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Shawn Brummund: And
good morning to you.
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Welcome to another edition of
the Sabbath School Study Hour.
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It is such a nice day to be able
to get together, to be able to
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study God's Word.
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I trust that you are having a
good day so far, and I know that
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if you invest the next hour with
us and with this program, that
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you will be even more blessed,
as we continue to study the
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great promise that God has given
to us in his overall covenant,
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that he has given
throughout history,
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since the fall into sin.
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And then as we also look at the
different covenants that God has
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presented that through and to
today, looking at lesson number
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six, which is Abraham's seed.
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And so as many of us know,
Abraham is the great patriarch
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of the faith.
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He goes back the furthest,
as far as one of God's most
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prominent people since the
flood, and we are continuing to
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go through a very, very powerful
quarterly study, entitled,
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"The Promise: God's
Everlasting Covenant."
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If you don't have a copy of the
Sabbath School Quarterly, make
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sure that you get a copy.
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I know that many
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They'll be happy to
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And if you also go and Google
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than once I've also found
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offer that in a
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So, please take advantage
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again, today.
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Before we look into our worship
in song, I also want to offer
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Today is one of the most
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It's called "Alone in the
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Now, I know that a lot of us are
looking for digital copies of
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our different literature today,
and we like to read from our
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phone or tablets,
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In that case, go ahead and text
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text that to the number 40544.
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Now, that is only available
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If you, again, go to the Amazing
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available, if you're
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of the world.
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Well, with that being said,
before we open up with prayer
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and invite our teacher out here
today, we want to invite our
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musicians out, as we
worship the Lord in song.
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¤ My heart can sing
when I pause to remember. ¤
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¤ A heartache here is
but a stepping stone. ¤
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¤ Along the trail
that's winding always upward. ¤
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¤ This troubled world
is not my final home. ¤
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¤ But until then, my
heart will go on singing. ¤
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¤ Until then, with
joy I'll carry on, ¤
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¤ until the day my
eyes behold the city, ¤
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¤ until the day
God calls me home. ¤
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¤ The fields of earth will
dim and lose their value, ¤
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¤ if we recall they're
borrowed for just a while. ¤
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¤ And things of earth that
cause the heart to tremble, ¤
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¤ remember there
will only bring a smile. ¤
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¤ But until then, my
heart will go on singing. ¤
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¤ Until then, with
joy I'll carry on, ¤
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¤ until the day my
eyes behold the city, ¤
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¤ until the day
God calls me home. ¤
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¤ But until then, my
heart will go on singing. ¤
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¤ Until then, with
joy I'll carry on, ¤
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¤ until the day my
eyes behold the city, ¤
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¤ until the day ¤
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¤ God calls me home. ¤¤
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Shawn: I want to invite you
to close your eyes, as we bow
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our heads and pray.
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Father in heaven, this morning
we are thankful to be able
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to come together.
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We are thankful for your Bible,
that you give us the Word of
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Truth, that you have not left us
to our own, but you desire for
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us to be able to understand
the great love and promises
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that you have towards us.
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And God, today, as we come
together to open your Bible and
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look at this great promise that
you gave to Abraham, that even
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extends to us, want to pray,
God, that your Holy Spirit will
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guide us and lead us
and help us to understand.
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Please bless our teacher today,
as Pastor Rod is going to be
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presenting your Word.
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You know the time that
he's spent with you, both on his
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knees and in your Word.
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And Father, we want to pray that
all of that hard work in the
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service today will help us
to better understand your Word.
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In Jesus' name,
we pray these things.
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Amen.
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Rod Thompson:
Good morning, everyone.
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Happy Sabbath.
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Have you been blessed by the
quarterly that we've been in,
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the promises, the covenants
of God, this plan of salvation.
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I have truly been blessed.
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And today, we have an
amazing topic to talk about,
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"Abraham's Seed."
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It is a powerful lesson.
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And I don't know about you.
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I don't know if your mind works
the way mine does, but when I
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hear that statement, "Abraham's
Seed," it immediately comes
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to my mind, "Who is that?"
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Right? Who is Abraham's seed?
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Well, we want to
answer that question today.
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But before we can answer
that question, we've got to ask
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another question, and that is
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"Who is Israel?"
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Who is Israel?
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Well, you remember that
there was a man in the book of
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Genesis, in the Old Testament,
by the name of Jacob, and Jacob
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is the son of Isaac, and
Isaac is the son of Abraham,
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and Abraham is the
father of the Jews.
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And the name
Jacob means deceiver.
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I love that the names of the
people in the land of Israel,
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that their names have meaning,
and Jacob means deceiver.
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And Jacob truly lived
up to his name, didn't he?
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He deceived his brother out
of his birthright, and then he
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deceived or tricked his father
into giving him the blessing.
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Now, Jacob and
Esau were brothers.
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They were twins.
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But Esau was the firstborn,
and so he was entitled
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to the family blessing.
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He was to receive the rights of
the firstborn, but Jacob tricked
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him out of that, deceived
him out of that, and then he
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deceived his father, Abraham.
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And you see in the picture there
on the screen that Jacob had
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something funny on his hand.
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He took some goat skin, and he
put it on his hand, because his
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brother was very hairy.
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And at this point,
Isaac was losing his eyesight.
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He couldn't see very well.
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And so the idea was, when his
father would feel that, he would
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think that it was Esau
and give him the blessing.
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And guess what?
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The trickery worked.
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In fact, in Genesis chapter
27, verse 36, Esau was so mad,
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he said, "Is he not
rightly called Jacob?"
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Because Jacob means deceiver.
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Well, the deception cost Jacob
a lot, because Jacob had to flee
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from his home,
because his brother, Esau,
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was very upset with him.
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He was considering killing him,
and so Jacob had to run away,
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and he never got to
see his mother alive again.
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But Jacob ran away, and he went
to his Uncle Laban, who was a
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bit of a deceiver
himself, wasn't he?
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Jacob fell in love with Laban's
daughter, and he wanted to marry
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her, but on the wedding day
his father-in-law tricked him,
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deceived him, and he married
the oldest daughter, Leah.
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And so now he says, "Well, I'll
give you Rachel, but you've got
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to give me more
years of service."
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And then the two wives ended
up giving him a couple of their
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handmaids, and so there was
some polygamy going on here,
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and Jacob had many
children from them.
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They became a blended family.
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But eventually the time came
when Jacob was impressed by God
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to return to the land of his
birth and to be reunited with
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his brother Esau.
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And as they are on the journey
and going, they get to the point
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where the next day Jacob
is going to meet his brother,
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and he is not certain
whether or not his brother
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has truly forgiven him.
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And so he's afraid.
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He sends the family ahead,
and he is alone by himself one
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night, and he begins
wrestling with a man.
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And he thought that this man was
one of maybe his brother's men,
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and he was
fighting for his life.
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And he began to fight
all through the night,
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wrestling with this man.
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The Bible says
the angel of the Lord.
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And it came about morning, just
when the sun was about to break,
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and the man touched him on his
hip, and his hip was immediately
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put out of place, and
Jacob realized that he was not
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wrestling with an ordinary
man, but he was wrestling
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with the Lord.
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So, now he really began to
wrestle, not to get away this
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time, but this
time he was holding on.
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Because if this was the
Lord, he needed assurance.
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He needed a blessing.
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And so he held on, and he said
to the Lord, "I will not let you
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go until or
unless you bless me."
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And, in fact, the Lord did bless
him, and Jacob received a new
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name, and that new name was
Israel, which means overcomer or
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someone who has been victorious.
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And so Israel is the spiritual
name that was given to the
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father of the nation of Israel,
and Jacob had 12 sons, and they
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became the sons of Israel,
and eventually they became the
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fathers of the 12 tribes
of Israel that we know as the
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nation of Israel, over there in
the Middle East, in Palestine.
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And the Bible says in Genesis
32:28, "Your name shall no
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longer be called
Jacob, but Israel."
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Now, the New Testament makes
a distinction between Israel
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and his children.
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I want to show you that.
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Turn with me in your
Bibles to Romans chapter 9,
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Romans chapter 9.
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The Apostle Paul is
speaking to the church in Rome.
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He's speaking to us,
and notice what he says,
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starting in verse 1.
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Paul says, "I tell you the truth
in Christ, I am not lying, my
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conscience also bearing me
witness in the Holy Spirit, that
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I have great sorrow and
continual grief in my heart.
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For I could wish that I myself
were accursed from Christ for my
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brethren, my countrymen,
according to the flesh, who are
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Israelites to whom pertain
the adoption, the glory, the
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covenants, the giving of the
Law, the service of God, and the
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promises of whom are the fathers
and from whom, according to the
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flesh, Christ came, who
is over all the eternally
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blessed God, amen.
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But it is not that the
Word of God has taken no effect,
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for they are not all," what?
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"They are not all Israel, who
are of Israel, nor are they all
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children because they are the
seed of Abraham, but in Isaac
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your seed shall be
called, that is those who
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are the children of the flesh.
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These are not what?
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These are not the children
of God, but the children of the
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promise are
counted as the seed."
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So, here we see the Apostle Paul
telling us that they are not all
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Israel, who are of Israel.
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There's the Israel of the flesh,
and then he also speaks of the
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children of promise, and he
refers to the children who come
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by Isaac as the
children of the promise.
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And I want you to notice
something that Jesus says in
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John chapter 8, verse 39.
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He says, "If," and he's talking
to the Pharisees that have been
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questioning him.
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He says, "If you were Abraham's
children, you would do the works
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of Abraham.
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In other words, what he is
saying to them is, "You must not
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be Abraham's children; because
if you were Abraham's children,
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then you would be doing the
things, or you would be doing
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the works of Abraham."
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In another place, in John
chapter 1, verse 47, when Jesus
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was looking, he saw
Nathanael coming and he said,
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"Behold an Israelite indeed."
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Or in other words, an Israelite
in truth, or a true Israelite.
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In 1 Corinthians
chapter 10, verse 18, Paul says,
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"Observe Israel
after the flesh."
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And I ask you the
question, why did Paul
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have to qualify his statement?
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Or why did he have
to say, "Observe Israel
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after the flesh"?
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Well, I'll tell you why.
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Because there are two Israels.
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Notice in Galatians
chapter 6, verse 14 through 16.
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It says, "But God forbid that I
should boast except in the cross
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of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom the world has been
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crucified to me,
and I to the world.
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For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision," that's the Jews,
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"nor uncircumcision," that's the
Gentiles, "avails anything, but
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a new creation.
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And as many as walk according
to this rule, peace and mercy be
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upon them, and upon," who?
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"Upon the Israel of God," which
is a different group of people
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than Israel of the flesh.
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You have the Israel of the
flesh, those who are of the
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genealogy, those who are of the
heredity of Abraham, and then
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you have the Israel of
God, who are the descendants
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of Abraham's faith.
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In other words, both Jew and
Gentile, who have faith in Jesus
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Christ, they are
the Israel of God.
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And he makes that point in
Romans chapter 9, which we just
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read, which says, "For
they are not all Israel."
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That is they are not all the
Israel of God, who are of the
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nation, the
lineage, the flesh of Israel.
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That's pretty
revealing, isn't it?
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It says, not everyone who
is a descendant of Abraham is
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actually a true Israelite.
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The Bible reveals
that there are two Israels.
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Did you catch that?
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Two Israels.
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I want you to notice in Romans
2, verse 28, that it says, "He
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is not a Jew who is one
outwardly, nor is circumcision
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that which is
outward in the flesh."
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In other words, you are not
necessarily an Israelite if you
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have the genes of Abraham,
or if you are of the heredity.
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There is the Israel in the
flesh, that is those who are of
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the genealogy of Abraham, those
over there in the Middle East,
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in the land of Palestine.
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And then Romans 2:28 continues.
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He says, "But he is a
Jew who is one," what?
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"--inwardly; and circumcision
is that of the heart."
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You see, all through the
New Testament, Paul reveals that
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there are two Israels.
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There's the Israel of the flesh
over there, who believe that
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they receive the promises of
God, simply because they were of
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the heredity of Abraham,
and then there is Israel of the
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spirit, or spiritual Israel,
those who believed like Abraham
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believed, those who
have the faith of Abraham,
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not necessarily
the genes of Abraham.
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And so I have a
question for you.
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To which of the two Israels
are the promises of God made?
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To the Israel in the
flesh or spiritual Israel?
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Well, in order to answer that
question, we need to understand
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a prophecy that is so amazing
and so clearly shows that Jesus
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is the Messiah that the Jewish
rabbis put a curse on anyone who
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would attempt to
determine its meaning.
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Because remember, the
Jews do not consider Jesus
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to be the Messiah.
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But this so perfectly addresses
the fact that he is, that they
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wrote this in Talmudic law.
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"May the bones of the hands and
the bones of the fingers decay
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and decompose of him who turns
the pages of the book of Daniel,
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to find out the time of Daniel
9:24-27, and may his memory rot
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from off of the face
of the earth forever."
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That's a pretty
strong curse, isn't it?
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They don't want anyone
looking into Daniel chapter 9,
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verse 24 to 27.
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And you'll remember--you know,
I don't believe in coincidences,
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do you?
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I think it's perfect timing,
on behalf of God, that we would
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have this study of Abraham's
seed today, as we have been
00:21:46.94\00:21:51.07
going through this
"Seven Deadly Myths" Bible Study
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with Scott Ritsmah.
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And you'll remember on
the first night that he talked
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about this prophecy.
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It's called the 70-week
prophecy of Daniel chapter 9.
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And then he talked
about it again last night.
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Now, I don't want to go through
the whole thing, but I do want
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to do a little bit
of a review of this.
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They were given the command
to restore and build Jerusalem.
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That was to be the indication
of the beginning of the 70-week
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prophecy, which was cut off from
the larger 2300-day prophecy.
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And there were actually
three decrees that went out.
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You'll remember that Israel was
taken captive to Babylon, but
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then Babylon was overtaken by
the Medes and the Persians, and
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it was the first king of the
Medes and Persians, Cyrus, who
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made the first decree to let
them go back to Israel and to
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start building the walls
and to rebuild the temple.
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And then the second decree
was essentially the same thing
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reiterated by King Darius, and
it wasn't until Artexerxes made
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the decree that they could both
build and restore, and that was
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when he allowed them to go
back and set up magistrates and
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judges to have their
own civil government.
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So, now this third decree is the
one that actually fulfills the
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prophecy, where they could
restore to their own government.
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They could be once
again a sovereign nation.
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And you go back and you look at
Ezra chapter 7, and you'll see
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that decree.
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And you look at history, and
you'll see that that was in 457
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BC that that command was given,
and it was a 70-week prophecy.
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So, if you take 70 weeks times 7
days in a week, that's 490 days.
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But as Scott was talking about,
over the first day and then last
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night in this new Bible series,
"Seven Deadly Myths," you saw
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that the days actually, in
Bible prophecy, equal a year.
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And he took us into
Numbers and Ezekiel.
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And so that's 490 years.
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And the command was that there
would be 7 weeks and 62 weeks.
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And then what would happen?
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Messiah the Prince
would show up, right?
00:24:20.69\00:24:23.56
So, 69 weeks into the 70-week
prophecy, Jesus would show up.
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And it's very interesting that
Jesus, at his baptism, he became
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anointed with the
Holy Spirit, right?
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That's what Messiah
means, the Anointed One.
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And the Bible tells us that
it was in the 15th year of the
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reign of Tiberias Caesar.
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And you go back in history
and look at that, and you'll see
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that that was 27 AD.
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Friends, Jesus was
anointed right on time.
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But that leaves one more
week into the prophecy, and that
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prophecy told us in Daniel
chapter 9, that in the middle of
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that week, the Messiah would
be cut off, but not for himself.
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And we know that 3 1/2 years
into that last 7 years, that
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Jesus died on the cross, that he
confirmed a covenant with many,
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and he put an end to
sacrifices and oblations.
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And so we see that that
perfectly fits, that Jesus is,
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in fact, the Messiah.
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But in Daniel
chapter 9, verse 24, it says,
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"Know and
understand the vision."
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Right?
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That there were 70
weeks determined for you
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and your people.
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Now, Daniel was a Jew,
and so this 70-week prophecy
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is a probationary period
for the children of Israel.
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And what were they to do
in that probationary period?
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They were to
finish the transgression.
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They were to make an end of sin.
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They were to make
reconciliation for iniquity.
00:26:13.44\00:26:16.40
They were to seal up
the vision and prophecy.
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And they were to
anoint the most holy place.
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Now, I have a question for you.
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Did they, in fact,
fulfill the conditions
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of the 70-week prophecy?
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Did they finish
the transgression?
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Did they make an end of sin?
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Well, not as a
nation they didn't, right?
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But the 70 weeks
were fulfilled in who?
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In Jesus Christ, that's right.
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He finished the transgression.
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He put an end to sin.
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He made
reconciliation for iniquity.
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He sealed up the
vision and prophecy.
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And when he returned to heaven,
he anointed the most holy place.
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The 70-week prophecy was
fulfilled in the person of Jesus
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Christ, who
became the new Israel,
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the overcomer on our behalf.
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He is the
spiritual Father of Israel.
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He is the true Israel and the
seed of Abraham, and that's why
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the Bible says in Galatians
chapter 3, verse 29, "And if you
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are Christ's, then
you are Abraham's seed."
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So, I ask you
the question again.
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To which of the Israels
are the prophecies of the Bible
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pertaining to, and to which
Israel are the promises made?
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Literal Israel
or spiritual Israel?
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Well, we have already seen,
haven't we, that Jesus is the
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only one who
fulfilled the conditions.
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Now, let's look for a moment
with our spiritual glasses on at
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the nation of Israel.
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When the children of Israel were
slaves in Egypt, God raised up a
00:27:59.57\00:28:05.38
man by the name of Moses.
00:28:05.41\00:28:07.95
And you'll remember that Moses
killed one of the Egyptians, and
00:28:07.98\00:28:10.72
then he fled into the
wilderness, and he was gone
00:28:10.75\00:28:12.89
for 40 years.
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But then you remember in Exodus
chapter 4, verse 22, that God
00:28:14.89\00:28:19.13
said to Moses, "You shall say
to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord,
00:28:19.16\00:28:24.43
Israel is my
son, my firstborn.'"
00:28:24.47\00:28:29.20
So, here we see that, "Israel
is my son, he is my firstborn."
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In Psalm chapter
80, verse 8, it says,
00:28:35.24\00:28:37.91
"Thou hast brought a," what?
00:28:37.95\00:28:41.45
"--a vine out of Egypt.
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Thou hast cast out the
heathen and planted it."
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So, here we see that
Israel is a vine out of Egypt.
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In Isaiah chapter 49, verse
3, it says, "And he said to me,
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'You are My servant, O Israel,
in whom I will be glorified.'"
00:28:54.96\00:29:00.57
So, here we see that
Israel is called "My servant."
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In Isaiah chapter 42, verse
1, it says, "Behold My Servant,
00:29:06.07\00:29:10.55
whom I uphold, My Elect
One in whom my soul delights!
00:29:10.58\00:29:15.35
I have put my Spirit upon
Him; He will bring forth justice
00:29:15.38\00:29:18.99
to the Gentiles."
00:29:19.02\00:29:20.42
This is talking about Israel.
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In Isaiah chapter 41, verse 8,
it says, "But thou, Israel, art
00:29:22.89\00:29:27.40
My servant; Jacob whom
I have chosen, the seed
00:29:27.46\00:29:31.57
of Abraham My friend..."
00:29:31.60\00:29:34.24
Again, we see here that Israel
is called my servant, and then
00:29:34.27\00:29:38.84
we see that Israel is also
called the seed of Abraham.
00:29:38.87\00:29:44.11
In Hosea chapter 11, it
describes how Israel was to be
00:29:44.15\00:29:49.15
brought out with a mighty hand
and an outstretched arm by God
00:29:49.18\00:29:55.02
via the ten plagues and
through the leadership of Moses.
00:29:55.06\00:29:58.99
And it says in verse 1,
"When Israel was a child, then
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I loved him, and
called my son out of Egypt."
00:30:03.50\00:30:09.74
Now, do you remember
after being called out of Egypt,
00:30:09.77\00:30:13.31
as the nation of Israel
came out, what happened?
00:30:13.34\00:30:17.31
They went to the Red
Sea, and then Pharaoh's army
00:30:17.35\00:30:22.02
was coming after them.
00:30:22.05\00:30:23.42
They were trapped.
They had nowhere to go.
00:30:23.45\00:30:25.82
And so God parted the Red
Sea, and they walked through.
00:30:25.85\00:30:30.86
And it tells us in 1 Corinthians
chapter 10, verse 1, Paul says,
00:30:30.89\00:30:35.66
"All of our fathers were
baptized into Moses and into the
00:30:35.70\00:30:39.73
cloud and in the sea."
00:30:39.77\00:30:42.10
And so they were
all baptized in the sea.
00:30:42.14\00:30:45.67
And then you remember when they
came through the Red Sea, they
00:30:45.71\00:30:49.08
went into the promised land.
00:30:49.11\00:30:51.38
But because of a lack of faith,
because of unbelief, they were
00:30:51.41\00:30:55.88
not allowed to go into the
promised land, and they had
00:30:55.92\00:30:59.02
to wander in the
wilderness for how long?
00:30:59.05\00:31:02.79
For 40 years. That's right.
00:31:02.82\00:31:05.09
So, I ask you
the question again.
00:31:05.13\00:31:07.86
Who is Israel?
00:31:07.86\00:31:11.30
Well, Israel is My Son, My
Firstborn, a Vine out of Egypt,
00:31:11.33\00:31:16.67
My Servant, the Seed of Abraham.
00:31:16.71\00:31:19.41
They were baptized and
then they spent 40 years
00:31:19.44\00:31:23.24
in the wilderness.
00:31:23.28\00:31:25.35
Now let's look at
a few more verses.
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In Matthew chapter 2, verse 13,
it says this: "The angel of the
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Lord appeared to Joseph in a
dream, saying, 'Arise and take
00:31:32.69\00:31:37.16
the young child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt.'"
00:31:37.19\00:31:40.33
Now, who is this talking about?
00:31:40.36\00:31:43.50
Talking about Joseph, right?
00:31:43.53\00:31:45.90
You'll remember that
when Jesus--or excuse me.
00:31:45.93\00:31:48.57
It's talking about Jesus, but
you'll remember that when Jesus
00:31:48.60\00:31:53.24
was born, that Herod was
the king, and he knew about this
00:31:53.27\00:31:58.51
messianic prophecy, some
king who was going to come
00:31:58.55\00:32:01.72
and rule all of Egypt.
00:32:01.75\00:32:03.32
He was jealous of that.
00:32:03.35\00:32:04.92
He wanted to continue his rule.
00:32:04.95\00:32:06.62
And so he sent his men,
and they went to Bethlehem
00:32:06.65\00:32:08.89
to kill all the baby
boys two years and under.
00:32:08.92\00:32:14.56
And so Joseph and Mary and Jesus
had to flee down into Egypt.
00:32:14.60\00:32:22.27
Now, I find it very interesting,
just on a side note, I find it
00:32:22.30\00:32:25.67
very interesting that in the
history of Israel, that there
00:32:25.71\00:32:29.88
was a man by the name of Joseph
who was one of the sons of
00:32:29.91\00:32:33.15
Abraham, who was sold by
his brothers into slavery,
00:32:33.18\00:32:37.72
into Egypt.
00:32:37.75\00:32:39.25
And now you--and
he had dreams, right?
00:32:39.29\00:32:41.39
That's kind of what got him
in trouble with his brothers.
00:32:41.42\00:32:43.89
He told them about his dreams.
00:32:43.93\00:32:45.73
And now you have another Joseph
who has a dream, and he's told
00:32:45.76\00:32:49.03
to go down into Egypt.
00:32:49.06\00:32:52.67
And Matthew chapter 2 verse 13
continues, though, and it says,
00:32:52.70\00:32:56.34
"That it may be fulfilled which
was spoken of the Lord by the
00:32:56.37\00:33:00.51
prophet saying, 'Out of
Egypt I have called my son.'"
00:33:00.54\00:33:07.15
Now, hold on a minute.
00:33:07.18\00:33:09.78
What's this saying here?
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.92
This is saying that in order for
the prophecy to be fulfilled, it
00:33:11.95\00:33:16.93
wasn't going to happen to
literal Israel, but it was going
00:33:16.96\00:33:21.90
to happen to who?
00:33:21.93\00:33:24.20
To Jesus.
00:33:24.23\00:33:25.63
That's right, Jesus Christ
had to be called out of Egypt.
00:33:25.67\00:33:29.17
It says, "That it might be
fulfilled which is spoken of the
00:33:29.20\00:33:31.91
Lord by the prophet saying, 'Out
of Egypt I have called my son.'"
00:33:31.94\00:33:37.58
And so Hosea 11, verse 1,
was only fulfilled by Jesus.
00:33:37.61\00:33:44.25
In Colossians chapter 1,
verse 1, it speaks of Jesus.
00:33:44.29\00:33:47.19
It says, "He is the image of
the invisible God," the what?
00:33:47.22\00:33:51.83
"--the firstborn
over all creation."
00:33:51.86\00:33:56.10
John chapter 15, verse 1, says,
Jesus said, "I am the true vine,
00:33:56.13\00:34:01.30
and My Father is
the Vinedresser."
00:34:01.34\00:34:03.97
Matthew chapter 12, verse 16 to
18 says, "He warned them not to
00:34:04.01\00:34:08.31
make Him known, that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken of by
00:34:08.34\00:34:11.31
Isaiah the prophet,
saying, 'Behold! My Servant.'"
00:34:11.35\00:34:17.05
And do you remember the
promise of God to Abraham?
00:34:17.09\00:34:21.86
Genesis chapter 15, verse 5,
he said, "Look up at the heavens
00:34:21.89\00:34:24.76
and count the stars-if indeed
you can count them...So shall
00:34:24.79\00:34:28.93
your offspring be."
00:34:28.96\00:34:31.70
But then Paul says in Galatians
chapter 3, verse 16, "Now to
00:34:31.73\00:34:35.10
Abraham and his Seed
were the promises made."
00:34:35.14\00:34:40.38
And I want you to notice that
it goes on, and it says, "And he
00:34:40.41\00:34:44.88
does not say, 'And to seeds,'
as of many, but as of one,
00:34:44.91\00:34:50.59
'And to your
Seed,' who is Christ."
00:34:50.62\00:34:54.69
Now keep
following along with me.
00:34:54.72\00:34:56.02
Mark chapter 1, verse 9, it
says, "It came to pass in those
00:34:56.06\00:34:59.23
days that Jesus came from
Nazareth of Galilee, and was
00:34:59.26\00:35:02.63
baptized by John
in the Jordan River."
00:35:02.66\00:35:06.87
Matthew chapter 4, verse 1 and
2 then says, "Then Jesus was led
00:35:06.90\00:35:10.54
by the Spirit into the
wilderness where he was
00:35:10.57\00:35:12.87
tempted," for how long?
00:35:12.91\00:35:15.64
For forty days, right?
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.38
So, I ask you the
question again, who is Israel?
00:35:17.41\00:35:22.55
Well, Jesus is My Son.
00:35:22.58\00:35:26.05
Jesus is My Firstborn, a
Fine out of Egypt, My Servant,
00:35:26.09\00:35:30.93
the Seed of Abraham.
00:35:30.96\00:35:32.83
He was baptized after
which time he spent 40 days
00:35:32.86\00:35:36.33
in the wilderness.
00:35:36.36\00:35:38.60
You see, friends, Jesus is the
fulfillment of true Israel, and
00:35:38.63\00:35:44.54
that's why the Bible says that,
"Those who are Christ's are
00:35:44.57\00:35:48.04
Abraham's Seed and heirs
according to the promise,
00:35:48.08\00:35:51.51
because Jesus fulfilled
that which was spoken of."
00:35:51.55\00:35:55.32
You see, Jesus is the true
Israel, and Jesus is the Seed of
00:35:55.35\00:36:01.99
Abraham.
00:36:02.02\00:36:03.63
And if you believe in Jesus, if
you have asked him to come into
00:36:03.66\00:36:07.03
your heart, be your Lord
and Savior, forgive you of your
00:36:07.10\00:36:09.83
sins, he has written his law in
your mind and in your heart, you
00:36:09.86\00:36:14.44
have the Spirit of God in you.
00:36:14.47\00:36:17.07
You become co-heirs with Christ.
00:36:17.11\00:36:20.61
You become spiritual Israel.
00:36:20.64\00:36:23.78
You become the Seed
of Abraham through him.
00:36:23.81\00:36:27.45
The Bible says in 2 Corinthians
chapter 1, verse 20, "For all
00:36:27.48\00:36:31.45
the promises of God in him
are yes and in him amen, to the
00:36:31.49\00:36:36.26
glory of God through us."
00:36:36.29\00:36:38.59
In Christ, all of the
promises of God are yes.
00:36:38.63\00:36:42.40
And Paul says it's not that the
Word of God has taken no effect.
00:36:42.43\00:36:46.33
It's that literal Israel
has been replaced by spiritual
00:36:46.37\00:36:51.14
Israel, and he is our new
spiritual Father, Christ Jesus,
00:36:51.17\00:36:56.54
our righteousness.
00:36:56.58\00:36:59.51
Now let's look at some of
the text dealing with Israel as
00:36:59.55\00:37:03.28
God's favored nation.
00:37:03.32\00:37:05.05
Because as Scott was talking
about last night, all eyes are
00:37:05.09\00:37:08.02
on Israel today, aren't they?
00:37:08.06\00:37:09.82
They're looking
to physical Israel.
00:37:09.86\00:37:12.06
They're looking to
the temple being rebuilt.
00:37:12.09\00:37:15.30
But what does the
Bible have to say about that?
00:37:15.33\00:37:18.40
Notice in
Galatians chapter 3, verse 7.
00:37:18.43\00:37:21.80
It says, "Know ye therefore,
that they which are of--"
00:37:21.84\00:37:26.41
The genes of Abraham?
00:37:26.44\00:37:28.01
Is that what it says?
00:37:28.04\00:37:29.64
No, "they are of the
faith, the same are the children
00:37:29.68\00:37:33.48
of Abraham."
00:37:33.52\00:37:35.72
Galatians 3:28, the next
verse says, "Therefore, there is
00:37:35.75\00:37:39.39
neither Jew nor Greek...for you
are all one in Christ Jesus."
00:37:39.42\00:37:46.80
It goes on to say, "And if
you are Christ's, then you are
00:37:46.83\00:37:50.87
Abraham's seed, and heirs
according to the promise."
00:37:50.90\00:37:56.14
The promise is for
those who are Christ's.
00:37:56.17\00:38:00.04
There's no special reuniting
of the Jews that's required to
00:38:00.08\00:38:04.38
fulfill the promise to
Israel, because the promises are
00:38:04.41\00:38:08.22
fulfilled in those who
believe in Jesus Christ.
00:38:08.25\00:38:11.99
We are not looking
forward to an earthly Canaan.
00:38:12.02\00:38:15.42
Yes, Israel was
given the promised land.
00:38:15.46\00:38:18.36
They are the type, but
Christ is the anti-type.
00:38:18.39\00:38:21.96
They were
pointing forward to him.
00:38:22.00\00:38:24.20
So, we're not looking
for an earthly Canaan.
00:38:24.23\00:38:26.27
We are looking to
a heavenly Canaan.
00:38:26.30\00:38:30.47
Galatians chapter 4, verse
28 says, "Now we, brethren,
00:38:30.51\00:38:33.68
as Isaac was, are
children of promise."
00:38:33.71\00:38:38.18
Friends, God has promised
us some pretty amazing things,
00:38:38.21\00:38:40.85
hasn't he?
00:38:40.88\00:38:42.55
He has promised us that he can
give us--not only cleanse us,
00:38:42.58\00:38:47.29
wash us as white as snow from
our sins, but he can give us the
00:38:47.32\00:38:51.49
Holy Spirit, he can
give us the power to overcome
00:38:51.53\00:38:54.66
and to live without sin.
00:38:54.73\00:38:57.10
And God has also promised, "I go
to prepare a place for you; and
00:38:57.13\00:39:02.70
if I go to prepare a place
for you, I will come again and
00:39:02.74\00:39:05.94
receive you to
myself, that where I am,
00:39:05.97\00:39:08.94
there you may also be."
00:39:08.98\00:39:11.61
Philippians chapter 3, verse 3,
says, "We are the circumcision,
00:39:11.65\00:39:15.88
who worship God in the Spirit,
rejoice in Christ Jesus, and
00:39:15.92\00:39:20.42
have no," what?
00:39:20.46\00:39:23.26
"--no confidence in the flesh."
00:39:23.29\00:39:26.93
The flesh avails nothing, right?
00:39:26.96\00:39:30.00
Well, I'm going to end today
by making this appeal to you.
00:39:30.03\00:39:34.44
On the first coming of Jesus,
the world was looking for a
00:39:34.47\00:39:40.01
conquering king, and so they
missed the suffering servant.
00:39:40.04\00:39:45.05
And I ask you the question--we
are on the brink of the second
00:39:45.08\00:39:48.88
coming of Jesus.
00:39:48.92\00:39:50.52
And as the world is looking to
physical Israel, are they going
00:39:50.55\00:39:55.69
to miss spiritual Israel?
00:39:55.72\00:40:00.06
You see, Israel received the
name Israel because he wrestled
00:40:00.10\00:40:05.57
with God and
received a name change.
00:40:05.60\00:40:11.07
Have you
received your name change?
00:40:11.11\00:40:13.58
In our study this week,
we saw that these people are
00:40:13.61\00:40:18.45
Christians, whether Jew or
Gentile, but it called them, in
00:40:18.48\00:40:23.82
our study, the remnant, right?
00:40:23.85\00:40:26.62
Do you remember Elijah had this
mountaintop experience on Mount
00:40:26.65\00:40:31.16
Carmel, called down fire from
God, killed the prophets of Baal
00:40:31.19\00:40:36.36
and Asherah, but then
Jezebel threatened to kill him,
00:40:36.40\00:40:40.50
and he fled.
00:40:40.54\00:40:42.87
He was afraid.
00:40:42.90\00:40:44.37
And at some point, he said
to God, "They've killed all the
00:40:44.41\00:40:48.84
other believers."
00:40:48.88\00:40:50.85
He says, "I'm
the only one left."
00:40:50.88\00:40:53.95
And do you
remember what God said?
00:40:53.98\00:40:56.05
He said, "I have 7,000 that have
not bowed the knee to Baal."
00:40:56.08\00:41:00.92
Right?
00:41:00.96\00:41:02.46
God has always had a remnant.
00:41:02.49\00:41:05.16
When Cain killed Abel, there was
still a remnant, because then
00:41:05.19\00:41:08.33
Seth was born.
00:41:08.36\00:41:10.47
But then things became
corrupted, as the children of
00:41:10.50\00:41:14.00
God, the true Israel began to
mingle with physical Israel, if
00:41:14.04\00:41:19.21
you will, and it
pulled them away from God.
00:41:19.24\00:41:23.21
And in the days of Noah, there
was a great flood, but God had a
00:41:23.24\00:41:26.72
remnant, eight
people that survived.
00:41:26.75\00:41:29.72
And God has always had a
remnant, even up to this day.
00:41:29.75\00:41:34.09
And even though, as Scott has
been showing us, through this
00:41:34.12\00:41:36.69
series, that there is
apostasy in the church of God,
00:41:36.73\00:41:41.23
God still has a remnant.
00:41:41.26\00:41:43.23
Amen?
00:41:43.26\00:41:44.80
God still has people who
are faithful to him today.
00:41:44.83\00:41:48.47
And all of the
promises are to them.
00:41:48.50\00:41:51.11
I want you to notice, if
you have your quarterly with me,
00:41:51.14\00:41:53.98
look at Wednesday of this
week, as we studied this topic
00:41:54.01\00:41:58.75
of "Abraham's Seed."
00:41:58.78\00:42:00.15
Notice the first paragraph.
00:42:00.18\00:42:02.02
It says, "Although God's plan
for ancient Israel was spoiled
00:42:02.05\00:42:05.89
by disobedience, it was
never completely frustrated.
00:42:05.92\00:42:10.79
Among the weeds, a
few flowers still grew.
00:42:10.83\00:42:14.00
Many of the Old Testament
prophets speak of this faithful
00:42:14.03\00:42:16.43
remnant whom God
would gather unto himself
00:42:16.46\00:42:20.24
as a lovely bouquet."
00:42:20.27\00:42:22.74
The plan of God has not been
frustrated by the attempts of
00:42:22.77\00:42:28.31
the devil.
00:42:28.34\00:42:29.84
Amen?
00:42:29.88\00:42:31.41
God still has a remnant, and he
is still working his plan, and
00:42:31.45\00:42:34.22
he's gonna bring that
to a place where his people
00:42:34.25\00:42:37.95
are just like him.
00:42:37.99\00:42:39.75
Amen?
00:42:39.79\00:42:41.22
Look at the third paragraph.
00:42:41.26\00:42:42.79
"Thus, no matter how bad the
situation became, God always had
00:42:42.82\00:42:46.49
some faithful people, who
despite apostasy within the
00:42:46.53\00:42:50.00
ranks of God's chosen
people, kept their own calling
00:42:50.03\00:42:54.44
and election sure.
00:42:54.47\00:42:56.07
In short, whatever the failings
of the nation as a whole, there
00:42:56.10\00:42:59.77
were still those who tried to
keep, as best they could, their
00:42:59.81\00:43:03.28
end of the covenant.
00:43:03.31\00:43:05.51
And though perhaps they suffered
with their nation, as a whole,
00:43:05.55\00:43:09.32
such as when exiled from
the land, the final and ultimate
00:43:09.35\00:43:12.75
covenant promise will be
theirs, that of eternal life.
00:43:12.79\00:43:19.06
And so even though there is this
apostasy in the church going on,
00:43:19.09\00:43:23.87
God has a faithful people, and
God--and what does it say about
00:43:23.90\00:43:27.87
those people in
Revelation chapter 12, verse 17?
00:43:27.90\00:43:31.57
They keep the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus or
00:43:31.61\00:43:37.25
the testimony of Jesus, right?
00:43:37.28\00:43:39.31
One's 14:12, one's 12:17.
00:43:39.35\00:43:41.78
They have the faith of Jesus.
00:43:41.82\00:43:45.32
I don't know about you, friends,
but my faith always fails.
00:43:45.35\00:43:48.02
My faith is weak.
00:43:48.06\00:43:49.49
My faith stumbles, right?
00:43:49.52\00:43:51.69
But the faith of
Jesus is powerful.
00:43:51.73\00:43:55.06
The faith of Jesus, he
overcame on our behalf, right?
00:43:55.10\00:44:00.07
He is the overcomer.
00:44:00.10\00:44:02.07
He is Israel.
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.71
He is the Seed of Abraham, and
we are co-heirs, along with him.
00:44:03.74\00:44:10.88
Notice on Thursday's lesson,
first paragraph, "Whatever the
00:44:10.91\00:44:15.32
mistakes and failings of
ancient Israel, the Lord was not
00:44:15.35\00:44:18.49
finished with the plan of
creating a faithful people to
00:44:18.52\00:44:21.36
serve him.
00:44:21.39\00:44:22.79
In fact, the Old Testament
looked forward to a time when
00:44:22.82\00:44:25.09
the Lord would create a
spiritual Israel, a faithful
00:44:25.13\00:44:28.93
body of believers, Jews and
Gentiles, who would carry on the
00:44:28.96\00:44:34.10
work of preaching
the Gospel to the world."
00:44:34.14\00:44:37.51
And then it goes on to say,
"Welcome to the early church."
00:44:37.54\00:44:41.04
Right?
00:44:41.08\00:44:42.48
Probation had closed for Israel.
00:44:42.51\00:44:44.75
They did not do what they were
called to do in that probation,
00:44:44.78\00:44:49.25
but Jesus did.
00:44:49.28\00:44:50.85
Remember when Jesus first went
into the temple, when he began
00:44:50.89\00:44:54.72
his ministry, he said, "This is
my Father's house, but you have
00:44:54.76\00:44:58.66
made it a den of thieves."
00:44:58.69\00:45:00.73
And then the last time he went
in, at the end of his ministry,
00:45:00.76\00:45:04.40
he said, "Behold, your
house is left to you," what?
00:45:04.43\00:45:09.44
Desolate, right?
00:45:09.47\00:45:11.34
God had left the sanctuary.
00:45:11.37\00:45:13.71
God was no longer with him.
00:45:13.74\00:45:15.51
They were no longer
the chosen people of God.
00:45:15.54\00:45:19.51
And I liked how last night that
Scott was talking about, you
00:45:19.55\00:45:23.08
know, some people seem to think
that God has one plan for Israel
00:45:23.12\00:45:26.42
and another plan
for the Gentiles.
00:45:26.45\00:45:28.56
But we see that God is the only
one who can bring both Jew and
00:45:28.59\00:45:33.29
Gentile together and create a
people who truly will keep his
00:45:33.33\00:45:40.30
commandments, who
love him enough to do all
00:45:40.34\00:45:43.61
that he has asked.
00:45:43.64\00:45:45.41
And so here we see
the spiritual Israel.
00:45:45.44\00:45:50.65
And friends, we want to be a
part of that group, don't we?
00:45:50.68\00:45:53.45
We want to be a
part of spiritual Israel.
00:45:53.48\00:45:57.29
We want to be those who don't
necessarily have the genes of
00:45:57.32\00:46:01.62
Abraham, but have
the faith of Abraham.
00:46:01.66\00:46:05.23
And this is the Israel that God
has made all of the promises to.
00:46:05.26\00:46:11.60
And I ask you the question, have
you received a name change?"
00:46:11.63\00:46:15.64
Are you a new person?
00:46:15.67\00:46:19.27
Paul said--or excuse me--Jesus
said to Nicodemus, "You must be
00:46:19.31\00:46:22.74
born again, right?"
00:46:22.78\00:46:26.45
You must have the Spirit of God
in you, not only to cleanse you
00:46:26.48\00:46:32.29
from the inside-out, but
to empower you to keep the
00:46:32.32\00:46:36.56
commandments of God.
00:46:36.59\00:46:38.23
And that's why Paul says that at
the end of time, there is going
00:46:38.26\00:46:40.73
to be a group of people who call
themselves Christians, who have
00:46:40.76\00:46:44.30
a form of
godliness, but deny its power.
00:46:44.33\00:46:48.37
Only those who are the remnant,
only those who truly have
00:46:48.40\00:46:54.01
surrendered their life to Jesus
Christ, it's only those who
00:46:54.04\00:46:57.85
the promises are given to.
00:46:57.88\00:47:01.65
I'm looking
forward to eternal life.
00:47:01.68\00:47:04.35
How about you?
00:47:04.39\00:47:06.15
Amen.
00:47:06.19\00:47:07.72
You know, there's so much
that we could talk about in this
00:47:07.76\00:47:09.39
lesson, and I just
really appreciate it.
00:47:09.42\00:47:12.13
Let me read one more.
00:47:12.16\00:47:13.80
Look at the last
paragraph on Thursday's lesson.
00:47:13.83\00:47:16.30
"As a son of Abraham, Christ
became, in a special sense, heir
00:47:16.33\00:47:21.07
to the covenant promises.
00:47:21.10\00:47:22.94
By baptism, we acquire kinship
to Christ and through him
00:47:22.97\00:47:26.51
acquire the right to participate
in the promises made to Abraham.
00:47:26.54\00:47:30.88
Thus, all that God promised
Abraham is found in Christ, and
00:47:30.91\00:47:35.72
the promises become ours, not
because of nationality, race, or
00:47:35.75\00:47:41.79
gender, but through grace, which
God bestows upon those through
00:47:41.82\00:47:47.66
faith.
00:47:47.66\00:47:49.33
That's us, isn't it?
00:47:49.36\00:47:50.83
He has given
those promises to us.
00:47:50.87\00:47:53.37
Well, friends, we are out of
time, so let's close with a word
00:47:53.40\00:47:57.67
of prayer.
00:47:57.71\00:47:59.91
Oh, loving Father, we are so
grateful and thankful that you
00:47:59.94\00:48:07.18
love this world so much.
00:48:07.22\00:48:09.42
You loved us, that you gave your
only begotten Son, that he came
00:48:09.45\00:48:13.72
to this earth, took on the form
of a man, and he went to the
00:48:13.76\00:48:18.09
cross and died for us.
00:48:18.13\00:48:21.63
He overcame the deceptions
of the devil to save us.
00:48:21.66\00:48:27.00
Lord, you have great plans
for us and great plans for the
00:48:27.04\00:48:30.81
nation of Israel.
00:48:30.84\00:48:32.47
It's not that they
can't be saved now.
00:48:32.51\00:48:34.28
They can be grafted
in, just like we are.
00:48:34.31\00:48:37.55
And so, Lord, our
prayer is that you would
00:48:37.58\00:48:41.28
open our eyes to this truth.
00:48:41.32\00:48:43.62
Help us to fall in
love with the truth.
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And Lord, help us to
surrender our heart to you
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more and more each day.
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Lord, we want to be
the children of promise.
00:48:52.53\00:48:57.17
We want that heavenly Canaan.
00:48:57.20\00:49:00.64
But more
importantly, Lord, we want you.
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As you said to Abraham, "I am
your exceedingly great reward."
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Lord, we look forward to the
time when we will be with you.
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We will no longer live by faith,
but we will live by sight.
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And Lord, our prayer is that you
will do that work in us, that we
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cannot do in ourselves.
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And Lord, the things that we can
do, we pray that you would send
00:49:27.30\00:49:31.83
your angels to come and minister
to us and that, Lord, they would
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help us to do those things that
we can do; because the things we
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can do, you won't do.
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But the things we
can't, you come alongside,
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and you do those things for us.
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You are our overcomer.
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You are Israel.
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You are the Seed of Abraham.
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And Lord, we want to
be co-heirs with you.
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And we ask it all
in Jesus' name, amen.
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God bless you.
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male: Well, I actually
grew up in a loving home.
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I had no religious background.
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My parents were
completely secular.
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I had questions in my
life like most young people do.
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What does my future hold for me,
and what is my purpose in even
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being here?
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They were questions that
my parents couldn't answer.
00:51:06.39\00:51:09.73
Because of moving around a
lot, I found it kind of hard to
00:51:09.76\00:51:12.40
adjust at times.
00:51:12.43\00:51:14.60
By the time I made it into high
school, my grades were really
00:51:14.64\00:51:16.74
terrible, and I had a
problem with authority.
00:51:16.77\00:51:20.14
I started smoking at
the age of 14 and drinking
00:51:20.18\00:51:22.08
by the age of 15.
00:51:22.11\00:51:24.18
I really started getting
involved with crime, break and
00:51:24.21\00:51:26.92
enter, selling
drugs, stealing cars.
00:51:26.95\00:51:29.02
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male: At one point, I had
overdosed on ecstasy, and I was
00:51:31.69\00:51:33.69
doing anything I could just to
find some sort of excitement or
00:51:33.72\00:51:36.73
something that reflected some
version of happiness in my life.
00:51:36.76\00:51:41.80
Didn't want to be alone,
and I was looking for some
00:51:41.83\00:51:44.33
sort of a relationship.
00:51:44.37\00:51:47.14
I had found myself in Australia,
and I met a girl down there who
00:51:47.17\00:51:50.14
was a Christian girl, and we
really started to hit it off.
00:51:50.17\00:51:53.17
We ended up in a long,
fairly long relationship.
00:51:53.21\00:51:55.34
We were together
for about seven years.
00:51:55.38\00:51:57.11
Neither one of us were
having a relationship with God.
00:51:57.15\00:51:59.41
We kind of excluded him out of
what we were doing, and we were
00:51:59.45\00:52:02.78
just trying to do
everything on our own.
00:52:02.82\00:52:06.62
When we came out of that
relationship, I ended up in a
00:52:06.65\00:52:08.72
really deep depression.
00:52:08.76\00:52:10.69
I was so depressed that I was
coming home; and as soon as the
00:52:10.73\00:52:13.36
door would close behind me,
I would drop down to my knees
00:52:13.40\00:52:15.26
and just start crying.
00:52:15.30\00:52:18.23
I couldn't see the light
at the end of the tunnel.
00:52:18.27\00:52:20.40
I tried to take my life at one
point with pills, and it wasn't
00:52:20.44\00:52:23.44
because I wanted to die.
00:52:23.47\00:52:25.04
I just didn't want to
feel this way anymore.
00:52:25.07\00:52:26.88
It hurt so bad, and
I'd never felt so lonely.
00:52:26.91\00:52:32.08
I would end up in my bedroom,
and I was praying for hours each
00:52:32.11\00:52:34.65
day, and that
was kind of my life.
00:52:34.68\00:52:36.69
I was alone and unhappy,
and I really needed answers.
00:52:36.72\00:52:43.93
I had started studying the Bible
and found "Amazing Facts" online
00:52:43.96\00:52:48.23
and was watching
hours of sermons each day.
00:52:48.26\00:52:52.20
Spending more time with
Pastor Doug Batchelor and really
00:52:52.23\00:52:54.94
getting a lot of the answers to
the questions that I was seeking
00:52:54.97\00:52:57.47
out, I felt that there was hope
that was coming through that,
00:52:57.51\00:53:01.34
and that was kind of pulling me
out of--gradually pulling me out
00:53:01.38\00:53:06.01
of the darkness that I was in.
00:53:06.05\00:53:08.92
So, eventually, I
decided I was going to church.
00:53:08.95\00:53:12.19
I would drive to the church, and
I would sit in the parking lot
00:53:12.22\00:53:14.69
for about half an hour,
and then I would drive home.
00:53:14.72\00:53:18.99
Eventually, I found
myself inside the church.
00:53:19.03\00:53:21.83
They were all quite
amazed that I kind of found
00:53:21.86\00:53:23.47
my own way there.
00:53:23.50\00:53:25.40
I started building relationships
with people there, and my life
00:53:25.43\00:53:27.27
really started changing.
00:53:27.30\00:53:29.54
Eventually, I was baptized.
00:53:29.57\00:53:31.37
I still, I couldn't get enough.
00:53:31.41\00:53:32.77
I wanted to read more, I wanted
to study more, and all these new
00:53:32.81\00:53:34.91
things that I was learning,
it all made sense to me.
00:53:34.94\00:53:39.31
I had prayed to God specifically
for two things at this point.
00:53:39.35\00:53:42.82
I prayed for a new job,
and I prayed for an opportunity
00:53:42.85\00:53:45.29
in my life, some direction.
00:53:45.32\00:53:47.42
And within one week, he
had answered the prayer.
00:53:47.46\00:53:49.79
I got a new job, and I was
going to be starting right away.
00:53:49.82\00:53:53.70
But he had also
answered the other prayer.
00:53:53.73\00:53:56.36
Two ladies in my church came
up to me and offered to send me
00:53:56.40\00:53:59.63
to go to AFCOE.
00:53:59.67\00:54:02.70
My life has changed so
much since I started following
00:54:02.74\00:54:05.01
God's path for me.
00:54:05.04\00:54:07.24
I'm just so much happier in my
life, and I realize that there's
00:54:07.28\00:54:09.68
so much more in this world
that I can do to help others,
00:54:09.71\00:54:12.71
and I look forward to
a life of service to God.
00:54:12.75\00:54:15.22
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00:54:15.25\00:54:24.83
male: I grew up in
a church-going family.
00:54:29.56\00:54:32.53
I mean, we were
at every meeting.
00:54:32.57\00:54:34.20
I sang in four
of the choirs there.
00:54:34.24\00:54:36.64
I directed three.
00:54:36.67\00:54:38.51
Very involved, very active.
00:54:38.54\00:54:41.78
It almost seemed like
busy work sometimes, you know.
00:54:41.81\00:54:44.28
I went to Sunday School.
00:54:44.31\00:54:46.68
I knew about God, I knew
about Jesus, but I didn't have a
00:54:46.72\00:54:51.35
personal
relationship with Jesus Christ.
00:54:51.39\00:54:55.46
My senior year in high school,
I got the news that my father
00:54:55.49\00:55:00.86
had been murdered.
00:55:00.90\00:55:03.90
I played it off well.
00:55:03.93\00:55:05.37
No one really saw that
I was struggling with it.
00:55:05.40\00:55:07.90
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00:55:07.94\00:55:12.14
male: it just really felt
like there was a hole that
00:55:12.17\00:55:14.41
needed to be filled, and I
tried to fill it with drugs,
00:55:14.44\00:55:18.51
alcohol, with partying.
00:55:18.55\00:55:21.08
After college, I just stopped
going to church altogether.
00:55:21.12\00:55:24.75
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00:55:24.79\00:55:27.76
male: One day, on a
Sunday--because I didn't feel
00:55:27.79\00:55:29.89
like going to church with
my mom--I thought, you know,
00:55:29.92\00:55:34.23
"I should get a
little bit of Word."
00:55:34.30\00:55:36.87
She had the satellite system
hooked up, and I'm flipping
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.47
through channels.
00:55:39.50\00:55:41.00
And then the logo pops across,
"Amazing Facts Presents."
00:55:41.04\00:55:45.17
I've listened to a lot of
different ministers, but this
00:55:45.21\00:55:47.68
was the first time that he's
actually saying something where
00:55:47.71\00:55:51.41
I had to grab my Bible
and actually pick it up.
00:55:51.45\00:55:53.68
And I've never
heard this before.
00:55:53.72\00:55:55.68
Let me look
through and find this.
00:55:55.72\00:55:57.59
I went through all the
historicals, I went through all
00:55:57.62\00:56:00.36
the study guides, and I
just couldn't get enough.
00:56:00.39\00:56:02.86
And then the Sabbath came
up, and he's going through the
00:56:02.89\00:56:05.76
appeal, and I'm just
going, "Lord, I hear you.
00:56:05.79\00:56:09.26
I have to go to church.
00:56:09.30\00:56:11.37
So, I show up.
00:56:11.40\00:56:12.83
It was funny.
00:56:12.87\00:56:14.17
I didn't feel like I was gonna
be judged, anything judgmental,
00:56:14.20\00:56:17.44
anything.
00:56:17.47\00:56:18.81
And I walked in the
door, and I just felt at home.
00:56:18.84\00:56:21.74
But there's still a problem.
00:56:21.78\00:56:24.38
I'm still partying.
00:56:24.41\00:56:26.45
I was still
going out to the bars.
00:56:26.48\00:56:28.72
At this time, I was
selling cocaine to pay my rent.
00:56:28.75\00:56:33.52
Sixteen days later,
I find myself in a life
00:56:33.56\00:56:36.02
or death situation.
00:56:36.06\00:56:38.23
I had just came back from
a liquor store, and I grabbed
00:56:38.26\00:56:40.90
a bottle of vodka.
00:56:40.93\00:56:43.50
And there I am, high off
cocaine, with my Bible in hand,
00:56:43.53\00:56:48.54
trying to do a Bible study.
00:56:48.57\00:56:51.84
And I heard an audible voice.
00:56:51.87\00:56:54.64
"Just look at yourself."
00:56:54.68\00:56:58.28
And I did, and I was
like, "What am I doing?"
00:56:58.31\00:57:03.95
And I got on my knees and I
said, "Lord, if you do not take
00:57:03.99\00:57:07.22
this away from me now,
I'm going to kill myself."
00:57:07.26\00:57:12.53
I was going to continue this
lifestyle, and I was gonna end
00:57:12.56\00:57:15.06
up overdosing, having a
heart attack, whatever it was.
00:57:15.10\00:57:20.34
"You have to take
this away, all of it."
00:57:20.37\00:57:26.37
And that day, he
lifted all of it away from me.
00:57:26.41\00:57:31.01
It was all gone.
00:57:31.05\00:57:32.68
When God does something in
your life, he does it complete.
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