Our message is entitled what?
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Kind of a play on words
there, Who Is Real Israel,
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and this is a very
important question.
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Basically what
we're going to discover,
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and what many of you
have already determined
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through this seminar is that
there are two very different
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systems, two very
different what everyone?
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Systems for
understanding Bible prophecy,
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and one of those systems is
oriented primarily at Israel
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a national Israel, and
you have hundreds of thousands
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millions of people
today, who are looking to the
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literal middle east for the
literal descendants of Abraham
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for God to fulfill all of
His Old Testament, old covenant
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promises to them
in a literal fashion.
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Well, anybody can look
around and see that it's likely
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that, that is not going to
happen, at least in the current
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political climate, and so
what's happened is an invention
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called the rapture, an invention
called the what everyone?
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Rapture, has basically been
manufactured by religionists
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that says something like this:
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The only way that God
is ever going to be able
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to fulfill all of His
promises to literal Israel,
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is if the church gets
out of the way, and so what's
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happened is this manufactured
artificial non-biblical doctrine
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called the rapture, the
secret rapture has been invented
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and more or less what is going
to happen is [whoop] the whole
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church is just going to
disappear in a moment and
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as we have already talked
about in the Left Behind movie,
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which sort of
popularized this view.
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Their clothes will be
neatly folded, ect., ect.,
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and then God with
the church out of the way
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can fulfill His Old Testament,
Old Covenant promises,
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that He is duty
bound to fulfill to Israel.
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That's sort of the picture
that hundred's of thousand's
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million's of Christians have,
but what I want to show you
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today, is that that at it's
core is fundamentally flawed.
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That at it's core is
fundamentally flawed,
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God does have an
Israel, and who that Israel is
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is very clear and very plain,
from a Biblical perspective.
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From a what kind of
perspective everyone?
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A Biblical perspective,
and so we're going to do a good
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Old Fashioned
Bible study this morning,
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can you say Amen to that?
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We're going to try
to answer the question:
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That's the question
we're going to answer,
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and to put it even more
succinctly, and to the point.
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Who and what is Israel today?
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Is modern day Israel,
still the Israel of God?
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I know when we use the
term modern day Israel,
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we're talking about those people
that live in the geographic
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area of ancient Palestine,
modern Israel, Jerusalem, ect.
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Those people, the
literal genealogical descendants
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of Abraham, is that
Israel on earth today?
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What we are going to do is
take a look from a Biblical
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perspective, and I would
like to start in what you might
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consider to be somewhat of
an unusual place, Genesis 1.
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Just a little bit of
background here, Genesis 1,
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we're going to look at marvelous
parallel, between the experience
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of Adam, the experience of Noah,
and the experience of Israel.
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Follow that, the experience
of Adam, the experience of Noah,
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and the experience of Israel.
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Beginning in Genesis 1:1, I
need you to stay right with me,
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Genesis 1:1 In the beginning
God created the heavens and the
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earth, now notice verse two.
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The earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was
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on the face of the deep. And
the Spirit of God was hovering
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over the face of the waters.
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So when God being to
create what He basically has is
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a large blob,
basically a vacuous void,
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and it must have been covered
in water, because it says,
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the spirit of God was
hovering over the waters.
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So you see in your mind's eye
here, just this large sort of
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fluid mass.
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The spirit of God is hovering
over this large fluid mass,
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of course God begins to
create, let there be light!
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and there was light, and
all of the various things.
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And then it comes
time to create man,
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to create what everyone?
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Man, and we pick
that up in Genesis 1:26,
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this was of course
the sixth day of creation.
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Then God said, Let Us
make man in Our image,
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according to Our likeness;
let them have dominion over the
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fish of the sea, over the birds
of the air, and over the cattle,
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over all the earth and over
every creeping thing that creeps
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on the earth. So God
created man in His own image;
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in the image of God He
created him; male and female
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He created them.
Then God blessed them,
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and God said to them,
Be fruitful and multiply;
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fill the earth and subdue
it; have dominion over the fish
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of the sea, over the
birds of the air, and over every
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living thing that
moves on the earth.
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So I want you to get
this picture in your mind,
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first there was
a large fluid mass,
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and then God separated,
the fluid mass from waters
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that were below and
waters that were above
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something He call the firmament.
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The what everyone?
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Firmament, the
word just means space.
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So look at that in
Genesis 1, back to Genesis 1,
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and notice it says in verse
5, God called the light Day,
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and the darkness He called
Night. So the evening and the
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morning were the
first day. Then God said,
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Let there be a firmament
in the midst of the waters,
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and let it divide the
waters from the waters.
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Thus God made the firmament,
and divided the waters which
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were under the firmament
from the waters which were
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above the
firmament; and it was so
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So let's get the
picture in our mind here,
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Here's this large fluid mass,
and then God creates a firmament
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or a space, just imagine a
hand of God reaching into that
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firmament there,
into that fluid mass,
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and he separates like this
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the waters that
were below the firmament,
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the waters that
were what everyone?
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Below, and then the
waters that were above,
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and that firmament is
called heaven or space.
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And then He goes through all
the rest, he creates the land,
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and then He creates
the creatures on the land,
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and He creates the sea,
and creatures in the sea,
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and finally He creates mankind,
He creates what everyone?
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Mankind, and He makes man named
Adam, and He makes him out of
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the dirt, He forms him
out of the dust of the ground,
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you can pick that
up out of Genesis 2.
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Look with me at Genesis
2:7, And the LORD God formed man
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of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils
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the breath of life; and
man became a living being.
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What was this man's name?
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Adam, and the word Adam
means earthy or of the earth,
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because he was
taken out of the earth.
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Now if this makes
sense everyone say Amen!
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So far so good, so what
God is looking for here,
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is a person that is
created in His image, that will
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faithfully, dutifully,
consistently, obey His word,
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and thus be a representative
to others of God and
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His goodness and His character
if that make sense say Amen!
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Ok, but did Adam fail
or succeed in this mission?
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He absolutely failed,
and of course Adam failed,
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and they had Cain and Abel,
and Seth, and of course Cain
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ended out slaying who?
Abel, and the whole thing
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just went to hell in a
hand- basket so to speak.
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Down, down, down, so
what happens in Genesis 6:7,
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you basically find God saying
that the world had become so
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debauched, so degenerated,
so terrible, that the thoughts
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of their minds were
only on evil continually.
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God said I'm
going to start over,
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I'm going to start
over, so we go to Genesis 6,
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Genesis 6 beginning in
verse 1, Now it came to pass,
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when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth,
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and daughters were born to
them, that the sons of God saw
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the daughters of men,
that they were beautiful;
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and they took wives
for themselves of all whom
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they chose. And the LORD
said, My Spirit shall not strive
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with man forever,
for he is indeed flesh;
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yet his days shall be
one hundred and twenty years.
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Then the LORD saw that the
wickedness of man was great
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in the earth, and that every
intent of the thoughts of his
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heart was only what?
Evil How often? continually.
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So God looks out at this
beautiful world that He had
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created, and what had happened
basically Adam was disloyal,
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Adam had failed, and
then right down the line
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every descendant of Adam
got worse, and worse, and worse.
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Until God looked out
and finally He said everyone
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is thinking about evil only
continually, except He had a few
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faithful and God said I'm going
to start over, I'm going to hit
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control, alt, delete, I'm
going to re-set the hard drive,
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and begin again.
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So He sends this
thing called the flood,
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called the what everyone?
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Called the flood, now
we're there in Genesis 7,
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I want you to notice
the similarities, Genesis 7,
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and I'll pick it up in
verse 11, Genesis 7:11,
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In the six
hundredth year of Noah's life,
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in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month,
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on that day the fountains
of the deep were broken up,
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and the windows
of heaven were open.
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Now it begins to
rain, look at verse 12,
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the rain was on the earth
for how many days and nights?
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Now get this
picture in your mind,
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it's actually
quite a fascinating one.
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It says here when the rains
came, they not only came from
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above, it says the fountains
of the deep were opened
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or loosed.
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Now let's get the picture in our
mind here, when God originally
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created planet earth,
he had this fluid mass,
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He had a what everyone?
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And then He reached His hands
in, and He separated the waters
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that were above from the
waters that were underneath,
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does that make sense everyone?
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So there's water up here
and there's water down here
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if that makes sense say Amen!
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But look at what's
happening in the flood,
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in the flood it says that the
windows of heaven were opened
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so now the waters are coming
down, and it says the fountains
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of the deep were opened
and so now the waters coming up
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and the whole earth,
once again is covered by what?
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Do you see the
similarity, yes or no?
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So God is basically undoing
creation, in creation He began
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by inserting His hands so
to speak, and He brought a
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separation, in the flood
he brings those same waters
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right back together,
from above and from beneath,
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if that makes sense say "Amen!"
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Now you're still
there in Genesis 7:19,
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And the waters prevailed
exceedingly on the earth,
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and all the high hills under
the whole heaven were covered.
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So the earth
was covered in what?
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Water, so it was a giant fluid
mass, just exactly what you had
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in Genesis, a giant fluid mass,
except in Genesis He separated
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the waters, Genesis 1 and
2, He separated the waters,
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in Genesis 6 and 7, He
brings the waters back together,
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are we all together yes or no?
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Fascinating look at verse
20, The waters prevailed fifteen
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cubits upward, and the
mountains were covered.
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So the whole earth
was a giant fluid mass,
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Now remember, go back, just
so we can see the similarity
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here, look at Genesis 1,
keep your finger right there,
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look at Genesis 1 and notice
with me verse 2, Genesis 1:2,
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The earth was
without form, and void;
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and darkness was on
the face of the deep.
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And what was hovering
over the face of the waters?
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The Spirit of God hovered
over the face of the waters
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in creation.
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Now look at Genesis 8:1,
Then God remembered Noah,
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and every living thing,
and all the animals that were
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with him in the ark. And
God made a wind to pass over
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the earth, and the
waters subsided or disappeared.
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That word wind is the word
breath, it's the same word that
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is frequently translated spirit,
and so it is very fascinating
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here, and in Genesis 1 and
2 you have this fluid mass,
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the Spirit of God
hovering over it, and the waters
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are separated.
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In Genesis chapters 6 and 7,
the waters come back together,
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God puts His Spirit over
them and they begin to subside,
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so what God is doing here,
is He is re-starting creation,
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He's re-starting what everyone?
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Absolutely fascinating!
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So in the beginning
God's intention was that Adam
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would live a faithful
life, that Adam would live an
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obedient life, that Adam
would live a righteous life,
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and thus be a legitimate
representative of God's
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character, if that
make sense say "Amen!"
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But Adam failed,
isn't that true Adam failed.
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So God is going to re-start,
He's going to re-set the
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hard drive, and He's got a
new man, and that new man's
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name is Noah, that's
exactly right, so you are there
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in Genesis 9, and we
will pick it up in verse 18,
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Genesis 9:18, Now the sons
of Noah who went out of the ark
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were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And Ham was the
father of Canaan.
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These three were the sons
of Noah, and from these the
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whole earth was
populated. Now look at verse 20.
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It's absolutely amazing,
And Noah began to be a farmer,
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and he planted a vineyard.
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Noah worked the soil.
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Question, what did
Adam do in the garden?
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That's exactly right, his
job was to tend the garden
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to take care of the garden, to
have dominion over the garden,
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and it say too, here's
Noah, he's a tender or keeper
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of the soil, fascinating,
now look at verse 21.
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Then he drank of the
wine and was drunk, and became
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uncovered in his tent.
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So it's actually quite
fascinating here, God began
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in the beginning there
with a man in a garden who fell
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because of fruit!
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And He re-starts the creation
process, and here we have
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God has this new man
Noah, and he begins...,
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Noah's going to be His
guy, Noah's going to be His
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representative, but
right out of the gates,
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he plants a vineyard,
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he harvests of those
vineyard, he becomes what?
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Drunk, and let's the plan down.
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Fascinating!
Absolutely fascinating!
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Adam lost this whole
thing on the issue of appetite,
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Noah here fails on the issue
of appetite, and so God begins
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with Adam, Adam is
My guy, Adam fails.
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He moves to Noah, re-sets
the whole creation process,
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Noah is My guy, Noah fails,
if this makes sense say "Amen. "
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Now the next big player to
come on the scene is Israel,
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go to Genesis 2, pardon me
Genesis 32, God called a man
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and his name was Abraham,
what was his name everyone?
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Abraham, Abraham had a
son that was the promised son,
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his name was "Esoc" or
Isaac which means laughter.
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So God called Abraham out of
Babylon, where did He call him
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from everyone?
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Babylon, let's see if
we can find that here,
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Abraham was called out
of Babylon, in the Bible
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it's called (Ur of Chaldees.)
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God is looking for a
representative on earth
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who will truly live
righteously, who will truly
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live faithfully, who will
be a true representative of God
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on earth, He tried it
with Adam, Adam failed,
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He tried it with Noah,
Noah failed, and so He calls
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a man named Abraham, and
Abraham gives birth to Isaac,
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and Isaac gives birth to who?
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Jacob, but Jacob was a
deceiver, the word Jacob means
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deceiver, it means supplanter,
one who grabs at the heel
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and you know the story
perhaps of Jacob, Jacob ran off
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you remember he went over
there to Laban, and he stayed
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a time with Laban and
when he returned back it was
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sort of this very difficult
conflict, with his brother,
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what was his brother's name?
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Esau, so we pick
it up in Genesis 32,
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Genesis 32 and it says
there beginning in verse 1,
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So Jacob went on his way,
and the angels of God met him.
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When Jacob saw them, he
said, This is God's camp.
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And he called the name
of that place Mahanaim.
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Then Jacob sent messengers
before him to Esau his brother
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in the land of
Seir, the country of Edom.
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And he commanded them, saying,
Speak thus to my lord Esau,
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'Thus your servant Jacob
says: I have dwelt with Laban
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and stayed there until now.
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I have oxen, donkeys, flocks,
and male and female servants;
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and I have sent to tell my lord,
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that I may find
favor in your sight. "
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Jacob frankly is scared
to death, he had stolen the
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birthright, illegitimately,
not the birthright so much
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he had taken the birthright
in an illegitimate manner
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definitely, but he had
taken blessing of his father
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in an illegitimate manner,
he had fled from the place
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of Esau, because Esau
was going to kill him,
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and now he's coming
back after 20 years,
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how many years everyone?
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Twenty years, and so
he sends a messenger out,
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but basically says go out and
cool Esau down, cool him down.
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Let him know that we
will give him offerings,
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that we will give
him whatever he needs,
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just get that guy cooled down.
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So the message is sent out,
and Esau, and the camp of Esau,
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and the camp of Jacob are
approaching, their approaching,
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and Jacob frankly is scared,
and so he takes some time,
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to go off and to
seek God, by himself.
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To go seek what everyone?
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God, by Himself, Look
at verse 22 of Genesis 3,
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Genesis 32:22,
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And he arose that
night and took his two wives,
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his two female
servants, and his eleven sons,
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and crossed over
the ford of Jabbok.
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He took them, sent
them over the brook,
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and sent over
what he had. Verse 24:
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Then Jacob was left alone;
and a Man wrestled with him
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until the
breaking of day. Verse 25:
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Now when He saw that He
did not prevail against him,
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He touched the socket of his
hip; and the socket of Jacob's
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hip was out of joint as He
wrestled with him. Verse 26:
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And He said, Let Me
go, for the day breaks. "
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But he said, I will not let
You go unless You bless me!"
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Verse 27: So He said to
him, What is your name?"
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and He said, what? Jacob. "
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It's very fascinating to
notice that God here says
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what is your name, that is the
very question that he had been
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asked 20 years before, when he
had walked in here before Isaac
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and Isaac said what is your
name, and he said my name is
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Esau, He said what is
your name? My name is Esau.
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What is your
name? My name is Esau.
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Three times he was
asked what his name is,
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because he was trying to take
the birthright from his brother
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Esau in an
illegitimate surreptitious way,
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what's her name, Esau,
what's your name, Esau,
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what's your name, 20 years later
God brings him over the same
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ground, and He
says what's your name?
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God does the same
for us by the way.
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God wanted to see if he
learned this hard lesson,
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He said what is your
name and notice what he says,
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he said what? Jacob
which means deceiver.
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I am a deceiver, I am a thief,
I am a liar, I am a sinner,
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I need a Savior is
basically what he is saying.
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He said Jacob, and He said your
name shall no longer be called
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Jacob, but Israel, that is the
first time that the word Israel
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occurs in the
whole Bible right there.
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That is the first use of the
word Israel in the entire Bible
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right there Genesis
32:28, Your name shall no longer
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be called Jacob, which is
a sup planter or deceiver,
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or dishonest person, but
Israel, and the name Israel,
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very fascinating here,
let's see if we can put it up
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on the screen:
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Israel, one who reigns
with God, one who has prevailed
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with God.
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That's what it means,
you will find many names
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in the Bible that have that
el in it, Daniel, and Nathaniel,
00:18:42.94\00:18:47.26
and Elijah, and Elisha,
that el comes from Elohim,
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which is God.
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So here you have the
putting together in Israel,
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You have this putting together
of one who is overcoming,
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one who is a victor, one
who rules, one who prevails,
00:18:59.76\00:19:03.56
and el which is the short of
Elohim, with God, or against God
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or for God, and so
the name Israel means
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one who has prevailed with God.
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Can you say "Amen,"
that's what the name means.
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That's the first time in the
whole Bible that the word Israel
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is used here, He says your name
is no longer Jacob, but Israel,
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for you have
struggled with God and with men,
00:19:22.17\00:19:25.23
and have what everyone?
00:19:25.26\00:19:26.23
prevailed, and verse 29,
Then Jacob asked, saying,
00:19:26.25\00:19:28.89
Tell me Your name,
I pray. " And He said,
00:19:28.92\00:19:30.78
Why is it that you
ask about My name?"
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It's basically interesting
here because He had said
00:19:32.88\00:19:35.27
what is your name, He is
bringing them back over that
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ground, what is your
name, what is your name,
00:19:37.22\00:19:38.63
my name is Esau, my name is
Esau, and so he says to him,
00:19:38.66\00:19:40.99
what is your name, my name
is Jacob, and then Jacob turns
00:19:41.02\00:19:43.58
to him and says,
what's your name,
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and it's as if God is saying
I'm not the one on trial here.
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It doesn't
matter what my name is.
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You know how that is,
whenever you are in trouble,
00:19:50.41\00:19:52.17
and someone is asking you hard
questions, you try to avoid,
00:19:52.20\00:19:56.54
by asking questions to them,
and God basically says hey!
00:19:56.57\00:19:58.99
you are not the one cross
examining me, I am the one
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cross examining you, what
is your name, my name is Jacob,
00:20:02.29\00:20:04.70
I'm a liar, I'm a deceiver,
I'm a sup planter, I'm a sinner,
00:20:04.73\00:20:07.04
and He says your name is no
longer that, now your name is
00:20:07.07\00:20:10.24
Israel, one who
has prevailed with God,
00:20:10.27\00:20:12.67
and that's what that wrestling
symbolizes, that this man
00:20:12.70\00:20:16.07
had gained a spiritual victory
when he admitted that he was
00:20:16.10\00:20:19.73
a sinner in need of God's help,
if that makes sense say "Amen. "
00:20:19.76\00:20:23.83
This is the very first
time that the word Israel occurs
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in all of the Bible.
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So notice this, I want
you to grasp on to this:
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I want you to note that, and
note that very, very, very well.
00:20:37.35\00:20:42.00
The first time Israel
is used in the whole Bible,
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it was when a single man,
gained a spiritual victory,
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when a what everyone?
Single man gained what kind
00:20:48.51\00:20:51.26
of a victory, a
spiritual victory.
00:20:51.29\00:20:53.05
Now of course Israel
had children, the 12 tribes,
00:20:53.08\00:20:57.17
and that name Israel,
was the name of Jacob,
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came to mean all of
the descendants of Jacob,
00:21:01.40\00:21:05.06
and thus a nation called
the nation of Israel, but here's
00:21:05.09\00:21:10.58
the important point, in the
beginning, in the first original
00:21:10.61\00:21:14.61
use of the phrase Israel,
it was one man who gained a
00:21:14.64\00:21:18.67
spiritual victory.
00:21:18.70\00:21:19.72
If that make sense say "Amen. "
00:21:19.75\00:21:21.09
It only became a nation,
and you can check that out
00:21:21.12\00:21:24.38
in Exodus, go with me to Exodus.
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Exodus, let's see if we
can find it here, chapter 1,
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Exodus 1, Jacob had sons,
one of those sons was Joseph,
00:21:30.19\00:21:35.18
Joseph, you know the
story, went down into Egypt,
00:21:35.28\00:21:37.28
and the children dwelt in
Egypt for a long period of time
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and then they were
called out, and that calling out
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was called the Exodus.
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Does that make sense everyone,
so that's what we find in Exodus
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chapter one,
beginning with verse one:
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Now these are the names of
the children of Israel who came
00:21:50.38\00:21:55.78
to Egypt; each man and
his household came with Jacob:
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Do you see that, so
Exodus begins with a listing
00:22:00.17\00:22:03.13
of all of the descendants of
Israel, but Israel was the new
00:22:03.16\00:22:06.46
name of Jacob, and the
name Israel was a spiritual term
00:22:06.49\00:22:10.38
that applied to a
single man, that gained
00:22:10.41\00:22:12.89
what kind of a victory?
00:22:12.92\00:22:13.97
Spiritual Victory, are we
all on the same page everyone?
00:22:14.00\00:22:16.53
So now you go to Exodus 4,
Exodus 4 and notice with me
00:22:16.56\00:22:20.79
verse 22, Exodus 4:22, and
this is the first verse that
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I'm personally aware of
where God refers to Israel
00:22:25.64\00:22:28.48
as a national identity, not
just the descendants of Israel,
00:22:28.51\00:22:32.83
not just the children of Israel,
but here the nation of Israel
00:22:32.86\00:22:36.77
having a national corporate
identity, I'm in Exodus 4:22,
00:22:36.80\00:22:42.66
Then you shall say to
Pharaoh, God speaking to Moses,
00:22:42.69\00:22:45.85
Thus says the LORD:
"Israel is My what? My son,
00:22:45.88\00:22:51.74
Israel is my what? My son and
notice what it says after that,
00:22:51.77\00:22:55.77
My firstborn.
00:22:55.80\00:22:57.20
Does everyone
see that yes or no?
00:22:57.23\00:22:59.36
Israel is my son, my firstborn
verse 23, So I say to you,
00:22:59.39\00:23:02.73
let My son go
that he may serve Me.
00:23:02.76\00:23:10.90
But if you refuse to let him
go, indeed I will kill your son,
00:23:10.93\00:23:14.40
your firstborn"
00:23:14.43\00:23:15.63
So God here takes
Israel, national Israel,
00:23:15.66\00:23:20.18
the descendants of Jacob,
the descendants of the one man
00:23:20.21\00:23:23.24
Israel, and He says
that they are all my son.
00:23:23.27\00:23:27.94
They are all my what everyone?
00:23:27.97\00:23:29.34
My son, and then he
says, they are the firstborn.
00:23:29.37\00:23:32.42
Sometimes we have
the misunderstanding that
00:23:32.45\00:23:35.14
the word firstborn means
the one that is born first,
00:23:35.17\00:23:37.41
first born does not
necessarily mean born first.
00:23:37.44\00:23:41.42
First is not only
a chronological term,
00:23:41.45\00:23:44.10
it's also a
term of pre-eminence,
00:23:44.13\00:23:46.14
think of it this way,
00:23:46.17\00:23:47.36
George Bush's wife's
name is Barbara, right!
00:23:47.45\00:23:50.13
She is the First Lady, does that
mean that she is the first lady
00:23:50.16\00:23:54.34
that was ever created?
00:23:54.37\00:23:55.55
No, what it means is she
is the most important lady,
00:23:55.58\00:23:58.30
she is the most pre-eminent
lady in this country.
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So the first born is not
necessarily the one who was
00:24:00.82\00:24:03.45
born first, it's the one who
is chiefest and most pre-eminent
00:24:03.48\00:24:07.04
among those who were born,
does that make sense everyone?
00:24:07.07\00:24:09.51
So he is my first born,
incidentally Jacob was called
00:24:09.54\00:24:12.93
the first born, but
Esau was born first.
00:24:12.96\00:24:15.15
Do you follow that line of
reasoning everyone, very simple.
00:24:15.18\00:24:18.12
Now God here, calls Israel out
of Egypt, God calls Israel out
00:24:18.15\00:24:24.69
of what everyone?
00:24:24.72\00:24:25.69
Egypt, but here is the things
that I want you to notice:
00:24:25.70\00:24:27.34
Israel has
transitioned from a single man,
00:24:27.37\00:24:30.43
who gained what
kind of a victory?
00:24:30.46\00:24:31.97
A spiritual victory, to a
national corporate identity.
00:24:32.00\00:24:36.95
Now let's review very
quickly here because what we're
00:24:36.98\00:24:40.80
going to move into
next is absolutely, totally,
00:24:40.83\00:24:43.75
completely phenomenal, and
Biblical, and if you will follow
00:24:43.78\00:24:46.72
it through, you will see with
new eyes who Israel really is.
00:24:46.75\00:24:50.70
You will see
who is real, Israel.
00:24:50.73\00:24:53.63
Now God began in the
beginning with a man named Adam,
00:24:53.66\00:24:58.53
God's plan for Adam was,
he will be my representative,
00:24:58.56\00:25:01.39
he will live righteously, he
will live faithfully on earth,
00:25:01.42\00:25:03.42
and everyone can look to
Adam as my representative,
00:25:03.45\00:25:06.15
Adam failed! Adam what everyone?
00:25:06.18\00:25:09.13
Failed, so God hits Control,
Alt, Delete, rewinds the
00:25:09.17\00:25:12.67
whole thing, starts
afresh, and He has the flood,
00:25:12.70\00:25:15.23
which was the reversal of
creation, and He has a man named
00:25:15.26\00:25:17.88
what? Noah, and Noah failed too.
00:25:17.91\00:25:20.69
Interestingly he failed in
the very same way didn't he?
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.76
Because Adam had
failed on the issue of fruit,
00:25:22.79\00:25:25.28
the issue of appetite,
and Noah failed when his fruit
00:25:25.31\00:25:28.40
made him drunk and he fell.
00:25:28.43\00:25:30.34
So He hits Control, Alt,
Delete, He restarts creation,
00:25:30.37\00:25:33.82
Noah, this is my guy,
this is my representative,
00:25:33.85\00:25:36.38
this is the one who will live
righteously, this is the one
00:25:36.41\00:25:38.25
who everyone can look to,
this is my man, and HE fails.
00:25:38.28\00:25:41.36
So God starts over and He
calls a man named Abraham,
00:25:41.39\00:25:44.40
and Abraham begot
Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob,
00:25:44.43\00:25:47.85
and Jacob becomes
Israel, and so Israel becomes
00:25:47.88\00:25:50.86
God's new
representative on earth.
00:25:50.89\00:25:53.46
Israel becomes what everyone?
00:25:53.49\00:25:55.17
God's new
representative, so we have Adam,
00:25:55.20\00:25:57.84
and then we have Noah,
and then we have Israel,
00:25:57.87\00:26:01.94
so let's say that
together, Adam, and then Noah,
00:26:01.97\00:26:05.51
and then Israel.
00:26:05.54\00:26:07.06
Did Adam fail or succeed?
He failed, did Noah fail
00:26:07.09\00:26:11.12
or succeed? He failed, now
that doesn't mean that these
00:26:11.15\00:26:13.44
people's whole lives were
failures, but it does mean
00:26:13.47\00:26:16.22
that they did commit sins,
in such a way, that they could
00:26:16.25\00:26:19.77
not be God's supreme
representative on earth.
00:26:19.80\00:26:22.43
Because how many times do
you have to sin before you have
00:26:22.46\00:26:24.60
misrepresented God?
00:26:24.63\00:26:25.92
One time, because how
many times has God sinned?
00:26:25.95\00:26:28.26
None, so one failure
disqualifies you to be a
00:26:28.29\00:26:31.83
perfect representative
of a perfectly infinite God.
00:26:31.86\00:26:34.39
So Adam failed, and Noah
failed, and God calls Israel.
00:26:34.42\00:26:40.58
Now Israel is basically
the center of much of the
00:26:40.61\00:26:44.40
Old Testament, ok, but
what I want you to understand
00:26:44.43\00:26:47.21
is that national
Israel began as a single man,
00:26:47.24\00:26:51.16
who gained what?
00:26:51.19\00:26:52.64
A spiritual victory, you've
got it, from a single man,
00:26:52.67\00:26:55.79
to a whole nation.
00:26:55.82\00:26:58.73
From a single man to a
whole nation, the word Israel
00:26:58.76\00:27:01.74
means one who has prevailed
with God, one who has overcome.
00:27:01.77\00:27:06.03
Are we all together yes or no?
00:27:06.06\00:27:08.45
Now some people say modern
Israel today over in ancient
00:27:08.48\00:27:13.57
Palestine, that is
still God's Israel on earth.
00:27:13.60\00:27:16.90
I'm going to show you
today that is not God's Israel
00:27:16.93\00:27:19.20
on earth, does God have
faithful people that live in the
00:27:19.23\00:27:21.51
geographical area of
Israel? Sure He does,
00:27:21.54\00:27:23.91
God has faithful people in
Jamaica, God has faithful people
00:27:23.94\00:27:26.55
in Russia, God has
faithful people in Sweden,
00:27:26.58\00:27:29.03
God even has a few
faithful people right here in
00:27:29.06\00:27:30.94
Sterling Heights,
can you say "Amen!"
00:27:30.97\00:27:32.44
God has faithful people
everywhere, but as a nation
00:27:32.47\00:27:36.30
Israel had a covenant,
and they did not satisfy the
00:27:36.33\00:27:40.08
stipulations of that covenant,
and we read about that in
00:27:40.11\00:27:43.44
Daniel 9:24 when the
angel Gabriel said to Daniel:
00:27:43.47\00:27:46.58
Seventy weeks are what?
00:27:46.61\00:27:48.34
Who were Daniel's people?
00:27:51.06\00:27:52.42
Israel, and what city
is being referred to here?
00:27:52.45\00:27:55.97
Jerusalem, and so God
gave them seventy weeks,
00:27:56.00\00:27:58.12
490 years and we've
already looked at this,
00:27:58.15\00:28:00.15
it began in 457 B.C., here
is that time that was especially
00:28:00.18\00:28:03.68
cut off for the Jews
right here, it ended in 34 A.D.
00:28:03.71\00:28:06.83
Very, very powerfully here,
Jesus was baptized in 27 A.D.
00:28:06.86\00:28:10.25
just as we have already
said the end of the 69 weeks,
00:28:10.28\00:28:12.91
He was cut off in the middle
of the week, but not for Himself
00:28:12.94\00:28:15.46
can you say Amen to that?
00:28:15.49\00:28:16.49
He caused sacrifice and oblation
to cease, how come He cause that
00:28:16.52\00:28:19.51
to cease, because He
was the true lamb of God
00:28:19.54\00:28:21.43
and there's no point in
bringing these four shadowing
00:28:21.46\00:28:23.51
sacrifices to
the temple anymore,
00:28:23.54\00:28:25.04
if that makes sense say Amen!
00:28:25.07\00:28:26.22
God continued that
covenant for another 31/2 years
00:28:26.25\00:28:29.34
and finally concluded in
34 A.D. when Steven was stoned
00:28:29.37\00:28:33.16
and the leaders of national
Israel plugged their ears
00:28:33.19\00:28:36.57
and said I'm not going to
listen to anything that you say
00:28:36.60\00:28:39.00
and then he was stoned, and
the gospel then goes to the who?
00:28:39.03\00:28:43.43
Gentiles! And so
right out of Daniel 9,
00:28:43.46\00:28:46.52
just as plain as the noon
day sun, that God did have
00:28:46.55\00:28:48.97
a covenant with Israel, but
that was not an unconditional
00:28:49.00\00:28:51.73
covenant, it was a covenant
that was conditioned upon
00:28:51.76\00:28:54.83
their obedience.
00:28:54.86\00:28:55.85
You can read all
about that in Deuteronomy,
00:28:55.88\00:28:57.28
there were the covenant curses
and the covenant blessings.
00:28:57.31\00:28:59.97
If they were
faithful the blessings,
00:29:00.00\00:29:01.65
if they were
disobedient the curses.
00:29:01.68\00:29:03.31
So we see in Daniel 9,
Matthew 21, and Matthew 24,
00:29:03.34\00:29:06.42
this very
consistent, consistent theme:
00:29:06.45\00:29:09.09
In Daniel 9 the Messiah was
rejected, the very next thing is
00:29:09.12\00:29:12.88
the city was destroyed.
00:29:12.91\00:29:14.03
Jesus tells a parable
in chapter Matthew 21,
00:29:14.06\00:29:16.00
and He said the Messiah
will come, He will be rejected,
00:29:16.03\00:29:18.37
and even ask them, what
would you do under the similar
00:29:18.40\00:29:20.15
circumstances, and they
said, I would miserably destroy
00:29:20.18\00:29:22.85
those people, and He
said have you never read...
00:29:22.88\00:29:24.45
Have you never read that the
stone that the builders rejected
00:29:24.48\00:29:26.84
has become the
chief of the corner.
00:29:26.87\00:29:28.12
This is the Lord's doing
and it is marvelous in our eyes
00:29:28.15\00:29:30.71
and He says there in Matthew
21:43, Therefore, the kingdom
00:29:30.74\00:29:34.74
of heaven will be taken
from you and given to a nation
00:29:34.77\00:29:37.86
bring forth the fruits thereof.
00:29:37.89\00:29:39.30
Jesus foresaw that
the nation of Israel,
00:29:39.33\00:29:42.33
the what did I say everyone?
00:29:42.36\00:29:43.66
The nation of Israel was sealing
their fate, by not receiving
00:29:43.69\00:29:47.29
the Messiah of Israel.
00:29:47.32\00:29:48.71
And then in Matthew 24,
the Messiah was rejected,
00:29:48.74\00:29:51.85
Behold your house was
left unto you desolate.
00:29:51.88\00:29:53.84
He goes out into
Matthew 24, the disciples try to
00:29:53.87\00:29:56.54
cheer Him up, Ah, look at
all of the beautiful buildings
00:29:56.57\00:29:58.14
and He say do
you see all of this,
00:29:58.17\00:29:59.39
do you see all
of these buildings,
00:29:59.42\00:30:00.70
do you see all of this grandeur
and glory of these marvelous
00:30:00.73\00:30:03.15
buttress edifice's,
they will all be destroyed,
00:30:03.18\00:30:06.09
not one will be
left upon another.
00:30:06.12\00:30:08.20
The Messiah was rejected,
the city was destroyed,
00:30:08.23\00:30:10.90
that's a consistent
theme, Messiah rejected,
00:30:10.93\00:30:13.01
city destroyed, Messiah
rejected, city destroyed,
00:30:13.04\00:30:15.61
if that makes sense say "Amen. "
00:30:15.64\00:30:18.77
Very simple, so the Messiah
was rejected, Israel did not
00:30:18.80\00:30:22.42
fulfill it's covenant promise,
and so God moved to the Gentiles
00:30:22.45\00:30:26.17
and He gave a very powerful,
a very sad, very unfortunate,
00:30:26.20\00:30:29.21
very avoidable judgment...
00:30:29.24\00:30:33.02
In 70 A.D. when Jerusalem
was destroyed by the Roman
00:30:33.05\00:30:36.97
general Titus, and it was
a final judgment upon Israel
00:30:37.00\00:30:40.63
the Jewish Christians perceived
that they knew for a fact
00:30:40.66\00:30:44.40
that, that is exactly what
had happened, well this raises
00:30:44.43\00:30:46.70
the question, if Adam
failed, and if Noah failed,
00:30:46.73\00:30:51.68
and if Israel failed, and
they did fail, do we now have to
00:30:51.71\00:30:56.69
believe that modern day Israel,
that is Israel over there in
00:30:56.72\00:31:00.69
Palestine, is still God's Israel
and God is just waiting for them
00:31:00.72\00:31:03.38
to get their act together,
and oops, it is going to be
00:31:03.41\00:31:05.29
difficult for that to happen
in the present political climate
00:31:05.32\00:31:07.58
and so we have a "umm"
how are we going to do this,
00:31:07.61\00:31:09.23
how are we going
to pull this off?
00:31:09.26\00:31:10.32
I've got a great idea, let's
manufacture something called
00:31:10.35\00:31:12.79
the rapture so we can
get the church out of the way
00:31:12.82\00:31:14.97
and then God can fulfill
all of His covenant promises
00:31:15.00\00:31:17.23
to Israel.
00:31:17.26\00:31:18.30
Beloved, there is a much easier
way to understand the Bible
00:31:18.33\00:31:21.69
can you say "Amen?"
00:31:21.72\00:31:23.12
I mean beloved we do
not have to go through this
00:31:23.15\00:31:25.66
circuitous maze, how are
we going to make sense out of
00:31:25.69\00:31:29.03
the Old Testament.
00:31:29.06\00:31:30.03
I'm going to show you
right now how to make sense
00:31:30.04\00:31:32.53
out of the Old Testament,
and what happens to all of those
00:31:32.56\00:31:35.40
promises that God made to
Israel, God has a new Israel
00:31:35.43\00:31:39.69
and that Israel was faithful.
00:31:39.72\00:31:42.09
You say what is he talking
about, who is this new Israel
00:31:42.12\00:31:44.76
that was faithful, well
let's take a look at who it is.
00:31:44.79\00:31:47.17
I'm going to Matthew chapter 1,
00:31:47.20\00:31:51.40
Matthew 1, you say
who is God's new Israel?
00:31:51.43\00:31:57.08
I'll let the cat out of the
bag and make it crystal clear
00:31:57.11\00:32:00.19
to you, Jesus
Christ is God's new Israel.
00:32:00.48\00:32:03.71
Jesus Christ is Israel!
00:32:03.74\00:32:07.99
Let's go back and remember this,
Israel was originally a term
00:32:08.02\00:32:13.59
that applied to what?
00:32:13.62\00:32:15.59
A single man, who
gained what kind of victory?
00:32:15.62\00:32:19.32
A spiritual victory, and what
was God looking for in Israel,
00:32:19.35\00:32:21.84
what was God
looking for in Noah,
00:32:21.87\00:32:23.18
what was God looking for
in Adam, a fit representative
00:32:23.21\00:32:26.34
on earth, and He finds
it in the man Jesus Christ.
00:32:26.37\00:32:30.44
Now let's just think a
little bit about Israel,
00:32:30.47\00:32:33.27
how national Israel came to be.
00:32:33.30\00:32:35.48
A man named Joseph had dreams,
a man named Joseph had what?
00:32:35.51\00:32:40.78
Dreams, and the children of
Israel were led down into Egypt
00:32:40.81\00:32:44.04
for a time, isn't
that true everyone?
00:32:44.07\00:32:45.65
Whoa! Let's think about
our own Lord, let's think about
00:32:45.68\00:32:47.91
our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
00:32:47.94\00:32:49.30
His mother's name was Mary,
and His earthly father's name
00:32:49.33\00:32:52.80
was Joseph, and Joseph
has a dream, and an angel
00:32:52.83\00:32:55.72
appears to him and says
someone is going to try to hurt
00:32:55.75\00:32:57.88
the child, take the
child to guess where?
00:32:57.91\00:33:01.19
Take the child to Egypt,
and just as national Israel
00:33:01.22\00:33:05.46
stayed in Egypt for a time,
Jesus remained in Egypt for a
00:33:05.49\00:33:08.73
time, until
another dream came to Him.
00:33:08.76\00:33:10.64
He said listen the one
who sought to kill Jesus
00:33:10.67\00:33:13.30
has now died, you
can bring Him out.
00:33:13.33\00:33:17.86
You can bring Him what everyone?
00:33:17.89\00:33:19.59
Out of Egypt!
Absolutely fascinating!
00:33:19.62\00:33:21.76
So a man named
Joseph had dreams:
00:33:21.79\00:33:24.36
Now let's think about
that for just a moment,
00:33:31.34\00:33:33.11
after the Exodus when
Pharaoh finally relented,
00:33:33.14\00:33:36.24
and let the children of Israel
go, where was the first place
00:33:36.27\00:33:39.83
that they came to, what
was the first major thing
00:33:39.86\00:33:41.98
that happened?
00:33:42.01\00:33:43.00
The Red Sea, that's exactly
right, they come to the Red Sea.
00:33:43.03\00:33:45.21
And they so oh, you
know we are so confused,
00:33:45.24\00:33:47.89
we have impassable on the right,
00:33:47.92\00:33:49.85
and impassable on the left,
impassible on the right and left
00:33:49.88\00:33:54.38
I do know my right and my left.
00:33:54.41\00:33:55.52
That's left, and the armies
of Pharaoh are approaching
00:33:55.55\00:34:00.08
very rapidly from behind,
and God parts the Red Sea,
00:34:00.11\00:34:02.47
right in front of
them, can you say "Amen!"
00:34:02.50\00:34:03.94
So look at this, they go
into Egypt, they stay in Egypt,
00:34:03.97\00:34:07.27
they are called out of
Egypt, they go to the Red Sea.
00:34:07.30\00:34:09.62
Now it's very interesting,
look at 1 Corinthians 10,
00:34:09.65\00:34:12.46
keep your finger here in
Matthew because we are going to
00:34:12.49\00:34:13.85
come back, look
at 1 Corinthians 10,
00:34:13.88\00:34:16.22
very quickly, see if
you can beat me there.
00:34:16.25\00:34:18.15
1 Corinthians 10, and I'm
in verse 1, 1 Corinthians 10:1.
00:34:18.18\00:34:24.47
Moreover, brethren, I do
not want you to be unaware that
00:34:24.50\00:34:27.87
all our fathers were under
the cloud, all passed through
00:34:27.90\00:34:30.99
the sea, He's
talking about Israel.
00:34:31.02\00:34:32.98
all were baptized into Moses
in the cloud and in the sea,
00:34:33.01\00:34:38.81
So it's very interesting,
Paul takes this passing through
00:34:38.84\00:34:41.28
the Red Sea and he parallels
it with a baptism experience
00:34:41.31\00:34:44.70
this is what Scotty
talked about in Sabbath school
00:34:44.73\00:34:46.24
this morning, and so he says
the Red Sea was like a baptism.
00:34:46.27\00:34:49.79
The Red Sea was
like a what everyone?
00:34:49.82\00:34:51.65
Baptism, and it comes
from the Greek word Baptiso,
00:34:51.68\00:34:54.38
which means to emerge,
and so Paul takes this passing
00:34:54.41\00:34:57.03
through the Red Sea, and he
says it was just like a baptism.
00:34:57.06\00:34:59.73
Now after Jesus was called
out of Egypt, next thing that we
00:34:59.76\00:35:03.80
basically see Jesus doing
in the gospel of Matthew is
00:35:03.83\00:35:06.25
being baptized.
00:35:06.28\00:35:07.99
Are you with me everyone?
00:35:08.02\00:35:10.77
The very next thing we
see is Him being baptized
00:35:10.80\00:35:13.30
so I'm in Matthew, you can
go back to Matthew with me,
00:35:13.33\00:35:15.07
Matthew 3,
picking it up in verse 13,
00:35:15.10\00:35:19.71
Then Jesus came from
Galilee to John at the Jordan
00:35:19.74\00:35:22.59
to be baptized by him.
And John tried to prevent Him,
00:35:22.62\00:35:25.31
saying, I need to
be baptized by You,
00:35:25.34\00:35:27.06
and are You coming to me?
But Jesus answered and said,
00:35:27.09\00:35:28.96
Permit it to be so now,
for thus it is fitting for us
00:35:28.99\00:35:33.90
to fulfill, now if you are
in the custom of writing in
00:35:33.93\00:35:39.51
your Bible, I'm going to
recommend that you take out
00:35:39.54\00:35:41.03
a pen, and you underline
that word fulfill right there,
00:35:41.06\00:35:44.20
put a star by it, put something
by it, because that word fulfill
00:35:44.23\00:35:47.66
is arguably the single most
important word in the gospel
00:35:47.69\00:35:52.73
of Matthew, I'll show
you that in just a moment.
00:35:52.76\00:35:55.60
Jesus comes there
and He says, hey listen,
00:35:55.63\00:35:57.82
I need you to baptize
Me, he says no!, no!, no!,
00:35:57.85\00:35:59.51
I need to be baptized
by you and He says listen,
00:35:59.54\00:36:00.94
we've got to do this so we
can fulfill all righteousness
00:36:00.97\00:36:05.34
and then is says He allowed Him,
and when He had been baptized
00:36:05.37\00:36:08.02
Jesus came up immediately
from the water, and behold
00:36:08.05\00:36:10.76
the heavens were opened unto
Him and He saw the spirit of God
00:36:10.79\00:36:12.63
descending like a
dove, and alighting upon Him.
00:36:12.66\00:36:14.21
Now look at verse 17,
And suddenly a voice came
00:36:14.24\00:36:16.25
from heaven, saying,
This is My beloved Son,
00:36:16.28\00:36:19.94
in whom I am well pleased.
00:36:19.97\00:36:21.86
"So Jesus it the Son of God. "
00:36:21.89\00:36:23.88
Question, question,
question, who was the Son of God
00:36:23.91\00:36:27.81
in Exodus 4?
Israel, that's right,
00:36:27.84\00:36:30.74
remember that's what
Moses said to Pharaoh
00:36:30.77\00:36:32.40
let my children go, My
Son, My Firstborn, Israel!
00:36:32.43\00:36:37.19
And God here, says my
Son, and I'm happy with Him.
00:36:37.22\00:36:41.35
Just as national Israel had gone
into Egypt because a man named
00:36:41.39\00:36:45.92
Joseph dreamed dreams, they
remained in Egypt for a time,
00:36:45.95\00:36:48.49
they were called from Egypt,
they passed through the waters
00:36:48.52\00:36:51.03
so to Jesus a man named Joseph
has dreams, they go into Egypt
00:36:51.06\00:36:53.49
they stay in Egypt for a time,
they are called out of Egypt,
00:36:53.52\00:36:55.96
as He comes out of Egypt
He goes to the waters of what?
00:36:55.99\00:36:59.36
Baptism! Fascinating!
00:36:59.39\00:37:01.93
Now where do the children
of Israel go after they pass
00:37:01.96\00:37:03.81
through the Red Sea?
00:37:03.84\00:37:04.81
They go to Mount Sinai, ok,
in the context of Mount Sinai
00:37:04.82\00:37:09.04
God gives them the law and
then they go into the wilderness
00:37:09.07\00:37:12.47
for how many years? Forty years!
00:37:12.50\00:37:14.32
What does Jesus do
immediately after His baptism?
00:37:14.35\00:37:16.63
He goes into the wilderness
and the Bible says He was led by
00:37:16.66\00:37:20.88
the what?
00:37:20.91\00:37:21.88
Spirit for the
purpose of being tempted.
00:37:21.89\00:37:24.73
Now do you see that Jesus here
is retracing the high points
00:37:24.76\00:37:28.67
in Israel's
national history, yes or no?
00:37:28.70\00:37:30.79
Fascinating! Just
as Israel was in the
00:37:30.82\00:37:33.85
wilderness for 40 years,
Jesus goes into the wilderness
00:37:33.88\00:37:36.80
for 40 days.
00:37:36.83\00:37:37.80
Why is Jesus walking over
step by step the high points of
00:37:37.81\00:37:40.47
Israel's national history?
00:37:40.50\00:37:41.58
Because He is the new
Israel and He knows it,
00:37:41.61\00:37:44.04
a single man who gains
a what kind of victory?
00:37:44.07\00:37:47.56
A spiritual victory, so He
could be God's representative
00:37:47.59\00:37:51.62
on earth.
00:37:51.65\00:37:52.62
Fascinating! Forty
days in the wilderness.
00:37:52.63\00:37:55.11
Now let's go to that,
you are there in Matthew 4,
00:37:55.14\00:37:57.46
Matthew 4, Satan come to Jesus
he gives Him three temptations,
00:37:57.49\00:38:02.26
how many temptations?
00:38:02.29\00:38:03.35
Three temptations, the
first one He says hey listen,
00:38:03.38\00:38:05.54
cause at these stones be made
into, bread, make these stones
00:38:05.57\00:38:09.92
into bread, but notice
what Jesus says in verse 4,
00:38:09.95\00:38:11.83
It is written, 'Man
shall not live by bread
00:38:11.86\00:38:15.96
alone, but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:38:16.00\00:38:19.89
Do you know where
He is quoting from?
00:38:19.92\00:38:21.11
He's quoting from
the book of Deuteronomy,
00:38:21.14\00:38:24.20
do you know what the
word Deuteronomy means?
00:38:24.23\00:38:28.12
It means the second
law, Due is to, nomos is law.
00:38:28.15\00:38:33.76
Deuteronomy is the second
rendering of the second reading
00:38:33.79\00:38:35.92
of the law, it's
basically Moses, three sermons,
00:38:35.95\00:38:39.05
Moses recapitulates the
whole history of national Israel
00:38:39.08\00:38:42.51
and Jesus here is in the
wilderness, the devil says
00:38:42.54\00:38:44.93
make these stones into bread,
and Jesus actually quotes from
00:38:44.96\00:38:48.34
the very experience of the
children of Israel by quoting
00:38:48.37\00:38:51.72
Deuteronomy, He says No!
It is written, We don't live
00:38:51.75\00:38:55.03
by bread alone, and we
don't live by manna alone,
00:38:55.06\00:38:58.09
but by all of the
words that come from God.
00:38:58.12\00:39:00.14
Jesus here is being tempted
in the very same area that Adam
00:39:00.17\00:39:04.14
was tempted in
the area of appetite.
00:39:04.17\00:39:05.63
Adam failed because of fruit,
Noah failed because part of the
00:39:05.66\00:39:09.67
fruit of the vineyard and
the devil comes and he says ahh!
00:39:09.70\00:39:11.83
I've been down this road before,
God gets this representative...
00:39:11.86\00:39:14.52
Been there done that, here's
another control, alt, delete,
00:39:14.55\00:39:18.12
and he says I will trip Him up
the same way I tripped up Adam,
00:39:18.15\00:39:20.28
I'll trip Him up the
same way I tripped up Noah,
00:39:20.31\00:39:22.55
Hey listen you are
really hungry why don't you eat.
00:39:22.58\00:39:24.71
He was totally unprepared
for what had came next,
00:39:24.74\00:39:29.69
it is written Satan, and He
goes back to the experience of
00:39:29.72\00:39:33.65
Israel in the wilderness
and He quotes from Deuteronomy
00:39:33.68\00:39:36.47
where Israel had
failed, Christ succeeded.
00:39:36.50\00:39:39.86
And then He was
tempted again, look at this,
00:39:39.89\00:39:43.21
absolutely fascinating,
00:39:43.24\00:39:44.37
we pick it up there in
verse 7, Jesus said to him,
00:39:44.40\00:39:46.68
It is written
again, You shall not tempt
00:39:46.71\00:39:50.10
the LORD your God.
That's from Deuteronomy as well
00:39:50.13\00:39:52.10
that's straight
out of Deuteronomy.
00:39:52.13\00:39:54.55
Remember what had
happened the children of Israel
00:39:54.58\00:39:57.04
were walking out and they
were on their way to Mount Sinai
00:39:57.07\00:40:00.53
and they came to this bitter
water, and they said oh Moses
00:40:00.56\00:40:04.00
you let us here to die,
and this bitter sour tasting
00:40:04.03\00:40:07.36
sulfuric water, and
Moses basically said hey listen
00:40:08.06\00:40:11.59
you are tempting God, you
are chiding God, you are testing
00:40:11.62\00:40:14.66
God, the name of that
place was Mossa and Meribah.
00:40:14.69\00:40:17.16
Mossa means temptation,
and Meribah means chiding.
00:40:17.19\00:40:20.38
And it says don't tempt
the Lord like you did in Mossa,
00:40:20.41\00:40:22.98
God does not lead
you out of the Wilderness
00:40:23.01\00:40:24.91
in a place to die.
00:40:24.94\00:40:26.11
Can you say "Amen?"
00:40:26.20\00:40:27.17
That's true for everyone of you,
God might be leading you out
00:40:27.18\00:40:29.28
of somewhere, but God never
leads you somewhere just to
00:40:29.31\00:40:32.72
kill you and let you
die, someone say "Amen!"
00:40:32.75\00:40:35.21
God leads you with a purpose,
and if God has been leading us
00:40:35.24\00:40:37.63
point, by point, by
point, we are testing God,
00:40:37.66\00:40:40.86
when we doubt the leading
that God has in our lives,
00:40:40.89\00:40:43.82
can you say "Amen!"
00:40:43.85\00:40:44.82
And so Jesus here says No!
It is written, you shall not
00:40:44.83\00:40:48.48
test or tempt the Lord your
God, He's quoting from the very
00:40:48.51\00:40:51.46
experience in Exodus 17
where Israel had failed,
00:40:51.49\00:40:54.76
Jesus succeeded, and then one
more look at this in verse 10:
00:40:54.79\00:40:59.53
Away with you,
Satan! For it is written,
00:40:59.57\00:41:01.95
'You shall
worship the LORD your God,
00:41:01.98\00:41:03.31
and Him only you shall serve. '
00:41:03.34\00:41:05.34
Yeah, and guess what
book He is quoting from?
00:41:05.37\00:41:06.68
Deuteronomy 6 and
10, that's exactly right,
00:41:06.71\00:41:10.34
and so let's follow it through:
00:41:10.37\00:41:11.83
A man named Joseph has
dreams this lead Him into Egypt,
00:41:11.86\00:41:14.40
They remain in Egypt for a time,
God calls them out of Egypt,
00:41:14.43\00:41:16.75
They pass through the waters of
baptism, and then they go into
00:41:16.78\00:41:19.23
wilderness, where He is
basically faced with a series of
00:41:19.26\00:41:24.06
tests, that were exactly like
the tests that national Israel
00:41:24.09\00:41:29.00
faced and failed, but
where Israel failed, Jesus said
00:41:29.03\00:41:32.67
It is written, I am
going to trust the Lord,
00:41:32.70\00:41:34.29
It is written I am
going to trust my Father,
00:41:34.32\00:41:36.12
It is written I'm
not going to trust God.
00:41:36.15\00:41:38.26
"Amen!"
00:41:38.29\00:41:39.26
He is rehearsing
the history of Israel.
00:41:39.27\00:41:43.24
Quotes from
Deuteronomy, He overcomes where
00:41:43.27\00:41:46.17
Israel failed,
Absolutely fascinating!
00:41:46.20\00:41:48.01
I could give you other parallels
but this sort of gets you off
00:41:48.04\00:41:50.48
the ground, now you
are still there in Matthew,
00:41:50.51\00:41:51.74
I want to show
you something amazing.
00:41:51.77\00:41:53.30
Before I tell you Matthew, go
to Luke, I got to show you this,
00:41:53.33\00:41:58.67
I got to show you this, Luke 4,
look at Luke as Luke rehearses
00:41:58.70\00:42:05.03
the experience of the baptism
he gives us a detail that
00:42:05.06\00:42:07.17
Matthew doesn't, Luke
4, what chapter everyone?
00:42:07.20\00:42:09.41
Luke 4, you have got
to see this amazing stuff.
00:42:09.44\00:42:14.60
Luke 4, and it says in verse 12,
we'll pick it up in verse 12,
00:42:14.63\00:42:19.10
this is the
temptation experience.
00:42:19.13\00:42:20.32
'It has been said, 'You shall
not tempt the LORD your God.
00:42:20.35\00:42:22.37
Now when the devil had
ended every temptation,
00:42:22.41\00:42:23.93
he departed from Him
until an opportune time.
00:42:23.97\00:42:26.15
Verse 14, Then Jesus returned
in the power of the Spirit
00:42:26.18\00:42:28.75
to Galilee, and news of
Him went out through all
00:42:28.78\00:42:30.87
the surrounding region, And
He taught in their synagogues,
00:42:30.90\00:42:33.55
being glorified by
all. Now look at verse 16.
00:42:33.58\00:42:36.02
So He came to Nazareth,
where He had been brought up
00:42:36.05\00:42:39.27
And as His custom was,
He went into the synagogue
00:42:39.30\00:42:41.91
on the Sabbath day,
and stood up to read.
00:42:41.94\00:42:44.27
Everyone of you today who
is in the church on the Sabbath
00:42:44.30\00:42:46.45
is following the example
of Jesus, can you say "Amen?"
00:42:46.48\00:42:48.84
If it's good enough for
Jesus it's good enough for me.
00:42:48.87\00:42:50.65
Verse 17: And He was handed
the book of the prophet Isaiah.
00:42:50.68\00:42:55.06
And when He had opened
the book, He found the place
00:42:55.09\00:42:59.12
where it was written:
00:42:59.15\00:43:00.15
Now I don't know if they
had a specific scripture reading
00:43:00.18\00:43:03.42
that day, but they
hand the scroll to Jesus,
00:43:03.45\00:43:05.42
and Jesus didn't read
whatever was assigned that day,
00:43:05.45\00:43:08.35
Jesus went through that scroll
and found a certain passage.
00:43:08.38\00:43:12.56
Are you with me everyone?
00:43:12.59\00:43:15.66
He found a passage
that is from Isaiah 61,
00:43:15.69\00:43:19.44
of course there
weren't chapters in those days
00:43:19.47\00:43:20.70
but it's the equivalent
of chapter 61, and I want you
00:43:20.73\00:43:23.09
to notice, Jesus reads
it, this is out of this world
00:43:23.12\00:43:26.05
amazing. Verse 18
00:43:26.08\00:43:28.66
The Spirit of the LORD is upon
Me, Because He has anointed Me
00:43:28.69\00:43:35.17
To preach the gospel to
the poor; He has sent Me
00:43:35.20\00:43:37.25
to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the
00:43:37.28\00:43:39.19
captives And recovery
of sight to the blind,
00:43:39.22\00:43:40.83
To set at liberty
those who are oppressed
00:43:40.86\00:43:42.33
to proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord.
00:43:42.36\00:43:45.53
If you go back to Isaiah
61, that is a prophecy about the
00:43:45.56\00:43:49.44
servant of Yahweh.
00:43:49.47\00:43:51.07
In Isaiah 61, do you know
who the servant of Yahweh is?
00:43:51.10\00:43:54.75
Israel! Isaiah
basically beginning in 42 all
00:43:54.78\00:44:00.70
the way to the end of Isaiah's
are these fantastic prophecies
00:44:00.73\00:44:03.50
that God had envisioned
for Israel, national Israel,
00:44:03.53\00:44:06.75
but which unfortunately
they failed, they failed.
00:44:06.78\00:44:08.78
Jesus walks into the
temple right after His 40 days
00:44:09.51\00:44:12.08
in the wilderness, right after
overcoming? from Deuteronomy
00:44:12.11\00:44:14.99
He goes into the
temple, they hand him Isaiah
00:44:15.02\00:44:16.69
he finds this place, and
He begins to quote Isaiah 61
00:44:16.72\00:44:20.37
which everybody in the Synagogue
knew was a reference to the
00:44:20.40\00:44:23.47
servant of Yahweh, It's Israel!
00:44:23.50\00:44:26.09
But watch what Jesus
says, whoa, they were totally
00:44:26.12\00:44:31.78
unprepared for this.
00:44:31.81\00:44:32.78
Verse 20: Then He closed the
book, and gave it back to the
00:44:32.79\00:44:37.01
attendant, and sat down, and
the eyes of all who were in the
00:44:37.04\00:44:40.49
Synagogue were fixed on Him,
there must have been something
00:44:40.52\00:44:42.63
about the way He read it, in
my mind's eye, I just see Jesus
00:44:42.66\00:44:45.34
quietly handing the scroll
back to the individual there
00:44:45.37\00:44:48.54
and going and sitting
down and everybody's going
00:44:48.57\00:44:50.26
pin drop silence.
00:44:50.29\00:44:54.34
It must have been
an uncomfortable moment
00:44:54.37\00:44:57.89
in the Synagogue, as
these people are thinking,
00:44:57.92\00:44:59.03
"That's it. "
00:44:59.06\00:45:00.21
"That's it!" Notice what
Jesus says: Out of this world,
00:45:00.43\00:45:05.08
verse 21: And He said to
them, what' the first word?
00:45:05.11\00:45:09.59
Today this scripture is
fulfilled in your hearing.
00:45:09.62\00:45:17.68
Whoa, what did He say?
00:45:17.71\00:45:21.87
What did He say? Did he just
say that this marvelous prophecy
00:45:21.90\00:45:26.06
about the servant of Yahweh,
that definitely refers to Israel
00:45:26.09\00:45:29.05
in it's original context?
00:45:29.08\00:45:30.36
Did He just say that today
the scripture is fulfilled in
00:45:30.39\00:45:33.63
our ears, is He telling us that
He is the servant of Yahweh?
00:45:33.66\00:45:37.51
Is He telling us that
He is God's new Israel?
00:45:37.54\00:45:40.74
That's exactly
what He is saying.
00:45:40.77\00:45:42.37
He says today this scripture
is fulfilled in your ears.
00:45:42.40\00:45:47.07
That scripture was fulfilled
in Jesus, where national Israel
00:45:47.10\00:45:56.15
failed, Jesus Christ, God's
Son, His true representative
00:45:56.18\00:45:59.07
the true Israel, the one
who has prevailed with God,
00:45:59.10\00:46:02.55
where national Israel
failed, Jesus succeeded!
00:46:02.58\00:46:05.86
By the way go back to Matthew
now, you thought I was going to
00:46:05.89\00:46:11.13
forget, but I didn't did I.
00:46:11.16\00:46:12.43
Go back to Matthew, phenomenal!
00:46:12.46\00:46:15.21
Do you know what
the most important...
00:46:15.24\00:46:16.23
What is the most important word
in the whole book of Matthew?
00:46:16.26\00:46:18.33
Ok, get ready, stretch
your fingers out, here we go,
00:46:18.36\00:46:20.69
Matthew 1:22, write all of these
down, this is going to be fast.
00:46:20.72\00:46:26.68
So hang in there, Matthew 1:22:
00:46:26.71\00:46:28.41
So all this was done that
it might be fulfilled which was
00:46:28.44\00:46:32.37
spoken by the Lord
through the prophet, saying:
00:46:32.40\00:46:33.94
Behold, the virgin shall
be with child, and bear a Son,
00:46:33.97\00:46:35.86
and they shall call His name
Immanuel, which is translated,
00:46:35.89\00:46:38.10
God with us. "
That's Isaiah 7:14.
00:46:38.13\00:46:39.81
Matthew says Isaiah
7:14, fulfilled in Jesus!
00:46:39.84\00:46:44.01
Can you say "Amen?"
00:46:44.04\00:46:45.55
Ok, it gets even
better, I'm going to Matthew 2,
00:46:45.58\00:46:48.00
Matthew, what chapter everyone?
00:46:48.03\00:46:49.00
Two, and I'm going to
pick it up in verse 13.
00:46:49.01\00:46:51.41
Now when they had departed,
behold, an angel of the Lord
00:46:51.44\00:46:53.33
appeared to Joseph in a dream,
saying, Arise, take the young
00:46:53.36\00:46:55.60
Child and His
mother, flee to Egypt,
00:46:55.63\00:46:57.04
and stay there until I bring
you word, for Herod will seek
00:46:57.08\00:46:59.31
the young child to
destroy Him, When he arose,
00:46:59.34\00:47:01.45
he took the young Child
and His mother by night and
00:47:01.48\00:47:03.36
departed for Egypt, and was
there until the death of Herod,
00:47:03.39\00:47:05.95
that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the Lord
00:47:05.98\00:47:09.96
through the prophet, saying,
"Out of Egypt I called My Son
00:47:09.99\00:47:14.66
That's Hosea
11:1, Look at verse 16:
00:47:14.69\00:47:18.09
Then Herod, when he saw that
he was deceived by the wise men
00:47:18.12\00:47:20.27
, was exceedingly angry; and
he sent forth and put to death
00:47:20.30\00:47:22.71
all the male children who
were in Bethlehem and in all the
00:47:22.74\00:47:24.71
districts, from two years old
and under, according to the time
00:47:24.75\00:47:27.39
which he had determined
from the wise men. Verse 17
00:47:27.42\00:47:29.25
Then was fulfilled what was
spoken by Jeremiah the prophet,
00:47:29.28\00:47:33.39
saying: A voice was heard
in Ramah, Lamentation, and
00:47:33.42\00:47:35.17
bitter weeping, Rachel
weeping for her children,
00:47:35.20\00:47:36.94
she refused to be comforted
because there were no more.
00:47:36.97\00:47:39.03
So here Matthew says
this happened to Jesus
00:47:39.06\00:47:41.60
to fulfill what
this prophet said.
00:47:41.63\00:47:47.30
You think that's all,
no!, no!, no!, the verse 23.
00:47:47.33\00:47:48.30
And he came and dwelt in a city
called Nazareth, that it might
00:47:48.33\00:47:54.27
be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophets,
00:47:54.30\00:47:57.06
"He shall be
called a Nazarene. "
00:47:57.09\00:47:59.20
Judges chapter 13:5, you
know what's happening now
00:47:59.23\00:48:01.72
it's just amazing, Matthew
is actually taking not just
00:48:01.75\00:48:04.30
Messianic prophecies,
He's taking just random bits of
00:48:04.33\00:48:07.31
history from Israel, and
He's saying fulfilled in Jesus,
00:48:07.34\00:48:10.08
fulfilled in Jesus, fulfilled
in Jesus, fulfilled in Jesus.
00:48:10.11\00:48:12.82
This is the single most
important word in all of
00:48:12.85\00:48:16.55
Matthew, let's look at another
one, you are there is chapter 4.
00:48:16.58\00:48:18.96
Matthew 4:14 that it
might be fulfilled which
00:48:18.99\00:48:27.01
was spoken by
Isaiah the prophet, saying:
00:48:27.04\00:48:28.82
"The land of Zebulun
and the land of Naphtali
00:48:28.85\00:48:30.44
By the way of the
sea, beyond the Jordan,
00:48:30.47\00:48:31.80
Galilee of the Gentiles:
The people who sat in darkness
00:48:31.83\00:48:34.27
have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the
00:48:34.30\00:48:37.50
region and shadow of
death the Light has dawned,
00:48:37.53\00:48:40.14
he said that was fulfilled,
in Jesus, go to Matthew 5:17,
00:48:40.17\00:48:44.24
Jesus says: Do not think
that I came to destroy the Law
00:48:44.36\00:48:49.63
or the Prophets, I did not
come to destroy them, but to do
00:48:49.66\00:48:52.10
what? I came to fulfill
the Law and the Prophets,
00:48:52.13\00:48:55.24
that's the Old Testament.
00:48:55.27\00:48:56.49
And then He says in verse
18, For verily, I say unto you,
00:48:56.52\00:48:58.33
not one jot or one tittle shall
in any wise removed from the Law
00:48:58.36\00:49:01.10
until all is fulfilled.
00:49:01.13\00:49:03.55
Ok, that's chapter 5,
look at chapter 8, verse 17,
00:49:03.58\00:49:07.68
Matthew 8, can you
keep up with me yes or no?
00:49:07.71\00:49:10.06
You are doing your
best, Matthew 8:17:
00:49:10.09\00:49:12.63
It says that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken
00:49:12.66\00:49:14.98
by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
He Himself took our infirmities
00:49:15.01\00:49:18.41
And bore our sicknesses,
now come on our Bible students
00:49:18.44\00:49:21.38
encourage me,
where is that taken from?
00:49:21.41\00:49:23.05
Isaiah 53, so Jesus here
says, actually Matthew says
00:49:23.08\00:49:27.36
about Jesus, this
happened it was fulfilled,
00:49:27.39\00:49:29.46
fulfilled in Jesus.
00:49:29.49\00:49:31.12
What the Old Testament
prophets looked forward to,
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fulfilled in Jesus, fulfilled
in Jesus, Look at Matthew 13:35,
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13:35 you are right there with
me, 13:35 notice what it says:
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Matthew 13:35: that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken
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by the prophet, saying: I
will open my mouth is parables
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I will utter things kept
secret from the foundation
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of the world, are
you with me everyone?
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That's what was spoken
by one of the prophets,
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look at Matthew 21:4, All
this was done that it might
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be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet, saying:
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Tell the daughter of Zion,
'Behold, your King is coming
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to you, Lowly, and
sitting on a donkey, A colt,
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the foal of a donkey. '
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Jesus went there
marching into Jerusalem,
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they were putting the palm
branches down saying: Hosanna
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to the Son of
David in the Highest!
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and then Matthew says, do
you know why that happened?
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It was to fulfill
Zechariah chapter 9.
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Jesus is fulfilling the
Old Testament prophecies
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and we could go through
so many more, chapter 26,
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chapter 27, again and
again, and again in Matthew
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this happened, why did this
happen, to fulfill, to fulfill,
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do you know what's happening?
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The New Testament writers are
not centering their expectations
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on the future
hope, please don't miss
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what I'm about ready to say.
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The New Testament writers
did not focus their anticipation
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of God's fulfillment to
Israel, on national Israel.
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The New Testament writer
said all of those promises were
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fulfilled, yes! In Jesus!
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In fact let me show you
one of the most powerful verses
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2 Corinthians 1:2,
see if you can get there,
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2 Corinthians 1:2, and
you will literally just get
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on the mountain
tops here beloved,
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I could spend another
hour on this 2 Corinthians 1,
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2 Corinthians 1 and look at
verse 20, 2 Corinthians 1:20,
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phenomenal, phenomenal, put
a star by it, put an X by it,
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underline it, put
a smiley face by it,
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do whatever you got to
do, 2 Corinthians 1:20:
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For all the promises of God
in Him, Him is Jesus, are Yes,
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all of the promises
of God in Him are YES,
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and in Him, Amen to the
glory of God through us.
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Do you know what Paul is
saying, he is saying not one
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promise of God is going to fail,
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but notice what he doesn't
say, he doesn't say all of the
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promises of God are
yes! in National Israel.
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Paul believed in Jesus, he
said all of God's promises are
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fulfilled, all of
God's promises are Yes!
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In Christ! Christ
is the new Israel!
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Christ is the true
representative of God,
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Christ is the one that God
could look down upon and say
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There He Is! there's my
Adam, there's my new Noah,
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there's my new Israel,
that's my representative,
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my Son in Whom I'm
well pleased, her Him!
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"Amen!"
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Now listen, if you want to go
back to all those Old Testament
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prophecies, and you want to
say, oh, this is going to happen
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in National Israel, and
this is going to happen in
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National Israel, do you
know what you are really doing?
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You are interpreting the
Old Testament as if Jesus
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hadn't come.
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Wow! Beloved, danger of dangers.
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You want to go understand
the Old Testament in a way,
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in the very same way that
the Jews, who reject Jesus
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understand it?
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Beloved how do the New
Testament writers understand the
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Old Testament,
fulfilled in Jesus,
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fulfilled in Jesus, fulfilled
in Jesus, fulfilled in Jesus
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in fact there are a couple more
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I just absolutely have to
show you there in 1 Corinthians,
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or somewhere close to it.
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Look at 1Corinthians
15, amazing 1Corinthians 15,
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what chapter everyone? 15,
I'm picking it up in verse 1,
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Moreover, brethren, I declare
to you the gospel which I
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preached to you,
1Corinthians 15:1, in which you
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received and in which you stand
by which also you are saved,
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if you hold fast that
word which I preached to you-
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unless you believed in
vain. For I delivered to you
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first of all that
which I also received:
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now notice this, Paul preached
to you what was preached to me,
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that Christ died for our sins,
what are the next four words?
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according to the
Scriptures, and look at verse 4:
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and that He was buried, and that
He rose again the third day,
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what are the next four words?
according to the Scriptures.
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Ok, right here, Bible
students, every one of you
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show me the verse in
the Old Testament, that says
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the Messiah would die
according to the scriptures,
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that the Messiah would be raised
according to the scriptures.
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Show it to me, does
anybody know where it is at?
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No! Where is it? Very
fascinating here isn't it.
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I mean he just says
it as plain as could be.
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Paul says hey,
listen! He was died according
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to the scriptures, He
was buried according to the
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scriptures, He was raised
according to the scriptures,
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now where is it, where
is it, you know where it is.
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Jonah! It's in Jonah!
Jesus said a wicked and
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adulterous generation seeketh
after a sign and no sign shall
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be given, but the sign of
the prophet Jonah, for as Jonah
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was three days and three
nights in the heart of the earth
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in the heart of the
fish, so the Son of man will be
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three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth.
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Jesus here takes a random
event out of Israel's history
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and He applies it to himself.
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Are you hearing me?
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Oh, it gets even
better, look at Hosea,
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there's one other by the way,
Jonah 1:17, and look at Hosea.
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See if you can get there
before me, Daniel, Hosea 6:
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Hosea, what chapter everyone?
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Hosea 6, and I'm beginning
in verse 1, look at this,
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Hosea 6:1, see that Paul is
saying that the death, burial,
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and resurrection of Jesus was
anticipated by the Old Testament
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prophets, look at Hosea
6:1, this is out of this world
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amazing, Hosea 6:1,
are we all there everyone?
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Come, and let us return to
the LORD For He has torn us,
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but He will heal
us; He has stricken,
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but He will bind us up. After
two days He will revive us;
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On the third day
He will raise us up,
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That we may live in His sight.
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Wait a minute, do you know
who this is a prophecy about?
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It's a prophecy about Jesus,
but in it's original context
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who is it about?
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Israel, who went into Assyrian
captivity, Israel had gone into
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a Assyrian captivity and the
prophet Hosea when they came out
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said two days we've been down,
but on the third day we will be
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raised up, and Jesus took this
prophecy about National Israel
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after they had gone into a
Assyrian captivity and He says:
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two days in the
tomb, raised on the third.
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How is Jesus allowed to do this,
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how is Matthew
allowed to do this,
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how is Paul allowed to do this,
how are all these people allowed
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to start
interpreting the Old Testament,
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in a very radical way, because
they saw that all of those
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prophecies were fulfilled,
not in national Israel.
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Israel had it's chance,
just like Adam, it failed,
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just like Noah it
failed, but Jesus was faithful.
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Jesus is the fulfillment
of the New Testament,
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and I'm going to be
strong here, and I hope you will
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forgive me, I hope
we can still be friends.
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But if you insist that God
still has to fulfill promises to
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national Israel, you are
interpreting the Old Testament
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in a very different way than
the New Testament writers did.
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Are you more inspired than
Paul, are you more inspired
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than Matthew, are you
more inspired than Jesus?
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Jesus understood Himself
as the fulfillment of the
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Old Testament, Paul understood
Jesus as the fulfillment
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of the Old Testament, Matthew
and the other gospel writers
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understood Jesus as the
fulfillment of the Old Testament
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and yet we want to
come along and say No!
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Israel is the fulfillment
of the Old Testament.
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WHO?
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Israel had their chance
as a nation and they failed,
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70 weeks were
determined upon their people,
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the gospel has gone to the
gentiles because God has a new
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representative, and that
new representative is Jesus!
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Jesus said in John 5:39, He
was speaking to the Pharisee's
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He said you searched the
scriptures because you think
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that in them you
have eternal life.
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But these are they
that testify of Me.
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One last verse, Luke 24,
hang in there, one last...,
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just one last passage,
Luke what chapter everyone?
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Luke 24, There were two people
walking on the road to Emmaus,
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you know the story, they are
on the road to Emmaus and Jesus
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pulls up next to them
and said why are you sad?
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Haven't you heard what had
happened, no!, what happened?
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Well there was a man named
Jesus, and we thought He was
00:57:48.05\00:57:49.72
the Guy, but He was crucified,
but as always it was a terrible
00:57:49.75\00:57:52.03
situation, now watch this.
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Luke 24 and I am in
verse 25, Then He said to them,
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Jesus speaking:
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"O foolish ones, and slow of
heart to believe in all that the
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prophets have spoken!
Ought not the Christ to have
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suffered these things
and to enter into His glory?
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You hear what He is
saying, can't you read the
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Old Testament, Jesus is
all over the Old Testament.
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Look at verse 32: After He
sat down, with them, they turned
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to one another and they said
did not our hearts burn within
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us, while He talked
with us on the road,
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and while He the
scriptures to us.
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What had Jesus done that
had revolutionize the way they
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saw the scriptures,
why were their hearts
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burning within them.
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Because they began to see
Jesus was the focus of the
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Old Testament prophets,
Jesus was the focus of the
00:58:38.83\00:58:41.01
Old Testament Psalms,
Jesus was the focus of the
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Old Testament wisdom books.
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Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
all over the Old Testament,
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and their heart began to
burn, and they said we never
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saw that before.
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