 who's

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.440
 condescended

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.779
 and made

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.480
 himself low

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.980
 to be in

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.920
 covenant with

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:40.079
 you through

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.480
 the shedding

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.059
 of blood.

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.519
 They were

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.259
 inspecting the

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.680
 ark and

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.720
 likely many

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.600
 were idolizing

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:46.100
 the ark

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:47.339
 itself with

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.980
 their eyes

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.960
 rather than

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.160
 receiving the

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.779
 living God

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.400
 by faith,

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.200
 not by sight.

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.700
 In Matthew

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:56.000
 15 verses

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.620
 8 and 9,

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.240
 Jesus said,

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:57.960
 these people

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.000
 draw near to

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.559
 me with their

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.019
 mouth,

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.440
 they honor me

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.860
 with their

00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:02.320
 lips,

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.420
 but their

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.559
 hearts are

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.720
 far from

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:05.940
 me.

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.779
 See how

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.559
 nothing changes.

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.299
 This can be

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.279
 said of us

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:13.440
 before Christ

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.220
 has saved us

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.940
 or when our

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:16.039
 flesh is too

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.720
 strong and it

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.299
 can be said of

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.460
 many who will

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.880
 look at a

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.580
 crucifix,

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.600
 look at a

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.120
 painting of

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.759
 Jesus and

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:23.120
 think they've

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.460
 paid him

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.160
 enough honor,

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.980
 move on with

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.539
 their lives

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.500
 rather than

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.220
 fearing and

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.200
 having reverence

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.759
 for the holy

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.140
 God and

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.059
 approaching him

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.980
 by the shed

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.400
 blood of

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.940
 Christ to

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.920
 cover our

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.380
 sins.

00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:35.800
 And so in

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.440
 verse 19,

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:36.820
 the Lord

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:39.340
 struck the

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:39.680
 men.

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.080
 The number

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.560
 that's given

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.360
 in verse 19

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.640
 is a topic

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.320
 of debate.

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.680
 I don't agree

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.080
 with this,

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.600
 but some will

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.120
 say it's a

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.000
 copyist error.

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.640
 I don't agree

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.060
 with that.

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.800
 A better

00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:50.380
 explanation,

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.360
 some of you

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.759
 don't even

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.259
 see the

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.660
 conflict,

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:53.759
 but it's

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.220
 because in

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.940
 some translations

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.560
 it'll say

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.660
 70 men

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.360
 were struck

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:57.660
 down.

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.900
 Others will

00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:01.140
 say 50,000

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:02.100
 and 70

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.700
 were struck

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:02.980
 down.

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.400
 The best

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.960
 explanation

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:06.500
 that I have

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.960
 come to

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.840
 believe is

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.140
 right.

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.180
 It's that

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.840
 right before

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.259
 this we're

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.780
 given a

00:24:10.780 --> 00:24:11.580
 summary again

00:24:11.580 --> 00:24:12.520
 of God's

00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:13.340
 vengeance

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.920
 upon the

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.500
 Philistines.

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.220
 It's a

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.120
 summary of

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.700
 all the

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.280
 five cities,

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:17.940
 all the

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.120
 gold,

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.440
 all the

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.240
 curses of

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.640
 the plague

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:19.960
 that they

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.320
 endured,

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.520
 and then the

00:24:21.520 --> 00:24:21.860
 Philistines

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.480
 watching up to

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.800
 this point,

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.300
 now it's the

00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:23.740
 handoff,

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.400
 and these

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.980
 70 of

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.580
 Israel also.

00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:26.280
 So the

00:24:26.280 --> 00:24:27.300
 number 50,000

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:28.000
 is likely the

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.420
 number of

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.759
 how many

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.259
 died in

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.160
 Philistia

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.779
 of this

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.060
 plague,

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.820
 and 70

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.600
 based on

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.039
 the size

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.740
 of Beth

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.100
 Shemesh

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.400
 would have

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.019
 been how

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.560
 many died

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:36.420
 from Israel.

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.220
 So in

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.500
 total,

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:37.940
 the total

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.420
 number is

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.220
 50,000

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.120
 and 70.

00:24:43.060 --> 00:24:43.920
 Five cities

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.259
 of the

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.880
 Philistines,

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.940
 five lords,

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.019
 50,000

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.940
 Philistines,

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.500
 and then 70

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.460
 of those who

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.500
 had gawked

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.100
 and gazed

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.640
 and looked

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.140
 into the

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.539
 ark and

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.039
 forgotten

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.519
 the holiness

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.180
 of God

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.320
 in Israel.

00:24:56.820 --> 00:24:57.259
 We're told

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.800
 this was a

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:59.139
 very great

00:24:59.139 --> 00:25:00.079
 slaughter,

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.119
 and the

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.460
 people lamented

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.759
 because this

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.659
 holy Lord

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.619
 God had

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.180
 struck the

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.639
 people of

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.559
 Israel in

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.319
 this Levitical

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.419
 city with

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.819
 such a

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:11.139
 great slaughter.

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.180
 See the

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.700
 contrast?

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.359
 I think what

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.019
 we have seen

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.859
 right here is

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.519
 still another

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.039
 one of the

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.000
 results of

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.599
 the neglect

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.740
 of Hophni

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.240
 and Phinehas,

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.819
 the sons of

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.000
 Eli.

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.559
 See the

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.200
 neglect of

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.720
 the ministers

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.480
 of the word

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.159
 and of the

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.759
 sacraments,

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.700
 it's far

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.140
 reaching.

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.500
 Their sin,

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.240
 failing to

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.819
 provide the

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.180
 word of

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.559
 God and

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.379
 calling people

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.759
 through the

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.160
 means God

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.720
 had ordained,

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.599
 it continued

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.379
 to affect so

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.779
 many other

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.119
 people,

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.220
 including these

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.819
 citizens of

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.440
 Beth Shemesh.

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.039
 This is the

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.619
 great lesson

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.319
 to be learned.

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.859
 I think that

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.759
 the Philistines

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:48.559
 were to teach

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.200
 the Israelites

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.839
 a lesson.

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.359
 They're used

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.319
 as a foil

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.039
 or a contrast

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.460
 here.

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.720
 Look back at

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.359
 chapter 6,

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.019
 verse 5.

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.740
 See what the

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.160
 priests of

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.859
 the Philistines

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:58.059
 realized quicker

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.639
 than Israel?

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.319
 In chapter 6,

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.879
 verse 5,

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.420
 the priests of

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.039
 the Philistines

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.299
 said,

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.099
 you should give

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.779
 glory to the

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.519
 God of Israel.

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.359
 And the word

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.039
 glory is you

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.599
 should give

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:10.299
 weightiness to

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.960
 this God,

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.519
 Yahweh,

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.900
 who slayed

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.400
 Dagon.

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.299
 And perhaps

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.639
 he will lighten

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:18.019
 his hand

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.920
 from you.

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.220
 Perhaps

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.980
 he'll lift up

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.420
 some of the

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.319
 weight of his

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.379
 glory from

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.980
 Philistia.

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:26.099
 In chapter 6,

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.120
 the Philistines

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.519
 made the

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.880
 connection.

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.360
 They need to

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:29.120
 learn from

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:29.640
 the history

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.099
 of Israel

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.640
 that Israel

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.259
 apparently had

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.660
 forgotten.

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.299
 Why do you

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.420
 harden your

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.279
 hearts as

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.880
 the Egyptians

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.319
 and Pharaohs

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.319
 had hardened

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.039
 theirs?

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.599
 John B.

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.039
 Webster

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.579
 commented,

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.220
 religion is

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.380
 sin when it

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.900
 makes God

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.559
 into something

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.160
 which we

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.120
 can handle.

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.200
 If the

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.860
 holiness of

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.519
 God is not

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.960
 perceived and

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.779
 appreciated,

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.480
 then the

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.480
 entire work

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.539
 and conduct

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.059
 of God

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.319
 cannot be

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.019
 grasped.

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.400
 Israel needs

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.880
 to understand

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.440
 first and

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.759
 foremost,

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.400
 before anything

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.779
 else,

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.000
 God is

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.660
 holy.

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.940
 You have

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.380
 forgotten

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.799
 this,

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.740
 people of

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.000
 God.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.180
 You need

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.660
 to grasp

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.000
 that he

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.559
 is holy

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.279
 before you

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.079
 will appreciate

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.039
 anything else

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.940
 of the work

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.740
 of God

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.420
 for you.

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.660
 Maybe that's

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.000
 a lesson

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.400
 for us

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.740
 today.

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.039
 So,

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.019
 in chapter

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.720
 6,

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.440
 verse 20,

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.420
 the men

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.839
 of Beth

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.400
 Shemesh

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.639
 come to

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.000
 the same

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.500
 conclusion

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.920
 that the

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.480
 Philistines

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.879
 had come

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.139
 to.

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.460
 Who is

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.519
 able to

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.819
 stand before

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.039
 this holy

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.440
 Lord God?

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.379
 The Lord

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.940
 needed to get

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.799
 Israel's attention

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:40.160
 and needed to

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:41.119
 expose to them

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.220
 their need to

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.700
 be under

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.339
 his word.

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.379
 God.

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.720
 And they

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.159
 came to the

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.619
 conclusion,

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.459
 we cannot

00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:48.339
 stand before

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.819
 this holy

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.179
 God.

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:49.720
 Who will

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.299
 teach us?

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.079
 Who will

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.459
 come and

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.980
 show us

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.500
 how it

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.740
 is that

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.000
 we can

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.399
 even be

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:53.799
 near

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.559
 Yahweh

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:54.759
 who

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.179
 delivered

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:55.699
 our

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:55.980
 people

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.299
 out of

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.659
 Egypt?

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.819
 Instead,

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.259
 they say

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.779
 right now,

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.339
 who can

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.899
 we pass

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.619
 him up

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:01.899
 to?

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.339
 Who can

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.720
 we get

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.099
 rid of

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.399
 the ark

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.639
 to?

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:04.980
 But we

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.299
 know it's

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.480
 got to

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.879
 be above

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.279
 us.

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:06.759
 It's

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:06.959
 got to

00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:07.480
 go upward,

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.539
 not down.

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.119
 So,

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.519
 they send

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.819
 the ark

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.079
 of the

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.339
 Lord

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.939
 away.

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:17.639
 In

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.019
 Job

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.399
 chapter

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.980
 21,

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.459
 the wicked

00:28:19.459 --> 00:28:20.000
 are described

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.539
 this way.

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.639
 They spend

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.139
 their days

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.879
 in prosperity

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.899
 and in

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.459
 peace they

00:28:24.459 --> 00:28:25.099
 go down

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.179
 to Sheol,

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.740
 to hell.

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.720
 And they

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.159
 say to

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.419
 God,

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.139
 depart from

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.419
 us.

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.119
 We do

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.099
 not desire

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.240
 the knowledge

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.879
 of your

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.319
 ways.

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.199
 And those

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.019
 in Bethshemesh

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.339
 who did

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.019
 not desire

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.480
 to know

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.959
 the ways

00:28:38.959 --> 00:28:39.459
 of God,

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.679
 enjoying

00:28:40.679 --> 00:28:41.299
 their harvest

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.699
 and their

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.199
 prosperity

00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:43.019
 going down

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.819
 to hell.

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.740
 Who wants

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.220
 to know

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.759
 the will

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.259
 of God?

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.099
 Who desires

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.680
 to have

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.279
 the knowledge

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.579
 of the

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.099
 holy God?

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.519
 The

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.980
 holy God

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.339
 had come

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.859
 down to

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.259
 them,

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.460
 yet they

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.839
 would not

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.460
 have him

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.779
 on his

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.400
 own terms.

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.619
 And the

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.099
 holy Lord

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.940
 God shows

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.759
 the high

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.879
 cost of

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.700
 falling short

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.119
 of his

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.500
 glory.

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.859
 Well,

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.339
 brothers and

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.639
 sisters,

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.099
 the Lord

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.960
 Jesus Christ

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.119
 is the

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.480
 one who

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.019
 makes this

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.660
 same holy

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.259
 Lord God

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.980
 encounter

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.460
 you and

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.660
 me.

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.359
 And in

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.920
 his work

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.579
 he showed

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.639
 the high

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.180
 cost of

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.920
 falling short

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.319
 of the

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.839
 glory of

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.200
 God.

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.240
 It's the

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.720
 wrath of

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.599
 God poured

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.160
 out on

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.480
 sin.

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.180
 And it's

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.579
 poured out

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:26.859
 on you

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.299
 still if

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.559
 you don't

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:27.759
 know

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.160
 Jesus.

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.859
 But only

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.359
 in Jesus

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.139
 he received

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.519
 the wrath

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.980
 of God

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.680
 for the

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.039
 ways in

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.420
 which we

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.000
 fall short

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.359
 of his

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.700
 glory.

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.839
 And now

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.480
 we celebrate

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.039
 we do

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.859
 have a

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.339
 mediator

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.119
 who took

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.539
 the wrath

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.879
 of God

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.160
 in our

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.600
 place.

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.279
 And we

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.120
 receive God

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.779
 in covenant

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.420
 through Jesus

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.700
 Christ every

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.080
 time we

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.360
 gather.

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.320
 Well,

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:48.640
 here's the

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:48.860
 fourth

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.500
 celebration.

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.120
 It's that

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.540
 this holy

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:51.100
 Lord God

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.940
 causes his

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:53.120
 people to

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.960
 desire the

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.540
 victory he

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:54.820
 already

00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.480
 accomplished.

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.160
 He got

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.720
 their attention.

00:29:58.300 --> 00:29:58.580
 Now he

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.320
 causes them

00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:00.080
 to desire

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:01.259
 this victory

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.300
 for themselves.

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.200
 Israel

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.920
 neglected to

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.240
 keep the

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.540
 word of

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:06.759
 God and

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.279
 Israel was

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.000
 unfaithful

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.800
 to God.

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.620
 What would

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.060
 God do?

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.580
 Will this

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.100
 holy Lord

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:13.160
 God lower

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.660
 the terms

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.000
 of his

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.300
 covenant?

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.160
 What the

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.779
 Lord does

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.759
 is he

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.300
 acts in a

00:30:19.300 --> 00:30:19.759
 holy way

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.360
 once again.

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:22.380
 He uses

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:24.000
 time to

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.560
 work on

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:24.860
 people.

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.560
 Look at

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:27.180
 chapter 7

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.759
 verse 1.

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.200
 They send

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.519
 the ark

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.940
 of God

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:32.040
 away and

00:30:32.040 --> 00:30:32.560
 specifically

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:33.180
 on a

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.380
 hill.

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:33.920
 They know

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.580
 he must

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.060
 be higher

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.560
 than us.

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.660
 They

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.300
 consecrate

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:37.840
 a priest

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.480
 Eliezer.

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:40.420
 the son

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.839
 to keep

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.160
 the ark

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.440
 of the

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.700
 Lord.

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.420
 In verse

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.819
 2 we're

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.200
 told it

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.900
 was there

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.259
 that the

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.900
 ark remained

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.799
 at Kiriath

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.039
 Jerom for

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.480
 a long

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.860
 time.

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.480
 It was

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.120
 there 20

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:50.059
 years.

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.099
 And all

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.519
 the house

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.019
 of Israel

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.860
 lamented

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:54.180
 after the

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.440
 Lord.

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.819
 So the

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.140
 Lord is

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.680
 back in the

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.039
 land of

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.400
 Israel.

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.500
 The glory

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.860
 of God

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.539
 has returned

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.420
 but he's

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.880
 still not

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.420
 communing

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.180
 with these

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.519
 sinners.

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:04.680
 20 years

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.480
 pass.

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.539
 Would the

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.119
 Lord prepare

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.879
 a generation

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.960
 to receive

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.200
 him?

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.259
 And how

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.500
 would he

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.839
 do it?

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.639
 Well let's

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.099
 think what

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.900
 we can

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.420
 deduce

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.039
 would have

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.400
 happened

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.920
 during these

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.619
 20 years.

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.859
 In Israel

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.940
 all the

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.680
 indicators are

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.460
 that over

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.039
 20 years

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.759
 time once

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.119
 the ark

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.660
 is again

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.139
 out of

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.720
 sight it's

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.119
 out of

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:28.099
 mind for

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.579
 the people.

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.139
 We don't

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.480
 see them

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.940
 coming to

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.360
 repentance

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.320
 in those

00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:32.880
 20 years

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.519
 no worship

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.200
 no prayer

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.940
 no covenant

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.400
 renewal

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.080
 ceremonies

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.440
 on a

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.720
 regular

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.240
 basis.

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.000
 Samuel's

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.200
 not

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.580
 mentioned

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:42.059
 at all.

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.180
 Either

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.759
 Samuel was

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.299
 negligent

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.940
 as possible

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.360
 or he

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.660
 was

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.160
 established

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.580
 but no

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:47.860
 one would

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.100
 listen

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.559
 to him.

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.299
 What about

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.600
 in the

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.160
 Philistines?

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.759
 What would

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.100
 have happened

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.539
 to them?

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.640
 Well one

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.340
 generation of

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:56.779
 the lords

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.100
 of their

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:57.580
 cities would

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.120
 have died

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:59.100
 20 years

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.460
 past.

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.259
 The soldiers

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.660
 that would

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:00.860
 have been

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.139
 in their

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.539
 prime

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.199
 and would

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:02.279
 have

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.539
 remembered

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.119
 the plagues

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.419
 and the

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.939
 story of

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.539
 the God

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.919
 of Israel

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.379
 invading

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.979
 their land

00:32:05.979 --> 00:32:07.240
 and slaying

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.519
 them.

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.719
 Many of

00:32:08.719 --> 00:32:08.959
 them would

00:32:08.959 --> 00:32:09.259
 have died

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.859
 off by now

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.339
 and been

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.759
 forgotten.

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.699
 So up

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.059
 comes the

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.759
 next generation

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.859
 proud and

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.519
 arrogant in

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.979
 just 20

00:32:14.979 --> 00:32:15.519
 years time.

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.000
 So the

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.459
 Philistines

00:32:17.459 --> 00:32:18.139
 begin to

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.759
 become greedy

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.179
 again and

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.500
 they start

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.939
 looking at

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.279
 the land

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.500
 of the

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.779
 Israelites

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.619
 and they

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.039
 become a

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.740
 massive threat

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.359
 once again

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.419
 20 years

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.740
 later.

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.500
 And now

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.000
 the people

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.159
 are woken

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.639
 up a little

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:28.859
 bit.

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.039
 God's got

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.579
 their attention

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.000
 here come

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.199
 the

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:31.819
 Philistines.

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.599
 What are

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:32.819
 we going

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.119
 to do?

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.199
 We're told

00:32:35.199 --> 00:32:35.559
 in verse

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.099
 5 that

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.000
 they summoned

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.500
 Samuel.

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.939
 Then Samuel

00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.639
 said this is

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.279
 nationwide.

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.899
 He says

00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.819
 gather all of

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.519
 Israel to

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.379
 Mizpah.

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.779
 It's a point

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.279
 of reference.

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.879
 It's most

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.720
 likely a stone

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.619
 there and

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.039
 the name of

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.460
 the stone

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.139
 Mizpah is

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.079
 Watchtower.

00:32:52.439 --> 00:32:53.199
 Samuel says

00:32:53.199 --> 00:32:53.559
 gather

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.619
 representatives from

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.339
 all of Israel

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.119
 and I will

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.720
 pray for you.

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:58.339
 And here's

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.120
 how Samuel

00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:00.120
 judges all

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.600
 of Israel

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.400
 at Mizpah.

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.819
 Verse 5

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.660
 If you

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.360
 return to

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.720
 the Lord

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.200
 with all

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.680
 your heart

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.539
 and put

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.059
 away the

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.339
 foreign

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.900
 gods to

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.079
 the

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.640
 Ashtaroth

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.200
 from among

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.000
 you and

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.620
 prepare your

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.039
 hearts for

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.480
 the Lord

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.720
 and serve

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.620
 him only

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.480
 he will

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.380
 deliver you.

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.059
 Will this

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.579
 generation

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.100
 repent?

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.059
 Will the

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.440
 Lord give

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.740
 them a

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.759
 desire to

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.259
 do just

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.500
 that?

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:22.880
 What they've

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.259
 been called

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.640
 to do?

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.940
 We read

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.600
 in verse 6

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.020
 that they

00:33:26.020 --> 00:33:26.780
 gathered

00:33:26.780 --> 00:33:28.600
 they drew

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.300
 up water

00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:30.259
 they prepared

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.780
 a ceremony

00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.340
 with these

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:32.100
 big vases

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.660
 of water

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.259
 and then

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.000
 they poured

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.380
 it out

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.600
 before the

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:35.920
 Lord.

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.720
 Most likely

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.259
 this is

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.180
 a visual

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.100
 symbol

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:41.020
 of repentance.

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.320
 Lamentations

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.940
 chapter 2

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.740
 verse 19

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:45.040
 calls God's

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.420
 people to

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.800
 do that.

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.120
 It says

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.740
 arise

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:48.060
 cry out

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:48.620
 in the night

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:49.100
 at the

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.460
 beginning

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.800
 of the

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.160
 watches

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.240
 pour out

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.900
 your heart

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.900
 like water

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.720
 before the

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.100
 face

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.780
 of the

00:33:54.780 --> 00:33:55.080
 Lord.

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.240
 And these

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.840
 representatives

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.360
 from all

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:57.740
 of Israel

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.480
 fasted

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.360
 that day

00:33:59.360 --> 00:34:00.980
 and they

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.340
 said

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.140
 we have

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:03.080
 sinned

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.680
 against

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.660
 the Lord.

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:07.019
 They put

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.400
 away their

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.720
 idols

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:10.079
 and they

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.700
 demonstrated

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.900
 pouring out

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.619
 their hearts

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.619
 and depending

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.500
 on God

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.119
 alone.

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.980
 What an

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.500
 encouragement.

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.960
 Finally

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.559
 20 years

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.059
 later the

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.460
 Lord has

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.099
 prepared a

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.440
 people

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.400
 and given

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.739
 them a

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.299
 desire

00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:25.639
 to receive

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.259
 the victory

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:27.019
 he already

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.779
 accomplished

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.599
 long in

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.119
 the past.

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:29.619
 Some of

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.880
 them would

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.279
 just now

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.579
 have heard

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:30.900
 of it.

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:33.900
 Repentance

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.239
 is a

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.759
 change

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.699
 in direction

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:37.739
 and God

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.239
 calls us

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.179
 to nothing

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.880
 less than

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.119
 full repentance.

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.159
 Serve the

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.980
 Lord only.

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.159
 A change

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.739
 in direction.

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.019
 It's a

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.639
 180

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.659
 change

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.579
 from 12

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.880
 o'clock

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.319
 to 6

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:50.719
 o'clock.

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:52.739
 You're

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.399
 on I-25

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:53.779
 you're

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:53.959
 going

00:34:53.959 --> 00:34:54.519
 south

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.879
 due

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.259
 south

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.459
 to

00:34:55.459 --> 00:34:55.599
 New

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.980
 Mexico

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.119
 he

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.439
 turns

00:34:57.439 --> 00:34:57.559
 you

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.959
 around

00:34:57.959 --> 00:34:58.399
 puts

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:58.539
 you

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.859
 back

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.199
 going

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.500
 due

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.879
 north

00:34:59.879 --> 00:35:01.159
 to

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.559
 Wyoming

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.599
 that's

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.259
 repentance.

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.779
 See

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:11.299
 repentance

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.699
 is

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.779
 stop

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.179
 living

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.799
 as if

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.019
 God

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.419
 is not

00:35:14.419 --> 00:35:14.599
 your

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:14.879
 king.

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.419
 Live

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.280
 as if

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.619
 God

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.240
 alone

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.800
 is

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.260
 your

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.559
 king.

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.119
 And what

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.639
 a difference

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.320
 it makes.

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.579
 He's already

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.380
 king of

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.780
 kings

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.460
 and lord

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.320
 of lords.

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.079
 He already

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:28.099
 sits enthroned

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.059
 at the right

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.680
 hand of God

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:30.099
 the father

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.559
 almighty.

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.320
 But do

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.980
 you live

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.840
 in light

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.480
 of this

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.000
 reality?

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.800
 Those

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.320
 that Christ

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.860
 purchase

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.740
 he will

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.240
 give you

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:40.059
 a desire

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:41.200
 to live

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:41.720
 your life

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.400
 aligned

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.000
 to this

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.500
 reality.

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:45.780
 Well the

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:45.960
 fifth

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.500
 celebration

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.019
 is this

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.400
 that this

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.760
 holy

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.039
 lord

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.360
 god

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.800
 teaches

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.500
 his

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.900
 people

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:51.000
 to

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.219
 live

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.400
 on

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.679
 earth

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.000
 in

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.280
 light

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.480
 of

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.619
 the

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.139
 reality

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.500
 of

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.840
 heaven.

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.760
 This

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.059
 is the

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.340
 climax

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.800
 of the

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.099
 story

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.260
 in

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.460
 verse

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.719
 8

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:57.920
 do

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.239
 not

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.519
 cease

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.719
 to

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:58.920
 cry

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.099
 out

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.239
 to

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.400
 the

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.679
 lord

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.340
 our

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.679
 god

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.000
 for

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.320
 us

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.699
 that

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:01.840
 he

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.019
 may

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.340
 save

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.500
 us

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:02.659
 from

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:02.800
 the

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.099
 hand

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.579
 of

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.739
 the

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.440
 Philistines.

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.920
 Will

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.079
 the

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.239
 lord

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.460
 do

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.579
 it

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:06.659
 or

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.940
 not?

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.739
 Don't

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.079
 stop

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.760
 interceding

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.119
 for us

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.420
 Samuel.

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.840
 We've

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.300
 learned to

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.760
 fear this

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.000
 holy

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.340
 god.

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.420
 Pray

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.100
 pray

00:36:15.100 --> 00:36:15.660
 for us.

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.519
 They're

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.980
 not asking

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.280
 to go

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.680
 get the

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:17.960
 ark

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.240
 down

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.460
 from

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:18.600
 the

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:18.720
 hill

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:19.100
 country

00:36:19.100 --> 00:36:19.340
 and

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.519
 bring

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.640
 it

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:19.900
 back.

00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:20.380
 No

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.840
 they're

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.019
 just

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.300
 asking

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.519
 for

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.680
 the

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:21.960
 lord

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.400
 to

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:22.760
 deliver

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.000
 them.

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.760
 All

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.080
 they know

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:24.360
 to do

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.640
 now

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:24.800
 is

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:24.980
 to

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.220
 pray.

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.060
 They've

00:36:26.060 --> 00:36:26.260
 given

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.480
 up

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.760
 pagan

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.160
 ways

00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:27.640
 of

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:27.960
 thinking

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.200
 and

00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:28.440
 viewing

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.840
 God.

00:36:29.580 --> 00:36:29.860
 Will

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.039
 the

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.220
 lord

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:30.480
 do

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.640
 it?

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.600
 Last

00:36:31.600 --> 00:36:31.840
 time

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.680
 30,000

00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:32.980
 of their

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.200
 men

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.420
 were

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.940
 slain.

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:34.800
 They

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:34.940
 were

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.740
 humbled

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:35.740


00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.600
 Made

00:36:36.600 --> 00:36:36.600


00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:36.780
 Lo

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.060
 before

00:36:37.060 --> 00:36:37.260
 the

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.780
 Philistines.

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.060
 Will

00:36:38.060 --> 00:36:38.460
 God

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.160
 save

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.340
 his

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.680
 people?

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.240
 And

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.380
 how

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.540
 does

00:36:41.540 --> 00:36:41.700
 the

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:41.860
 lord

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.080
 have

00:36:42.080 --> 00:36:42.240
 them

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.740
 prepare

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.320
 for

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.519
 this

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.780
 great

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.140
 battle

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.320
 as

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.500
 the

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.960
 Philistines

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.480
 approach?

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:46.900
 He

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.240
 does it

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.540
 with a

00:36:47.540 --> 00:36:47.820
 worship

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.700
 service.

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:49.900
 This

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.200
 is what

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.540
 pleases

00:36:50.540 --> 00:36:50.940
 God.

00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:52.340
 Look

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.440
 at

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.640
 verse

00:36:52.640 --> 00:36:52.980
 nine.

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:53.960
 Samuel

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.340
 took

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.220
 a

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.500
 lamb

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:57.599
 and

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:57.699
 he

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.000
 offered

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.159
 it

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.340
 as

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:58.519
 a

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.780
 whole

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.159
 burnt

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.539
 offering

00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.760
 to

00:36:59.760 --> 00:36:59.940
 the

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.199
 Lord.

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:00.960
 A

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.199
 burnt

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.599
 offering

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:01.900
 is

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.119
 a

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.440
 sin

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.059
 offering.

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.079
 They're

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.420
 praying

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:04.619
 to

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:04.780
 the

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.059
 Lord

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.260
 trusting

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.800
 that

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.000
 the

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.340
 blood

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.500
 of

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.699
 this

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.239
 whole

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.599
 lamb

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.360
 burnt

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.380
!

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.719
 on

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:09.920
 their

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.360
 behalf

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.239
 receiving

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.579
 the

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.099
 wrath

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.260
 of

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:12.380
 the

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.559
 holy

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.880
 God

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.219
 on

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.380
 their

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.880
 behalf

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.739
 that

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:14.920
 God

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.059
 will

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.199
 hear

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.380
 their

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.679
 prayer

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.719
 and

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.059
 forgive

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.400
 them

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.119
 and

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.480
 deliver

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.719
 them

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:18.920
 from

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.079
 the

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.719
 Philistines.

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.059
 And

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.199
 the

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.480
 answer

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.739
 is

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.119
 yes

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.300
 absolutely

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:25.019
 the

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.159
 Lord

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.379
 is

00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:25.759
 pleased

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.019
 with

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.319
 us.

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.079
 He's

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.339
 pleased

00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:27.539
 with

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.719
 his

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.059
 people

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.920
 forsaking

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.159
 their

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.420
 idols

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:30.159
 repenting

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.159


00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.719
 turning

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:30.960
 to

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.219
 him!

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.019
 We read

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.139
 in

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.599
 verse 9

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.779
 the

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.059
 Lord

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.819
 answered

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.279
 Samuel.

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.819
 Verse 10

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.299
 sets the

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:38.659
 stage

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.139
 now as

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.539
 Samuel

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.839
 was

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.319
 offering

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:40.559
 up

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.739
 the

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:40.980
 burnt

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.460
 offering

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.259
 as

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.420
 he

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.599
 was

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.920
 doing

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.199
 that

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.980
 there's

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.139
 the

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.480
 smoke

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.839
 going

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:45.159
 up

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:46.119
 and

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.339
 there's

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:46.500
 the

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:46.739
 lamb

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:46.960
 being

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.339
 reduced

00:37:47.339 --> 00:37:47.559
 to

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.960
 ashes

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.619
 as

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:48.920
 that's

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.239
 happening

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.379
 and

00:37:49.379 --> 00:37:49.500
 the

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.739
 people

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:49.940
 are

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.219
 gathered

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.599
 around

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.279
 praying

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:51.480
 and

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.199
 interceding

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:53.219
 in

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.619
 verse 10

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:53.799
 the

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.420
 Philistines

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.039
 were

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.539
 drawing

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.960
 near

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.720
 in

00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:57.120
 battle

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.740
 against

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.200
 Israel

00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:59.860
 and

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.019
 how

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.180
 does

00:38:00.180 --> 00:38:00.340
 the

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.500
 Lord

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.920
 show

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.580
 that

00:38:01.580 --> 00:38:01.840
 he's

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.240
 forgiven

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.539
 their

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:02.940
 sins

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.840
 and

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.039
 he

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.200
 will

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.400
 be

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.780
 faithful

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.039
 when

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.160
 they

00:38:05.160 --> 00:38:05.340
 were

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:05.960
 faithless

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.780
 we

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:06.960
 read

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.099
 in

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.280
 verse

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:07.539
 10

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.679
 the

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:07.900
 Lord

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.559
 thundered

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.119
 with

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.280
 a

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.740
 loud

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.420
 thunder

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.119
 upon

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.380
 the

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.960
 Philistines

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.199
 that

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:12.500
 day

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.019
 and

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.280
 so

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.860
 confused

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.059
 them

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.199
 that

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.340
 they

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.500
 were

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.199
 overcome

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:16.119
 before

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.659
 Israel

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:19.300
 when

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:19.440
 the

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.579
 Lord

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:19.820
 sent

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:19.980
 the

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.340
 plague

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.500
 he

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.659
 was

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:20.980
 acting

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.300
 with

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.699
 nature

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:23.320
 when

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.440
 the

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.599
 Lord

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:23.780
 made

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:23.960
 the

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.240
 cows

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:24.460
 go

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.740
 back

00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:24.940
 to

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.380
 Israel

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.820
 away

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.039
 from

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.199
 their

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.480
 calves

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:26.619
 he

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:26.780
 was

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.099
 acting

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.699
 against

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.159
 nature

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:29.240
 and

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:29.480
 now

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.699
 by

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.039
 sending

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.940
 thunder

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.780
 from

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:32.179
 heaven

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.559
 he's

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:32.940
 acting

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.380
 above

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:33.780
 nature

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.460
 exalting

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.960
 his

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.159
 own

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.619
 creation

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.539
 saying

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.079
 it's

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.300
 not

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.780
 Baal

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.019
 who's

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.179
 the

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.400
 god

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.539
 of

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.699
 the

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.119
 storm

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:40.199
 I'm

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:40.360
 the

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.800
 creator

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.280
 of

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:41.619
 all

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.679
 and

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:42.760
 he

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:42.940
 made

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.380
 nature

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.880
 itself

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.260
 go to

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:44.639
 war

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.260
 against

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.480
 the

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.099
 Philistines

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.679
 and

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.220
 confuse

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.519
 them

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:49.280
 one

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.820
 commentator

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.199
 called it

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.860
 a celestial

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.920
 bombardment

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.880
 he

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.159
 turned

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.559
 lightning

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:53.860
 and

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.199
 thunder

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.500
 into

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.820
 his

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.440
 artillery

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:58.300
 this

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:58.460
 is

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.920
 exactly

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.260
 what

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.639
 Hannah

00:38:59.639 --> 00:38:59.940
 had

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.579
 prophesied

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.840
 back

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.000
 in

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.240
 chapter

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.579
 2

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:01.820
 verse

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.240
 10

00:39:02.240 --> 00:39:02.579
 would

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:02.699
 you

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:02.900
 flip

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.139
 back

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.300
 to

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.539
 chapter

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.880
 2

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:05.380
 now

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.619
 think

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:05.840
 about

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.140
 this

00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.420
 as

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.700
 Samuel

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:06.840
 was

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:06.960
 a

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.119
 little

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.380
 boy

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.740
 growing

00:39:07.740 --> 00:39:08.099
 up

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.840
 this

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.599
 wonderful

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:09.920
 little

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.420
 poem

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.360
 song

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.860
 a hymn

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.519
 that his

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.880
 mom

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.740
 was inspired

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.220
 to breathe

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:14.500
 out

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.599
 would have

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.079
 been on his

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.420
 mind

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.760
 and his

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.000
 lips

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.619
 and all

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.079
 of Israel

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.519
 waiting

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.140
 and watching

00:39:19.140 --> 00:39:19.960
 even for

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.539
 20 more

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.840
 years

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.559
 waiting

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.019
 how will

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.280
 the Lord

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:22.740
 even do

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.079
 this

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:24.300
 look at

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.519
 chapter

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.820
 2

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.059
 verse

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.440
 10

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:27.380
 long

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.720
 ago

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:28.180
 Hannah

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:29.699
 her

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.079
 last

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.539
 words

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:30.859
 in this

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:31.239
 wonderful

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.719
 prayer

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.419
 the

00:39:32.419 --> 00:39:33.219
 adversaries

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:33.599
 of the

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.859
 Lord

00:39:33.859 --> 00:39:34.139
 shall

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.319
 be

00:39:34.319 --> 00:39:34.759
 broken

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.159
 in

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.559
 pieces

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.279
 from

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:36.739
 heaven

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:37.219
 he

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:37.419
 will

00:39:37.419 --> 00:39:37.919
 thunder

00:39:37.919 --> 00:39:38.759
 against

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:39.079
 them

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:40.500
 the

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:40.679
 Lord

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:40.980
 does

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.559
 exactly

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.139
 what

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.259
 he

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:42.599
 said

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:42.759
 he

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:42.919
 would

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:43.219
 do

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:44.819
 this

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.119
 event

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.319
 is

00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:45.759
 celebrated

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.159
 later

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.399
 in

00:39:46.399 --> 00:39:46.639
 Psalm

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.159
 18

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.440
 verse

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.960
 19

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:50.319
 that

00:39:50.319 --> 00:39:50.500
 the

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.819
 Lord

00:39:50.819 --> 00:39:51.219
 sent

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.480
 his

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.000
 arrow

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.000


00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.259
 What

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.440
 was

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.619
 the

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:52.960
 arrow

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.119
 of

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.259
 the

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:53.539
 Lord?

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.759
 Lightnings

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.019
 in

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.779
 abundance

00:39:55.779 --> 00:39:56.419
 to

00:39:56.419 --> 00:39:57.159
 vanquish

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:59.219
 in

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.399
 verse

00:39:59.399 --> 00:39:59.739
 11

00:39:59.739 --> 00:39:59.960
 we're

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.139
 told

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.480
 Israel

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.059
 pursued

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.299
 the

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:01.879
 Philistines

00:40:01.879 --> 00:40:02.339
 and drove

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.539
 them

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:02.920
 back

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:04.039
 verses

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.539
 13

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.699
 and

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:05.039
 14

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.339
 tell

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:05.500
 us

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:05.659
 then

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.000
 all

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.239
 the

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:06.679
 land

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:06.960
 that

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.119
 the

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.460
 Israelites

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:07.980
 had

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.440
 lost

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.279
 was

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:09.719
 recovered

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.519
 and

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.699
 they

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:11.099
 enjoyed

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.679
 peace

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.899
 the

00:40:12.899 --> 00:40:13.219
 Lord

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.500
 is

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.679
 their

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.019
 king

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:15.739
 the

00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:15.920
 Lord

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.119
 is

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.379
 showing

00:40:16.379 --> 00:40:16.639
 his

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.000
 favor

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.299
 to

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:17.500
 his

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:17.899
 people

00:40:17.899 --> 00:40:18.519
 again

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.619
 and

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:19.739
 it

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:19.960
 all

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.259
 centers

00:40:20.259 --> 00:40:20.759
 around

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:21.399
 this

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:21.799
 covenant

00:40:21.799 --> 00:40:22.259
 renewal

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.819
 ceremony

00:40:22.819 --> 00:40:22.879
!

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.339
 A

00:40:23.339 --> 00:40:23.679
 lamb

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:23.679


00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.179
 A

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.559
 burnt

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:25.559


00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.059
 offering!

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.859
 A

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.180
 whole

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:27.559
 lamb

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.519
 on

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.019
 behalf

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.559
 of

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.760
 these

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.200
 sinful

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.880
 people

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.340
 who

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.519
 were

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.680
 in

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:32.200
 darkness!

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.579
 Redemption

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.800
 the

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.260
 victory

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:38.120
 of

00:40:38.120 --> 00:40:38.480
 God

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:39.079
 is

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.420
 now

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:40.059
 applied

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.680
 to

00:40:40.680 --> 00:40:40.840
 his

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.180
 people

00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:41.980
 they're

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.300
 learning

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:42.579
 to

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:42.920
 live

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.460
 in

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.760
 light

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.180
 of

00:40:44.180 --> 00:40:44.360
 what

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.519
 he

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:44.720
 already

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.140
 did

00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:47.460
 look

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:47.700
 at the

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:47.940
 three

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.599
 contrasts

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:48.840
 between

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.460
 the

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:49.680
 great

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:50.180
 defeat

00:40:50.180 --> 00:40:50.400
 of

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.780
 Israel

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.660
 and

00:40:51.660 --> 00:40:51.780
 the

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.000
 great

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.480
 victory

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:52.700
 that

00:40:52.700 --> 00:40:52.880
 God

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.140
 gave

00:40:53.140 --> 00:40:53.300
 them

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:53.620
 now

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:55.039
 in

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.319
 chapter

00:40:55.319 --> 00:40:55.799
 four

00:40:55.799 --> 00:40:56.639
 remember

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:56.839
 there

00:40:56.839 --> 00:40:57.000
 was

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.219
 their

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:57.599
 proud

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.000
 attempt

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.299
 to

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:58.799
 manipulate

00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:59.219
 the

00:40:59.219 --> 00:40:59.539
 Lord

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.679
 1st

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:00.900
 Samuel

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.199
 chapter

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.519
 four

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.799
 verse

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:02.059
 three

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.239
 they

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:02.480
 said

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.779
 bring

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:02.980
 the

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.259
 ark

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:03.519
 that

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:03.900
 it

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.219
 may

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.619
 save

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:04.980
 us

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:06.179
 but

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.380
 now

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:06.539
 in

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:06.779
 chapter

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.279
 seven

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:07.460
 we

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:07.739
 see

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:08.079
 this

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.920
 humble

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.679
 response

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:10.519
 the

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.719
 Lord

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.000
 gives

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.139
 them

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.279
 a

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.799
 desire

00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:12.059
 to

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.400
 return

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.579
 to

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:12.859
 him

00:41:12.859 --> 00:41:13.799
 spiritual

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:14.420
 repentance

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:15.259
 they

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.460
 learn

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:15.639
 to

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.159
 completely

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.579
 trust

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:16.759
 in

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.059
 God

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.699
 their

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:17.880
 only

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.359
 preparation

00:41:18.359 --> 00:41:18.659
 for

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:18.900
 war

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.039
 is

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.199
 to

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.639
 pray

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:19.659
!

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.199
 and

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.359
 to

00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:20.679
 worship

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.019
 him

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.440
 alone

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:23.599
 second

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:24.199
 contrast

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.460
 is

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.019
 back

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.199
 in

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.460
 chapter

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.920
 four

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.819
 the

00:41:26.819 --> 00:41:27.059
 word

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.819
 slaughtered

00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:28.139
 is

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.619
 used

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.819
 in

00:41:29.819 --> 00:41:30.019
 verse

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.299
 10

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:30.460
 we

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.719
 read

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:30.859
 that

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:30.980
 there

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.199
 was

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.359
 a

00:41:31.359 --> 00:41:31.679
 very

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.279
 great

00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:32.960
 slaughter

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.779
 and

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:33.960
 there

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.279
 fell

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:34.559
 of

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.039
 Israel

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:36.399
 30,000

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:36.699
 foot

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.119
 soldiers

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.539
 now

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.839
 in

00:41:37.839 --> 00:41:38.099
 chapter

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.619
 seven

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.679
 it's

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:39.879
 the

00:41:39.879 --> 00:41:40.460
 Philistines

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.639
 who

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:40.799
 were

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.839
 slaughtered

00:41:41.839 --> 00:41:43.219
 the

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:43.440
 third

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.819
 contrast

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.199
 is

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.379
 the

00:41:44.379 --> 00:41:44.859
 result

00:41:44.859 --> 00:41:45.539
 that

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:45.659
 can

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:45.819
 be

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:46.259
 summarized

00:41:46.259 --> 00:41:46.379
 in

00:41:46.379 --> 00:41:46.619
 one

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:46.980
 word

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:48.199
 when

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.339
 the

00:41:48.339 --> 00:41:48.579
 people

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:48.779
 were

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:49.239
 proud

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.479
 and

00:41:49.479 --> 00:41:50.379
 unrepentant

00:41:50.379 --> 00:41:50.599
 and

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:50.779
 a

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:50.979
 low

00:41:50.979 --> 00:41:51.179
 view

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:51.379
 of

00:41:51.379 --> 00:41:51.759
 God

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.879
 it

00:41:52.879 --> 00:41:53.039
 all

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.519
 resulted

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:54.599
 in

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:54.879
 one

00:41:54.879 --> 00:41:55.299
 word

00:41:55.299 --> 00:41:56.779
 chapter

00:41:56.779 --> 00:41:57.119
 four

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:57.339
 verse

00:41:57.339 --> 00:41:57.959
 21

00:41:57.959 --> 00:41:59.000
 Ichabod

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:00.039
 the

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.319
 glory

00:42:00.319 --> 00:42:00.500
 of

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:00.719
 God

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:00.879
 is

00:42:00.879 --> 00:42:01.059
 not

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.279
 with

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:01.619
 us

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.739
 and

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.039
 now

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.739
 after

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:03.979
 this

00:42:03.979 --> 00:42:04.239
 great

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:04.759
 deliverance

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:04.919
 from

00:42:04.919 --> 00:42:05.099
 the

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:05.339
 Lord

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:05.519
 the

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.739
 word

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.119
 is

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:07.279
 Ebenezer

00:42:07.279 --> 00:42:08.579
 the

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:08.779
 Lord

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:08.959
 has

00:42:08.959 --> 00:42:09.199
 helped

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:09.500
 us

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:11.959
 this

00:42:11.959 --> 00:42:12.199
 holy

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:12.439
 Lord

00:42:12.439 --> 00:42:12.719
 God

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.159
 teaches

00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:13.859
 his

00:42:13.859 --> 00:42:14.259
 people

00:42:14.259 --> 00:42:14.619
 to

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.000
 live

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.419
 on

00:42:15.419 --> 00:42:15.879
 earth

00:42:15.879 --> 00:42:16.519
 in

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:16.879
 light

00:42:16.879 --> 00:42:17.059
 of

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.199
 the

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.759
 reality

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:18.379
 of

00:42:18.379 --> 00:42:18.699
 heaven

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.799
 see how

00:42:19.799 --> 00:42:19.980
 much

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.319
 better

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:20.639
 it is

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:20.799
 to

00:42:20.799 --> 00:42:21.159
 trust

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.379
 him

00:42:21.379 --> 00:42:21.919
 and

00:42:21.919 --> 00:42:22.099
 to

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.279
 live

00:42:22.279 --> 00:42:22.480
 with

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.719
 him

00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:22.879
 as

00:42:22.879 --> 00:42:23.039
 the

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:23.279
 king

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:25.059
 he

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:25.239
 is

00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:25.559
 all

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:26.139
 powerful

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:27.799
 our

00:42:27.799 --> 00:42:28.039
 hearts

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.199
 are

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:28.539
 prone

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:28.779
 to

00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:29.139
 wonder

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.399
 just

00:42:29.399 --> 00:42:29.599
 like

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:29.799
 the

00:42:29.799 --> 00:42:30.159
 Israelites

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:31.139
 and

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.299
 the

00:42:31.299 --> 00:42:31.480
 Lord

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.119
 continues

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.399
 to

00:42:32.399 --> 00:42:32.679
 meet

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:33.039
 us

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.799
 and

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.139
 call

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.319
 us

00:42:34.319 --> 00:42:34.679
 back

00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:35.759
 and

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:36.059
 bind

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.259
 our

00:42:36.259 --> 00:42:36.519
 hearts

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:36.759
 to

00:42:36.759 --> 00:42:37.019
 him

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:38.839
 well

00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.019
 the

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.359
 sixth

00:42:39.359 --> 00:42:40.019
 encouragement

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.460
 for us

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:40.759
 today

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:40.980
 is

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:41.319
 this

00:42:41.319 --> 00:42:42.460
 that

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:42.879
 God's

00:42:42.879 --> 00:42:43.219
 people

00:42:43.219 --> 00:42:44.239
 we

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:44.459
 need

00:42:44.459 --> 00:42:45.079
 regular

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.980
 reminders

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.879
 of

00:42:46.879 --> 00:42:47.059
 how

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.259
 the

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:47.500
 Holy

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:47.779
 Lord

00:42:47.779 --> 00:42:48.119
 God

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.439
 is

00:42:48.439 --> 00:42:48.879
 faithful

00:42:48.879 --> 00:42:51.119
 God's

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:51.379
 people

00:42:51.379 --> 00:42:51.659
 need

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:51.879
 to

00:42:51.879 --> 00:42:52.579
 regularly

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:52.599
!

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.399
 remember

00:42:53.399 --> 00:42:53.739
 how

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.299
 this

00:42:54.299 --> 00:42:54.659
 Holy

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:55.000
 Lord

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.319
 God

00:42:55.319 --> 00:42:55.519
 is

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:55.959
 faithful

00:42:55.959 --> 00:42:56.279
 to

00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:56.659
 us

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.399
 again

00:42:57.399 --> 00:42:57.679
 and

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.019
 again

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.299
 don't

00:42:58.299 --> 00:42:58.439
 we

00:42:58.439 --> 00:42:58.619
 need

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:58.859
 that

00:42:58.859 --> 00:43:00.699
 and

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:00.899
 that's

00:43:00.899 --> 00:43:01.059
 what

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:01.559
 Israel

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.459
 receives

00:43:02.459 --> 00:43:03.559
 in

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:03.759
 verse

00:43:03.759 --> 00:43:04.279
 12

00:43:04.279 --> 00:43:06.879
 chapter

00:43:06.879 --> 00:43:07.339
 7

00:43:07.339 --> 00:43:07.599
 verse

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.079
 12

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.399
 a

00:43:08.399 --> 00:43:08.859
 memorial

00:43:08.859 --> 00:43:09.199
 is

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:09.399
 set

00:43:09.399 --> 00:43:09.659
 up

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:11.259
 the

00:43:11.259 --> 00:43:11.440
 two

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.719
 points

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:11.879
 of

00:43:11.879 --> 00:43:12.199
 reference

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.399
 are

00:43:12.399 --> 00:43:12.679
 two

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:12.960
 other

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.480
 stones

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:13.839
 that

00:43:13.839 --> 00:43:14.000
 have

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.139
 a

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:14.420
 unique

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:14.779
 shape

00:43:14.779 --> 00:43:14.980
 so

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.199
 these

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:15.659
 travelers

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:16.039
 along

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.319
 the

00:43:16.319 --> 00:43:17.199
 ridgeline

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:18.139
 as

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:18.299
 they're

00:43:18.299 --> 00:43:18.539
 going

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:18.899
 across

00:43:18.899 --> 00:43:19.139
 the

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.659
 spine

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:19.839
 of

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:20.179
 Israel

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.420
 and

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:20.539
 the

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:20.879
 mountains

00:43:20.879 --> 00:43:21.699
 they

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:21.839
 have

00:43:21.839 --> 00:43:22.000
 these

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.440
 points

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:22.659
 these

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:23.019
 stones

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.179
 that

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:23.279
 are

00:43:23.279 --> 00:43:23.519
 points

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:23.659
 of

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:23.960
 reference

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.199
 and

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:24.559
 as

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:24.679
 you

00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:25.059
 travel

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.619
 in

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:25.960
 between

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.179
 the

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:26.399
 two

00:43:26.399 --> 00:43:26.920
 Samuel

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.619
 has

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:27.779
 all

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:27.920
 the

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.139
 army

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.319
 the

00:43:28.319 --> 00:43:28.480
 men

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:28.759
 set

00:43:28.759 --> 00:43:28.940
 up

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.279
 another

00:43:29.279 --> 00:43:29.719
 stone

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:30.480
 and

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.599
 the

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:30.819
 name

00:43:30.819 --> 00:43:30.960
 of

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.139
 this

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.460
 stone

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:31.699
 is

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.399
 Ebenezer

00:43:32.399 --> 00:43:33.799
 because

00:43:33.799 --> 00:43:34.179
 remember

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:34.379
 in

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.660
 20

00:43:34.660 --> 00:43:35.039
 years

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.519
 how

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.880
 quickly

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:36.220
 Israel

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.800
 forgets

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:36.980
 out

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.119
 of

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.400
 sight

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:37.619
 out

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:37.740
 of

00:43:37.740 --> 00:43:38.039
 mind

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:38.680
 set

00:43:38.680 --> 00:43:38.840
 up

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.360
 reminders

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:41.539
 and

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:41.960
 Samuel

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.460
 said

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.200
 thus

00:43:43.200 --> 00:43:43.720
 far

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:44.280
 I

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:44.760
 actually

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.180
 prefer

00:43:45.180 --> 00:43:45.360
 the

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:45.559
 old

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:45.900
 word

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.780
 hitherto

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:48.059
 all

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.200
 the

00:43:48.200 --> 00:43:48.360
 way

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.480
 to

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:48.720
 right

00:43:48.720 --> 00:43:49.019
 here

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:50.680
 the

00:43:50.680 --> 00:43:51.079
 Lord

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.960
 has

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.700
 helped

00:43:52.700 --> 00:43:53.079
 us

00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:55.140
 the

00:43:55.140 --> 00:43:55.340
 word

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:55.720
 help

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:56.380
 is

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:56.700
 used

00:43:56.700 --> 00:43:57.480
 numerous

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:58.039
 places

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:58.360
 in the

00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:58.619
 Bible

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:58.840
 and

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.280
 it

00:43:59.280 --> 00:43:59.640
 literally

00:43:59.640 --> 00:44:00.000
 means

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.220
 the

00:44:00.220 --> 00:44:00.519
 Lord

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:01.320
 ran

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.579
 to

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:02.019
 deliver

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:02.579
 and

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.059
 relieve

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.420
 us

00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:04.119
 from

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.319
 the

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:04.699
 great

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:05.199
 distress

00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:05.480
 that

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:05.619
 we

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:05.759
 were

00:44:05.759 --> 00:44:06.000
 in

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.839
 and

00:44:06.839 --> 00:44:07.019
 he

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.339
 healed

00:44:07.339 --> 00:44:07.699
 us

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.480
 that's

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:08.599
 the

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:08.799
 type

00:44:08.799 --> 00:44:08.920
 of

00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:09.099
 help

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.279
 the

00:44:09.279 --> 00:44:09.400
 Lord

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:09.679
 brought

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:09.880
 to

00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:10.219
 us

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:11.940
 we're

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.119
 told

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:12.279
 at

00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:12.380
 the

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:12.500
 end

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.599
 of

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:12.779
 this

00:44:12.779 --> 00:44:13.179
 wonderful

00:44:13.179 --> 00:44:13.619
 passage

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:13.920
 that

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.420
 Samuel

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:15.039
 judged

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.460
 Israel

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:17.880
 everywhere

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.179
 he

00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:18.920
 ministered

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.519
 God's

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:19.819
 word

00:44:19.819 --> 00:44:20.159
 the

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:20.400
 word

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:20.779
 judged

00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:20.940
 at

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.099
 the

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.239
 end

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:21.339
 of

00:44:21.339 --> 00:44:21.460
 the

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:21.759
 chapter

00:44:21.759 --> 00:44:21.920
 is

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.039
 the

00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:22.219
 same

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:22.400
 word

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:22.639
 used

00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:22.819
 that

00:44:22.819 --> 00:44:23.259
 Mizpah

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:23.759
 he

00:44:23.759 --> 00:44:24.219
 judged

00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:24.739
 Israel

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:25.339
 what

00:44:25.339 --> 00:44:25.500
 did

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:25.599
 he

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:25.719
 do

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:25.859
 at

00:44:25.859 --> 00:44:26.239
 Mizpah

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:26.699
 three

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:27.159
 things

00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:28.579
 ministry

00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:28.799
 of

00:44:28.799 --> 00:44:28.940
 the

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.219
 word

00:44:29.219 --> 00:44:30.119
 repent

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:30.519
 have

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:30.679
 no

00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:30.880
 other

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:31.119
 gods

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:31.400
 before

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:31.799
 God

00:44:31.799 --> 00:44:32.179
 the

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:32.319
 ten

00:44:32.319 --> 00:44:32.759
 commandments

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:33.779
 ministry

00:44:33.779 --> 00:44:33.960
 of

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.059
 the

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.299
 word

00:44:34.299 --> 00:44:35.059
 number

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.299
 two

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:35.880
 sacrament

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.980
 here's

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.159
 a

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:37.599
 lamb

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:38.679
 burnt

00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:39.920
 for

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:40.159
 your

00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:40.519
 sin

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:42.420
 and

00:44:42.420 --> 00:44:42.539
 he

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:42.859
 prayed

00:44:42.859 --> 00:44:44.199
 it's

00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:44.619
 word

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:45.659
 sacrament

00:44:45.659 --> 00:44:46.039
 and

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.339
 prayer

00:44:46.339 --> 00:44:49.279
 and

00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:49.420
 now

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:49.559
 we're

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:49.859
 told

00:44:49.859 --> 00:44:50.440
 across

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.779
 all

00:44:50.779 --> 00:44:51.039
 of

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.779
 Israel

00:44:51.779 --> 00:44:52.500
 this

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:53.179
 circuit

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:53.859
 judge

00:44:53.859 --> 00:44:55.599
 ministering

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:56.019
 word

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:57.319
 sacrament

00:44:57.319 --> 00:44:58.000
 and

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.319
 prayer

00:44:58.320 --> 00:45:00.059
 reminding

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.320
 the

00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:00.600
 people

00:45:00.600 --> 00:45:00.940
 giving

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:01.160
 them

00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:01.519
 God's

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.840
 word

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:03.880
 we're

00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:04.080
 told

00:45:04.080 --> 00:45:04.300
 in

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:04.480
 verse

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.120
 17

00:45:05.120 --> 00:45:06.000
 he

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:06.220
 always

00:45:06.220 --> 00:45:06.580
 returned

00:45:06.580 --> 00:45:06.740
 to

00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:06.900
 his

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:07.140
 home

00:45:07.140 --> 00:45:07.300
 in

00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.680
 Ramah

00:45:07.680 --> 00:45:08.500
 and

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:08.700
 from

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:08.920
 there

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:09.120
 to

00:45:09.120 --> 00:45:09.300
 he

00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:09.860
 judged

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:10.640
 Israel

00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:11.300
 and

00:45:11.300 --> 00:45:11.480
 there

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.660
 he

00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:11.940
 built

00:45:11.940 --> 00:45:12.519
 an

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:12.900
 altar

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.340
 to

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:13.500
 the

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:13.780
 Lord

00:45:13.780 --> 00:45:15.500
 now

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:16.080
 the

00:45:16.080 --> 00:45:16.280
 Lord

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:16.460
 will

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.080
 refine

00:45:17.080 --> 00:45:17.800
 Israel's

00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:18.140
 worship

00:45:18.140 --> 00:45:18.519
 over

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:18.980
 time

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:20.200
 but

00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:20.380
 the

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:20.539
 Lord

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:20.660
 is

00:45:20.660 --> 00:45:20.760
 in

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:20.940
 no

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.280
 hurry

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:21.660
 remember

00:45:21.660 --> 00:45:21.800
 he

00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:21.980
 gave

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.080
 it

00:45:22.080 --> 00:45:22.340
 20

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:22.760
 years

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.380
 let

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:23.500
 a

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.640
 new

00:45:23.640 --> 00:45:24.100
 generation

00:45:24.100 --> 00:45:24.460
 rise

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:24.760
 up

00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:25.860
 the

00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:26.039
 Lord

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:26.160
 is

00:45:26.160 --> 00:45:26.240
 in

00:45:26.240 --> 00:45:26.400
 no

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:26.680
 hurry

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:26.680


00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:28.500
 altar

00:45:58.320 --> 00:45:59.519
 we're

00:45:59.519 --> 00:45:59.880
 told in

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.559
 1 Corinthians

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:01.280
 chapter 10

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:01.820
 verse 11

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:02.320
 that all

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:02.880
 these things

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:03.360
 happened

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:04.100
 to

00:46:04.100 --> 00:46:04.640
 Israel

00:46:04.640 --> 00:46:05.420
 with the

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:05.640
 brief

00:46:05.640 --> 00:46:06.100
 recounting

00:46:06.100 --> 00:46:06.440
 of their

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:06.820
 history

00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.440
 and it

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:07.700
 happened

00:46:07.700 --> 00:46:08.080
 as an

00:46:08.080 --> 00:46:08.460
 example

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:09.340
 to you

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:09.760
 and to

00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:09.920
 me

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:10.280
 church

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:11.800
 for our

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:12.580
 admonition

00:46:12.580 --> 00:46:14.300
 so just

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:14.640
 like they

00:46:14.640 --> 00:46:14.960
 set up

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.559
 this stone

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:16.280
 Ebenezer

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:17.340
 to remember

00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:18.940
 to celebrate

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.940
 God's

00:46:19.940 --> 00:46:20.340
 victory

00:46:20.340 --> 00:46:21.539
 we're to

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:22.080
 learn and to

00:46:22.080 --> 00:46:22.680
 remember as

00:46:22.680 --> 00:46:22.960
 well

00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:24.559
 all

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:24.840
 those

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:24.960
 who

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:25.119
 are

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:25.760
 pilgrims

00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:26.360
 and

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:27.039
 sojourners

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:27.699
 in

00:46:27.699 --> 00:46:27.960
 this

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:28.400
 life

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:29.380
 just

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:29.579
 like

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:29.780
 that

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:30.300
 generation

00:46:30.300 --> 00:46:30.720
 and for

00:46:30.720 --> 00:46:31.159
 generations

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.639
 to come

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:31.840
 we're

00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:32.019
 to

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:33.039
 remember

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:34.420
 thus far

00:46:34.420 --> 00:46:34.900
 hitherto

00:46:34.900 --> 00:46:35.579
 the Lord

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:36.400
 continues

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:36.900
 to help

00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:37.179
 us

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:37.699
 his

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:38.039
 people

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:39.460
 we're

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:39.980
 to sing

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:40.659
 of his

00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:40.980
 saving

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.420
 power

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:41.900
 like they

00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:42.159
 were

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:43.300
 this

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:43.599
 is the

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:43.840
 holy

00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:44.139
 God

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:44.300
 who

00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:44.599
 still

00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:44.920
 comes

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:45.159
 near

00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:45.380
 to

00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:45.760
 sinners

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:46.559
 while

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:46.740
 we're

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:46.880
 in

00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:47.380
 darkness

00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:49.159
 Jesus

00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:49.539
 sought

00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:49.780
 me

00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:50.179
 when a

00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:50.599
 stranger

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:51.480
 wandering

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:52.019
 from the

00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:52.220
 fold

00:46:52.220 --> 00:46:52.380
 of

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:52.720
 God

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:53.679
 and he

00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:53.859
 to

00:46:53.859 --> 00:46:54.199
 rescue

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.539
 me

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:54.779
 from

00:46:54.779 --> 00:46:55.279
 danger

00:46:55.279 --> 00:46:56.419
 interposed

00:46:56.419 --> 00:46:56.939
 his

00:46:56.939 --> 00:46:57.459
 precious

00:46:57.459 --> 00:46:58.219
 blood

00:46:58.219 --> 00:46:59.659
 he is

00:46:59.659 --> 00:46:59.879
 the

00:46:59.879 --> 00:47:00.259
 lamb

00:47:00.259 --> 00:47:01.179
 that we

00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:01.699
 celebrate

00:47:01.699 --> 00:47:02.500
 he is

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:02.679
 the

00:47:02.679 --> 00:47:03.259
 Ebenezer

00:47:03.259 --> 00:47:03.759
 the great

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.299
 stone

00:47:04.299 --> 00:47:05.419
 that we

00:47:05.419 --> 00:47:05.939
 look to

00:47:05.939 --> 00:47:07.639
 this

00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:07.980
 holy

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.559
 Lord

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:08.899
 God

00:47:08.899 --> 00:47:09.239
 still

00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:09.619
 shows

00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:10.000
 the high

00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:10.399
 cost

00:47:10.399 --> 00:47:10.879
 of falling

00:47:10.879 --> 00:47:11.339
 short

00:47:11.339 --> 00:47:12.259
 of his

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:12.719
 glory

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:13.599
 and it's

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:14.000
 good for

00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:14.259
 us to

00:47:14.259 --> 00:47:14.559
 remember

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:14.859
 that

00:47:14.859 --> 00:47:15.619
 our need

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:16.019
 for his

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:16.480
 grace

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:17.399
 oh

00:47:17.399 --> 00:47:18.079
 to grace

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:18.939
 how great

00:47:18.939 --> 00:47:19.500
 a debtor

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:20.319
 daily

00:47:20.319 --> 00:47:20.939
 I'm

00:47:20.939 --> 00:47:21.439
 constrained

00:47:21.439 --> 00:47:21.939
 to be

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:23.460
 this

00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.679
 holy

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:23.940
 Lord

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.240
 God

00:47:24.240 --> 00:47:24.599
 still

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:25.000
 doesn't

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:25.300
 keep

00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:25.800
 his

00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:26.280
 victory

00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:26.840
 to

00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:27.460
 himself

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:29.679
 streams

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:29.940
 of

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:30.360
 mercy

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:31.280
 never

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:32.260
 ceasing

00:47:32.260 --> 00:47:33.480
 call

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.039
 for songs

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:34.619
 of loudest

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:35.059
 praise

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:36.320
 this

00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:36.559
 holy

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:36.800
 Lord

00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:37.079
 God

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:37.539
 causes

00:47:37.539 --> 00:47:37.760
 his

00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:38.019
 people

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:38.240
 to

00:47:38.240 --> 00:47:38.800
 desire

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:39.400
 the

00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:39.840
 victory

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:40.119
 he

00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:40.679
 already

00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:41.579
 accomplished

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:42.340
 he

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:42.900
 stirs

00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:43.079
 your

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:43.320
 heart

00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:43.500
 and

00:47:43.500 --> 00:47:43.720
 mind

00:47:43.720 --> 00:47:43.940
 to

00:47:43.940 --> 00:47:44.200
 say

00:47:44.200 --> 00:47:44.980
 praise

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.280
 the

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:45.679
 mount

00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:46.420
 I'm

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:46.720
 fixed

00:47:46.720 --> 00:47:47.079
 upon

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:47.360
 it

00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:48.039
 mount

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.360
 of

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:48.739
 thy

00:47:48.739 --> 00:47:49.759
 redeeming

00:47:49.759 --> 00:47:50.500
 love

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:51.340
 so

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:51.619
 here

00:47:51.619 --> 00:47:51.800
 I

00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:52.119
 raise

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.360
 my

00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:53.000
 Ebenezer

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.960
 hither

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.920
 by thy

00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:55.279
 help

00:47:55.279 --> 00:47:55.820
 I've

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:56.139
 come

00:47:56.139 --> 00:47:57.840
 you see

00:47:57.840 --> 00:47:58.199
 how this

00:47:58.199 --> 00:47:58.420
 holy

00:47:58.420 --> 00:47:58.679
 Lord

00:47:58.679 --> 00:47:59.099
 God

00:47:59.099 --> 00:48:00.119
 applies

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.420
 his

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:00.860
 victory

00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:01.639
 to

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:01.880
 his

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:02.239
 people

00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:03.380
 till

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:03.559
 his

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:03.820
 kingdom

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:04.279
 comes

00:48:04.279 --> 00:48:04.840
 on

00:48:04.840 --> 00:48:05.159
 earth

00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:05.779
 as

00:48:05.779 --> 00:48:05.920
 it

00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:06.079
 is

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:06.239
 in

00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:06.519
 heaven

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:07.480
 may

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:07.599
 it

00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:07.759
 be

00:48:07.759 --> 00:48:07.940
 so

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.099
 by

00:48:08.099 --> 00:48:08.300
 his

00:48:08.300 --> 00:48:08.659
 power

00:48:08.659 --> 00:48:08.840
 and

00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:08.960
 for

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.159
 his

00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:09.519
 glory

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.639
 would

00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:10.739
 you

00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:10.880
 pray

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:11.059
 with

00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:11.259
 me

00:48:11.259 --> 00:48:12.539
 oh

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:12.779
 Lord

00:48:12.779 --> 00:48:12.960
 we

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:13.320
 praise

00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:13.519
 you

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:14.139
 our

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:14.400
 great

00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:15.420
 deliverer

00:48:15.420 --> 00:48:16.659
 the

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:16.900
 only

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:17.199
 one

00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:17.360
 who

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:17.559
 can

00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:18.000
 be

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.199
 the

00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:18.539
 help

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:19.239
 of

00:48:19.239 --> 00:48:19.360
 your

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:19.739
 people

00:48:19.739 --> 00:48:20.900
 who

00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:21.380
 runs

00:48:21.380 --> 00:48:21.619
 to

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:22.039
 relieve

00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:22.400
 us

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:22.780
 from

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:23.099
 great

00:48:23.099 --> 00:48:23.500
 distress

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:24.599
 and

00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:24.759
 who

00:48:24.759 --> 00:48:25.119
 heals

00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:25.460
 us

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:26.300
 we

00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:26.460
 pray

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:26.599
 that

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:26.759
 you'll

00:48:26.759 --> 00:48:26.920
 do

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.119
 that

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:27.460
 today

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:27.719
 Lord

00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:27.920
 by

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:28.119
 your

00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:28.480
 power

00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:29.259
 amen