BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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IT'S THE MOST
READ BOOK IN THE WORLD,
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SELLING CLOSE
TO 4 BILLION COPIES
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OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.
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THE BIBLE IS AN
AMAZING BOOK, UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
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ALTHOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN OVER
A PERIOD OF AROUND 1,500 YEARS
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BY 40 DIFFERENT
PEOPLE ON THREE CONTINENTS,
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THE BIBLE
MAINTAINS INCREDIBLE HARMONY
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THROUGHOUT ITS 66 BOOKS.
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A LONG LIST OF BIBLE
PREDICTIONS HAVE COME TO PASS
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THAT CONFIRMS SCRIPTURES
ARE DIVINELY INSPIRED,
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BUT NONE OF THEM WERE
DRAMATICALLY FULFILLED
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THAN 125
PROPHECIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH
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THAT WERE
FULFILLED TO PERFECTION
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IN THE LIFE OF JESUS.
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VARIOUS OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS
PREDICT WITH GREAT PRECISION,
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THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH,
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HIS TRIAL, THE
MANNER OF HIS CRUCIFIXION,
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THE TIMING OF HIS RESURRECTION,
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AND MANY OTHER
ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE.
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ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN,
THE DOZENS OF PROPHECIES
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AND PREDICTIONS ABOUT HIS LIFE
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COULD NEVER HAVE
HAPPENED BY CHANCE ALONE.
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JESUS IS THE BIBLE'S
CENTRAL FIGURE, BUT WHO IS HE?
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AND HOW IS YOUR
LIFE AFFECTED BY HIS?
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JOIN ME NOW, AS
WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
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AT THIS HERO OF REVELATION.
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OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT DEALING
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WITH THE HERO OF REVELATION
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IS PART OF OUR
PROPHECY ENCOUNTER SERIES.
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THIS IS REALLY A NEW SERIES,
WE CALL IT PROPHECY ENCOUNTER
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BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING THAT
THROUGH THE STUDY OF PROPHECY
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THAT PEOPLE WILL ENCOUNTER
THE HERO OF REVELATION.
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AND I THINK WE
ALL KNOW WHO THAT IS.
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MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU READ
THE FIRST WORDS IN REVELATION,
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IT'S NOT A
REVELATION OF THE BEAST,
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IT'S NOT A
REVELATION OF THE ANTICHRIST.
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PEOPLE SAY, "I WANT TO READ
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ABOUT THE
ANTICHRIST IN REVELATION."
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ARE YOU AWARE
THE WORD ANTICHRIST
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DOES NOT APPEAR IN
THE BOOK OF REVELATION?
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IT'S IN THE LETTERS OF JOHN.
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THE BOOK OF
REVELATION IS ABOUT JESUS.
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HE IS THE CENTRAL FIGURE,
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BUT NOT JUST THE
BOOK OF REVELATION.
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THE WHOLE BIBLE IS ABOUT JESUS
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AS YOU'LL DISCOVER
IN OUR STUDY TONIGHT.
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FIRST VERSE, REVELATION 1:1,
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"THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST,
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WHICH GOD GAVE TO HIM
TO SHOW HIS SERVANTS THINGS
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WHICH MUST
SHORTLY COME TO PASS."
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SO THE BOOK OF
REVELATION AND THE THINGS
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WE'RE GOING TO
STUDY IN REVELATION,
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BIBLE TELLS US WAY
BACK IN THE TIME OF CHRIST
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THEY WERE ABOUT TO COME TO PASS.
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SO THE PROPHECY AT LEAST
BEGINS DURING THE TIME OF CHRIST
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AND CARRIES ON UNTIL, OF COURSE,
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WE'RE IN HEAVEN IF YOU
READ REVELATION 21 AND 22.
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THERE ARE OVER 300
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES
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THAT PROVIDE A NUMBER
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OF PRECISE
IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS
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REGARDING THE MESSIAH.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
THINK THAT JESUS WAS JUST ONE
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OF MANY RELIGIOUS LEADERS.
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YOU CANNOT REALLY
BELIEVE THAT AND BE A CHRISTIAN.
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BIBLE SAYS, "THERE IS NO
OTHER NAME GIVEN AMONG MEN
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WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED."
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JESUS IS NOT JUST
ANOTHER RELIGIOUS TEACHER.
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GOD BECAME A MAN.
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IT'S CALLED THE
INCARNATION IN CHRIST TO SAVE US
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AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHO HE IS.
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THE CHRISTIAN
RELIGION IS ALL ABOUT JESUS
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AND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO HE IS.
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THE WHOLE BIBLE
TELLS US ABOUT THAT.
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WE'RE GOING TO
DELVE INTO SOME OF THESE.
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FIRST PROPHECY IS
IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS.
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GENESIS 3:15.
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THIS IS AFTER
ADAM AND EVE SINNED
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AND GOD THEN,
SPEAKING TO ADAM AND EVE,
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AND BECAUSE OF THE
SERPENT WAS THE MEDIUM
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THROUGH WHICH LUCIFER SPOKE,
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GOD SAID "AND I
WILL PUT ENMITY,"
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THAT'S WHERE YOU
GET THE WORD ENEMY.
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IT MEANS THERE IS
ANIMOSITY, THERE IS FRICTION,
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THERE IS A POLAR RESISTANCE,
"BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN,"
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BETWEEN THE
SERPENT AND THE WOMAN.
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THAT COMES UP IN REVELATION,
SO I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT,
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"BETWEEN YOUR SEED,"
THE SEED OF THE SERPENT,
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"AND HER SEED," THE SEED
OR THE OFFSPRING OF THE WOMAN.
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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN,
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IT'S TALKING
ABOUT IS THE MESSIAH.
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GOES ON TO SAY, "AND
HE," THE SEED OF THE WOMAN
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"WILL BRUISE YOUR HEAD."
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CHRIST WOULD BRUISE
THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT,
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AND YOU SHALL BRUISE HIS HEEL."
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THE PROGRESS OR THE
WALK OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
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HAS BEEN IMPEDED,
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SLOWED BY THE WORK OF THE DEVIL.
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THERE IS A BATTLE IN THIS
WORLD BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL,
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BETWEEN THE
WOMAN AND THE SERPENT
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THAT CARRIES
ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
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YOU READ IN REVELATION 12,
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WE DON'T HAVE TO
GUESS WHO THE SERPENT IS.
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"SO THAT GREAT
DRAGON WAS CAST OUT,
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THE SERPENT OF OLD
CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN,
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WHO DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD."
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HOW MUCH OF THE
WORLD DOES HE DECEIVE?
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THE WHOLE WORLD.
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SO WHERE DID JESUS COME FROM?
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THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
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IS HE JUST A MAN?
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WAS HE BORN LIKE OTHER MEN?
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CHRIST MADE SOME
PRETTY BOLD CLAIMS.
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FOR ONE THING, HE
SAID IN JOHN 6:38,
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"FOR I HAVE COME
DOWN FROM HEAVEN..."
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WELL, NOT EVERYBODY SAYS THAT.
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I MEAN, IF YOU
MEET SOMEBODY THAT SAYS,
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"I'VE COME FROM
HEAVEN" AND YOU KNOW THE BIBLE,
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WE TALKED A LITTLE LAST NIGHT
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ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
CLAIM TO BE CHRIST.
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AND THERE IS SOME
PROMINENT CHARACTERS
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THAT CLAIMED TO BE JESUS
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BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME THAT
ARE LOCKED UP HERE AND THERE.
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AND I MET SOMEBODY ONCE
THAT CLAIMED TO BE JESUS
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THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET
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BECAUSE I WAS BY
MYSELF UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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I LIVED IN A CAVE BACK THEN.
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I WAS A HERMIT FOR
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
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AND I WAS ALL BY MYSELF.
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AND A HIKER CAME BY THE CAVE
AND THAT WAS NOT THAT UNUSUAL,
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I'D SEE PEOPLE
FROM TIME TO TIME.
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HE STAYED AND HE
VISITED FOR A LITTLE BIT
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THEN SAID HE WAS JESUS.
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AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT,
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"I'VE GOT SOME SPANISH FRIENDS
NAMED JESUS, MAYBE THAT'S..."
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HE DIDN'T LOOK SPANISH.
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AND THEN HE
SAID, "NO I AM CHRIST."
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HE SAID, "MY NAME IS
MICHAEL DAVID HARPER".
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THEY SAID,
"THAT'S MY EARTHLY NAME,
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BUT I'VE COME FROM HEAVEN."
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WELL, I'LL TELL
YOU, IT'S A LITTLE SPOOKY
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WHEN YOU'RE BY
YOURSELF UP THE HILLS
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AND YOU MEET SOMEBODY THAT SAYS,
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"I'M JESUS, AND I HAVE COME."
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AND I WASN'T
QUITE SURE WHAT TO SAY
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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST
STARTED READING THE BIBLE.
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I THOUGHT,
"WELL, IF IT IS JESUS,
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I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
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AND IF IT IS JESUS, I DON'T
WANT TO SHOW A LACK OF FAITH
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AND HURT HIS FEELINGS."
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I MEAN, ALL
KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS
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ARE GOING THROUGH
YOUR HEAD, YOU KNOW?
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AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO MAKE HIM MAD,
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WHETHER HE WAS
JESUS OR WASN'T JESUS.
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I DIDN'T WANT.
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AND SO I SAID,
"WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS
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THAT WHEN YOU COME
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THAT EVERYBODY
IS GOING TO SEE YOU,
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IT WILL BE LIKE LIGHTNING".
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HE SAYS, "THAT'S TRUE."
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HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
"BUT I'M COMING SPECIALLY
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TO PREPARE SOME
OTHER PEOPLE EARLY."
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AND HE HAD LIKE AN
ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING,
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HE KNEW THE BIBLE
AND HE STAYED WITH ME
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FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS
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AND ATE ALL MY FOOD
SO I KNEW HE WASN'T JESUS
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AND HE DIDN'T CLEAN UP AND...
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AND I SAW HIM A WEEK OR SO LATER
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AND HE ACTUALLY
HAD FOUND AN APOSTLE.
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SOME GUY WAS FOLLOWING HIM
AROUND SAYING, "THIS IS JESUS".
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AND THEN I SAW
HIM A FEW WEEKS LATER,
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WE LIVED ON THE
STREETS BACK THEN
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WHEN I WASN'T UP IN THE CAVE
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AND HE WAS MISSING A TOOTH
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BECAUSE HE HAD GOT INTO A FIGHT.
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I FELT SO MUCH BETTER
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BECAUSE I KNOW
JESUS HAS ALL HIS TEETH.
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BUT YOU KNOW YOU MEET
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ALL KINDS OF
STRANGE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
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WELL, SO, WHEN JESUS SAID,
"I'VE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN"
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AND THEN HE TOLD
PILATE IN JOHN 18:36,
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"MY KINGDOM IS
NOT OF THIS WORLD."
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"I AM FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD."
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WELL, WHAT IS HE,
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL?
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WHERE DID JESUS COME FROM?
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HE'S MAKING SOME BOLD CLAIMS.
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AND SO WE NEED TO EVALUATE THAT.
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DID JESUS CLAIM DIVINITY?
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DID HE CLAIM TO BE GOD?
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IN A WORD, YES.
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AND HERE'S SOME
VERSES THAT ILLUSTRATE THAT.
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JOHN 8:58, "JESUS SAID TO THEM,
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'MOST ASSUREDLY I SAY TO
YOU BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM.'"
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NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
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"WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
HE WAS CLAIMING TO BE GOD."
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THE JEWS WHO WERE LISTENING
TO HIM THAT DAY BELIEVED
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HE WAS CLAIMING TO BE GOD
BECAUSE GOD SAID TO MOSES,
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"I AM THAT I AM."
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THAT WAS A TITLE FOR
GOD, THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE.
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THEY TOOK UP STONES TO
STONE HIM FOR BLASPHEMY
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CLAIMING TO BE GOD AND
JESUS DID NOT RETRACT THAT.
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AND HE SAID, YOU
KNOW, "BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS,"
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HE SAYS, "I PREEXISTED."
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AND THEN YOU CAN
READ AGAIN IN JOHN 17:18,
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"THEREFORE MY FATHER LOVES
ME, BECAUSE I LAY DOWN MY LIFE
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THAT I MIGHT TAKE IT AGAIN."
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AND NOT TOO MANY
PEOPLE LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES
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AND TAKE IT AGAIN.
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HE SAYS, "NO ONE
TAKES IT FROM ME.
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I AM LAYING IT DOWN
AND I'M TAKING IT UP."
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AND THEN HE GOES ON
AND HE SAYS IN MARK 2:10,
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"THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER
ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS."
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AND YOU CAN READ WHERE IT SAYS,
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"GOD AND GOD ONLY
CAN FORGIVE SINS."
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AND SO, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS
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THAT JESUS EXPLAINED HE
HAD DIVINE PREROGATIVES.
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AND SO, YES, JESUS
IS NOT JUST ANOTHER MAN.
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HE SAID HE PREEXISTED
BEFORE HE CAME TO THIS WORLD.
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HAD POWER TO FORGIVE SIN.
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HOW CAN WE EVALUATE HIS CLAIMS?
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HOW DO WE TEST TO
SEE IF THIS IS TRUE?
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C.S. LEWIS, THE
CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER SAID,
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"YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE
THREE CHOICES WITH JESUS."
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NO QUESTION THAT HE LIVED.
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WHAT YEAR IS IT RIGHT NOW?
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2017.
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I KNOW I'M JUST
TESTING. 2017 WHAT?
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THE WHOLE DATING METHOD
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THAT THE WORLD USES IS
BASED ON THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
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I TOLD YOU THEY GOT
THAT OFF A LITTLE BIT
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BUT IT WAS
OSTENSIBLY DATED FROM CHRIST.
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SO YOU CAN'T DENY THAT HE LIVED.
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HISTORY DOESN'T CHALLENGE
HIS EXISTENCE THAT HE LIVED.
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SO IT'S LIKE C.S. LEWIS SAID,
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"HE WAS EITHER A
LIAR, OR HE WAS A LUNATIC,
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OR HE'S LORD.
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THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY
THREE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE."
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IT'S NOW EASIER
THAN EVER FOR YOU
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TO STUDY GOD'S
WORD WITH AMAZING FACTS,
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WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT,
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AND MOST IMPORTANT,
TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
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SO HOW DO WE DETERMINE.
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WHERE DO WE GO TO FIND OUT?
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THE BIBLE TELLS US AND
JESUS HIMSELF SAID IN JOHN 5:39,
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"SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES,
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IN THEM YOU THINK
YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE,"
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HE SAID, "THESE ARE
THEY THAT TESTIFY OF ME."
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NOW WHEN JESUS SAID THAT,
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HOW MUCH NEW
TESTAMENT WAS WRITTEN?
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NONE. NONE.
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AND SO, LET ME SEE IF I
CAN ILLUSTRATE SOMETHING
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AND I AM GLAD TO SEE SOME OF YOU
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BROUGHT YOUR BIBLES
HERE. I'M GOING TO QUICKLY...
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OH, GOOD, I'VE
FOUND IT RIGHT AWAY.
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THIS IS YOUR
BIBLE, I'VE DIVIDED IT
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JUST VISUALLY SO
YOU GET A ROUGH IDEA.
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME
CONTENTS AND CONCORDANCE
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AND STUFF IN THE
FRONT AND THE BACK,
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BUT APPROXIMATELY
THREE QUARTERS OF THE BIBLE,
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OLD TESTAMENT, THIS
IS WRITTEN BEFORE JESUS.
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MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST BOOK
MALACHI IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
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WAS WRITTEN ABOUT 400
YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN.
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SO THERE'S A NICE
SPREAD BETWEEN THE TWO.
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AND THEN YOU GET
TO THE NEW TESTAMENT,
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IT TALKS ABOUT THE
BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.
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FIRST WORDS IN REVELATION ARE
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.
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FIRST WORDS IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT,
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THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST.
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SO IT TELLS ABOUT THE
COMING OF THE MESSIAH.
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THE OLD TESTAMENT FORETELLS
WHEN THE SAVIOR WOULD COME,
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WHEN GOD WOULD BECOME A MAN.
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AND A LOT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
IS TALKING ABOUT CHRIST.
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THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF PROPHECIES.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
NOW AT A LOT OF PROPHECIES HERE
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THAT WERE WRITTEN
HUNDREDS, IN SOME CASES,
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MORE THAN A THOUSAND
YEARS BEFORE CHRIST WAS BORN,
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AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE HERE
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THAT EXACTLY WHAT
WAS FORETOLD HAPPENED.
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AND THIS IS ONE REASON
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I THINK THIS IS NOT JUST
WHITE PAGES AND BLACK INK.
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I BELIEVE THE BIBLE
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IS A SUPERNATURAL
CORRESPONDENCE WITH HUMANITY
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AND GOD HAS DONE
SOMETHING MIRACULOUSLY
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TO PROTECT THIS BOOK.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO
LOOK IN THE BIBLE.
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FURTHERMORE, LUKE 24:27, JESUS,
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WHEN HE WAS TALKING
TO THE TWO DISCIPLES
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ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS,
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HE SAID, "HE EXPOUNDED
UNTO THEM BEGINNING AT MOSES
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AND ALL THE
PROPHETS HE EXPOUNDED TO THEM
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IN ALL OF THE SCRIPTURES
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THE THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF."
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SO JESUS GAVE A BIBLE
STUDY TO THESE TWO DISCIPLES
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AND HE SHOWED THEM
THROUGH ALL OF THE SCRIPTURES,
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PRIOR TO THE NEW TESTAMENT,
THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF.
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AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
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THAT JESUS IS ALL
THE WAY THROUGH THERE.
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I'VE BEEN TO CHURCHES
BEFORE WHERE THEY SUPPLY A BIBLE
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AND ALL THEY HAVE
IS A NEW TESTAMENT.
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THEY SAY, "WELL, WE'RE
A NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH,
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WE DON'T, THAT'S
THE OLD COVENANT."
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YOU CAN'T
UNDERSTAND THE NEW TESTAMENT
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WITHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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IT'S THE MOON THAT
THE WOMAN STANDS ON,
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THOUGH SHE IS CLOTHED WITH
THE SUN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,
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IT'S THE FOUNDATION.
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THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS SO IMPORTANT
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TO UNDERSTAND THE NEW.
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AND AGAIN, HEBREWS 10:7,
"HE SAID, 'BEHOLD, I COME.
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IN THE VOLUME OF THE
BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME
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TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD."
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SO THE WHOLE BIBLE IS
TELLING US ABOUT JESUS.
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DOES PROPHECY FORETELL
THE MESSIAH'S FAMILY TREE?
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AND THE ANSWER
IS, ABSOLUTELY YES.
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FOR ONE THING, GOD TOLD ABRAHAM
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HE WAS CALLING
HIM FROM MESOPOTAMIA.
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HE SAID,
"THROUGH YOUR DESCENDANTS,
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THE MESSIAH WOULD COME."
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AND YOU FIND
THAT IN GENESIS 12:3,
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"IN YOU SHALL ALL THE FAMILIES
OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED."
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THROUGH YOUR DESCENDANTS
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THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD
COME THROUGH THE HEBREW LINE.
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NOW YOU REALIZE, A JEW
AND A HEBREW IS DIFFERENT.
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ABRAHAM HAD MORE
CHILDREN THAN JUST ISAAC
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AND ISAAC HAD MORE
CHILDREN THAN JUST JACOB.
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AND JACOB HAD MORE
CHILDREN THAN JUST JUDAH.
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THE WORD "JEW" KIND OF COMES
FROM THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDAH,
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PRINCIPALLY.
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BUT WE OFTEN USE IT TO
TALK ABOUT HEBREWS, IN GENERAL.
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BUT THE MESSIAH
WOULD COME THROUGH
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THE DESCENDANTS OF NOT
ONLY ABRAHAM, BUT ISAAC.
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YOU READ IN
GENESIS 26:4, IT SAYS
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"I WILL GIVE YOUR
DESCENDANTS THESE LANDS,
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AND IN YOUR SEED ALL
THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
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WOULD BE BLESSED."
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BECAUSE JESUS DID NOT
JUST COME FOR JEWS, DID HE?
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HE CAME TO SAVE EVERYBODY.
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"WHOSOEVER WILL" THE PROMISE IS.
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HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES,
GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
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AND THEN, NOT ONLY DID IT
COME FROM ABRAHAM THROUGH ISAAC,
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SEE ABRAHAM ALSO HAD ISHMAEL
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AND SEVERAL OTHER
CHILDREN THROUGH KETURAH.
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ISAAC ALSO HAD ESAU.
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BUT HE SAID THE BLESSING
WOULD COME THROUGH JACOB
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AND JACOB PROPHESIED.
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YOU SEE THE
PROPHECY IN NUMBERS 24:17.
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"A STAR WILL COME OUT OF JACOB,
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A SCEPTER" A
SCEPTER'S WHAT A KING HOLDS,
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"WILL RISE OUT OF ISRAEL."
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THERE WOULD BE THIS KING,
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THE KING OF
KINGS THAT WOULD COME.
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BY THE WAY, THAT'S
THE PROPHECY, PROBABLY,
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THAT THE WISE MEN IN THE
EAST WERE READING WHEN THEY CAME
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AND FOLLOWED THE STAR.
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THE STAR THAT SAID, THERE
WAS A NEW KING THAT WOULD COME.
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AND THEN WHEN HE WAS DYING
THERE IN GENESIS 49, JACOB,
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LATER CALLED ISRAEL, HE
PROPHESIED THAT OF HIS SONS,
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AND HE HAD 12
SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER,
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THE MESSIAH WOULD THEN BE COMING
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SPECIFICALLY THROUGH WHICH ONE?
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JUDAH, RIGHT?
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YOU ALL WITH ME? YOU
ALL KNEW THAT, DIDN'T YOU?
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THE MESSIAH WOULD COME
THROUGH OF THE 12 SONS OF JACOB,
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HE WOULD COME THROUGH JUDAH.
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AND HE SAYS THERE IN GENESIS 49,
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"THE SCEPTER WILL
NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH,
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NOR A LAWGIVER FROM BETWEEN
HIS FEET, UNTIL SHILOH COME,"
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THAT MEANS THE KING OF PEACE.
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AND UNTO HIM SHALL THE
GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE BE.
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SO IT WOULD COME
THROUGH THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.
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"THERE WILL COME FORTH A
ROD FROM THE STEM OF JESSE..."
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JESSE WAS THE FATHER OF DAVID.
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"AND A BRANCH WILL
GROW FROM HIS ROOTS."
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IT SAID THE MESSIAH WOULD COME
FROM THE HOUSEHOLD OF DAVID.
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"AND THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD WILL REST UPON HIM."
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WELL, WHY DOES IT SAY,
"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD?"
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THE VERY WORD "MESSIAH"
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IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT MEANS ANOINTED,
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THE WORD CHRIST, CHRISTOS,
IT'S GREEK FOR THE ANOINTED.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN
THEY CHRISTEN A SHIP,
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THEY SPLASH THE BOTTLE
OF CHAMPAGNE OR WINE ON IT
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AND IT'S CALLED A CHRISTENING.
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AN ANOINTING MEANS
TO SHOWER SOMETHING.
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JESUS WAS TO BE SHOWERED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
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AND THEY CALLED HIM THE ANOINTED
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THAT CAME THROUGH
THE DESCENDANTS OF DAVID.
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NOW YOU GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
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AND YOU SEE WAS IT FULFILLED?
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AND YOU CAN READ IN LUKE 1:26,
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"NOW IN THE SIXTH
MONTH THE ANGEL GABRIEL
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WAS SENT BY GOD TO A CITY
IN GALILEE NAMED NAZARETH..."
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WHERE'D THE ANGEL GO?
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I WANT YOU TO CATCH THAT
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BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE
A PROBLEM HERE IN THE MOMENT.
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"TO A VIRGIN THAT
WAS BETROTHED TO A MAN
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WHOSE NAME WAS JOSEPH
OF THE HOUSE OF" WHERE?
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"HOUSE OF DAVID.
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THE VIRGIN'S NAME WAS MARY."
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AND THIS ALL SOUNDS
LIKE A CHRISTMAS SERMON.
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YOU ALL KNOW THIS STORY, RIGHT?
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BUT BOTH MARY AND JOSEPH
WERE DESCENDANTS FROM DAVID.
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YOU FIND THE GENEALOGY OF MARY
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GOING THROUGH HER
FATHER BACK TO JESUS IN LUKE,
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AND THE GENEALOGY
FOLLOWS JOSEPH IN MATTHEW.
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SO EITHER WAY THEY WERE
BOTH DESCENDANTS OF DAVID
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AND, FURTHERMORE,
IT SAYS THAT JESUS
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WOULD COME THROUGH NOT
JUST THE HOUSE OF DAVID,
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BUT THE MOTHER
WOULD BE A VIRGIN.
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NOW THAT
CERTAINLY IS UNIQUE, RIGHT?
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YOU READ THAT
PROPHECY IN ISAIAH 7:14,
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"BEHOLD A VIRGIN WILL
CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON,
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AND THEY'LL CALL
HIS NAME IMMANUEL,"
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WHICH MEANS GOD WITH US.
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JUMP TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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BY THE WAY,
THAT'S WRITTEN 700 YEARS
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BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN,
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FORETOLD THAT THE MESSIAH
WOULD BE BORN OF A VIRGIN.
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NOW YOU GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
AND YOU READ IN MATTHEW 1:18.
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IT SAYS THAT, "NOW THE
BIRTH OF JESUS WAS AS FOLLOWS:
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AFTER HIS MOTHER MARY WAS
BETROTHED OR ENGAGED TO JOSEPH,
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BEFORE THEY CAME TOGETHER,
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SHE WAS FOUND TO BE WITH CHILD."
00:17:48.73\00:17:51.60
AND, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW
ABOUT THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF MARY,
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VIRGIN BIRTH OF JESUS,
BUT MARY WAS THE VIRGIN.
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YEAH.
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WHAT ABOUT WHERE
HE WOULD BE BORN?
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DOES THE BIBLE TALK SO
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY DOUBTS
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ABOUT WHO THE
SAVIOR OF MAN WOULD BE?
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NO DOUBTS ABOUT
WHEN GOD BECAME A MAN.
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WHO IS IT?
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IT WASN'T JUST ONE OF MANY WISE
MEN OR PROPHETS THROUGH TIME.
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IT WAS JESUS.
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THE PLACE OF HIS
BIRTH IS FORETOLD
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IN THE BOOK OF MICAH
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ABOUT 600 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST.
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HE SPECIFICALLY SAID,
"BUT YOU, BETHLEHEM EPHRATHAH,
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THOUGH YOU ARE LITTLE
AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF JUDAH,
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UNTO YOU, YET OUT OF
YOU SHALL COME FORTH TO ME
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THE ONE WHO IS TO
BE THE RULER IN ISRAEL,
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WHOSE GOINGS FORTH ARE FROM OLD,
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EVEN FROM EVERLASTING."
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SO IT'S ANOTHER PROPHECY HERE.
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WHAT DOES IT
TELL US ABOUT JESUS?
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HE'S FROM EVERLASTING.
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SEE, CHRIST DIDN'T JUST APPEAR
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WHEN HE WAS BORN FROM
EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING.
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YOU KNOW, IN REVELATION, HE'S
REFERRED TO AS THE ETERNAL ONE.
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HE'S THE "I AM" THERE.
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HE'S THE ONE WHO IS
THE FIRST AND THE LAST,
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THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA.
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SO CHRIST IS FROM
EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING.
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HE WAS ETERNAL.
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AND IT SAYS THAT
HE'D BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM.
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DID THAT HAPPEN?
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NOW, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
00:19:08.88\00:19:10.18
WHEN THE ANGEL CAME TO MARY,
YOU HEARD ME SAY A MINUTE AGO?
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WHERE WAS SHE?
00:19:12.88\00:19:14.85
GALILEE. AND
WHAT CITY? NAZARETH.
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I'VE GOT A MAP UP
HERE ON THE SCREEN.
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NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NAZARETH
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AS THE CROW FLIES
ABOUT 70 MILES AWAY.
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SHE'S GREAT WITH CHILD.
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SHE'S A LONG WAY FROM HOME.
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HOW ARE WE GOING TO
GET THE MESSIAH BORN,
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AS HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BORN,
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IN THE CITY OF DAVID, BETHLEHEM?
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WELL, THIS IS ONE OF
THE ONLY TIMES IN HISTORY
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WE NEED TO THANK A POLITICIAN
FOR DOING A TAX INCREASE.
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CAESAR AUGUSTUS.
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LUKE 2:1, ISSUED A DECREE,
00:19:41.98\00:19:45.75
"AND IT CAME TO
PASS IN THOSE DAYS
00:19:45.78\00:19:47.65
THAT THERE WENT OUT A
DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS
00:19:47.68\00:19:50.25
THAT ALL THE
WORLD SHOULD BE TAXED
00:19:50.29\00:19:52.72
AND THEY HAD TO GO REGISTER
FOR THE TAX IN THEIR OWN CITY.
00:19:52.75\00:19:57.13
AND JOSEPH ALSO
WENT UP FROM GALILEE
00:19:57.16\00:20:00.36
OUT OF THE CITY OF
NAZARETH INTO JUDEA
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THERE TO BE REGISTERED,
00:20:03.26\00:20:05.43
TO BE TAXED AND
REGISTERED WITH HIS WIFE,
00:20:05.47\00:20:07.67
MARY" OR HIS ESPOUSED
WIFE "BEING GREAT WITH CHILD."
00:20:07.70\00:20:11.74
AND, OF COURSE, WHILE THEY
ARE THERE WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
00:20:11.77\00:20:15.58
"AND SO IT WAS,
WHILE THEY WERE THERE,
00:20:15.61\00:20:17.28
THE DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED
THAT SHE SHOULD BE DELIVERED.
00:20:17.31\00:20:20.08
AND SHE BROUGHT
FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON."
00:20:20.12\00:20:23.49
AND THIS IS, OF COURSE,
FULFILLING THAT THE MESSIAH
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WOULD BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM.
00:20:25.49\00:20:26.79
WHEN THE SHEPHERDS SAW
THE ANGELS WHERE WERE THEY?
00:20:26.82\00:20:29.22
"THERE WERE
DWELLING IN THOSE DAYS
00:20:29.26\00:20:30.56
OUTSIDE BETHLEHEM SHEPHERDS
WATCHING THEIR FLOCKS."
00:20:30.59\00:20:33.93
NOW, YOU KNOW IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN AMAZING TO ME,
00:20:33.96\00:20:36.90
YOU KNOW WHAT BETHLEHEM MEANS?
00:20:36.93\00:20:39.67
BETH MEANS HOUSE.
00:20:39.70\00:20:41.04
BETHLEHEM, THAT
MEANS HOUSE OF BREAD.
00:20:41.07\00:20:44.64
AND JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:20:44.67\00:20:47.11
AND AFTER HE WAS BORN,
HE WAS PLACED IN A MANGER.
00:20:47.14\00:20:49.78
A MANGER IS A TROUGH FOR
PUTTING GRAIN FOR THE ANIMALS.
00:20:49.81\00:20:53.92
SO HERE YOU'VE
GOT THE BREAD OF LIFE
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BORN IN THE HOUSE OF BREAD
PLACED IN A TROUGH FOR BREAD.
00:20:55.32\00:20:58.59
JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:20:58.62\00:21:01.89
"AND SO SHE BROUGHT
FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON,
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WRAPPED HIM IN
SWADDLING CLOTHES,
00:21:03.99\00:21:05.93
AND LAID HIM IN A MANGER,
00:21:05.96\00:21:07.56
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
ROOM FOR HIM IN THE INN."
00:21:07.60\00:21:11.10
AND AGAIN THE ANGELS
SAID "FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN"
00:21:11.13\00:21:14.27
THEY TOLD THE SHEPHERDS,
"IN THE CITY OF DAVID."
00:21:14.30\00:21:16.60
JESUS WOULD BE A DESCENDANT OF
DAVID BORN IN THE TOWN OF DAVID
00:21:16.64\00:21:20.14
AND IT WAS ALL
FORETOLD BY THE PROPHETS,
00:21:20.18\00:21:22.81
THE SAVIOR WHO IS
CHRIST THE ANOINTED, THE LORD.
00:21:22.84\00:21:26.98
AND WHEN CHRIST WAS
A BABY, EIGHT DAYS OLD,
00:21:27.02\00:21:29.95
THEY BRING HIM TO THE TEMPLE
TO BE NAMED AND CIRCUMCISED,
00:21:29.98\00:21:34.12
WHICH WAS TECHNICALLY
THE FIRST TIME HE SHED BLOOD.
00:21:34.16\00:21:36.86
WHEN THEY CALLED HIS NAME JESUS,
00:21:36.89\00:21:39.13
HE WILL SAVE HIS
PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.
00:21:39.16\00:21:41.13
THE PRIEST THERE
IN THE TEMPLE, SIMON,
00:21:41.16\00:21:42.56
TOOK HIM UP IN HIS
ARMS AND BLESSED HIM.
00:21:42.60\00:21:44.80
AND THEY SAID TO HIS MOTHER,
00:21:44.83\00:21:46.13
"BEHOLD, THIS CHILD
IS DESTINED FOR THE FALL
00:21:46.17\00:21:48.67
AND THE RISING
OF MANY IN ISRAEL,
00:21:48.70\00:21:50.71
AND FOR A SIGN THAT
WILL BE SPOKEN AGAINST.
00:21:50.74\00:21:53.44
YES, A SWORD WILL EVEN
PIERCE THROUGH YOUR OWN SOUL,"
00:21:53.48\00:21:56.91
FORETELLING, OF
COURSE, THE SUFFERINGS
00:21:56.95\00:21:58.45
THAT JESUS WOULD
BE GOING THROUGH,
00:21:58.48\00:22:00.58
"THAT THE THOUGHTS OF
MANY HEARTS MIGHT BE REVEALED."
00:22:00.62\00:22:03.59
SO EVEN AT THE VERY BEGINNING
MARY WAS GIVEN A PROPHECY
00:22:03.62\00:22:06.89
TO LET HER KNOW THAT JESUS
WAS COMING, NOT JUST AS A LION,
00:22:06.92\00:22:12.43
BUT HE WOULD FIRST
HAVE TO COME AS A LAMB
00:22:12.46\00:22:14.63
AND SUFFER FOR
THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
00:22:14.66\00:22:17.30
WELL, THEN, WHEN
CHRIST WAS STILL A CHILD,
00:22:17.33\00:22:21.07
THEY'RE LIVING IN BETHLEHEM,
00:22:21.10\00:22:22.40
HEROD THE KING WANTED TO
EXTERMINATE JESUS AS A BABY.
00:22:22.44\00:22:25.87
YOU KNOW THERE'S
THREE TIMES IN THE BIBLE
00:22:25.91\00:22:28.51
WHEN THE DEVIL MADE AN EFFORT
00:22:28.54\00:22:30.11
TO TRY TO KEEP THE
SAVIOR FROM COMING.
00:22:30.15\00:22:32.81
YOU CAN READ ABOUT
THE DEVIL THOUGHT MAYBE
00:22:32.85\00:22:34.95
THAT A SAVIOR WAS COMING
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:22:34.98\00:22:37.05
WERE IN EGYPT.
00:22:37.09\00:22:38.39
SO HE WANTED ALL THE
BABY BOYS TO BE EXTERMINATED.
00:22:38.42\00:22:43.12
AND YET MOSES WAS MIRACULOUSLY
SPARED, THE SAVIOR WAS SPARED.
00:22:43.16\00:22:47.86
AND THEN DURING THE TIME
00:22:47.93\00:22:49.20
OF QUEEN
JEZEBEL'S DAUGHTER ATHALIAH,
00:22:49.23\00:22:52.57
SHE KILLED ALL OF
THE SEED OF DAVID.
00:22:52.60\00:22:54.94
AGAIN, THE DEVIL TRYING TO KEEP
00:22:54.97\00:22:56.44
THE MESSIAH FROM COMING.
00:22:56.47\00:22:58.61
BUT,
MIRACULOUSLY, JOASH WAS SPARED.
00:22:58.64\00:23:02.68
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
00:23:02.71\00:23:04.01
DURING THE TIME
WHEN CHRIST WAS A BABY,
00:23:04.05\00:23:05.35
HEROD SENT HIS
SOLDIERS TO BETHLEHEM
00:23:05.38\00:23:06.72
TO KILL ALL THE
BABY BOYS, ONCE AGAIN,
00:23:06.75\00:23:08.72
TO TRY TO KEEP THE
SAVIOR FROM COMING.
00:23:08.75\00:23:11.85
AND JOSEPH WAS WARNED IN
A DREAM TO GO DOWN TO EGYPT
00:23:11.89\00:23:14.19
AND YOU READ IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT
00:23:14.22\00:23:16.69
THAT AFTER HE
RECEIVED THAT WARNING.
00:23:16.73\00:23:18.13
HE SAID, "HE AROSE AND
HE TOOK THE YOUNG CHILD
00:23:18.16\00:23:20.13
AND HIS MOTHER BY NIGHT
AND HE DEPARTED FOR EGYPT..."
00:23:20.16\00:23:23.50
NOTICE WHAT MATTHEW SAYS,
"THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED
00:23:23.53\00:23:26.43
WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE
LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET SAYING,
00:23:26.47\00:23:29.47
'OUT OF EGYPT I
HAVE CALLED MY SON.'"
00:23:29.50\00:23:31.87
AND, HERE, HE'S QUOTING HOSEA.
00:23:31.91\00:23:34.38
AND SO, EVEN THE NEW
TESTAMENT WRITERS, LIKE MATTHEW,
00:23:34.41\00:23:38.28
COULD OFTEN SEE HOW JESUS
00:23:38.31\00:23:39.95
WAS A FULFILLMENT OF
ALL THESE PROPHECIES.
00:23:39.98\00:23:42.45
THEY ALL
COMBINED AND CONCENTRATED
00:23:42.48\00:23:44.59
AND FOCUSED IN HIS LIFE.
00:23:44.62\00:23:46.76
YOU KNOW, I GET
EXCITED WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS
00:23:46.79\00:23:48.52
BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION
00:23:48.56\00:23:49.86
THAT JESUS IS
WHO HE SAYS HE WAS.
00:23:49.89\00:23:53.09
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN YOU CAN SAY
00:23:53.13\00:23:54.40
AND HE CAME WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
00:23:54.46\00:23:56.23
HE MOVED BACK THEN,
AFTER EGYPT TO NAZARETH
00:23:56.26\00:23:59.00
AND HE WAS
SUBJECT TO HIS PARENTS
00:23:59.03\00:24:01.44
"THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED
00:24:01.47\00:24:02.90
THAT WAS SPOKEN
OF BY THE PROPHETS,"
00:24:02.94\00:24:04.54
ANOTHER PROPHECY, "HE
WILL BE CALLED A NAZARENE."
00:24:04.57\00:24:08.31
NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN SAMSON'S PARENTS WERE TOLD
00:24:08.34\00:24:12.88
THAT THIS PROMISED
CHILD WOULD BE A NAZARENE.
00:24:12.91\00:24:15.82
SEVERAL OF THE
TYPES IN THE BIBLE,
00:24:15.85\00:24:17.65
LIKE SAMUEL AND SAMSON,
HAD THE VOW OF A NAZARITE.
00:24:17.69\00:24:22.29
TYPICALLY, JESUS IS
PAINTED WITH LONG HAIR.
00:24:22.32\00:24:25.39
AND YET, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS
00:24:25.43\00:24:27.03
"IT'S A SHAME FOR A
MAN TO HAVE LONG HAIR."
00:24:27.03\00:24:28.83
BUT THE NAZARITES WERE NOT
SUPPOSED TO CUT THEIR HAIR.
00:24:28.86\00:24:31.57
AND SO SOME HAVE WONDERED,
00:24:31.60\00:24:32.90
"DID JESUS' PARENTS HAVE
THE VOW OF A NAZARITE ON HIM
00:24:32.93\00:24:37.14
UP UNTIL HE WAS BAPTIZED?"
00:24:37.17\00:24:38.74
BECAUSE A PERSON
COULD HAVE A NAZARITE VOW
00:24:38.77\00:24:40.64
FOR A VARYING LENGTH OF TIME.
00:24:40.68\00:24:42.88
IT WASN'T
NECESSARILY A LIFELONG VOW.
00:24:42.91\00:24:45.45
NAZARITES COULD NOT EAT
00:24:45.48\00:24:46.88
OR DRINK ANYTHING FROM THE VINE.
00:24:46.92\00:24:49.05
JESUS OBVIOUSLY
DRANK GRAPE JUICE.
00:24:49.08\00:24:51.69
AND SO, HE MAY HAVE
JUST BEEN A NAZARITE
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.42
UP UNTIL HIS BAPTISM
OR FOLLOWED THAT VOW.
00:24:53.46\00:24:56.32
WE'RE NOT SURE
00:24:56.36\00:24:57.66
BUT HE'S TYPICALLY
PAINTED WITH LONG HAIR
00:24:57.69\00:24:59.43
AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS FOR THAT.
00:24:59.46\00:25:01.86
BUT THAT WAS FORETOLD.
00:25:01.90\00:25:03.50
"AND THEN HE WENT
DOWN WITH HIS PARENTS
00:25:03.53\00:25:05.30
AND HE CAME TO NAZARETH,
00:25:05.33\00:25:06.63
AND HE WAS SUBJECT TO THEM."
00:25:06.67\00:25:08.94
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL
THESE THEORIES THAT SAY,
00:25:08.97\00:25:10.57
YOU KNOW, THE REASON
JESUS WAS SO BRILLIANT
00:25:10.61\00:25:13.14
IS BECAUSE, FROM
THE TIME HE WAS BORN,
00:25:13.17\00:25:16.14
HIS PARENTS THEN TOOK HIM
00:25:16.18\00:25:17.48
AND HE STUDIED UNDER
THESE WISE GURUS IN INDIA,
00:25:17.51\00:25:21.82
OR HE WENT TO EGYPT
AND HE STUDIED THERE.
00:25:21.85\00:25:23.75
AND THEY'VE GOT
ALL THESE THEORIES
00:25:23.79\00:25:25.25
ABOUT WHERE JESUS
GOT HIS GREAT KNOWLEDGE
00:25:25.29\00:25:26.99
BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT HE
WAS UNEDUCATED IN JERUSALEM.
00:25:27.02\00:25:30.46
IT TELLS US THAT HE
LEARNED THE SCRIPTURES
00:25:30.49\00:25:32.96
RIGHT THERE FROM
HIS PARENTS IN HOME.
00:25:32.99\00:25:35.13
HE DIDN'T GO OFF
00:25:35.16\00:25:36.46
AND WASN'T
SECRETLY TAUGHT BY ANY,
00:25:36.50\00:25:38.83
YOU KNOW, KUNG FU
EXPERTS OFF THERE SOMEWHERE.
00:25:38.87\00:25:41.40
AND THEN COME BACK
00:25:41.44\00:25:43.14
AND HAVE THIS
GREAT ENLIGHTENMENT.
00:25:43.17\00:25:45.17
HE WENT TO HIS PARENTS.
00:25:45.21\00:25:46.51
HE LIVED A NORMAL
LIFE FOR THE FIRST 30 YEARS
00:25:46.54\00:25:49.94
UNTIL HIS BAPTISM.
00:25:49.98\00:25:51.45
BUT THE MAIN REASON
WE DO THESE SEMINARS
00:25:51.48\00:25:53.28
IS BECAUSE WE
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
00:25:53.31\00:25:55.08
THAT THE BIBLE
IS ALL ABOUT JESUS.
00:25:55.12\00:25:58.92
WHEN ABRAHAM WENT UP
THE MOUNTAIN WITH ISAAC
00:25:58.95\00:26:01.02
AND GOD SAID, "ARE YOU
WILLING TO GIVE ME YOUR SON?"
00:26:01.06\00:26:06.03
HE PUT THE WOOD ON ISAAC'S BACK.
00:26:06.06\00:26:08.86
THE CROSS WAS
PLACED ON JESUS' BACK.
00:26:08.90\00:26:11.50
THE FATHER AND THE SON WENT
TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP TOGETHER.
00:26:11.53\00:26:15.14
ISAAC WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE.
00:26:15.17\00:26:17.61
JESUS WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE.
00:26:17.64\00:26:20.61
ABRAHAM WAS
WILLING TO GIVE HIS SON
00:26:20.64\00:26:23.04
AND THAT'S A TYPE OF
GOD WHO DID GIVE HIS SON.
00:26:23.08\00:26:25.91
BUT WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE,
00:26:25.95\00:26:28.15
YOU'RE READING IN
THE STORY OF JOSEPH,
00:26:28.18\00:26:29.85
AND IN THE STORY OF DAVID,
00:26:29.88\00:26:31.19
AND THE STORY OF
SAMUEL AND GIDEON.
00:26:31.22\00:26:34.12
IT'S ALL TELLING US ABOUT JESUS.
00:26:34.16\00:26:36.32
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IN A TAPESTRY OF CHRIST
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