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male announcer: This
presentation is brought to you
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by the friends of the
Amazing Facts ministry.
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Doug Batchelor: It was
first called Salem, a small town
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ruled by a king named
Melchizedek about 1900 BC.
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Today, Jerusalem is believed
to be one of the most hotly
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contested pieces of
real estate in the world.
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It's considered a holy
place by Jews, Catholics,
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Protestants,
Muslims, and others.
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The city has been
destroyed through war
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and rebuilt 27 times.
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The amazing irony is
that the word "Jerusalem,"
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pronounced Jeru-Shalom,
means city of peace.
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You know, the Bible teaches that
God's people are on a pilgrimage
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following Jesus
to the new Jerusalem.
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You can read in Hebrews
11:16, "But now they desire
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a better country, that
is, a heavenly country.
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Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God,
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because he has
prepared for them a city."
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Today, we're going
to do something special.
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We're going to join some friends
in old Jerusalem and hear
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a message about walking
with Jesus to the new Jerusalem.
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Doug: I'm very
thankful to be here with you.
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And I appreciate so much all the
work and preparation our friends
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from the TBN studios
have done here in Jerusalem.
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And we praise God for this
beautiful location, where we can
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just absorb the blessings of
being here in the Promised Land.
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How many of you have never been
in Jerusalem until this trip?
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Quite a few,
isn't this exciting?
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One of my favorite stories
is in this message we call
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"Back to Jerusalem."
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I thought that
would be appropriate.
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And you only
find it in one gospel.
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It's in the Gospel of
Luke chapter 24, last chapter.
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And it begins in verse 13.
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Now, just to give you the
background, it takes place
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after that very
dreadful and sad afternoon
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where Jesus is crucified.
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Now, it's good news for you
and I, but for the disciples,
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it was absolute
devastation because they had
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a whole different
picture of what the Messiah
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was going to do.
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And when they saw Jesus
crucified and dead, and witness
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him being laid in a
tomb, all their hopes
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were completely dashed.
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And after spending the Sabbath
together in Jerusalem, some of
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the disciples began to
migrate back to their hometowns.
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And that's where
we pick up our story.
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Luke chapter 24, verse 13,
"Now, two of them were traveling
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that same day to a
village called Emmaus,
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which is about seven
miles from Jerusalem.
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And they talked together of
these things that had happened.
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And it was, while they
conversed and reasoned,
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that Jesus himself drew
near and went with them.
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But their eyes were restrained,
that they did not know him."
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Now, as they're walking down the
road, they're suddenly joined
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by a stranger that
comes alongside of them.
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And that wasn't uncommon, they
used to like to travel together
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for safety back then.
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So, they're
commiserating with each other
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about the terrible
thing that had happened.
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And as they're going, he
just kind of walks alongside.
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And he listens for a while,
he doesn't reveal who he is.
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And then finally, he
can't hold himself back anymore,
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and he says-- they
don't know who he is,
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they don't recognize him.
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It says they should not know
him, their eyes were restrained.
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And he said, "What kind of
conversation is this you have
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one with another as
you walk and are sad?"
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Now, what does
that tell us right away?
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Does Jesus want us
to have a sad walk?
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What does the
word "gospel" mean?
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Good news.
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And what does the
word "good news" mean?
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Something that's happy,
something that's joyful.
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Christians ought to
be the happiest people
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in the world, right?
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And so, he basically chastises
them and says, "What kind of
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conversation is this
as you walk and are sad?"
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Now, don't miss
this important point.
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There's a connection
between their not knowing him
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and their being sad.
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It says they did not
know him and they were sad.
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So, at the end of the story,
you're going to see that all
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changes, and you'll figure
out what it is that changes it.
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So, they're walking along
and he says, "What is this?"
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And one of them, whose name
was Cleopas, he's mentioned also
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in the book of Acts, "He
answered and he said to him,
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'Are you only a
stranger in Jerusalem?'"
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What a thing to say to Jesus.
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"'And have you not known
the things that are happened
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there in these days?'
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And he said, 'What things?'"
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Now, does God ask questions
because he doesn't know,
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or does he ask questions
'cause he wants us to think?
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And sometimes he draws us out
with our own--his own questions.
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He said to
Adam, "Where are you?"
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Well, he knew where Adam was.
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He said to the disciples, "What
were you arguing about on your
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way to the upper room?"
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He knew what they
were arguing about,
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which of them was greatest.
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And so, Cleopas says, "Are you
only a stranger in Jerusalem?"
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You know, Jesus was born
in Bethlehem, not far away.
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And he was
dedicated in Jerusalem.
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He came 12 years old and
taught and asked questions
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in the temple.
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He had been
teaching and preaching
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for 3 1/2 years in Jerusalem.
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And so, it was a
strange thing to ask him.
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And he says, "What things?"
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They said, "Concerning Jesus
of Nazareth, who was a prophet
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mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people.
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And how the chief priests and
all of our rulers delivered him
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to be condemned to
death, and crucified him.
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But we were hoping
that he would be the one
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that would deliver Israel."
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Now, what does that mean
when they say, "We were hoping"?
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That's past tense, isn't it?
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What had happened to their hope?
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It had been destroyed.
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"And finally Jesus said to
them, 'O fools and slow of heart
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to believe that all
the prophets have spoken!
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Ought not the Christ to
have suffered these things
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and entered into his glory?'"
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And notice this, "Beginning
at Moses and all the prophets,
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he expounded unto
them in all the Scriptures
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the things concerning himself."
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Now, how much of the
Bible was written at that point?
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Just the Old Testament.
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And so, what does he do?
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He expounds in all the
Scriptures, speaking of
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the Old Testament Scriptures,
things concerning himself.
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What are the
Scriptures talking about?
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The Old Testament is principally
pointing us to Jesus.
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When you read in the Bible about
Adam, on the sixth day he goes
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to sleep, his side is
opened up, and a wife is born.
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Jesus on the sixth day of
the week, hung on the cross,
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he said, "It is finished,"
he went to sleep, his side
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was opened up, and
the church was born.
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When you read in the Bible about
Abraham going up the mountain
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with Isaac, and Isaac has
the wood on his back, and Isaac
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says, "Father, we've
got the--we've got the wood
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and we've got what it
takes to make the fire,
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but where is the lamb?"
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And Abraham says, "My son, God
will provide himself a lamb."
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Isaac is the son of Abraham,
and he's a willing sacrifice
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when they get to
the top of the mountain.
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And just before the knife comes
down, the angel stops Abraham
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and directs him to a
ram who's caught in the--
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in a thicket by
a crown of thorns.
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It's a ram with a crown
of thorns in a thorn bush.
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He's a type of Christ.
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When you read in the Bible
about Samson, who is standing,
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and the last act of his
life, he says, "Let me die."
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He stretches out his
hands and he brings down
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the temple of Dagon.
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He lays down his life to save
God's people from their enemies.
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That is a type of Christ.
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Matter of fact, you can go from
cover to cover in the Bible, and
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if you read about Gideon, if you
read about any of the prophets,
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if you read about
Esther, they're all telling us
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something about Jesus.
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And so, the Bible
is an amazing book.
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It says he expounded unto them
in all the Scriptures the things
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concerning himself.
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Now, I'm going to do
something I don't often do.
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You name an Old Testament story.
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You can call it out.
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Name an Old Testament character.
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Noah.
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All right, the Bible
tells us that Noah found grace,
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we find grace through
Jesus, that there was only one
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way to be saved
in the days of Noah.
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You had to go through the door.
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Jesus said, "I am the door."
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And it was through
going in the side of that ark
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that they found life.
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And the whole
world was repopulated
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or recreated through Noah.
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It is through Christ the
whole world is repopulated.
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Jesus is in the story of Noah.
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The gospel of salvation
is in the story of Noah.
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They are saved through grace.
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Noah found grace.
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I want to give you a chance for
more stories, name another one.
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Solomon.
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Solomon is the son of David.
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Jesus is the Son of David.
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Solomon is the king of peace.
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Jesus is the son of peace.
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Solomon is the wisest of
those who had ever lived.
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Jesus is the wisest.
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Solomon is the
richest, Jesus is the richest.
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Solomon was the king of
Jerusalem in its highest glory.
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Jesus is the king of the new
Jerusalem in the ultimate glory.
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And you can go on and
on and find, you know,
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the examples of Jesus
in the story of Solomon.
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There was a battle
before Solomon was king.
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Someone tried to
take the throne from him.
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And yeah, in the same
way there's a battle trying
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to take the throne from Jesus.
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Someone else.
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Daniel, all right, let's say--
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I heard Daniel,
young man over here.
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Daniel was never married.
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I won't go into the details, but
trust me, he was never married.
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And the Bible tells us that
spies followed Daniel around to
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find something wrong with
him because the king thought
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to set him over the whole realm.
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And they tried to
find some occasion.
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Did spies follow Jesus around?
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The Bible tells us that finally
they made a law, they brought
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an accusation against Daniel,
saying that he was breaking
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the law of the king.
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It was a false accusation.
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Daniel was willing
to die rather than deny
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his relationship with God.
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Jesus, more than
anything he said, "Not my will,
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thy will be done."
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God was first.
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Daniel prayed, and then
he went to the lion's den.
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Jesus prayed in the garden
of Gethsemane, which you can see
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not too far away over
there on the Mount of Olives.
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Jesus prayed there, and
then he went to the cross.
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They took Jesus from the cross,
and they put him in a tomb,
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and they sealed it
with a government seal.
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But the devil
couldn't keep him there.
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Daniel was placed in a tomb,
in a hole in the ground full of
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lions, a stone was placed over
the mouth, a government seal.
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But Jesus came out alive.
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And the lions, the devil is like
a roaring lion, going around
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seeking whom he might devour.
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The lion could not keep Daniel.
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The devil could
not keep Jesus, amen?
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I heard some
other Bible stories.
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Oh, you're getting excited now.
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Joseph I heard, okay.
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Now I get to
pick the ones I like.
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Joseph, oh.
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It's like Paul says,
"What shall I more say?"
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For time would fail
me to tell you of Joseph.
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Here you have the beloved
son of an ancient patriarch.
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God is called
the ancient of days.
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And he gives him a special robe.
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The brothers, he
comes seeking their welfare.
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The brothers are missing, he
comes to seek his lost brothers
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sent by the father.
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Jesus is sent by the Father to
come and seek and save the lost.
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They take him,
they throw him in a pit.
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Jesus is put in a tomb.
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They sell him as
a slave for silver.
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Now, it's true Joseph was
sold for 20 pieces of silver
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and Jesus for 30
pieces of silver.
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And you might be thinking,
"Pastor Doug, that doesn't fit."
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But you got to keep in mind over
1,000 years go by and there's
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inflation in the price of a
slave between the time of Joseph
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and the time of Judas.
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And he goes down to Egypt.
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Did Jesus also go down,
spend some time in Egypt?
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And he's
betrayed by one of the 12.
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They think it was
Simeon that was the ringleader
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and the one that
wanted to kill Joseph.
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His brothers finally
come seeking bread from him,
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but he doesn't
reveal himself to them.
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He speaks through a translator
even though he understands
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everything they're
saying 'cause he speaks
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perfect Hebrew, Aramaic.
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They don't know that
he's hearing everything.
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They don't recognize him.
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The Bible says,
"Jesus came unto his own,
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and his own received him not."
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So often we don't recognize him.
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In the story of
Emmaus, he's walking right with
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his disciples, and
they don't know him.
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Doug: Don't go
anywhere, friends.
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We'll be back in just
a moment with the rest
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of today's presentation.
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No, the Bible never says that
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say that three wise men
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Doug: Here he was,
he came unto them as--
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he was their
brother, seeking them.
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They thought he
was just a shepherd.
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At the end of the story
of Joseph, he is the king.
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He's second only to the king.
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They didn't know who he was.
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Jesus is second to the Father.
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They didn't know who he was.
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He indeed is one with
God as you know, but I mean,
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he makes himself
subjected to the Father.
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Joseph reveals himself
to his brothers at a feast.
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He sits down with 12.
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He puts them all out.
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There's a cup in the
story that is a test.
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And Jesus says, "Take this cup."
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And it talks about
bread at that dinner.
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Jesus says, "There's a
cup and there's bread."
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And you know, the first
thing that Joseph says when he
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finally--he tests them and he
puts his cup in Benjamin's sack,
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and then he has his
soldiers arrest him and say,
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"Oh, Benjamin's
got to be my slave."
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And he wants to know, have
you really learned anything?
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Are you still the jealous,
conniving brothers I knew,
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you know, 25, 30 years ago?
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Oh, by the way, when did
Jesus begin his ministry?
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He was baptized
at 30 years of age.
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When did Joseph go
out to rule over Egypt?
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At 30.
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How old was David when he
began to reign over Hebron
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and then later Jerusalem?
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Thirty.
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They're types of Christ.
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And so, Joseph says,
"I'm going to arrest Benjamin.
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You guys can go home."
00:16:22.44\00:16:24.35
And Judah says, "No, I've
offered to lay myself down
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for my brother."
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He comes to Joseph and
he pours out his heart.
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He said, "Our father
will be brokenhearted
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if we don't come
back with his son.
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He loves his son so much.
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And I've told my father
that I will be a substitute."
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Now, Judah's from what tribe?
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That's a trick question.
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Who's in Grant's tomb?
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So, Judah of course
is the tribe of Judah.
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What tribe does Jesus come from?
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Tribe of Judah.
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Judah intercedes,
he offers himself.
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He says to Joseph, "Take me.
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How can I go home and see
my father brought down to the
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grave, his grey hairs brought
down to the grave with sorrow?"
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Joseph can't take it anymore, he
says, "These men have changed.
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They've spent years
regretting what they did to me."
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And instead of getting even--
he has the power to get even.
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He has--and they are guilty.
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They were going to kill him, and
then they sold him as a slave,
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where he suffered.
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He suffered in prison.
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Was Jesus in prison?
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He forgives them.
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What does Jesus do for us?
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He not only forgives
him, he feeds them with bread.
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And he reveals
himself to his brothers.
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And I want to get to
heaven, I want to see this DVD
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when I get there.
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I want to see the look on their
faces when finally he says to
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them--he begins to sob and weep
after Joseph reveals himself.
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And they're wondering what's
happened to this ruler of Egypt
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that's just having a meltdown.
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And then he sobs out in their
language for the first time,
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"I am Joseph."
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Doesn't Jesus say, "I am"?
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And God says, "I am that I am."
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Jesus says,
"Before Abraham was, I am."
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And the look on the
brother's face when he says,
00:18:04.51\00:18:06.58
"I am Joseph,"
they must have thought,
00:18:06.61\00:18:09.05
"Oh, it's curtains now."
00:18:09.08\00:18:12.35
But he says, "Is
my father yet alive?"
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More than anything,
he was brokenhearted
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because of the
separation with the father.
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And I love the way the
book Genesis ends, when you see
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the father and the son finally
meeting, and you hear the news
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of Jacob when he gets
the news Joseph lives.
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And his heart stops, and he sees
the wagon train full of gifts
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coming from
Egypt, then he believes.
00:18:34.31\00:18:36.54
When he saw the
gifts, then he believed.
00:18:36.58\00:18:38.58
At Pentecost, people saw the
gifts, and then they believe.
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And so, you see the
gospel story in Joseph?
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So, Jesus himself,
he's walking down the road.
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And as they're going
down the road and he's opening
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the Scriptures for them,
they are just overwhelmed.
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They're thinking, "'Wow, we've
never heard anything like this.
00:18:53.96\00:18:56.73
You mean to tell us
that everything that happened
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was part of God's will?'
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And they drew near the
village where they were going,
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and he indicated that
he would have gone further.
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But they constrained
him, they begged him,
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'Please abide with us.'"
00:19:07.41\00:19:09.11
Have you heard that
song, "Abide with me,
00:19:09.14\00:19:10.81
for fast falls the eventide"?
00:19:10.85\00:19:12.71
It's based on this verse.
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It's toward evening
and the day is far spent.
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He would have kept
going, but they asked him in.
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Do you know we need
to ask Jesus, don't we?
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Every day, we
need to ask him in.
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He'll come, and he will not
force himself into your life.
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"And as they come and sit at
the table, he took the bread,
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and he blessed it."
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He said that prayer that Malcolm
shared with us last night,
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"B'ruch atah Adonai
Eloheinu melech ha-olam
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hamotzi lechem min ha-aretz."
00:19:38.04\00:19:40.11
That's I'm sure a corrupt
English or American version,
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but he broke the
bread, he blessed it.
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And it says when he broke the
bread, their eyes were opened,
00:19:45.68\00:19:49.42
and they knew him.
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He was known in
the breaking of bread.
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How are we going to know
that Jesus is who he says he is?
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It's in the breaking of bread.
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And after he revealed himself,
then he disappears 'cause he
00:20:01.16\00:20:04.53
wants them to know him from
the bread, not because they see.
00:20:04.57\00:20:07.90
He says, "Blessed are those
who believe without seeing."
00:20:07.94\00:20:10.17
They are so excited, they
cannot constrain themself.
00:20:10.21\00:20:12.61
They've just walked seven
miles downhill to--by the way,
00:20:12.64\00:20:15.54
notice they're going--they're
back to Jerusalem down
00:20:15.58\00:20:19.78
to Emmaus,
which means hot water.
00:20:19.81\00:20:21.82
They're going from the city
of peace to hot water, and Jesus
00:20:21.85\00:20:24.19
saves them from hot
water, and they go back
00:20:24.22\00:20:26.49
to the city of peace.
00:20:26.52\00:20:28.59
And it's night now,
and they're going uphill.
00:20:28.62\00:20:30.86
But they are happier going
uphill now in the dark with
00:20:30.89\00:20:35.50
Jesus, knowing he's alive,
than they were going downhill
00:20:35.53\00:20:38.57
in the daytime,
thinking they were alone.
00:20:38.60\00:20:41.84
And when they get to
the upper room and they say,
00:20:41.87\00:20:43.81
"Jesus is alive, and
he's appeared to Simon."
00:20:43.84\00:20:46.34
They can't wait to share
these news with them, they said,
00:20:46.37\00:20:48.78
"He was known to us in
the breaking of bread."
00:20:48.81\00:20:51.78
As they are talking about
Jesus, he stood in their midst.
00:20:51.81\00:20:55.62
Christ said, "Where two or
three are gathered in my name,
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I am there among them."
00:20:57.72\00:20:59.72
Do you know as you
talk to others about Jesus,
00:20:59.75\00:21:01.42
he draws near?
00:21:01.46\00:21:03.26
When did he draw near to
them in the story of Emmaus?
00:21:03.29\00:21:05.46
As they were walking down
the road talking about Jesus,
00:21:05.49\00:21:07.40
he drew near.
00:21:07.46\00:21:09.26
Now, they're in the
upper room talking about Jesus,
00:21:09.30\00:21:11.40
and he draws near.
00:21:11.43\00:21:12.93
You notice Jesus will be
with you when you're gathered
00:21:12.97\00:21:14.74
together with
the other believers.
00:21:14.77\00:21:16.91
And he will be with you
on the way as you're walking
00:21:16.94\00:21:19.84
down the road.
00:21:19.87\00:21:21.41
He wants you to be witness not
only in the upper room, he wants
00:21:21.44\00:21:24.11
you to be a witness--they
were sad walking down the road.
00:21:24.15\00:21:27.32
They weren't converting
anybody walking down the road.
00:21:27.35\00:21:29.58
Jesus said, "What's
this deal, you're so sad?"
00:21:29.62\00:21:33.39
Spurgeon used
to teach preachers.
00:21:33.42\00:21:35.72
And he said to the preachers,
he said, "When you preach,
00:21:35.76\00:21:39.49
your face ought to reflect the
subject you're talking about."
00:21:39.53\00:21:44.57
Said, "If you're talking
about heaven, your eyes ought
00:21:44.60\00:21:46.43
to sparkle as you talk about the
golden streets, and your face
00:21:46.47\00:21:49.50
should shine as you
talk about the pearly gates."
00:21:49.54\00:21:52.04
And he said, "If you happen
to be preaching about hell,
00:21:52.07\00:21:53.94
just use your
everyday, normal expression."
00:21:53.98\00:21:57.75
Unfortunately, sometimes
Christians don't look like
00:21:57.78\00:22:02.18
the gospel is good news.
00:22:02.22\00:22:04.25
And we'd do a lot more to
reach people if we were happier
00:22:04.29\00:22:07.26
about what we believe.
00:22:07.29\00:22:09.59
And then they
couldn't believe it.
00:22:09.62\00:22:11.29
While they're talking
about Jesus, he appears.
00:22:11.33\00:22:14.00
And they were
terrified and frightened,
00:22:14.03\00:22:15.86
and thought they saw a ghost.
00:22:15.90\00:22:17.77
Now, I want you
to think about this.
00:22:17.80\00:22:19.93
When they went down the road,
he was with them, they saw him.
00:22:19.97\00:22:23.30
When he went up the
road, he was still with them.
00:22:23.34\00:22:26.57
You can read in the
book "Desire of Ages,"
00:22:26.61\00:22:28.34
it says he was
with them going up.
00:22:28.38\00:22:30.15
When they
entered the upper room,
00:22:30.18\00:22:31.68
he entered invisible with them.
00:22:31.71\00:22:33.42
He didn't break through
the door, he didn't go through
00:22:33.45\00:22:35.22
the walls like a ghost.
00:22:35.25\00:22:37.72
He went with them, they just
didn't know he was with them
00:22:37.75\00:22:40.22
the whole time.
00:22:40.26\00:22:41.99
How often do we
forget that Christ is with us
00:22:42.02\00:22:44.86
wherever we go?
00:22:44.89\00:22:46.83
And then sometimes we're afraid.
00:22:46.86\00:22:48.63
They were terrified,
thought he was a spirit.
00:22:48.66\00:22:50.47
And he says, "No, look,
I'm not--I'm not a ghost.
00:22:50.50\00:22:52.43
I'm a real and a living God."
00:22:52.47\00:22:54.14
He said, "Peace to you."
00:22:54.17\00:22:56.00
He doesn't want us sad,
he wants us to have peace.
00:22:56.04\00:22:58.41
"And they were
terrified and frightened.
00:22:58.44\00:23:00.41
He said, 'Why are you troubled?
00:23:00.44\00:23:02.38
And why do doubts
arise in your heart?
00:23:02.41\00:23:04.28
Behold my hands and feet.
00:23:04.31\00:23:05.98
It is I myself.
00:23:06.01\00:23:07.42
Handle me and see, for
the spirit doesn't have flesh
00:23:07.45\00:23:09.38
and bone as you
see that I have.'
00:23:09.42\00:23:11.92
When he said these things,
he showed them his hands and his
00:23:11.95\00:23:14.46
feet, while they still did not
believe for joy, and marveled.
00:23:14.49\00:23:18.23
He said to them, 'Do
you have any food to eat?'
00:23:18.26\00:23:20.93
They gave him a piece of
broiled fish and some honeycomb.
00:23:20.96\00:23:23.53
He took and ate
in their presence."
00:23:23.57\00:23:25.47
Said, "Look, I'm not a ghost.
00:23:25.50\00:23:27.50
I'm still the same Jesus."
00:23:27.54\00:23:29.47
In the resurrection,
we get glorified bodies,
00:23:29.50\00:23:31.41
but we're still real.
00:23:31.44\00:23:33.31
God made Adam and
Eve with a purpose.
00:23:33.34\00:23:35.14
He put them in a garden to eat,
and says we're going to plant
00:23:35.18\00:23:37.61
vineyards and eat the
fruit of them in heaven.
00:23:37.65\00:23:39.91
We're going to build
houses and inhabit them.
00:23:39.95\00:23:42.75
And it tells us it's very real.
00:23:42.78\00:23:44.82
We're not on clouds floating
around as, like, chubby cherubs
00:23:44.85\00:23:47.22
shooting arrows to
make people fall in love.
00:23:47.26\00:23:51.33
You know, we're doing
real things in the new earth.
00:23:51.36\00:23:54.83
And then when he got
done eating, he shared a meal
00:23:54.83\00:23:56.87
with them again.
00:23:56.90\00:23:58.67
He said, "These are the words
that I spoke to you while I was
00:23:58.70\00:24:02.20
still with you, that all things
must be fulfilled that are
00:24:02.24\00:24:05.37
written in the law of
Moses," all the way from Moses.
00:24:05.41\00:24:08.84
You know, Moses
says in Deuteronomy 18,
00:24:08.88\00:24:11.65
"The Lord your God will raise
up a prophet unto you like me.
00:24:11.68\00:24:15.62
Him you shall hear."
00:24:15.65\00:24:17.59
Jesus is that prophet
like Moses that was raised up.
00:24:17.62\00:24:19.95
He is the great lawgiver.
00:24:19.99\00:24:21.82
"All things written in the
law of Moses and the prophets."
00:24:21.86\00:24:26.26
And you know, you go all
the way from Moses to Malachi,
00:24:26.29\00:24:28.30
where it says, "Behold, I
send you Elijah the prophet.
00:24:28.33\00:24:31.30
Remember ye the law
of Moses, my servant."
00:24:31.33\00:24:33.90
It's all talking about
Jesus all along the way.
00:24:33.94\00:24:37.07
Jesus is in every line.
00:24:37.11\00:24:38.84
Jesus is in Genesis, he's
in Exodus, he's in Leviticus,
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he's in Numbers, he's
in Deuteronomy, in Joshua.
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You know the story of Jericho.
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I shared that in
Jerusalem last week.
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Joshua is the way you
say Jesus in Hebrew, Yeshua.
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He comes, he blows the trumpets,
they shout, the city walls fall,
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and only Rahab and
her family are saved.
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That's the story of salvation.
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Jesus says, "I'm coming.
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The Lord will descend
from heaven with a shout,
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the trump of God.
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The dead in Christ will rise."
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There's a great earthquake, and
only those who are in the house
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of Rahab with that red rope,
it's a symbol of salvation,
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are saved.
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All these stories you
read about in the Old Testament
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are talking about Christ.
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"All things that are written
in the law of Moses and the
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prophets and the psalms."
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What did Jesus say in Psalm 22?
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Hanging on the cross.
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Everyone wonders, why did
Jesus say, "My God, my God,
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why have you forsaken me?"
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He was quoting
from a messianic psalm.
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And you read later in that
very psalm, what does it say?
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"They pierced my
hands and my feet.
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They gambled for my clothing,"
the very things that were
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happening right
there around the cross.
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He's directing their attention.
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He didn't get discouraged.
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He's quoting like the
priest from one of the psalms.
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That was supposed to
strengthen their faith.
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It could be the reason the
thief on the cross realized
00:25:58.22\00:26:00.09
it was Jesus.
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"All things
written in the prophets
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and the psalms concerning me."
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And this is my last verse, "And
he opened their understanding,
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that they might
comprehend the Scripture."
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Every time Jesus met with
them, it says he opened their
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understanding, that they
might comprehend the Scripture.
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You know, they went from
Jerusalem and they were sad.
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They came back to Jerusalem
knowing that Jesus was alive,
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and they were happy.
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We're here on earth.
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Our object is to get
to the new Jerusalem.
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We need to know
he's real, he's alive.
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How did these
disciples know Jesus?
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He was known in
the breaking of bread.
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Jesus said, "This is
eternal life," John chapter 17,
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"that they might know
thee, the only true God,
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and Jesus Christ
who you have sent."
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