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 Well, good morning. It is good to have you all here, both in person and on the live stream.

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 We're glad you're able to join us today.

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 You know, this week I had a couple of adventures in life management.

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 One was I needed to try to get someone to repair some siding on my house.

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 And so I used HomeAdvisor because I didn't have a good reference.

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 And the second adventure I had is that I'm trying to buy a new bed and trying to search out in the midst of a pandemic

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 when I don't have a lot of time to go to a bed store to try things out, exploring the world of bed in a box.

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 And I don't know if any of you have been down that rabbit hole, but it's an interesting one.

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 One of the things that I found myself struggling with in both of them is a question of whether the promises that were made to me would be kept.

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 As I looked through the fine print, as I searched through whether this repair person would actually show up,

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 and that was an adventure in and of itself, and as we continue to figure out whether these beds are going to work or not,

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 and how to figure out what they're going to be,

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 this question of whether promises will be kept is one that's been on my mind.

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 And as we continue our series in the Psalms, during this Advent series,

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 if you remember, we've entitled this series,

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 Songs of Hope in an Uncertain Time.

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 And it's occurred to me that one of the things that this uncertain times has caused in my own heart is a question.

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 Will God keep his promises?

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 I don't know about you, but it's not been an easy year.

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 There have been more losses than things to rejoice.

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 More disappointments than celebrations.

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 There have been more challenges, twists and turns in the path of life than there have been ease and comfort.

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 And maybe, like me, you've wondered,

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 what is God up to?

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 And how is he keeping his promises?

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 And of course, we're not the first ones in the history of Israel,

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 or the history of the world, or the history of the Bible to struggle with this.

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 We saw last week in Psalm 106 how much Israel failed to trust God and to believe in his promises.

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 How often they grumbled and complained and disobeyed because of their lack of trust in him.

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 You know, it's easy when things go well to think God is good.

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 His promises are great.

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 But with another relationship lost, another dream dashed,

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 another time explaining to your children about what does it mean to wait on the Lord,

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 it's not easy to trust God.

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 And it's easy to wonder about how he will show his goodness.

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 And yet the Bible tells us that in the midst of this experience,

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 which is a common experience for all of us,

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 God continues to say that he is trustworthy.

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 And his promises are good.

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 He continues to tell us that when we trust him and look to him,

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 what he has for us is better than what we would ever imagine.

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 And that brings us to our text today.

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 We're reading Psalm 110.

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 If you have that on your phone or in your Bible,

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 if you brought one or at home, we're going to look at Psalm 110.

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 It's a Psalm of David, and it is a Psalm of David the King

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 clearly looking ahead to a Messiah who has not yet come, but who will come.

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 Psalm 110 is notable because it is the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament.

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 It is used a number of times, verses 1 and 4 in particular.

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 And as David was writing this, he was looking forward to a future kingdom

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 that would be even greater than his own kingdom

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 and a future Messiah who would be finally and fully all that we need.

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 So with that, let's look at Psalm 110.

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 We're going to read it and then pray.

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 Psalm 110 says this, a Psalm of David.

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 The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand

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 until I make your enemies your footstool.

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 The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter.

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 Rule in the midst of your enemies.

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 Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power in holy garments.

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 From the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.

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 The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind.

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 You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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 The Lord is at your right hand.

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 He will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

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 He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses.

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 He will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.

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 And he will drink from the brook by the way.

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 Therefore, he will lift his head.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord Jesus, as we come to this word this morning,

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 I pray that by your spirit we might catch a glimpse of your glory and your greatness.

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 Lord, thank you that you have revealed yourself in various times in various ways,

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 as we read earlier.

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 But now fully, most fully, you have shown yourself in your son.

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 And Lord, as we read this psalm of David,

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 help us to see his glory more greatly this Advent season.

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 Lord, I pray for our ears that we would be attuned to listen,

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 our hearts that we would receive your word.

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 Lord, I pray for me that I might speak clearly, Lord,

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 and that by me, through me, Lord,

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 you might proclaim to us your glorious truth.

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 We pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 David writes of a Messiah to come.

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 And what does he tell us about this Messiah?

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 This psalm is framed by two oracles,

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 two words directly from the Lord

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 that David heard and reports to us.

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 And we're going to look at those two in order.

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 One is verse 1 and one is verse 4,

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 and we will explore what those oracles mean and what they say.

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 The first oracle is in verse 1.

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 The Lord says to my Lord,

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 sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

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 In this verse, David is saying

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 that there is a better king who is coming

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 and who has power to deliver his people.

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 It's interesting to stop and to think about

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 who the people are in this very first sentence.

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 The Lord says to my Lord.

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 The Lord, the first one, has all the small caps.

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 That's Yahweh.

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 That's God, the God of the covenant,

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 the God of Israel.

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 And he is speaking to my Lord.

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 Who is my?

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 Well, my is David.

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 And so David is saying,

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 there is one greater than I.

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 I have a Lord who is a ruler of some sort

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 that God is speaking to,

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 giving these words of invitation.

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 Come sit at my right hand until I make your enemies

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 a footstool for your feet.

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 David is acknowledging this psalm was likely written

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 at the height of David's power,

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 at the height of his kingship,

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 when his kingdom was greater than the kingdom of Israel

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 had ever been or ever would be.

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 And yet he is saying,

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 there is one greater than I

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 who is coming,

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 to whom the Lord speaks these words.

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 And friends,

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 these words are picked up

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 throughout the New Testament.

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 Jesus uses them

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 in confounding those who say,

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 who are you, Jesus?

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 Who do you think you are?

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 He says,

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 who was David speaking to

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 when he quoted these words?

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 Who was David speaking of,

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 that is?

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 Who was the Lord speaking to?

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 It wasn't to David.

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 It was to one who would be greater than him.

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 Similarly, the apostle Peter,

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 on the day of Pentecost,

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 as he preaches,

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 says the same thing.

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 You have trusted,

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 the people of Israel have trusted

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 that a great king would come

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 in the line of David.

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 Well, here he is,

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 and he's greater,

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 greater than David himself.

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 And as we read earlier

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 in this,

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 in the service,

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 Hebrews 1.13,

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 the writer of Hebrews says,

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 And even if you were looking

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 to angelic beings,

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 this one is greater than they as well.

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 Because God never said this

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 to an angel.

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 He only said it to this one

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 who is greater than David,

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 but who would be in David's line.

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 So this is the king.

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 David is looking,

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 hearing this and saying,

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 there is a greater king to come.

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 And what does he say about this king?

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 He says specifically,

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 this invitation,

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 this one who is coming,

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 God will invite to sit

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 at his right hand.

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 And at his right hand,

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 he will sit in a place of honor,

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 and a place of counsel,

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 and a place of rulership,

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 and a place of authority.

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 And he will not just stand there

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 at the ready,

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 but he will sit.

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 He will sit.

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 Having finished his work.

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 Having done all that he needs to do

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 in order to rest

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 in the finished work

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 of his ruling over.

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 And God says to this one,

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 Come and sit at my right hand.

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 For you have done the work,

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 and now I will make your enemies

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 a footstool for your feet,

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 under your feet.

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 Now, we don't use it.

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 It's sort of a weird image, right?

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 It's like pulling up a,

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 you know,

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 an Ikea, you know,

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 footstool to kind of

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 prop your feet up on top of

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 because you're tired

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 at the end of the day.

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 And that's not the idea here.

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 The idea here is

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 maybe an image

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 that we might have.

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 The words would be,

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 he has his foot on his neck,

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 right?

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 He's standing on his,

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 it's that,

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 it's a place of submission.

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 It's a place of ruling over.

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 It's a place of,

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 I have conquered and defeated them,

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 and they are now subjugated to me

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 and to my rule.

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 And this is what we see

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 in verses two and three,

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 that as God seats this one

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 with his finished work,

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 he will rule over his enemies.

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 He will have this ever-renewed army

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 of willing believers,

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 of willing followers,

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 who will serve him.

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 And then we see in verses five and six

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 how he will shatter his enemies.

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 And in graphic imagery,

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 that this one will defeat

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 all the enemies of God

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 and bring peace.

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 Now verses five and six

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 have some fairly violent images,

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 don't they?

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 We need to make sure

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 that we neither sanitize it

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 nor misunderstand it.

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 To sanitize it would be to say,

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 oh, he doesn't really mean that.

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 Well, I think he does.

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 He's using imagery of real war

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 because in David's day,

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 the establishment of the kingdom

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 involved real war.

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 But what we see though

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 is this,

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 the meaning of that

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 has to do with conquering,

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 has to do with overcoming,

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 has to do with defeating utterly.

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 David,

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 the Lord uses this language

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 to picture a greater rule and reign

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 than just the physical victory.

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 And as we move to the New Testament,

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 we see that the enemies of God

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 are primarily not the rulers

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 and authorities of this land.

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 They are not people.

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 They are ultimately spiritual forces,

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 spiritual enemies.

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 enemies.

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 And the victory that we see

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 over those enemies,

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 over sin and death and Satan,

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 that they are all defeated

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 in the person of Jesus.

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 We do not battle against flesh and blood,

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 but against the powers,

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 the rulers,

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 the authorities in the heavenly realms.

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 But we know that Jesus,

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 by his life and by his death

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 and by his resurrection,

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 has come to triumph over them.

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 He has broken the power of sin and death.

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 He has taken the power of Satan

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 and put it on a leash.

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 None of these ultimately have the rule.

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 Though the wrong seems off so strong,

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 he is the ruler yet.

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 And though we live in the in-between times,

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 and though we live,

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 as many commentators have said,

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 between D-Day when the invasion has begun

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 and V-E Day when the victory is assured

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 and peace is established fully,

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 though we live in that in-between time,

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 we know that the victory is assured.

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 And we know that this one

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 that David was looking forward to

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 was Jesus.

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 And that Jesus is seated

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 at the right hand of the Father.

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 And that he is resting

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 from his finished work of his life

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 and death and resurrection

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 for our salvation

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 and for the victory over

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 the enemies of God.

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 And we are able to live trusting,

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 trusting that the one that David foretold,

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 the promised one,

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 would actually come.

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 He comes with power

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 and gives us hope

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 that the evil will not win.

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 That the ugliness and division

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 in our own hearts

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 and in our nation's life

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 will not last forever.

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 That the scourge of pandemics

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 will not continue without end.

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 But that God will come

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 in Jesus.

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 And when he comes

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 and establishes his kingdom fully,

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 all of these will end.

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 They will not win.

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 They will not win in the end

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 and they will not win

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 in the lives of those

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 who have put their faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 Because under his rulership,

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 as they come to him in faith,

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 they will be covered

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 and rescued

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 for the day of salvation.

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 And that we,

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 as those people,

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 can look forward to a kingdom

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 with no more sin

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 and no more sorrow,

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 no more sickness,

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 no more death.

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 As Nick read earlier,

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 that that glorious hope

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 will be ours.

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 And that kingdom

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 is our future

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 in Christ.

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 So this is the first oracle

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 and this is the first word

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 that he gives us

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 there is a king coming

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 with this great power

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 to subdue our enemies.

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 But then the second oracle

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 is in verse 4.

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 Look with me at it.

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 The Lord has sworn

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 and he will not change his mind.

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 You are a priest forever

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 after the order of Melchizedek.

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 Now, you might be forgiven

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 if Melchizedek hasn't come up

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 in your Rolodex

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 of the best heroes of the Bible

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 that you know really well.

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 Melchizedek is not a major player

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 in the Old Testament story.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 Melchizedek is mentioned twice.

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 Once here

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 and once in Genesis 14.

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 And in order to understand

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 what this means,

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 we need to go back

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 and look at that

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 for a brief second.

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 If you have your Bible,

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 why don't you turn with me

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 to Genesis chapter 14.

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 If you don't,

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 you can listen along.

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 It's only a couple of verses

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 that I will read.

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 This is in the story of Abraham.

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 Abraham,

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 the one to whom God gave a promise

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 that he would make him

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 the father of a great nation.

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 Abraham,

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 who is moving into

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 the land of promise

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 and in doing so,

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 finding that there are enemies

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 against him

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 who seek to destroy him.

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 And he is gathering

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 some other local kings

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 to fight with him

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 against other kings

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 who are opposing him.

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 This is part of what's going on.

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 And in verse 18

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 of chapter 14 of Genesis,

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 it says this.

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 And Melchizedek,

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 the king of Salem,

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 brought out bread and wine.

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 He was a priest

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 of God most high.

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 And he blessed him,

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 that is,

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 Melchizedek blessed Abraham

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 and said,

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 blessed be Abraham

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 by God most high.

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 possessor of heaven and earth.

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 And blessed be God most high

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 who has delivered

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 your enemies

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 into your hand.

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 And Abraham gave him

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 a tenth of everything.

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 There it is.

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 That's the whole story

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 of Melchizedek.

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 What's the significance of it?

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 Well, there's lots of things

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 if you read this.

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 One is,

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 his name,

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 Melchizedek,

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 is a combination

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 of king and righteousness.

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 So he is presented,

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 his name means

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 he is the king

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 of righteousness.

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 He is clearly

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 a king of Salem,

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 which is,

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 if you can think through this,

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 this is Jerusalem.

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 Salem is the second half

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 of Jerusalem.

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 And that's,

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 so he is the king

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 of Jerusalem,

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 which at this point

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 was not yet

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 the center

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 of the kingdom of God

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 or the nation of Israel.

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 It was just a town.

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 But he was the king

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 of Jerusalem.

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 And it says clearly,

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 he was a priest

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 of the God most high.

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 And as Abraham

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 encounters him,

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 Melchizedek comes out

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 and he brings provision

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 and blessing.

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 And Abraham responds

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 by honoring him

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 and giving him a tithe

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 as if he were

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 a representative

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 of God himself.

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 There's lots of mystery

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 about Melchizedek.

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 He had no lineage.

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 He had no,

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 he has no father.

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 He has no son.

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 He has no provenance.

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 We know very,

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 very little about him.

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 But David knew about him.

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 And as you read through,

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 it seems that

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 in the Old Testament world,

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 there was speculation

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 in the nation of Israel

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 about who this Melchizedek was

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 and what role he might have.

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 And there are lots

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 of really interesting

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 and curious

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 and fanciful suggestions

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 about what he might be.

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 But what David says is,

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 the one who's going to come

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 will be in his line.

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 And this thread then

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 is pulled

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 by the writer

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 of the book of Hebrews.

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 And in Hebrews 5 through 7,

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 we understand

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 more about who

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 Melchizedek was.

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 Melchizedek was

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 a king and a priest.

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 And he was a priest

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 of the God Most High

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 to whom Abraham,

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 the father of Israel,

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 gave honor and glory.

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 Melchizedek had a role

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 that superseded

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 Abraham

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 and Abraham's sons,

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 including Levi

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 and the Levitical priesthood

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 that would flow from him.

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 So he had a priesthood

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 that was greater

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 than the priesthood

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 that would happen

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 under the law of Moses.

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 And Melchizedek

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 was one

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 who didn't have a birth

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 and didn't have a death

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 in the story.

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 And so he was

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 an eternal being

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 in the way

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 the story was told.

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 Does that mean

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 he literally lived forever?

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 No.

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 But it means

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 that the way

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 that he is reported

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 is meant to be suggestive

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 of the one

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 who would come.

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 And the writer of Hebrews

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 says we have

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 a great high priest

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 in heaven,

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 Jesus,

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 in the order

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 of Melchizedek,

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 greater than

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 the Levitical priesthood

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 that had to offer

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 sacrifices over and over again

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 because Jesus was able

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 to offer one sacrifice

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 once for all

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 that settled

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 the problem of sin forever,

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 that broke down

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 the barrier

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 between God and man,

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 that made a way

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 where a sinful people

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 like us

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 could approach

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 a holy God

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 and live.

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 He was also

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 an eternal

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 priest

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 because Jesus,

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 though he came

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 and offered himself

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 as a sacrifice,

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 was risen from the dead

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 and being risen

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 he is an eternally

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 interceding

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 priest for us.

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 And so he ever lives

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 to intercede for us

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 and secure

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 our salvation.

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 Unlike the priesthood

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 of old

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 where the priest

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 could lose their way

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 or would fail

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 to honor God,

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 Jesus was eternally,

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 righteously,

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 indestructibly serving.

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 And he does that today.

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 Listen to the writer

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 of Hebrews

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 as he explains this.

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 He says,

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 we have this

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 as a sure

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 and steadfast anchor

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 of the soul,

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 a hope that enters

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 into the inner place

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 behind the curtain.

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 That's a picture

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 of the temple

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 where God was.

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 Where Jesus has gone

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 as a forerunner

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 on our behalf,

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 having become

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 a high priest

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 forever

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 after the order

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 of Melchizedek.

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 And further on

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.599
 in chapter 7,

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 verse 22,

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 he writes,

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 this makes Jesus

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 a guarantor

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 of a better covenant.

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 The former priests

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 were many in number

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 because they were

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 prevented by death

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 from continuing

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 in office.

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 But he holds

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.119
 his priesthood

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 permanently

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 because he continues

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 forever.

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 Consequently,

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:56.279
 he is able

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 to save

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 to the uttermost

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 those who draw

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 near to God

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 through him

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 since he always

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 lives to make

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.380
 intercession

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 for them.

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 Friends,

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 this is what

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.559
 the story in Genesis

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 and what Psalm 110

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 promises us.

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 there is one

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 who is going

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 to come

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 and fulfill

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 this role.

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 And Jesus,

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 we now stand

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 on the far side

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 of that fulfilled

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 promise.

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 Jesus has come

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 and he has done

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 more than we

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 could ever imagine

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 so that he might

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 be to us

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 a king

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 and a priest.

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 He will never

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 leave his post.

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 He will never

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 stop his role.

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 He will always

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 be the king

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 and the priest.

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 And we know

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 that what is now

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 in the struggles

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 of this fallen

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 world,

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 in the trials

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 of our lives,

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 we know that

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 what is now

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 is not what

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 will be.

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 We know

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 that there is

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 a promise

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 that this Jesus

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 will come back

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 and when he

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 comes back

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 he will fully

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 establish himself

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 as the king

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 and the priest.

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 And he will

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 judge the enemies

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 of God

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 and he will

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 end all evil.

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 And he will

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 welcome his

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 people into

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 a sweet fellowship

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 and into a life

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 and a kingdom

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 that is ruled

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 by peace

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 and fellowship

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 with God

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 where we

00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:36.019
 circle around

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 the throne

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 and give

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 God glory

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 and bathe

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 in his glory

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 and rejoice

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 and worship

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 in him

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 forever.

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 What David

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.900
 looked forward

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 to friends

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 we have seen

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 he has come

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 and so we

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.820
 have hope.

00:24:55.300 --> 00:24:56.300
 We have hope

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 that God

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.480
 will fulfill

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 his promises.

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 We have hope

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 in the midst

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 of the doubts

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.080
 and the trials

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:02.160
 and the losses

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:03.019
 of this year.

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 We can be

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.019
 confident

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.580
 because of

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:06.920
 Jesus.

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 we are going

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.240
 to sing

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.800
 in just a

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 minute

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.580
 O come

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 O come

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 Emmanuel

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 which in

00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:14.720
 one way

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.800
 is written

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.160
 from an

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 Old Testament

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.200
 perspective

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.840
 expecting

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 the coming

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 Messiah

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 but I think

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 it is for

00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:21.680
 us as well

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.539
 in the New

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:22.880
 Testament

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 as we long

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.320
 for Jesus

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:24.860
 to come

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.259
 back

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.060
 and to

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.700
 finally

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.460
 establish

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 in his

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:28.680
 fullness

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 all that

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 we long

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.660
 for.

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 We will

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:32.960
 sing

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 verses 4

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 and 5

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 O come

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 our great

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 high priest

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.259
 and intercede

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 thy sacrifice

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.920
 our only

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.380
 plea

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.700
 the judgment

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 we no longer

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.340
 fear

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 thy precious

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 blood

00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:48.000
 has brought

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.640
 us near

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:50.299
 rejoice

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.380
 rejoice

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.080
 Emmanuel

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:53.640
 has banished

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.980
 every fear

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.860
 of hell

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:58.039
 O come

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 desire

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.460
 of nations

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 bind

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 in one

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.180
 the hearts

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.620
 of all

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.320
 mankind

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:05.120
 bid thou

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.839
 our sad

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.439
 divisions

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:07.019
 cease

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 and be

00:26:08.739 --> 00:26:09.699
 thyself

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.679
 our

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.079
 prince

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.959
 of peace

00:26:11.959 --> 00:26:13.539
 rejoice

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.859
 rejoice

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.639
 Emmanuel

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:17.439
 shall come

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:18.500
 again

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.339
 with us

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.199
 to dwell

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 let's pray

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:25.000
 Lord as we

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.699
 think of this

00:26:25.699 --> 00:26:26.179
 psalm

00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:27.419
 we rejoice

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:29.039
 we rejoice

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.639
 at what it

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.359
 points to

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.579
 we rejoice

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.159
 at the things

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.939
 that we know

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.660
 the fullness

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.160
 that we

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.460
 have been

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.880
 able to

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.200
 see

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.779
 that David

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.440
 could only

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.460
 grasp

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.980
 at

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:41.400
 Jesus

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.279
 Emmanuel

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:44.039
 the king

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.840
 the priest

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.660
 the babe

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.240
 in the manger

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:48.100
 come for us

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:50.059
 for our salvation

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:51.160
 for our hope

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.980
 for our security

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.900
 for our deliverance

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:57.940
 oh Lord

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.400
 may we

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.200
 worship him

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:02.519
 we pray this

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.280
 in Jesus name

00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:03.840
 amen

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:09.099
 we belts

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:30.339
 R