>> COMING UP NEXT ON
"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS":
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>> I'LL SUBMIT TO YOU
THAT I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WROTE
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HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BEFORE HE WAS BORN.
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IT'S THE BIBLE.
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>> FOR OVER 40 YEARS,
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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TODAY'S
PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM
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"THE MOST AMAZING
PROPHECIES" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> OUR STUDY TONIGHT IS DEALING
WITH THE MYSTERY OF THE MESSIAH,
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"THE MESSIAH MYSTERY."
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AND AS ALWAYS, I LIKE TO
START WITH AN AMAZING FACT.
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MANY OF US HAVE HEARD ABOUT
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, OF COURSE
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A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD THAT
PEOPLE COVET IN THE FIELDS OF
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PEACE AND SCIENCE
AND PHYSICS, LITERATURE.
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IT'S AN INTERESTING HISTORY
HOW THAT AWARD DEVELOPED.
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ALFRED NOBEL WAS ACTUALLY
THE INVENTOR OF DYNAMITE.
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NOW, HE DID NOT
INVENT NITROGLYCERIN.
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BUT NITROGLYCERIN WAS VERY
UNSTABLE AND THERE WERE A LOT
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OF ACCIDENTS WHERE
PEOPLE WERE USING IT.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT,
ALFRED NOBEL'S BROTHER EVEN DIED
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IN ONE OF THOSE ACCIDENTS.
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AND HE DEVELOPED A WAY TO
STABILIZE NITROGLYCERIN AND
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BASICALLY INVENTED DYNAMITE.
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THEY CALLED HIM "MR. DYNAMITE."
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IT WAS "NOBEL'S
BLASTING POWDER."
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AND IT GREATLY CONTRIBUTED
TO THE EXPANSION OF THE INDUSTRY
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AND THE WORLD AT THE TIME.
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HE BECAME VERY WEALTHY AS
A RESULT, AND IT WAS HELPING
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WITH THE MINING AND THE
RAILROADS AND CONSTRUCTION.
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BUT THEN, THEY DISCOVERED
ITS USE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.
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AND DURING THE VARIOUS WARS
AND CONFLICTS, THEY BEGAN TO
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USE DYNAMITE FOR DEMOLITION,
FOR DESTROYING ARMIES.
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AND SOMETHING
INTERESTING HAPPENED IN 1895;
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ALFRED'S OLDER BROTHER DIED.
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THE NEWSPAPER GOT THE REPORT
MIXED UP AND THEY PRINTED HIS
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OBITUARY WHILE
HE WAS STILL ALIVE.
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AND HE READ HOW HIS NAME WAS
SMEARED AND HE WAS BLAMED FOR
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ALL THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
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AND HE WAS A PACIFIST.
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HE NEVER WANTED HIS
INVENTION TO BE USED THAT WAY.
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IT GREATLY DEVASTATED HIM.
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SO, OF COURSE, IN HIS WILL,
HE ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDATION
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FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
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AND SOMEONE WHO WAS AT ONE TIME
KNOWN FOR DESTRUCTION TODAY IS
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KNOWN FOR PEACE.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ODD THING TO
HAVE YOUR OBITUARY IN THE PAPER
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WHILE YOU'RE STILL ALIVE.
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IT'S ODDER STILL TO HAVE SOMEONE
WRITE YOUR OBITUARY BEFORE YOU
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ARE BORN.
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AND I'LL TAKE IT
ONE STEP FURTHER.
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I'LL SUBMIT TO YOU THAT
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WROTE
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HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BEFORE HE WAS BORN.
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IT'S THE BIBLE.
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NOW, THE MOST AMAZING PROPHECY
THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH
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TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY
A SERIES OF PROPHECIES.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE QUESTION WHETHER
JESUS REALLY IS THE MESSIAH.
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WAS HE THE MESSIAH?
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MANY PEOPLE SAY
HE WAS A HOLY MAN.
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MY JEWISH FAMILY, THEY'RE STILL
LOOKING FOR THE MESSIAH TO COME.
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THEY SAY JESUS
WAS A GREAT TEACHER.
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HE WAS A GREAT RABBI.
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AND EVEN IN THE KORAN, THEY
TALK ABOUT JESUS AS A PROPHET
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BUT THEY DON'T SAY
THAT HE WAS THE SAVIOR.
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THEY CERTAINLY
DON'T SAY HE IS DIVINE.
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SO, WHO WAS JESUS?
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CAN WE TRUST WHAT
THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT HIM?
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AND WHERE DO WE
GO FOR THE ANSWERS?
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THERE ARE OVER 300 OLD TESTAMENT
PROPHECIES THAT PROVIDE A NUMBER
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OF PRECISE IDENTIFYING
CHARACTERISTICS REGARDING
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THE MESSIAH.
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AND SO IF WE LOOK AT SOME
OF THOSE TONIGHT, IT'LL HELP US
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KNOW IF JESUS FITS THE BILL.
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THE FIRST PROPHECY THAT YOU FIND
IN THE BIBLE, THE VERY FIRST
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PROPHECY, IS IN
THE BOOK OF GENESIS.
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YOU FIND IT IN GENESIS 3:15
AFTER ADAM AND EVE HAD SINNED.
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THE LORD SPOKE TO THEM AND HE
SAID, "I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN
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YOU AND THE WOMAN" AND
HE'S TALKING TO THE SERPENT.
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"I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN
YOU AND THE WOMAN, BETWEEN YOUR
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SEED," YOUR DESCENDANTS,
"AND HER SEED," THE SEED OF
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THE WOMAN.
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AND IT SAID, "HE," THE SEED
OF THE WOMAN, THIS IS A PROPHECY
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REGARDING THE MESSIAH,
"WILL BRUISE YOUR HEAD."
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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN WILL
BRUISE THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT,
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BUT THE SERPENT WOULD
"BRUISE THE HEEL," OR IMPEDE
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THE PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH
AND THE SEED OF THE WOMAN.
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YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE IN THE
GARDEN OF EDEN, THIS PROPHECY IS
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VERY PROFOUND BECAUSE AFTER ADAM
AND EVE SINNED, WHAT HAPPENED?
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THESE ROBES OF
GLORY THEY WORE WENT OUT.
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THEY DISCOVERED THEIR NAKEDNESS.
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THEY TRIED TO
COVER IT WITH FIG LEAVES.
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GOD SAID, "THAT WILL NOT DO."
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THE BIBLE SAYS THEY
MADE APRON OF FIG LEAVES.
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NOT ONLY WAS IT THE WRONG
MATERIAL, IT WASN'T ENOUGH
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MATERIAL BECAUSE GOD THEN GAVE
THEM TUNICS, ROBES, OF SKIN.
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WELL, SOMETHING HAD TO
DIE TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS.
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AND IT WAS AT THIS TIME
GOD ESTABLISHED THE SACRIFICIAL
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SYSTEM.
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SO THERE IN THE GARDEN AS
THEY WERE WEARING THESE SKINS TO
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COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS,
GOD EXPLAINED THAT SOMEDAY HIS
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SON WOULD COME, THAT HE WOULD
DIE FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD
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AND THEIR SINS.
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BUT THEY WOULD HAVE
ANOTHER CHANCE OF LIFE.
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AND THEN, THIS CRYPTIC PROPHECY
WAS GIVEN ABOUT THE WOMAN,
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THE SERPENT, THE
LAMB, THE SEED OF THE WOMAN.
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IT'S INTERESTING THEN WHEN YOU
GO TO THE LAST BOOK OF THE BIBLE
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IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12.
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AGAIN, IT TALKS ABOUT
"THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT,
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THAT SERPENT OF OLD, THE
DEVIL AND SATAN, WHO DECEIVES
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THE WHOLE WORLD."
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AND THERE HE IS, HE'S
INFURIATED WITH THE WOMAN.
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IN REVELATION CHAPTER
5, YOU GOT THE SLAIN LAMB.
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SO, YOU'VE GOT THE SAME
CHARACTERS THERE IN--I'M SORRY,
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IN REVELATION THAT YOU
FIND IN THE PROPHECY OF GENESIS.
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THERE IS A WAR THAT IS RAGING
BETWEEN THE SERPENT AND THE SEED
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OF THE WOMAN AND
THAT IS THE MESSIAH.
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WELL AS WE BEGIN TO STUDY THE
AUTHENTICITY OF JESUS, IT MIGHT
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BE GOOD TO BEGIN CONSIDERING
WHERE DID HE COME FROM?
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NOW, LET'S TAKE
IT FROM HIS OWN LIPS.
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IN JOHN 6:38, HE SAID, "FOR
I HAVE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN."
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WELL, THE LORD JESUS IS
EITHER DIVINE OR DERANGED.
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WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU, "I'VE
COME FROM HEAVEN," YOU'VE GOT TO
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FIND OUT IF
THEY'RE TELLING THE TRUTH.
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I ACTUALLY MET SOMEBODY ONE TIME
THAT TOLD ME THEY WERE JESUS.
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AND I WAS UP BY MYSELF LIVING
IN A CAVE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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THIS FELLOW
WALKED INTO MY CAVE YARD.
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I HAD MY OWN YARD.
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AND AFTER SOME CASUAL
CHITCHAT, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW,
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"SO, WHO ARE YOU?"
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HE SAID, "MY NAME IS
DAVID HARPER," SOMETHING, I
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CAN'T REMEMBER THE THIRD NAME.
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AND HE SAID,
"I'M ACTUALLY JESUS."
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AND AT FIRST, I
WANTED TO SAY, "YOU'RE CRAZY.
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GET OUT OF HERE."
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BUT THEN, I
THOUGHT, "BUT WHAT IF HE IS?"
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YOU KNOW, I WAS A
BABY CHRISTIAN BACK THEN.
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YOU BETTER TAKE IT SLOW.
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I FINALLY FOUND OUT HE WASN'T.
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HE STAYED WITH ME 3 DAYS,
ATE ALL MY FOOD AND MADE A MESS.
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AND I KNEW JESUS
WOULDN'T DO THAT.
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BUT I'LL TELL YOU MORE
ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME MAYBE.
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BUT WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, "I'VE
COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN," WELL YOU
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BETTER SIT UP AND PAY ATTENTION.
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WHAT ELSE DOES JESUS SAY?
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JOHN 18:36, ABOUT HIMSELF,
"JESUS ANSWERED, 'MY KINGDOM
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IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.'"
HE SAID HE WAS A KING BUT OF
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ANOTHER KINGDOM.
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DID JESUS REALLY CLAIM DIVINITY
OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT OTHERS
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HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO
HIM, TRYING TO DEIFY CHRIST?
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THE BIBLE TELLS US IN
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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WHAT DID GOD SAY TO IDENTIFY
HIMSELF TO MOSES THERE AT
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THE BURNING BUSH?
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"I AM THAT I AM."
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"I AM THE SELF-EXISTING ONE."
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AND IF YOU'VE GOT DOUBTS
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT JESUS WAS
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CLAIMING DIVINITY THERE,
THE JEWS LISTENING TO HIM HAD NO
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DOUBTS BECAUSE THEY IMMEDIATELY
TOOK UP STONES TO KILL HIM FOR
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HIS CLAIM OF
EQUALITY WITH JEHOVAH.
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SO, JESUS MADE
SOME VERY BOLD CLAIMS.
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YOU KNOW, THAT USED
TO ALWAYS TROUBLE ME.
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I TALKED TO MY RELATIVES IN
THE JEWISH SIDE OF MY FAMILY
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AND THEY'D SAY, "OH, WE
BELIEVE JESUS WAS A GOOD MAN.
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HE'S A GREAT
PROPHET, A GOOD RABBI."
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I'D SAY, "REALLY?"
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I SAID, "SO, YOU
THINK HE TOLD THE TRUTH?"
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"YES."
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SO, I SAID, "WELL, HE
SAID HE WAS THE MESSIAH.
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DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?"
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"UH, WELL, YOU KNOW."
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SO, YOU'VE GOT TO FIND OUT.
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IT'S ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
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AGAIN, JOHN 10:17, HIS DIVINITY,
"THEREFORE MY FATHER LOVES ME
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BECAUSE I LAY DOWN MY LIFE
THAT I MIGHT TAKE IT UP AGAIN.
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'NO ONE TAKES IT FROM ME,
BUT I LAY IT DOWN OF MYSELF.
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I HAVE POWER TO LAY IT DOWN, AND
I HAVE POWER TO TAKE IT AGAIN.'"
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ANYONE HERE SAY THAT THEY
CAN DIE AND THEN RESURRECT
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THEMSELVES?
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JESUS CLAIMED DIVINITY.
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FURTHERMORE, IN MARK 2:10,
HE ALSO SAID HE HAD THE POWER TO
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FORGIVE SIN, "THE SON OF MAN HAS
POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS."
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AND EVEN THE JEWS LISTENING
SAID, "GOD AND GOD ONLY CAN
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FORGIVE SIN," BECAUSE ULTIMATELY
ALL SIN IS AGAINST GOD.
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DAVID SAID, "AGAINST THEE
AND THEE ONLY HAVE I SINNED."
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AND SO TO CLAIM THAT
POWER, JESUS WAS CLAIMING
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THE ATTRIBUTES OF DIVINITY.
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WAS HE MAD OR WAS
HE TELLING THE TRUTH?
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I THINK THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE IN
THE BIBLE THAT WILL HELP US FIND
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THE ANSWERS.
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HOW DO WE EVALUATE HIS CLAIMS?
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WHAT SOURCE DO WE GO TO?
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WE'RE GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE
BIT AT HISTORY, BUT MOSTLY WE'RE
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GOING TO GO TO THE BIBLE ITSELF.
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JOHN 5:39, JESUS SAID, "SEARCH
THE SCRIPTURES, THESE ARE THEY
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WHICH TESTIFY OF ME."
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THE SCRIPTURES
TESTIFY OF WHO JESUS IS.
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AND AGAIN, LUKE 24:27, AFTER HE
ROSE FROM THE DEAD, HE'S WALKING
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FROM JERUSALEM DOWN TO THE
LITTLE TOWN OF EMMAUS AND HE'S
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TALKING TO TWO DISCIPLES AND
HE SAID, "OH FOOLS AND SLOW OF
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HEART TO BELIEVE, ALL
THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN.
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OUGHT NOT CHRIST THE MESSIAH
TO HAVE SUFFERED THESE THINGS
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AND ENTERED INTO HIS GLORY?"
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AND THEN, IT SAYS, "AND
BEGINNING AT MOSES AND ALL
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THE PROPHETS, HE EXPOUNDED
UNTO THEM IN," HOW MANY?
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"ALL THE SCRIPTURES THE
THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF."
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HOW MANY OF THE
SCRIPTURES CONCERNING HIMSELF?
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NOW, I REMEMBER, SOMEONE TOOK
THE TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS TO ME
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WHEN I WAS A BABY CHRISTIAN.
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I WAS VERY THANKFUL.
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WHEN YOU THINK OF THE
BIBLE, YOU'VE GOT THE NEW AND
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THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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AND YOU CAN--I'M PRETTY
CLOSE TO THE--THERE YOU GO.
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YOU'VE GOT THE OLD TESTAMENT,
WHICH IS ABOUT 3/4 OF THE BIBLE.
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THIS WAS WRITTEN BEFORE JESUS.
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THIS SECTION OF THE BIBLE
IS FILLED WITH PREDICTIONS OF
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THE MESSIAH AND PROPHECIES SO
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
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HIM WHEN HE DID COME.
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HERE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
YOU'VE GOT WHEN HE WAS BORN.
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MATTHEW TELLS ABOUT HIS BIRTH
AND SO DOES LUKE AND SO FORTH.
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AND SO, YOU'VE GOT BOTH
THE NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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BUT IT IS PRINCIPALLY IN THESE
OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, YOU
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FIND THE PROPHECIES WE'RE
GOING TO BE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
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BUT ALL THE SCRIPTURES, NEW
AND OLD TESTAMENT, ARE INSPIRED
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AND THEY ALL TALK ABOUT JESUS.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE FORMS
OF STUDY IS LOOKING FOR CHRIST
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IN ALL THE DIFFERENT STORIES
AND PASSAGES OF THE BIBLE.
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AND I SEE HIM EVERYWHERE.
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YOU'LL MAYBE SEE
MORE OF JESUS TONIGHT TOO.
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THAT'S MY PRAYER.
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HEBREWS 10:7, HERE PAUL TALKING
ABOUT CHRIST BEING THE MESSIAH
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SAYS, "THEN I SAID,"
HE'S ACTUALLY QUOTING FROM THE
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PSALMS, "BEHOLD, I HAVE COME;
IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS
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WRITTEN OF ME; TO DO THY WILL,
O GOD," THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK.
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IT'S WRITTEN OF CHRIST.
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THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE BOOK,
ALL THE WAY FROM GENESIS TO
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REVELATION, IS ABOUT JESUS.
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A MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST
WORDS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION
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ARE, IF WE'RE GOING TO STUDY
PROPHECY, "THE REVELATION OF
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JESUS CHRIST."
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WHAT DID I TELL YOU LAST NIGHT?
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THE PURPOSE OF
PROPHECY IS TO REVEAL CHRIST.
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IT'S REDEMPTIVE,
AND HE IS THE SAVIOR.
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NOW, LET'S GET MORE SPECIFIC.
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WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A NUMBER
OF CHARACTERISTICS THAT WILL
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HELP US CONTINUALLY NARROW
THE FOCUS TO IDENTIFY JESUS.
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WHAT PEOPLE, TRIBE AND FAMILY,
WOULD THE MESSIAH COME FROM?
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WHERE DO WE LOOK IN THE WORLD TO
KNOW WHAT PEOPLE HE WOULD COME
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THROUGH?
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WELL, BEGINNING, IT TELLS US IN
GENESIS 12, GOD SAID TO ABRAHAM,
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"IN YOU ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE
EARTH WILL BE BLESSED," THROUGH
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ABRAHAM, THE ORIGINAL HEBREW.
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IT WOULD COME
THROUGH HIS DESCENDANTS.
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GOD CALLED ABRAHAM AND
THEN THROUGH HIS DESCENDANTS,
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THE MESSIAH WOULD COME.
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THE FOCUS CONTINUES TO NARROW
FURTHERMORE, SAYING TO ABRAHAM'S
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SON, ISAAC, "I WILL GIVE TO YOUR
DESCENDANTS ALL THESE LANDS; AND
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IN YOUR SEED," MEANING IN YOUR
DESCENDANTS, "ALL THE NATIONS OF
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THE EARTH WILL BE BLESSED."
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SO, YOU'VE GOT
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, WHO NEXT?
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JACOB.
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THEY USUALLY COME IN A LITTLE
TRINITY OF NAMES, "A STAR SHALL
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COME OUT OF JACOB; A SCEPTER
SHALL RISE OUT OF ISRAEL."
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A SCEPTER IS SOMETHING
THAT A KING HOLDS, OF COURSE.
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SO, IT TELLS US ABOUT JACOB.
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JACOB THEN, WHEN HE'S BLESSING
HIS SONS IN GENESIS CHAPTER 50,
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HE TELLS WHAT TRIBE AMONG THE
12 SONS THE MESSIAH WOULD COME
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THROUGH.
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WHEN HE BLESSES JUDAH, HE SAYS
IN GENESIS 49:10, "THE SCEPTER
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SHALL NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH,
NOR A LAWGIVER FROM BETWEEN HIS
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FEET, UNTIL SHILOH COME,"
THE WORD "SHILOH" MEANS TRANQUIL
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OR PEACE, AND THIS IS SAYING
THE PRINCE OF PEACE WILL COME.
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"AND UNTO HIM, THE GATHERING
OF THE PEOPLE WILL BE."
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THEN WITHIN THE TRIBE OF JUDAH,
THERE WAS A SPECIFIC FAMILY THAT
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THE MESSIAH WOULD COME THROUGH.
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IT WAS THE FAMILY OF JESSE.
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JESSE WAS THE FATHER OF DAVID,
AND FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID,
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"THERE SHALL COME FORTH A
ROD FROM THE STEM OF JESSE,
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AND A BRANCH SHALL
GROW OUT OF HIS ROOTS.
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AND THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD SHALL REST UPON HIM."
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BY THE WAY, I USED TO THINK THAT
CHRIST WAS JESUS' LAST NAME,
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LIKE JOHN SMITH, JESUS CHRIST.
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THE WORD "CHRIST"
ACTUALLY MEANS ANOINTED.
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SO WHEN YOU SAY "JESUS CHRIST,"
YOU'RE SAYING "JESUS" OR
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"YESHUA" IS HOW
THEY'D SAY IT IN HEBREW.
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"CHRIST" IS A GREEK WORD.
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"CRISTOS" MEANS THE ANOINTED.
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THE WORD "MESSIAH" IS THE HEBREW
WAY OF SAYING THE ANOINTED.
00:14:38.34\00:14:41.48
JESUS IS THE ANOINTED.
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THAT WILL COME UP
AGAIN LATER TONIGHT.
00:14:42.91\00:14:45.38
NOW, IT TELLS US THAT HE WOULD
COME FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID.
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WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE
NEW TESTAMENT AND SEE IF JESUS
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MET THE CRITERIA OF COMING
THROUGH THESE TRIBES AND PEOPLE
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THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES.
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START BY GOING TO LUKE 1:26,
27, "NOW IN THE SIXTH MONTH THE
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ANGEL GABRIEL WAS SENT BY
GOD TO A CITY OF GALILEE NAMED
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NAZARETH," DON'T
FORGET, WHAT CITY?
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NAZARETH.
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"TO A VIRGIN BETROTHED TO
A MAN WHOSE NAME WAS JOSEPH,
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OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID.
00:15:15.81\00:15:19.38
AND THE VIRGIN'S NAME WAS MARY."
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INDEED, BOTH JOSEPH
AND MARY WERE OF THE HOUSE
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AND THE LINEAGE OF DAVID.
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FURTHERMORE, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S EVEN A PROPHECY IN THE
00:15:25.92\00:15:28.12
OLD TESTAMENT THAT SAID
JESUS WOULD BE BORN OF A VIRGIN.
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NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME THROUGH HISTORY THAT HAVE
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CLAIMED THAT BUT
THAT'S A VERY RARE CLAIM.
00:15:33.16\00:15:35.60
AND THE PROPHECY SAID THIS
ABOUT THE MESSIAH AND YET IT
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WAS FULFILLED IN CHRIST.
00:15:39.13\00:15:40.67
HERE'S THE PROPHECY, 500 YEARS
BEFORE HE WAS BORN OR CLOSER TO
00:15:40.70\00:15:45.57
700 ACTUALLY, "BEHOLD, A VIRGIN
SHALL CONCEIVE, AND BEAR A SON,
00:15:45.61\00:15:49.91
AND SHALL CALL
HIS NAME IMMANUEL."
00:15:49.94\00:15:52.81
AND THE WORD
"IMMANUEL" MEANS GOD WITH US.
00:15:52.85\00:15:55.18
A MATTER OF FACT, MATTHEW IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES THIS AND HE
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SAYS, "JESUS IS THE FULFILLMENT
OF THIS BECAUSE MARY WAS
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A VIRGIN."
00:16:00.92\00:16:01.89
YOU GO THEN TO MATTHEW 1:18.
00:16:01.92\00:16:03.89
WE READ THE PROPHECY
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:16:03.93\00:16:05.99
LET'S GO TO WHAT
HAPPENED HISTORICALLY IN
00:16:06.03\00:16:07.83
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND SEE
IF IT WAS FULFILLED IN CHRIST.
00:16:07.86\00:16:11.37
"NOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST
WAS AS FOLLOWED: AFTER HIS
00:16:11.40\00:16:14.37
MOTHER MARY WAS BETROTHED
TO JOSEPH, BEFORE THEY CAME
00:16:14.40\00:16:18.87
TOGETHER, SHE WAS FOUND
WITH CHILD OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
00:16:18.91\00:16:24.31
AND I'M SURE AS THERE
ARE SKEPTICS AND CYNICS TODAY
00:16:24.35\00:16:27.58
WHO DOUBT THAT,
THERE WERE BACK THEN.
00:16:27.62\00:16:31.02
BUT ALL YOU CAN DO IS
BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
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AN ANGEL VISITED HER
AND THAT HE WAS CONCEIVED
00:16:33.72\00:16:37.69
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:16:37.73\00:16:39.13
I BELIEVE IT BECAUSE HE'S
THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S LIVED
00:16:39.16\00:16:41.26
A HOLY LIFE.
00:16:41.30\00:16:42.96
FURTHERMORE, IT EVEN
TELLS US THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH.
00:16:43.00\00:16:46.57
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY, YOU GO
TO THE BOOK OF MICAH 5:2 AND IT
00:16:46.60\00:16:51.27
TELLS US THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE
BORN IN A LITTLE TOWN OF WHAT?
00:16:51.31\00:16:54.98
BETHLEHEM.
00:16:55.01\00:16:56.88
"UNTO THEE, BETHLEHEM EPHRATHAH,
THOUGH YOU ARE LITTLE AMONG THE
00:16:56.91\00:17:00.12
THOUSANDS OF ISRAEL, OUT OF THEE
SHALL HE COME FORTH UNTO ME THAT
00:17:00.15\00:17:04.32
WILL BE RULER IN ISRAEL."
00:17:04.35\00:17:06.39
SO, IT'S FORETOLD.
00:17:06.42\00:17:07.69
YOU LOOK IT UP, MICAH 5:2.
00:17:07.72\00:17:10.09
NOW, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
00:17:10.13\00:17:12.19
WHERE IS THE
MESSIAH SUPPOSED TO BE BORN?
00:17:12.23\00:17:14.46
I JUST READ IT TO YOU.
00:17:14.50\00:17:15.96
BETHLEHEM.
00:17:16.00\00:17:18.20
WHERE WAS MARY WHEN THE ANGEL
CAME AND SHE DISCOVERED SHE'S
00:17:18.23\00:17:20.17
PREGNANT?
00:17:20.20\00:17:21.90
NAZARETH.
00:17:21.94\00:17:22.94
SOMEHOW, GOD NEEDS TO
GET HER 70 MILES SOUTH.
00:17:22.97\00:17:27.48
IT'S 70 MILES AS THE CROW FLIES
FROM NAZARETH AND THEY WEREN'T
00:17:27.51\00:17:30.98
FLYING WITH A CROW.
00:17:31.01\00:17:32.21
IT WAS EVEN FARTHER THAN THAT.
00:17:32.25\00:17:33.92
AND SHE WAS GREAT WITH
CHILD WHEN THEY MADE THE TRIP.
00:17:33.95\00:17:36.79
HOW IS GOD GOING
TO ACCOMPLISH THAT?
00:17:36.82\00:17:38.89
IT TELLS YOU--GOD USED THE RULER
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO DO IT
00:17:38.92\00:17:41.92
FOR HIM.
00:17:41.96\00:17:43.22
LUKE 2:1, "IT CAME TO PASS IN
THOSE DAYS, THAT THERE WENT OUT
00:17:43.26\00:17:46.59
A DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS,
THAT ALL THE WORLD SHOULD BE
00:17:46.63\00:17:50.80
TAXED AND ALL WENT TO BE TAXED,
EVERY ONE INTO HIS OWN CITY."
00:17:50.83\00:17:56.27
THIS CENSUS WAS TAKEN
SO HE COULD TAX THE PEOPLE.
00:17:56.30\00:17:59.17
AND IT GOES ON TO TELL US,
"AND JOSEPH ALSO WENT UP FROM
00:17:59.21\00:18:01.68
GALILEE, OUT OF THE CITY
OF NAZARETH, INTO JUDAEA,
00:18:01.71\00:18:05.61
UNTO THE CITY OF DAVID."
00:18:05.65\00:18:07.92
BETHLEHEM IS SORT OF A SUBURB
OF JERUSALEM, AND IT WAS OFTEN
00:18:07.95\00:18:10.62
CALLED "THE CITY OF DAVID."
00:18:10.65\00:18:12.19
SO, GOD FULFILLED THE
PROMISE THAT THE MESSIAH,
00:18:12.22\00:18:15.39
WHILE BEING CALLED A
NAZARENE, WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM.
00:18:15.42\00:18:20.33
"TO BE TAXED WITH MARY HIS WIFE
ESPOUSED," AND IT GOES ON TO SAY
00:18:20.36\00:18:24.17
THAT SHE WAS "GREAT
WITH CHILD" AT THAT TIME.
00:18:24.20\00:18:27.07
AND THEN YOU KNOW THIS PART,
LUKE 2:6, IT SAYS, "SO IT WAS,
00:18:27.10\00:18:30.81
THAT, WHILE THEY WERE THERE,
THE DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED THAT
00:18:30.84\00:18:34.61
SHE SHOULD BE DELIVERED.
00:18:34.64\00:18:36.21
AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER
FIRSTBORN SON, AND SHE WRAPPED
00:18:36.24\00:18:40.68
HIM IN SWADDLING CLOTH, AND LAID
HIM IN A MANGER; BECAUSE THERE
00:18:40.72\00:18:44.62
WAS NO ROOM FOR HIM IN THE INN."
00:18:44.65\00:18:46.42
THIS ALWAYS AMAZES ME, FRIENDS,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
00:18:46.45\00:18:49.69
JESUS IS CALLED
"THE BREAD OF LIFE."
00:18:49.72\00:18:52.39
HE SAID, "I AM THE BREAD
THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN."
00:18:52.43\00:18:54.30
THE WORD "BETHLEHEM"
MEANS HOUSE OF BREAD.
00:18:54.30\00:18:57.97
HERE, YOU'VE GOT THE BREAD OF
LIFE THAT IS BORN IN THE HOUSE
00:18:58.00\00:19:01.67
OF BREAD, AND THEY
PLACE HIM IN A MANGER.
00:19:01.70\00:19:04.31
A MANGER IS A PLACE WHERE
GRAIN, BREAD, IS PUT TO FEED
00:19:04.34\00:19:07.21
THE ANIMALS.
00:19:07.24\00:19:08.58
HERE YOU'VE GOT THE
BREAD OF LIFE WHOSE PLACED IN
00:19:08.61\00:19:10.48
A BREADBASKET, BORN
IN THE HOUSE OF BREAD.
00:19:10.51\00:19:14.52
JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:19:14.55\00:19:16.38
YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING
ABOUT SOMETHING LAST WEEK.
00:19:16.42\00:19:20.49
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU
GO TO THE POOREST FAIR IN THE
00:19:20.52\00:19:24.99
POOREST COUNTRY; THERE'S
USUALLY BREAD ON THE TABLE.
00:19:25.03\00:19:28.26
YOU COULD GO TO THE FANCIEST
RESTAURANT THAT YOU COULD FIND,
00:19:28.30\00:19:31.07
BUT THEY DON'T FEEL THE MEAL WAS
COMPLETE UNLESS THERE'S BREAD
00:19:31.10\00:19:33.47
THERE.
00:19:33.50\00:19:34.60
I MEAN EVEN IF YOU GO OUT
FOR FAST FOOD, THE HAMBURGER
00:19:34.64\00:19:38.07
IS BETWEEN WHAT?
00:19:38.11\00:19:39.67
THE BUN.
00:19:39.71\00:19:41.68
THE BEANS AND THE
CHEESE ARE WRAPPED UP IN BREAD.
00:19:41.71\00:19:44.98
KENTUCKY FRIED
CHICKEN, YOU'VE GOT YOUR ROLLS.
00:19:45.01\00:19:47.48
PIZZA, BREAD.
00:19:47.52\00:19:48.62
YOU'VE GOT BREAD EVERYWHERE.
00:19:48.65\00:19:49.82
I MEAN BREAD IS THE ESSENCE.
00:19:49.85\00:19:50.85
IT'S LIKE EVERY MEAL
IS BUILT AROUND THE BREAD.
00:19:50.89\00:19:53.02
AND JESUS, WHEN HE SAID "I'M
THE BREAD OF LIFE," HE SAID,
00:19:53.05\00:19:54.99
"I AM THE BEAR ESSENTIALS.
00:19:55.02\00:19:56.42
YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT ME."
00:19:56.46\00:19:58.09
AND HERE, YOU'VE GOT THE BREAD
OF LIFE BORN IN THE HOUSE OF
00:19:58.13\00:20:01.36
BREAD.
00:20:01.40\00:20:02.26
THAT ALWAYS AMAZES ME.
00:20:02.30\00:20:05.57
"FOR UNTO YOU THERE IS BORN,"
I'LL FINISH OUT THIS VERSE,
00:20:05.60\00:20:08.07
"THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID,"
THAT'S BETHLEHEM, "A SAVIOUR,
00:20:08.10\00:20:12.97
WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD."
00:20:13.01\00:20:14.71
NOW, WHAT'S AMAZING IS NOT ONLY
IS THERE TESTIMONY IN HEAVEN.
00:20:14.74\00:20:18.61
THE ANGELS DECLARE
THIS IS THE MESSIAH.
00:20:18.65\00:20:21.98
THEN, THEY
APPEAR TO THE SHEPHERDS.
00:20:22.02\00:20:24.19
YOU'VE GOT THE TESTIMONY OF THE
WISE MEN, TESTIMONY ON EARTH.
00:20:24.22\00:20:27.22
IF YOU READ IN MARK CHAPTER
9, YOU'VE GOT THE TESTIMONY OF
00:20:27.26\00:20:30.19
MOSES AND ELIJAH.
00:20:30.23\00:20:31.63
THEY APPEAR ON THIS
MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION.
00:20:31.66\00:20:33.70
THEY ARE FLANKING LIKE
STEREO SPEAKERS, "JESUS."
00:20:33.73\00:20:36.70
THEY'RE BOTH POINTING TO HIM
AND SAYING, "HE'S THE ONE THAT
00:20:36.73\00:20:38.97
WE TALKED ABOUT.
00:20:39.00\00:20:40.40
HE'S THE ONE THAT WE FORETOLD."
00:20:40.44\00:20:41.47
MOSES, THE LAW, ELIJAH,
THE PROPHETS, POINTING TO
00:20:41.50\00:20:43.97
JESUS SAYING, "HE'S THE ONE."
00:20:44.01\00:20:45.67
YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING
THAT ANYONE COULD READ THE BIBLE
00:20:45.71\00:20:48.08
AND QUESTION THAT JESUS
WAS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF ALL OF
00:20:48.11\00:20:51.38
THE PROPHECIES
REGARDING THE MESSIAH.
00:20:51.41\00:20:54.48
THE DEVIL KNEW HE WAS THE ONE.
00:20:54.52\00:20:56.92
THAT'S WHY HE INSPIRED HEROD,
THAT DERANGED KING, TO SEND HIS
00:20:56.95\00:21:02.19
SOLDIERS INTO BETHLEHEM AND
TO MASSACRE ALL OF THE BABIES,
00:21:02.22\00:21:07.30
2 YEARS OLD AND UNDER, BECAUSE
HIS THRONE WAS THREATENED.
00:21:07.30\00:21:10.37
HE WAS INSPIRED BY THE DEVIL TO
DO THAT BECAUSE THE DEVIL WANTED
00:21:10.40\00:21:12.77
TO ELIMINATE JESUS BEFORE
HE COULD COMPLETE HIS WORK OF
00:21:12.80\00:21:16.67
SAVING YOU AND ME.
00:21:16.71\00:21:18.37
BUT GOD SAVED HIM.
00:21:18.41\00:21:19.87
AN ANGEL WARNED JOSEPH AND
HE TOOK MARY, FLED INTO EGYPT.
00:21:19.91\00:21:23.98
AND AFTER THEY HEARD THAT HEROD
THE GREAT HAD DIED ABOUT 4 YEARS
00:21:24.01\00:21:28.18
LATER, THEY CAME BACK AGAIN.
00:21:28.22\00:21:30.59
DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE IN BETHLEHEM
ANYMORE BECAUSE HIS SON,
00:21:30.62\00:21:33.59
WHO WAS JUST AS MUCH A
TYRANT, WAS REIGNING THERE.
00:21:33.62\00:21:35.89
SO, THEY WENT BACK TO NAZARETH.
00:21:35.92\00:21:37.19
NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE SPECULATED AND THEY SAID,
00:21:37.23\00:21:40.20
"WHERE?
00:21:40.23\00:21:41.13
WHERE WAS JESUS
DURING THE MISSING YEARS?"
00:21:41.16\00:21:43.70
YOU KNOW, FROM THE TIME OF
HIS BIRTH UNTIL HE BEGINS HIS
00:21:43.73\00:21:45.50
MINISTRY AT THE AGE OF
30, HE JUST--YOU KNOW, ALL THE
00:21:45.53\00:21:49.27
BRILLIANCE OF WHAT JESUS SAID--I
REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST READ
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THE BIBLE, I WAS, EVEN THOUGH I
HAD A JEWISH BACKGROUND, I WENT
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TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, I WAS
BASICALLY BIBLICALLY ILLITERATE.
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AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED READING
THE BIBLE, I COULDN'T BELIEVE
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HOW MUCH I HAD BEEN MISSING.
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I JUST READ IT SO I COULD
ARGUE WITH CHRISTIANS, HAD NO
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INTENTION TO BELIEVE IT.
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AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
ASTOUNDED ME WAS THE BRILLIANCE
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OF JESUS.
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I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
STRANGE THING TO SAY TO PEOPLE
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IN THE CHURCH.
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BUT I WAS AMAZED HOW MANY TIMES
I HAD HEARD HIM QUOTED THROUGH
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MY LIFE AND I NEVER
KNEW IT CAME FROM HIM.
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I'M READING THROUGH THE SAYINGS
OF CHRIST, HE TALKS ABOUT
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"TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK"
AND I LOOK UP AND I GO, "OH,
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SO HE SAID THAT."
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"GOING THE SECOND MILE," "NOT
CASTING THE FIRST STONE," I'M
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GOING, "WOW, ALL THESE BRILLIANT
THINGS THAT PEOPLE QUOTE ALL
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THE TIME, JESUS SAID THEM."
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SO, WHEN HE MAKES THIS CLAIM TO
BE THE MESSIAH, WE'VE ONLY GOT
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A FEW ALTERNATIVES.
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HE WAS EITHER INSANE OR
HE WAS DELUDED, A DECEIVER,
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OR HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.
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AND I DON'T KNOW
ANYBODY WHO COULD BE SO CONCISE
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AND BRILLIANT IN
WHAT HE SAYS BE INSANE.
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HE WAS SO HONEST THAT HE
LAID DOWN HIS LIFE RATHER THAN
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DECEIVE.
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THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE I WAS LEFT
WITH WAS THAT HE WAS TELLING
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THE TRUTH.
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AND SOME OF THE SKEPTICS, THEY
LOOKED AT THE BRILLIANCE OF WHAT
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JESUS SAID AND THEY SAID, "WELL
DURING THOSE MISSING YEARS,
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SINCE HE DIDN'T HAVE A FORMAL
EDUCATION, HE MUST'VE GONE AND
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LEARNED FROM THE GREAT TEACHERS
IN PERSIA OR INDIA OR HAVE
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GONE--HE MUST HAVE STUDIED THERE
IN ALEXANDRIA AT THE UNIVERSITY.
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HOW COULD HE BE SO BRILLIANT
AND BE A CARPENTER'S SON?"
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AND THEY TRY AND PUT HIM
SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND THERE'S
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A LOT OF BOOKS THAT
ARE WRITTEN ON THAT.
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BUT THE BIBLE
TELLS US WHERE HE WAS.
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HE WASN'T MISSING.
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THAT'S A MYTH.
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IT TELLS US
EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS.
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YOU CAN READ
HERE IN MATTHEW 2:23,
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"AND THEY CAME AND THEY
DWELT IN A CITY CALLED NAZARETH:
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THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH
WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHETS, HE
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SHALL BE CALLED A NAZARENE."
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NOW, SOME HAVE WONDERED, DID
JESUS TAKE THE VOW OF A NAZARITE
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WHERE YOU DON'T CUT YOUR HAIR?
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WELL, YOU KNOW,
THE JURY'S STILL OUT.
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IT IS POSSIBLE.
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SOME PEOPLE COULD TAKE THAT VOW
FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME.
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JESUS MAY HAVE TAKEN THAT VOW
UP 'TIL THE TIME OF HIS BAPTISM,
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AND THERE'S JUST
NO WAY TO PROVE THAT.
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BUT THAT'S WHY YOU SEE MOST
OF THE PICTURES PORTRAYING JESUS
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WITH LONG HAIR 'CAUSE THEY
FIGURE, "WELL, HE TOOK THE VOW
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OF A NAZARITE.
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HE PROBABLY
DIDN'T CUT HIS HAIR."
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IT GOES ON AND TELLS US IN
LUKE 2:51 WHERE WAS JESUS DURING
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THAT TIME, "HE WENT DOWN
WITH THEM AND CAME TO NAZARETH,
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AND HE WAS SUBJECT UNTO THEM."
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HE WAS SUBJECT TO HIS PARENTS.
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HE GREW UP IN NAZARETH.
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THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
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AND WHEN HE WENT BACK TO
HIS HOMETOWN TO PREACH, THEY ALL
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KNEW WHO HE WAS.
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YOU CAN READ IN MATTHEW 13:55,
"IS THIS NOT THE CARPENTER'S
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SON?
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IS NOT HIS MOTHER CALLED MARY?"
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"HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS
ARE HERE AMONG US," THERE WAS NO
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QUESTION ABOUT WHERE JESUS WAS.
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SO, DON'T ENTERTAIN SOME OF
THOSE FABLES AND MYTHS THAT YOU
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HEAR THAT HE WENT AND HE STUDIED
WITH GURUS OFF IN INDIA AND
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THAT'S WHERE HE
GOT THIS BRILLIANCE.
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NO, HE WAS
INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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HE STUDIED THE SCRIPTURES
AT THE KNEE OF HIS MOTHER.
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