Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn,
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and we welcome you once again
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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You know,
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peace has been
elusive for humanity.
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But today we want you to join us
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because we are
going to be studying
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the one and only one
who can bring us true peace.
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Lesson number five,
"The Noble Prince of Peace."
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If you have not
received your quarterly yet,
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you can go to ABSG.Adventist.org
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and download that quarterly
so you can follow along.
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This is a fascinating
study. It's a wonderful study.
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And we want you to get
your quarterly and join us.
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Thank you.
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Hello, and we're so
glad you're joining us
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and I believe you're
going to be glad as well.
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We have the
privilege and the opportunity
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to dive deeper into Isaiah.
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Once again, this is lesson five.
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And you know, you're
the reason we do this study.
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I mean, we all
study, we love to study,
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but we do this for you.
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And God is hopefully
directing every word that we say
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for His glory.
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Let me introduce you
to our panel members,
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my family members,
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and we have
Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Kenny, we always love
what you bring to the table.
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It's always good to
share the Word of God.
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Amen. Amen.
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Pastor Evangelist Ryan Day.
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I'm blessed to
be here as always.
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Singer of the
Israel, and my pastor,
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Pastor John Lomacang.
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Good to have you here, Shelley,
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and you look
bright and alive today
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and ready to go.
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I didn't get.
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And then my dear sister
who is also the President
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and the Vice
President, COO of 3ABN,
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and we know her
as the list lady.
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And we have a list today.
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They want in.
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Jill Morikone, thank
you all for joining us.
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Thank you.
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Would you have a
prayer for us? Sure.
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Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus,
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grateful for
the gift of Your Son
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and the gift of Your
Word and the gift of grace.
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Would you open up our
minds and hearts right now
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to receive what you
have for us in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen and amen.
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All right, our lesson
is lesson number five,
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the memory text is one
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that you are most
likely familiar with
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from Isaiah 9:6,
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"For unto us a child is born,
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unto us a son is given,
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and the government
shall be upon his shoulder.
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His name shall be
called Wonderful, Counselor,
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Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
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Prince of Peace."
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That's Isaiah 9:6.
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Our lesson today is on
"The Noble Prince of Peace."
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And it was interesting.
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The introduction to the lesson
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talked about Dr.
Robert Oppenheimer.
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He was the one who oversaw
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the creation of
the first atomic bomb.
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And when he
presented his information
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to the US
congressional committee,
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they asked him,
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"Well, is there any
defense against this weapon?"
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And you know what he said?
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"Certainly." "What
is it?" they asked?
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He said, "Peace?"
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You know, it's so amazing
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that as I said in the beginning,
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that humanity has
not been able to grasp
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on to peace,
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it has been very elusive.
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But we are going to talk today
about that Prince of Peace.
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Sunday's lesson is
"End of Gloom for Galilee."
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Isaiah Chapter 8
is where we're going.
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Isaiah Chapter 8.
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And let me just
kind of sum this up.
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This ends with a dismal picture
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of what's
happening to God's people.
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They had rejected God's victory,
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they turned to the occult,
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refused to accept
Isaiah's predictions
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regarding the
nation's future hardships.
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Their people were
desperate, they were frustrated,
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they were angry
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to the point of
cursing the king,
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but even cursing God.
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I mean, they were
blaming God for the trials
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that their own decisions
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had brought down on their heads.
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Isaiah 8:22.
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Let's look at that.
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This is the last
verse of the chapter.
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And it says,
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"Then they will
look to the earth
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and see trouble and
darkness, gloom of anguish,
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and they will be
driven in to darkness."
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Now the first to
suffer the devastation
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of the invasion of King Ahaz
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was Zebulun and Naphtali,
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this was the northern
border, and Northeast Galilee,
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just west of the Jordan River.
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And what happened
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and I shouldn't
have said King Ahaz
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that was from Tiglath-Pileser
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was the one who
oversaw this invasion.
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But King Ahaz had
refused God's plan for victory.
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Isn't that amazing?
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And don't we do
the same today really?
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When you think about it,
God gives us His promises.
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We look elsewhere.
That's what Ahaz had done.
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He looked to
King Tiglath-Pileser,
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who was the third who
is the king of the Assyria,
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but it backfired on him
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because Tiglath-Pileser
became very greedy.
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2 Kings 15:29 says this,
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"Tiglath-Pileser king
of Assyria came and took,"
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and I'm going to dot-dot-dot,
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"he took Gilead and Galilee,
all the land of Naphtali.
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And he carried them
captive to Assyria."
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Boy, this was marking
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the beginning of
some dark days for Israel.
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Now, in their gloom of anguish,
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they thought that their
troubles would never end.
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But the people
still had reason to hope
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because since the
beginning of time,
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God has had a plan.
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And He intended
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that he's going to
transform gloom into honor,
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because Isaiah 9:1 begins
with the word nevertheless,
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let's look into that.
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Because when you
see nevertheless,
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that indicates a
contrast to what came before.
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So now Isaiah 9:1-2 says,
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"Nevertheless,
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that time of
darkness and despair
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will not go on forever,
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the land of Zebulun and
Naphtali will be humbled.
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But there will be
a time in the future
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when Galilee of the Gentiles,
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which lies along the road
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that runs between
the Jordan and the sea
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will be filled with glory."
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I love what
Isaiah 9:2 says, it says,
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"The people who
walked in darkness
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have seen a great light.
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Those who dwelt in the shadow,
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the land of the shadow of death
upon them a light has shined."
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Now, it's interesting because
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this is what we call
in prophetic language.
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This is the
prophetic, perfect tense.
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It's been written as
if it already happened.
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And then verse 3 says,
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"You've multiplied the
nation and increased its joy."
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Wow!
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This is kind of a reassurance
of a covenant with Abraham,
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that they were going to have
all these physical descendants
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that would be like
the sands of the seashore.
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Then Isaiah 9:4 says, "For you,"
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speaking of the Lord,
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"have broken the
yoke of his burden,
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the rod of his oppressor."
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To break the yoke was
to talk he's predicting
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God is going to free Israel
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from the bondage to
Assyria and Babylon,
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but you know what?
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It's an even greater prediction,
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because he's going to
break the bondage of sin.
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So who does God used
to deliver His people?
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Isaiah 9:6,
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"Unto us a child is
born, unto us a son is given,
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and the government
shall be on His shoulder
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and His name will
be called Wonderful,
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Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father,
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Prince of Peace."
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But listen to what verse 7 says,
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"Of the increase of
His government and peace,
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there will be no end
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upon the throne of
David and over his kingdom
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to order it and establish
it with judgment and justice,
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from that time
forward even forever.
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The zeal of the Lord of
hosts will perform this."
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You know, twice earlier
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we looked in
Isaiah 7 and Isaiah 8,
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it talked about
children, that would be a sign.
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It had prophetic significance.
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So for the third time
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we learn of a
prophetic future birth,
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boy this time
there's no question
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that titles given to this child
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can be only
given to Almighty God
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because actually he
calls Him Wonderful Counselor.
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That's one who
is wise in wisdom.
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This is the messianic passage
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about the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
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Emmanuel, who
was born to a virgin,
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but the Wonderful Counselor,
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He'll be unlike
the kings before Him,
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who turned away
from God's wisdom.
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He will draw on heavenly wisdom.
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Mighty God,
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that can only be
the Messiah, right?
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Everlasting Father,
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that's one
without beginning or end.
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And He will, as a divinity king
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He will eternally be
a father to His people
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with compassionate
care and discipline.
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And we know that the
Messiah in Micah 5:2 says
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that He is coming forth
from Bethlehem Ephrathah,
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who's going forth,
one who's going forth
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have been from of
old, from everlasting,
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so He's the Prince of Peace.
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Emmanuel's government
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will procure and perpetuate
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eternal peace, hallelujah.
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So this is a message of hope
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that was
fulfilled when Christ came.
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He is in Matthew 1:1, the
genealogy of Jesus Christ.
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He's the son of
David, the son of Abraham.
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He is a human
descendant of David,
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who's going to fulfill this.
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And Matthew 1:22-23 says,
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"All this was done,
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that it might be fulfilled
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which was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet, saying,
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'Behold, the virgin
shall be with a child
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and bear a son.
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And his name will
be called Emmanuel,
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which is
translated God with us."
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So the Bible takes events
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that have happened
in the Old Testament.
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And it uses them
to prefigure things
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that will happen
in the New Testament.
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Listen what quarterly says,
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"Not by accident,
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Jesus' earthly ministry
was in the Galilee region,
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where He gave hope
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by announcing the
good news of God's kingdom,
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and by healing people,
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including delivering demoniacs
from bondage to the occult.
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So the New Testament is applying
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what was said in
the Old Testament,
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the territories of
Zebulun and Naphtali,
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which at that time
represented the kingdom,
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or the northern kingdom.
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Now these territories
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are where Jesus is
gonna grow up, minister,
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and these people
will see a great light.
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Let me read
quickly, Matthew 4:12,
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"When Jesus heard that
John had been arrested,
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he left Judea,
return to Galilee,
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he went first to Nazareth,
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then left there
and move to Capernaum,
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beside the Sea of Galilee,
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in the region of
Zebulun and Naphtali."
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This fulfilled what God
said through the prophet Isaiah
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in the land of Zebulun
and Naphtali, beside the sea,
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beyond the Jordan River,
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in Galilee where
so many Gentiles live,
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that people who sat in
darkness have seen a great light
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and for those
who live in the land
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where death cast its
shadow, a light has shined."
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John 1:9 says
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"That the true
light came into the world
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and He is the
light to every man,
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and Jesus said,
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'I am the light of the world.
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He who follows after Me
will never walk in darkness,
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but will have
the light of life.' "
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So the coming of the
Messiah was synonymous
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with the coming of light
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to remove the
bondage of captivity to sin.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord. Wow!
What a wonderful start.
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I have Monday's
lesson and is simply
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"A Child for Us."
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So naturally, how could we go on
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unless we, you
know, go ahead and read
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Isaiah 9:6-7
verses that were shared?
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You know, I think mentioned
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we read something two
or three different times,
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it begins to stick.
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If you don't mind,
I'm going to read it
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because that's
part of this child
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and the
revelation of this child,
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not just any child,
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but is mentioned
the King of kings
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and Lord of lords.
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So when I read these
verses, Isaiah 9:6-7,
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I could, I stop
with the first line,
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"For unto us a child is born."
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I like that.
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And I just can't help,
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I want to circle
there us, unto us.
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It said, a gift is born to us.
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It says, "A Son is given,"
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notice this,
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"His life is given to us,
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the government shall
be upon His shoulder,
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and His name shall
be called, I love it.
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It's Wonderful.
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He's a counselor,
He's a Mighty God,
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He's everything, isn't He?
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He's the all in all.
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I love that, Everlasting Father,
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the Prince of Peace."
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And the list could just go
on and on and on and on and the,
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of the increase verse 7,
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"His government and
peace shall be no end
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upon the throne of David
upon his kingdom, to order it,
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and to establish it
with judgment, with justice,
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from henceforth even forever.
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The zeal of the Lord of
hosts will perform this."
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The question is asked
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after we read that
passage of scripture,
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what is so
special about this child?
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What is so
special about this child?
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You know,
everything seems right,
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everything is special,
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certainly about Jesus
as found in these verses.
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The Prophet Isaiah
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began to write and
proclaim these words
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and he looked upon the
promises there of deliverance,
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promises of the
coming of Jesus Christ,
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such as Isaiah 40:5,
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just read that quickly.
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I love it because it says here,
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notice Isaiah 40:5, and it says,
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"The glory of the
Lord shall be revealed.
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And all,"
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Oh, I like those
words all, it says all,
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I start circling all.
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Yeah, no exceptions.
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"All flesh shall
see it together."
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It's such a wonderful passage,
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I need to go back
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and just may talk
about a couple of words
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that were really exciting to me,
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as I read it.
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First of all, it
says in Isaiah 40:5,
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"the glory,"
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you know, that's something
we can really think about
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the glory of the
Lord shall be revealed,
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and certainly wasn't
the glory of the Lord
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revealed in His life,
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and in His ministry
while He walked this earth.
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How awesome that
would be to have been there
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when Jesus walked this earth?
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I think about, I
actually get goosebumps
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when I think about
Him walking the earth,
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His sandals and His feet
and all that He went through,
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and He did it all for
you and He did it all for me.
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And so, and not only that,
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they said, all
flesh shall see Him.
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So I think there's a transition
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maybe that goes
there for His life
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and ministry here on earth.
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And when He comes
back, I can't help it,
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He comes back the second time?
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You know when He
comes back the second time,
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it says, you know,
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"We shall see Him at
the second coming of Jesus."
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Oh, that song says,
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"We shall behold
Him. We shall be holy."
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Oh, I love when I hear
that somebody sing that song.
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Face to face will
behold all of His glory.
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And.
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you know, it goes to
what a day that will be
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when my Jesus I shall see.
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Very few people
can sing it like,
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is it Sandi Patty
sings and then Ivan Parker,
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I've heard both of them sang,
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and it just brings
tears to my eyes every time,
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"We shall behold Him,
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oh, we shall behold Him
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face to face in
all of His glory."
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Oh, I could just go
on and on about that.
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But Isaiah
tells about this time,
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the description of
the coming of the king.
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And I'm so thankful
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that the Holy
Spirit inspired men of God
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to write these things down.
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So somebody like me,
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simple minded
just can read them and,
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just get excited about it
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and to believe them
the way they were written
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that know that
He is coming back.
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Know someday I will
be able to behold Him
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if I'm faithful to the very end,
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if we honor Him,
because we're seeing in Isaiah,
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how God's people turned.
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And when they turned,
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God couldn't do
what He wanted to do,
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you know, for them.
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And I long for that day,
only one person as mentioned,
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I think Sister
Shelley you mentioned,
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only one person can match
up to this description here,
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that was Jesus
Christ, a vision of the Lord.
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And I say it
right now God's people
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if we ever needed a
vision, we need one now.
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Amen. That's right.
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It will liven the church.
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It will excite your
own Christian experience.
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It will bring
us closer to Jesus.
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Will want to go out there,
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we're just like we
want to bust open sometime,
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poof, you know, just like
let Jesus right shine through,
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really let it come out.
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You know, you said,
you know you had people
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who talk about
things of this life,
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and they'll say,
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"I just couldn't
wait to get home.
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I just about to burst,
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you know, with the excitement
about the coming of Jesus."
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You've to first open.
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Pastor, you get in the pulpit.
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You get in the pulpit,
many of you in the pulpit,
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you want to just burst sometimes
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because of the
goodness of the Lord
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and things that are coming out.
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He wrote these words
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to help guided by
the Holy Spirit for sure.
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Psalms 110, it says,
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"Forth Christ coming as the King
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and now coming as
the priests forever
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after the order of Melchizedek."
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In Psalms 110:4.
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Psalms 2:9, just
jot them down quickly,
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time's going right out.
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Psalms 2:9,
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He's pictured as
breaking the nation's,
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notice what?
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With a rod of iron.
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In Psalms 45:4,
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He's described as
writing forth in what?
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In majesty.
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In Psalms 45:17, He said,
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"I will make thy
name to be remembered
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in all generations,
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therefore shall the people
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praise thee
forever and forever."
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So to me, it
becomes very, very clear.
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I think we could
even go back to the,
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you know,
certainly to Daniel 2:44,
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where it sounds, let's say,
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"In the days of those kings,
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shall the God of
heaven set up," what?
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"Set up His kingdom, and
it shall not be destroyed."
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I love that,
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and the kingdom
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should not be left to any other,
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He sets on the throne,
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regardless of what's
happening in the world,
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regardless of what's being said,
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and the fear of going
on in the world today,
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God sits on the
throne, God rules,
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nothing happens
unless God gives permission.
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He's seen it from the
very beginning, right?
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And, in fact, He had it
written by the prophets of old
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through the
unction of the Holy Spirit,
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and it shall
stand, I love it, forever.
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I mean, really, that may
sound simple to some of you.
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But you know, that's just
an encouragement to my heart
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and in my life,
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to know that
what God has written
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and will say the
beginning and the end.
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And that's exactly how
it's going to play out.
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And I'll tell you this,
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I love to be on
the winning side.
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I love it.
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I know when I
used to play sports
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and whatever else I did,
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I went out there,
and I'll tell you this,
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I went out there to win.
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It's just as simple.
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I'm joining the
cause of Christ now,
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it's really
important and I want to win.
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I want to be there.
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He's a wonderful counselor.
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That means He has, a
counselor needs wisdom.
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The counselor
needs strength and power
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and might and
kindness, God has that.
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In Revelation 5:12-13.
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Read it when you can,
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because we're talking about
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"Worthy is the
Lamb that was slain."
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Worthy is the Lamb,
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now that will just
wake you up, won't it?
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That'll just set you on fire.
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There's only one that is
worthy and that's Jesus Christ.
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That's right. And
that's my example.
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And I look to that worthy
Lamb, praise God for that.
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He's the mighty God.
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He's the God, the Jesus
that He's equal with God,
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think about that.
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He's been from
everlasting was mentioned there.
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I think he's talking
about from the days of eternity,
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there never was a time
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that Jesus was
not with the Father.
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He's a Prince of Peace.
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And I can certainly say
this in my own experience,
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you know, only, you know,
you can only have peace only
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when you have righteousness
and holiness in your life.
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Amen.
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And you've sealed that
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with the
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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In Letter 22-1899, it says this,
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about the
Nebuchadnezzar again, it says,
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"It goes back and
shows that Nebuchadnezzar,
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that God of heaven
was ruler over all,
00:23:21.70\00:23:25.13
the monarchs or
the kings of the earth.
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His name was to go
forth as God over all gods."
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And so again, we can say,
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you know, unto
us a child is born.
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Think about just for a
moment, just a few seconds left,
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but think about,
think about this.
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He took our sinful
nature without sin.
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He came down here, risked...
00:23:46.96\00:23:50.19
He's risking losing,
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never to go back with a father
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and that just
blows people's mind.
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That's how much He loved
you and how much He loved me.
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And I'm very
grateful and thankful
00:23:57.83\00:23:59.37
that He won the victory.
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And to us a child was
born, He took that Romans 8:3,
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"God sending
forth His Son," in what?
00:24:05.74\00:24:07.94
"In the likeness of
sinful flesh and for sin
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He condemned sin in the flesh."
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Praise God.
00:24:15.25\00:24:16.58
He was the only
one that could do it.
00:24:16.62\00:24:18.32
He's the only one that
could pay that penalty.
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The whole world universe,
00:24:20.59\00:24:22.56
everything depended upon Him
00:24:22.59\00:24:23.99
coming and living
that victorious life.
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And He did it for
you and He did it for me.
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And then He says,
00:24:28.83\00:24:30.23
"I offer that to you.
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Oh, Kenny, I've left it
at the will call window.
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You don't have to do anything
but give your life to Me.
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Just come by and pick
up the ticket, friend.
00:24:36.10\00:24:37.81
You can spend eternity with Me."
00:24:37.84\00:24:39.67
How much better can it get.
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That's right.
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He said, "You need
harsh weapons in your life?
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You didn't get them,
but I took it for you."
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Isn't that right?
00:24:46.58\00:24:48.32
By His stripes we are
healed. That's right. Amen.
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So I just encourage
you today, John 3:16,
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"Unto us child was born,
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God so loved the world
00:24:55.76\00:24:57.59
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:24:57.63\00:24:59.46
that whosoever believe
in Him should not perish,
00:24:59.49\00:25:01.93
but have everlasting life.
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Unto us a son is born."
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Amen and amen.
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You know, the only problem Kenny
00:25:07.84\00:25:09.54
is you just don't
have enough enthusiasm.
00:25:09.57\00:25:12.04
I'm not worried about this.
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You know, we are too,
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and we were going
to take a short break.
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Praise the Lord.
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Lesson five.
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We're on
Tuesday's lesson entitled
00:26:03.19\00:26:06.09
"The Rod of God's Anger."
00:26:06.13\00:26:09.40
And, you know, I'm
gonna say for the record
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before we get into this
00:26:11.10\00:26:12.43
because we're about to
do a whole lot of reading.
00:26:12.47\00:26:15.27
Just because there's
a lot I'm covering here.
00:26:15.30\00:26:18.07
It's like a chapter and a half.
00:26:18.11\00:26:19.97
Of course, we
can't cover it all.
00:26:20.01\00:26:21.34
But I just want to
say for the record,
00:26:21.38\00:26:23.08
we serve an awesome,
mighty, compassionate,
00:26:23.11\00:26:28.32
loving, graceful God.
00:26:28.35\00:26:30.75
There's no denying that, no
one can deny God's goodness,
00:26:30.79\00:26:33.62
no one can deny
God's compassion,
00:26:33.66\00:26:35.76
His mercy,
00:26:35.79\00:26:37.23
and His grace.
00:26:37.26\00:26:39.03
But that being said,
00:26:39.06\00:26:40.40
the Bible makes it very clear
00:26:40.43\00:26:41.76
that also God is
a God of justice.
00:26:41.80\00:26:44.07
And this is what
today's lesson is outlining.
00:26:44.10\00:26:47.80
It's showing, not that God,
00:26:47.84\00:26:50.11
it was God's
will, it was God's plan
00:26:50.14\00:26:51.87
for Him to bring
these judgments upon Israel,
00:26:51.91\00:26:54.54
but because of Israel's actions,
00:26:54.58\00:26:56.78
because of their choices,
00:26:56.81\00:26:58.61
they brought
this upon themselves
00:26:58.65\00:27:00.18
and God had to
withdraw that mercy,
00:27:00.22\00:27:02.28
He had to withdraw that grace
because of their own choices.
00:27:02.32\00:27:06.25
And so I want to
get right into it.
00:27:06.29\00:27:07.82
We're right here
in Isaiah Chapter 9.
00:27:07.86\00:27:10.79
And I'm going to actually
start reading in verse 8.
00:27:10.83\00:27:14.36
And I'm not going to
read all of this passage,
00:27:14.40\00:27:15.96
but I just want to
highlight a few of these verses
00:27:16.00\00:27:17.53
talking about the judgment
that was brought upon Israel.
00:27:17.57\00:27:20.87
God had to
exercise His rod of anger
00:27:20.90\00:27:24.01
to get their attention.
00:27:24.04\00:27:25.67
And so the Bible
says beginning in verse 8
00:27:25.71\00:27:27.81
of Isaiah Chapter 9,
00:27:27.84\00:27:29.74
the Bible says,
00:27:29.78\00:27:31.11
"The Lord sent a
word against Jacob,
00:27:31.15\00:27:33.78
and it has fallen on Israel.
00:27:33.82\00:27:36.32
All the people will know.
00:27:36.35\00:27:38.45
Ephraim and the
inhabitant of Samaria,
00:27:38.49\00:27:41.12
who say in pride
and arrogance of heart."
00:27:41.16\00:27:44.96
Again, notice this arrogance."
00:27:44.99\00:27:46.93
The bricks have fallen down,
00:27:46.96\00:27:48.56
but we will
build with hewn stones
00:27:48.60\00:27:51.63
or rebuild with hewn stones.
00:27:51.67\00:27:53.50
The Sycamores are cut down,
00:27:53.54\00:27:55.40
but we will
replace him with cedars."
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.94
All right,
00:27:57.97\00:27:59.31
so what's the
response of the Lord?
00:27:59.34\00:28:00.68
It says, "Therefore
the Lord shall set up
00:28:00.71\00:28:03.08
adversaries of
Rezin against him,
00:28:03.11\00:28:05.91
and spur his
enemies on, the Syrians
00:28:05.95\00:28:08.52
before and the
Philistines behind,
00:28:08.55\00:28:10.45
and they shall devour
Israel with an open mouth.
00:28:10.49\00:28:14.32
For all this His
anger is not turned away,
00:28:14.36\00:28:17.89
but His hand is
stretched out still.
00:28:17.93\00:28:20.86
For the people
do not turn to Him
00:28:20.90\00:28:22.53
who strikes them,
00:28:22.56\00:28:23.90
nor do they seek
the Lord of hosts.
00:28:23.93\00:28:26.37
Therefore the Lord
will cut off head and tail
00:28:26.40\00:28:29.60
from Israel,
00:28:29.64\00:28:31.07
palm branch and
bulrush in one day.
00:28:31.11\00:28:34.84
The elder and
honorable, he is the head,
00:28:34.88\00:28:38.35
the prophet who teaches lies,
and of course, he is the tail."
00:28:38.38\00:28:43.12
And so what we're
seeing here is the arrogance
00:28:43.15\00:28:46.09
and the neglect of Israel.
00:28:46.12\00:28:48.52
They're such an arrogant,
00:28:48.56\00:28:50.39
prideful heart of
Israel as a nation,
00:28:50.43\00:28:52.49
that they completely
turned their backs on the Lord.
00:28:52.53\00:28:54.86
And even though the
Lord sent His prophets,
00:28:54.90\00:28:56.87
even though He
sent His messengers,
00:28:56.90\00:28:58.77
who warned them and told them
00:28:58.80\00:29:00.14
and tried to draw them
back in the way of the Lord,
00:29:00.17\00:29:02.24
they hardened their
hearts, they would not listen.
00:29:02.27\00:29:04.51
And so God would send them
00:29:04.54\00:29:05.87
a judgment here,
a judgment there,
00:29:05.91\00:29:07.48
He would allow His
hand to be outstretched
00:29:07.51\00:29:09.78
in hopes of
getting their attention.
00:29:09.81\00:29:11.25
But of course, we know
that that was not the case.
00:29:11.28\00:29:13.88
It did not happen.
00:29:13.92\00:29:15.25
In fact, going to verse 21,
00:29:15.28\00:29:16.62
it's the end of
that chapter there.
00:29:16.65\00:29:17.99
Isaiah 9:21.
00:29:18.02\00:29:19.55
It says, "Manasseh
shall devour Ephraim
00:29:19.59\00:29:21.82
and Ephraim Manasseh, "
00:29:21.86\00:29:23.46
Isn't that how it often is,
00:29:23.49\00:29:24.83
when we turn our
backs on the Lord,
00:29:24.86\00:29:26.29
or we pull our eyes off Jesus,
00:29:26.33\00:29:28.23
we end up against
each other, our own people,
00:29:28.26\00:29:32.67
and that's exactly
what happened here.
00:29:32.70\00:29:34.27
It says, "Together,
they shall be against Judah."
00:29:34.30\00:29:37.54
So one's against the other,
the other's against the other,
00:29:37.57\00:29:39.64
and then together,
they were against another,
00:29:39.67\00:29:41.04
one of their brethren.
00:29:41.08\00:29:42.41
And it says, "For all this
His anger is not turned away,
00:29:42.44\00:29:45.51
but His hand is
stretched out still."
00:29:45.55\00:29:48.92
And who is He going
to bring this judgment?
00:29:48.95\00:29:51.99
Who is He going to use to
bring this judgment upon Israel?
00:29:52.02\00:29:54.19
Well, the people that
00:29:54.22\00:29:55.56
they basically
submitted themselves to,
00:29:55.59\00:29:58.06
and basically gave up themselves
00:29:58.09\00:29:59.73
to their heathen worships
00:29:59.76\00:30:01.10
and their ways
and their ways of life
00:30:01.13\00:30:03.10
and of course we're
talking about Assyria,
00:30:03.13\00:30:05.03
the king of Assyria.
00:30:05.07\00:30:06.84
And you know,
00:30:06.87\00:30:08.20
God doesn't leave out
the king of Assyria either.
00:30:08.24\00:30:10.44
While He allowed His,
00:30:10.47\00:30:12.57
the judgment of
Israel to be executed
00:30:12.61\00:30:15.31
by the hand of Assyria.
00:30:15.34\00:30:17.21
God, I'm sure,
00:30:17.25\00:30:18.58
I'm sure the Lord
wanted to reach the heart
00:30:18.61\00:30:20.32
of this king of Assyria as well,
00:30:20.35\00:30:22.15
just as He wanted
to reach the pagan
00:30:22.18\00:30:24.02
king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar.
00:30:24.05\00:30:26.19
But notice what the
Bible says about, again,
00:30:26.22\00:30:28.49
and the title of this
section is arrogant Assyria.
00:30:28.52\00:30:31.39
So you got arrogant Israel,
00:30:31.43\00:30:32.86
being judged by
arrogant Assyria,
00:30:32.89\00:30:35.00
and arrogant Assyria is
going to be judged by God.
00:30:35.03\00:30:37.73
Notice what the Bible says.
00:30:37.77\00:30:39.10
And now we are into Chapter 10.
00:30:39.13\00:30:41.17
We're over in Isaiah 10.
00:30:41.20\00:30:42.87
And I'm gonna
start reading in verse 5.
00:30:42.90\00:30:44.34
It says, "Woe to Assyria,
00:30:44.37\00:30:46.11
the rod of My anger
00:30:46.14\00:30:47.81
and the staff in whose
hand is My indignation.
00:30:47.84\00:30:50.95
I will send him
against an ungodly nation,
00:30:50.98\00:30:53.88
and against the
people of My wrath,
00:30:53.92\00:30:55.92
I will give him charge,
00:30:55.95\00:30:57.65
to seize the
spoil, to take the prey,
00:30:57.69\00:31:00.29
and to tread them down
like the mire of the streets."
00:31:00.32\00:31:03.43
So again, God using Assyria
00:31:03.46\00:31:05.53
because again, they had
turned their backs on the Lord,
00:31:05.56\00:31:08.50
they had given them themselves
00:31:08.53\00:31:09.96
over to the ways
of the Assyrians.
00:31:10.00\00:31:11.87
And so now He's
allowing the Assyrian army
00:31:11.90\00:31:14.54
under the leadership
of the Assyrian king,
00:31:14.57\00:31:16.71
to now overthrow Israel.
00:31:16.74\00:31:18.57
Verse 12, we're
in 10:12, it says,
00:31:18.61\00:31:21.28
"Therefore it
shall come to pass,
00:31:21.31\00:31:23.45
when the Lord has performed
all His work on Mount Zion
00:31:23.48\00:31:26.15
and on Jerusalem,
00:31:26.18\00:31:27.52
that He will say,
00:31:27.55\00:31:28.88
'I will punish the
fruit of the arrogant heart
00:31:28.92\00:31:32.12
of the king of Assyria,"
00:31:32.15\00:31:33.49
here it is,
00:31:33.52\00:31:34.86
"and the glory of
his haughty looks.' "
00:31:34.89\00:31:39.19
And He goes on
to say in verse 13,
00:31:39.23\00:31:42.43
"By the strength of
my hand I have done it,
00:31:42.46\00:31:46.03
and by my
wisdom, for I am prudent,
00:31:46.07\00:31:49.97
and I have removed the
boundaries of the people,
00:31:50.01\00:31:52.64
and have robbed
their treasuries.
00:31:52.67\00:31:55.31
So I have put
down the inhabitants
00:31:55.34\00:31:57.78
like a valiant man."
00:31:57.81\00:31:59.78
So God is exercising
judgment upon this nation
00:31:59.81\00:32:03.65
and upon these people
who have neglected Him,
00:32:03.69\00:32:06.02
who have turned
their back on the Lord.
00:32:06.05\00:32:08.72
And, you know,
00:32:08.76\00:32:10.16
this shouldn't surprise us
00:32:10.19\00:32:11.53
because over in
Leviticus Chapter 26,
00:32:11.56\00:32:14.10
does not God clearly
spell out for the nation,
00:32:14.13\00:32:17.20
His covenant people,
they're in covenant with Him.
00:32:17.23\00:32:19.50
They said,
00:32:19.53\00:32:20.87
"Lord, all that You
have said, we will do,
00:32:20.90\00:32:22.24
we will follow this covenant,
we agree to these terms."
00:32:22.27\00:32:24.77
And so the Lord makes it
clear in Leviticus Chapter 26,
00:32:24.81\00:32:27.74
we're not going to be
able to read all of this
00:32:27.78\00:32:29.14
because it's quite a bit.
00:32:29.18\00:32:30.51
But God pronounces judgments
in multiple different phases.
00:32:30.55\00:32:33.92
He says, he basically says,
throughout this whole chapter,
00:32:33.95\00:32:36.55
you know, "If you
will not obey my voice,
00:32:36.58\00:32:38.55
this is what's
going to happen to you.
00:32:38.59\00:32:40.39
If you will not,
then again, obey my voice,
00:32:40.42\00:32:42.99
I will bring this upon you."
00:32:43.02\00:32:44.99
Notice verse 14 of
Leviticus Chapter 26,
00:32:45.03\00:32:48.16
we're going to
start with verse 14,
00:32:48.20\00:32:49.73
and read till 17 there.
00:32:49.76\00:32:51.10
It says, "But if
you do not obey me,
00:32:51.13\00:32:52.77
and do not observe
all these commandments,
00:32:52.80\00:32:54.84
and if you despise my statutes,
00:32:54.87\00:32:56.44
and if your soul
abhors my judgments,
00:32:56.47\00:32:59.14
so that you do not
perform all My commandments,
00:32:59.17\00:33:01.48
but break My covenant, I
also will do this to you."
00:33:01.51\00:33:05.08
And God is very clear.
00:33:05.11\00:33:06.45
He says,
00:33:06.48\00:33:07.82
"I will even
appoint terror over you,
00:33:07.85\00:33:09.35
wasting disease and fever,
00:33:09.38\00:33:11.72
which shall consume the
eyes and call sorrow of heart,
00:33:11.75\00:33:15.16
and you shall sow
your seed in vain,
00:33:15.19\00:33:17.23
for your enemies shall eat it.
00:33:17.26\00:33:19.33
I will set my face against you,
00:33:19.36\00:33:21.03
and you shall be
defeated by your enemies."
00:33:21.06\00:33:23.26
That's exactly
what's happening here.
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.13
"Those who hate you
shall reign over you,
00:33:25.17\00:33:27.07
and you shall flee
when no one pursues you."
00:33:27.10\00:33:30.21
So again, God is
talking about chaos
00:33:30.24\00:33:32.47
that has erupted in
Jerusalem and in Israel,
00:33:32.51\00:33:36.21
because the people of the Lord,
00:33:36.24\00:33:38.11
they have been given the word,
00:33:38.15\00:33:39.61
they know they have the prophets
00:33:39.65\00:33:41.45
who have spoken to them.
00:33:41.48\00:33:42.82
They have the scrolls,
they know what it says.
00:33:42.85\00:33:45.05
But it's simply
they have reached a point
00:33:45.09\00:33:46.42
where they said,
00:33:46.45\00:33:47.79
"Lord, we know
what you have said, but,
00:33:47.82\00:33:50.56
we know what you
have declared on us,
00:33:50.59\00:33:52.36
but we're gonna do this
00:33:52.39\00:33:54.10
because it better
suits us during this time."
00:33:54.13\00:33:55.93
And the Lord, again,
00:33:55.96\00:33:57.30
I can imagine His
heart is breaking indeed.
00:33:57.33\00:34:00.00
You see, if God
would have wanted
00:34:00.04\00:34:02.14
to destroy His people,
00:34:02.17\00:34:03.77
He could have given them up
to the Assyrians right away,
00:34:03.81\00:34:05.91
right?
00:34:05.94\00:34:07.28
But He allowed this to
unfold over a period of time.
00:34:07.31\00:34:09.84
And, of course, you
know, I love 2 Peter 3:9,
00:34:09.88\00:34:12.45
because it really speaks
00:34:12.48\00:34:13.82
to the wonderful
character of the Lord,
00:34:13.85\00:34:15.72
when He says, you know,
00:34:15.75\00:34:17.25
that He doesn't
want anyone to perish,
00:34:17.29\00:34:18.85
but all to come to repentance.
00:34:18.89\00:34:21.42
That was the
purpose of these judgments,
00:34:21.46\00:34:23.36
not to bring
harm, not to bring fear,
00:34:23.39\00:34:25.66
not to bring
hatred upon the people,
00:34:25.69\00:34:27.43
but to draw them to repentance.
00:34:27.46\00:34:29.66
And so what we see
as a pattern of events
00:34:29.70\00:34:31.93
to which God allows
His people to experience
00:34:31.97\00:34:34.74
some of these judgments
for their folly in hopes
00:34:34.77\00:34:37.97
that it will wake them up,
00:34:38.01\00:34:39.51
and that they see
the error of their ways
00:34:39.54\00:34:41.38
and ultimately repent.
00:34:41.41\00:34:42.74
But if you read the
story of the Old Testament,
00:34:42.78\00:34:44.55
it's a
perpetual, ongoing pattern
00:34:44.58\00:34:46.75
in which, you know,
Israel continues in rebellion.
00:34:46.78\00:34:50.79
And, of course,
this cycle is repeated
00:34:50.82\00:34:53.36
and ultimately ends
in a downward spiral
00:34:53.39\00:34:57.26
in which God
ultimately can't do nothing,
00:34:57.29\00:34:59.36
He has to
withdraw Himself from them.
00:34:59.39\00:35:02.86
And so, you know,
ultimately, what were the sins?
00:35:02.90\00:35:05.33
I want to add
this really quickly,
00:35:05.37\00:35:06.70
what were the sins and
I have to highlight this
00:35:06.74\00:35:08.57
that ultimately brought
this destruction upon them.
00:35:08.60\00:35:11.67
Isaiah 10:1-2,
00:35:11.71\00:35:13.38
I have to
highlight this, it says,
00:35:13.41\00:35:14.74
"Woe to those who
decreed unrighteous decrees,
00:35:14.78\00:35:17.65
who write misfortune,
which they have prescribed,
00:35:17.68\00:35:20.82
to rob the needy of justice,
00:35:20.85\00:35:22.95
and to take what is right
from the poor of my people,
00:35:22.98\00:35:25.69
that widows may be their prey,
00:35:25.72\00:35:27.76
and that they may
rob the fatherless."
00:35:27.79\00:35:31.06
What does Jesus say?
00:35:31.09\00:35:33.29
"And when you've done
this to the least of these,
00:35:33.33\00:35:36.10
you have done that to me."
00:35:36.13\00:35:37.97
What we're
seeing here, my friends,
00:35:38.00\00:35:39.47
is we need to follow
the counsel of God's Word,
00:35:39.50\00:35:41.60
that we need to
love the Lord God
00:35:41.64\00:35:42.97
with all our
heart, mind and soul,
00:35:43.00\00:35:44.37
and our neighbor as ourselves.
00:35:44.41\00:35:45.97
That's not what
Israel was doing.
00:35:46.01\00:35:47.84
They were bringing
judgment upon others,
00:35:47.88\00:35:51.31
they were casting down others
and ultimately it costs them.
00:35:51.35\00:35:54.52
We need to learn
from this lesson,
00:35:54.55\00:35:56.28
and give our hearts to the Lord
that we may be led in His way.
00:35:56.32\00:35:59.69
Amen. Amen.
00:35:59.72\00:36:01.49
Thank you, Ryan,
for that enthusiasm.
00:36:01.52\00:36:04.53
Something you never
lacked is the power of the Word.
00:36:04.56\00:36:08.06
Praise the Lord for that.
00:36:08.10\00:36:10.07
In Wednesday's lesson,
"The Root and Branch in One."
00:36:10.10\00:36:15.67
"The Root and Branch in One."
00:36:15.70\00:36:17.04
We begin with Isaiah 11:1,
00:36:17.07\00:36:20.31
and Isaiah, the prophet,
you had quite a bit to cover,
00:36:20.34\00:36:23.24
three chapters.
00:36:23.28\00:36:24.68
You did a very good job.
00:36:24.71\00:36:26.51
We read about
00:36:26.55\00:36:27.88
not only the
restoration of the kingdom,
00:36:27.92\00:36:29.95
but the future
unfolding of the kingdom.
00:36:29.98\00:36:36.19
Because the kingdom, in fact,
we have to keep this in mind.
00:36:36.22\00:36:38.83
The kingdom is
not just the people,
00:36:38.86\00:36:41.20
the foundation.
00:36:41.23\00:36:42.66
The most important
part of the kingdom
00:36:42.70\00:36:44.13
is its foundation.
00:36:44.17\00:36:46.07
If the foundation is destroyed,
what will the people of God do?
00:36:46.10\00:36:49.64
And so we find the foundation
00:36:49.67\00:36:51.01
is talked about of
the kingdom of God here,
00:36:51.04\00:36:53.17
in Isaiah Chapter 11.
00:36:53.21\00:36:54.81
The Bible says,
00:36:54.84\00:36:56.18
"There shall come forth
00:36:56.21\00:36:58.01
a rod from the stem of Jesse,
00:36:58.05\00:37:03.95
and a branch shall
grow out of his roots.
00:37:03.99\00:37:08.79
The Spirit of the
Lord shall rest upon him,
00:37:08.82\00:37:11.99
the spirit of
wisdom and understanding,
00:37:12.03\00:37:14.63
the spirit of counsel and might,
00:37:14.66\00:37:17.53
the spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the Lord,
00:37:17.57\00:37:22.00
his delight is in
the fear of the Lord.
00:37:22.04\00:37:24.61
And he shall not judge
by the side of his eyes,
00:37:24.64\00:37:29.11
nor decide by the
hearing of his ears,
00:37:29.14\00:37:31.68
but with righteousness,
he shall judge the poor,
00:37:31.71\00:37:35.08
and decide with
equity, the meek of the earth,
00:37:35.12\00:37:37.75
He shall strike the
earth with a rod of his mouth,
00:37:37.79\00:37:41.06
and with the breath of his lips,
00:37:41.09\00:37:43.02
he shall slay the wicked,
00:37:43.06\00:37:44.93
righteousness shall
be the belt of his loins,
00:37:44.96\00:37:48.40
and faithfulness,
the belt of his waist."
00:37:48.43\00:37:52.63
When you read about this,
00:37:52.67\00:37:54.20
it could only be
talking about one individual,
00:37:54.24\00:37:58.21
and I want to use the
word individual loosely.
00:37:58.24\00:38:00.98
There's only one personality
00:38:01.01\00:38:03.31
that can fit
into that description.
00:38:03.35\00:38:05.08
And that's the
personality of Christ.
00:38:05.11\00:38:07.32
You know, when it talked about
he shall not use his own eyes
00:38:07.35\00:38:10.69
or his own judgment.
00:38:10.72\00:38:12.49
Because when
Jesus came, He said,
00:38:12.52\00:38:14.02
"I of my own
self can do nothing,
00:38:14.06\00:38:16.32
I do the will of the
Father that sent me."
00:38:16.36\00:38:18.79
He talked about
independence of His own self,
00:38:18.83\00:38:21.80
but complete reliance on God.
00:38:21.83\00:38:23.87
Because anytime you have a root,
00:38:23.90\00:38:25.90
you also have a branch.
00:38:25.93\00:38:27.67
Jesus is the root
00:38:27.70\00:38:29.04
and we are the
vine and the branches,
00:38:29.07\00:38:31.44
but also He is
the Root of David.
00:38:31.47\00:38:34.18
What's talked about here
00:38:34.21\00:38:35.54
is through the genealogy
of the Israelite nation,
00:38:35.58\00:38:38.45
or even the nation of Judah,
00:38:38.48\00:38:40.52
you find that this
nation went through
00:38:40.55\00:38:42.12
continual rises and falls.
00:38:42.15\00:38:44.42
But when it brings
about the imagery here,
00:38:44.45\00:38:47.06
in Isaiah10:33,
00:38:47.09\00:38:50.23
notice what's
happening here, verse 33 and 34.
00:38:50.26\00:38:53.06
And I'm kind of peeking
into some of the territory
00:38:53.09\00:38:55.30
that Ryan covered, but it says,
00:38:55.33\00:38:57.00
"Behold, the Lord,
00:38:57.03\00:38:58.97
the Lord of hosts will
lop off the bough with terror.
00:38:59.00\00:39:03.34
Those of high
statue will be hewn down,
00:39:03.37\00:39:06.34
and the haughty will be humbled.
00:39:06.37\00:39:08.04
He will cut down the
thickets of the forest with iron
00:39:08.08\00:39:12.95
and Lebanon will
fall by the Mighty One."
00:39:12.98\00:39:18.32
So it's talking about
00:39:18.35\00:39:19.69
how the nation is going
to go through some shake ups.
00:39:19.72\00:39:23.46
It's going to go
through some times of divisions
00:39:23.49\00:39:25.23
and breakdowns.
00:39:25.26\00:39:26.59
And if you look at
this entire picture,
00:39:26.63\00:39:28.26
and I've come to the conclusion
over a couple years ago,
00:39:28.30\00:39:31.37
that the entire Bible
has one particular theme
00:39:31.40\00:39:36.20
that is consistent.
00:39:36.24\00:39:38.07
Satan is trying to
prevent Jesus from coming
00:39:38.11\00:39:42.44
and accomplishing His mission.
00:39:42.48\00:39:44.21
From the time
00:39:44.25\00:39:45.58
that it was a
forecast in Genesis 3:15.
00:39:45.61\00:39:49.65
The battle between the seeds,
00:39:49.68\00:39:51.55
Satan has always
continued throughout the ages
00:39:51.59\00:39:54.36
to try to lop off,
00:39:54.39\00:39:56.26
to lop off the
branch that's going to come,
00:39:56.29\00:39:58.79
to lop off the work
00:39:58.83\00:40:00.16
that Jesus was
going to accomplish.
00:40:00.20\00:40:02.36
And so we find,
00:40:02.40\00:40:03.73
that's why we see
00:40:03.77\00:40:05.10
after he couldn't successfully
prevent the work of Christ.
00:40:05.13\00:40:08.30
Now he's going after
the seed of the woman,
00:40:08.34\00:40:10.87
went to make war with
the remnant of her seed.
00:40:10.91\00:40:13.04
It's always been about the seed.
00:40:13.07\00:40:14.51
And so we see that
00:40:14.54\00:40:15.88
this is what the
Bible is forecasting here.
00:40:15.91\00:40:17.48
That's why I like
it talks about the root
00:40:17.51\00:40:19.78
and the branch in one.
00:40:19.81\00:40:21.15
Let's go on.
00:40:21.18\00:40:22.52
The question is,
00:40:22.55\00:40:23.89
why is the new Davidic ruler
also called the root of Jesse?
00:40:23.92\00:40:28.72
Isaiah 11:10, talks about this.
00:40:28.76\00:40:32.09
"And in that day, there
shall be a root of Jesse,
00:40:32.13\00:40:34.76
who shall stand as a
banner, to the people,
00:40:34.80\00:40:38.60
for the Gentiles shall seek him,
00:40:38.63\00:40:41.80
and his resting
place shall be glorious.
00:40:41.84\00:40:43.91
Let's go to Acts
very, very quickly.
00:40:43.94\00:40:45.81
I want to cover a
few points here, Jill.
00:40:45.84\00:40:47.61
I don't have an entire list.
00:40:47.64\00:40:49.78
But I do have a
point, Acts Chapter 13.
00:40:49.81\00:40:53.65
The Gentiles shall seek Him.
00:40:53.68\00:40:56.48
Right?
00:40:56.52\00:40:57.85
Acts Chapter 13.
00:40:57.89\00:40:59.45
That's right. Here I am.
00:40:59.49\00:41:01.19
Acts 13:44 and
it says, verse 42,
00:41:01.22\00:41:07.36
"And when the Jews
went out of the synagogue,
00:41:07.40\00:41:09.50
the Gentiles begged
00:41:09.53\00:41:11.33
that these words
might be preached to them
00:41:11.37\00:41:13.70
the next Sabbath.
00:41:13.74\00:41:15.07
The Gentiles want to hear it.
00:41:15.10\00:41:16.67
And you go further down,
00:41:16.71\00:41:18.07
when the Jews rejected
00:41:18.11\00:41:19.44
what the Lord
was giving to them.
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.54
He says in verse 47,
00:41:21.58\00:41:23.01
"For so the Lord
has commanded us,
00:41:23.04\00:41:24.81
I have sent you to be
a light to the Gentiles
00:41:24.85\00:41:28.18
that you should be for salvation
00:41:28.22\00:41:29.58
to the ends of the earth.
00:41:29.62\00:41:30.95
And now when the
Gentiles, verse 48, heard this,
00:41:30.99\00:41:33.25
they were glad and
glorified the Word of the Lord,
00:41:33.29\00:41:36.12
and as many as
had been appointed
00:41:36.16\00:41:37.99
to eternal life believed.
00:41:38.03\00:41:39.69
So yes, the Gentiles sought
the very thing that Jews had.
00:41:39.73\00:41:43.06
The root was not
just to the Jews,
00:41:43.10\00:41:45.37
the root was to be
extended through the Jews,
00:41:45.40\00:41:48.57
not just to the Jews.
00:41:48.60\00:41:50.31
So we're talking about
the origin of divinity here.
00:41:50.34\00:41:53.27
And Revelation begins to amplify
00:41:53.31\00:41:55.44
and what I'm going to do
in the remainder of my time,
00:41:55.48\00:41:57.81
is amplify this root
throughout the New Testament.
00:41:57.85\00:42:00.58
Revelation 22:16.
00:42:00.62\00:42:03.62
Revelation 22:16,
00:42:03.65\00:42:06.52
the forecast of
the coming Messiah,
00:42:06.55\00:42:09.26
Jesus now speaking of Himself.
00:42:09.29\00:42:11.56
"I, Jesus, have sent My angel
00:42:11.59\00:42:15.26
to give you this
testimony for the churches.
00:42:15.30\00:42:18.03
I am the root and
offspring of David,
00:42:18.07\00:42:22.24
and the bright
and morning star."
00:42:22.27\00:42:24.34
So He's saying,
00:42:24.37\00:42:25.71
if you're looking
for Me, here I am.
00:42:25.74\00:42:29.14
What's amazing about that?
00:42:29.18\00:42:30.51
I was talking to
a Jewish gentleman
00:42:30.55\00:42:32.01
a couple of years ago,
00:42:32.05\00:42:33.38
when I was in,
00:42:33.42\00:42:34.75
I went to Las Vegas for
the big electronic show.
00:42:34.78\00:42:37.15
And as I was
checking out of the counter,
00:42:37.19\00:42:39.65
you know, B&H photo,
00:42:39.69\00:42:41.22
one of the Jewish guys was there
00:42:41.26\00:42:42.69
during the checkout.
00:42:42.72\00:42:44.06
And I said to him,
00:42:44.09\00:42:45.43
"You and I are brothers. We
have many things in common."
00:42:45.46\00:42:47.76
He said, "Oh."
00:42:47.80\00:42:49.36
I said, "I keep the Sabbath."
00:42:49.40\00:42:50.73
He said, "Are you Jewish?"
I said, "No, I'm Christian."
00:42:50.77\00:42:53.94
I said, "I also
eat clean meats alone."
00:42:53.97\00:42:56.34
He said, "Are you
following the Jewish laws?"
00:42:56.37\00:42:59.54
I said, "Not
just the Jewish laws,
00:42:59.57\00:43:00.91
the biblical laws."
00:43:00.94\00:43:02.81
I said, "Do you know
that your prophet Daniel
00:43:02.84\00:43:05.01
spoke of the coming Messiah?"
00:43:05.05\00:43:06.92
"He did?"
00:43:06.95\00:43:08.28
I shared with
him Daniel 9:24- 27.
00:43:08.32\00:43:10.85
Right there at
the counter he said,
00:43:10.89\00:43:12.39
"I've never heard that."
00:43:12.42\00:43:13.76
I said, "This is
not the New Testament.
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.62
This is the Old
Testament prophet Daniel,
00:43:15.66\00:43:17.76
and he is your prophet."
00:43:17.79\00:43:19.13
"Yes, he is."
00:43:19.16\00:43:20.50
He said, "Very interesting.
Let me go read that."
00:43:20.53\00:43:23.63
So we can still
share about the Messiah
00:43:23.67\00:43:25.93
without going
through the New Testament.
00:43:25.97\00:43:27.67
But undoubtedly,
00:43:27.70\00:43:29.57
when you follow
the lineage of Christ,
00:43:29.60\00:43:31.81
you find His death
penalty connected to David.
00:43:31.84\00:43:34.61
Luke 1:11,
00:43:34.64\00:43:36.28
"For there is
born to you this day
00:43:36.31\00:43:39.15
in the city of David,
00:43:39.18\00:43:41.25
a Savior, who is
Christ the Lord."
00:43:41.28\00:43:44.75
I made a point,
ancestry is irrefutable,
00:43:44.79\00:43:48.12
regardless of who
you identify with,
00:43:48.16\00:43:50.79
or personally
knowing your family tree.
00:43:50.83\00:43:53.60
The genealogy is
undeniable. Yeah.
00:43:53.63\00:43:55.80
Some people wonder,
00:43:55.83\00:43:57.17
where did he get
that attitude from?
00:43:57.20\00:43:58.97
Check your family line.
00:43:59.00\00:44:00.57
Some people where
does that intelligence
00:44:00.60\00:44:02.74
or that desire
for music come from?
00:44:02.77\00:44:04.64
Check your family line?
00:44:04.67\00:44:06.61
Matthew also brings out
the genealogy of Christ.
00:44:06.64\00:44:09.71
Matthew 1:17.
00:44:09.74\00:44:11.18
So all the
generation from Adam to David
00:44:11.21\00:44:13.48
all 14 generations,
00:44:13.52\00:44:15.38
from David,
00:44:15.42\00:44:17.25
until the captivity in
Babylon are 14 generations,
00:44:17.29\00:44:20.36
and from the
captivity in Babylon,
00:44:20.39\00:44:22.66
until the Christ
are 14 generations.
00:44:22.69\00:44:25.56
Once again
connecting the lineage,
00:44:25.59\00:44:28.13
the root and the branch in one.
00:44:28.16\00:44:31.53
And then in Luke Chapter 3.
00:44:31.57\00:44:33.64
And this is a whole
mouthful right here.
00:44:33.67\00:44:36.34
Now Jesus Himself
began His ministry
00:44:36.37\00:44:38.37
about 30 years of age,
00:44:38.41\00:44:41.61
being as was
suppose the son of Joseph,
00:44:41.64\00:44:45.21
the son of Heli,
the son of Methuselah,
00:44:45.25\00:44:48.08
the son of
Enosh, the son of Jared,
00:44:48.12\00:44:50.52
the son of
Melchi, the son of Cainan,
00:44:50.55\00:44:53.39
the son of
Enosh, the son of Seth,
00:44:53.42\00:44:56.09
the son of Adam, the son of God.
00:44:56.12\00:44:58.09
Look at that
genealogy, he is tying it back.
00:44:58.13\00:45:01.06
The amazing revelation
00:45:01.10\00:45:02.63
about the genealogy of divinity
00:45:02.66\00:45:04.47
is Jesus is not
only the successor,
00:45:04.50\00:45:07.57
the one that follows.
00:45:07.60\00:45:09.00
He is the
predecessor, the one that leads.
00:45:09.04\00:45:13.07
Look at Isaiah 43:10.
00:45:13.11\00:45:16.61
You are my
witnesses, says the Lord,
00:45:16.64\00:45:18.78
and my servant
whom I have chosen
00:45:18.81\00:45:20.98
that you may
know and believe me,
00:45:21.02\00:45:23.69
and understand that I am he,
00:45:23.72\00:45:25.69
before me, this
is the predecessor,
00:45:25.72\00:45:28.36
there was no God formed,
nor shall there be after me.
00:45:28.39\00:45:32.69
Jesus is the
successor and the predecessor.
00:45:32.73\00:45:36.63
And Paul the
Apostle makes it clear
00:45:36.67\00:45:38.30
in Colossians 1:17.
00:45:38.33\00:45:40.30
And He is before all things,
and in Him all things consist.
00:45:40.34\00:45:46.57
Now in the beginning,
00:45:46.61\00:45:48.28
does not mean
after the beginning.
00:45:48.31\00:45:51.71
Want that very, very clear,
because some people think that
00:45:51.75\00:45:53.72
Jesus is at the beginning,
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.48
He is the
beginning of all things,
00:45:55.52\00:45:56.85
the predecessor and
the successor in one,
00:45:56.89\00:45:59.55
the root and the branch.
00:45:59.59\00:46:01.89
Amen.
00:46:01.92\00:46:03.26
Thank you so much, Pastor John.
00:46:03.29\00:46:04.86
What an
incredible study as we...
00:46:04.89\00:46:07.13
I have Thursday's lesson,
which is "You comforted me."
00:46:07.16\00:46:10.87
It's Isaiah Chapter 12,
00:46:10.90\00:46:12.77
the whole chapter
but it's only six verses.
00:46:12.80\00:46:14.67
So it's not as Pastor Ryan
00:46:14.70\00:46:16.47
had to do 30 some
or 40 some verses.
00:46:16.50\00:46:19.64
It's not like that.
00:46:19.67\00:46:21.01
If you look at the section
of Isaiah 7 through Isaiah 12.
00:46:21.04\00:46:26.72
Isaiah 12 ends
this entire section
00:46:26.75\00:46:29.85
talking about
prophecies of Emmanuel,
00:46:29.88\00:46:33.39
God with us.
00:46:33.42\00:46:34.89
Isaiah 7, we see the first birth
00:46:34.92\00:46:37.46
and that prophecy God with us.
00:46:37.49\00:46:39.89
Isaiah 8, we see
the second birth,
00:46:39.93\00:46:41.96
that is Isaiah's
actual second biological son.
00:46:42.00\00:46:45.50
Isaiah 9, we
see the third birth,
00:46:45.53\00:46:47.47
this is Christ the Messiah.
00:46:47.50\00:46:51.07
For unto us a child is
born and a son is given.
00:46:51.11\00:46:54.88
Isaiah 11, we see
Jesus Christ again,
00:46:54.91\00:46:57.88
the root and branch of Jesse.
00:46:57.91\00:47:00.62
Isaiah 12, we
see this same Jesus
00:47:00.65\00:47:04.32
brings us comfort,
brings us salvation,
00:47:04.35\00:47:07.52
dwells with us as His people.
00:47:07.56\00:47:10.03
What's amazing to me is
00:47:10.06\00:47:11.39
Isaiah 7 begins with
Emmanuel, God with us.
00:47:11.43\00:47:14.70
The concluding
section, Isaiah 12 ends with,
00:47:14.73\00:47:18.83
for great is the
Holy One of Israel
00:47:18.87\00:47:21.10
in your midst.
00:47:21.14\00:47:23.64
God with us again.
00:47:23.67\00:47:26.47
This song, Isaiah 12,
00:47:26.51\00:47:28.34
you could actually look
at it as a song or a psalm.
00:47:28.38\00:47:32.58
You could compare
it with Exodus 15,
00:47:32.61\00:47:35.22
which is an
amazing song of deliverance
00:47:35.25\00:47:37.92
after the children of
Israel crossed the Red Sea.
00:47:37.95\00:47:40.82
You can compare it
with Revelation 15,
00:47:40.86\00:47:43.16
and the song of
Moses and of the Lamb.
00:47:43.19\00:47:46.49
But instead of all that,
00:47:46.53\00:47:47.86
you can look
that up another time.
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We're going to six
lessons from Isaiah Chapter 12.
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And we're taking
basically one from each verse.
00:47:53.17\00:47:55.44
Lesson number one,
00:47:55.47\00:47:56.81
God's judgment is
always redemptive,
00:47:56.84\00:47:59.87
and it has a purpose.
00:47:59.91\00:48:02.68
I always like to say
00:48:02.71\00:48:04.05
God uses the
gentlest means possible
00:48:04.08\00:48:06.88
to get our attention.
00:48:06.92\00:48:09.05
If just a tap on
the shoulder works.
00:48:09.08\00:48:10.65
That's what He's going to use.
00:48:10.69\00:48:12.29
Let's read verse 1, Isaiah 12:1,
00:48:12.32\00:48:15.76
"And in that day you will say,
oh, Lord, I will praise you,
00:48:15.79\00:48:20.43
though you were angry with
me, your anger is turned away,
00:48:20.46\00:48:24.73
and you comfort me."
00:48:24.77\00:48:26.90
You know, Psalm 30:5 says,
00:48:26.94\00:48:28.60
"Weeping, it
endures for a night,
00:48:28.64\00:48:30.94
but joy comes in the morning."
00:48:30.97\00:48:34.61
God's anger,
00:48:34.64\00:48:35.98
especially the anger we
saw in Ryan section there
00:48:36.01\00:48:39.21
can be understood
as the redemptive,
00:48:39.25\00:48:41.35
corrective discipline
00:48:41.38\00:48:43.28
of a parent who
loves their child.
00:48:43.32\00:48:45.95
It reminds me of Hebrews.
00:48:45.99\00:48:47.32
Turn with me to
the Book of Hebrews
00:48:47.36\00:48:48.79
Chapter 12.
00:48:48.82\00:48:50.16
We see this
redemptive corrective discipline
00:48:50.19\00:48:52.79
coming again from God Himself.
00:48:52.83\00:48:55.06
Hebrews 12, starting in verse 5.
00:48:55.10\00:48:59.17
"My son, do not despise
the chastening of the Lord,
00:48:59.20\00:49:03.74
nor be discouraged
when you are rebuked by him,
00:49:03.77\00:49:07.74
for whom the
Lord loves he chastens
00:49:07.78\00:49:10.51
and scourges every
son whom he receives."
00:49:10.55\00:49:13.92
Jump down to verse 11.
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"Now no chastening
seems joyful for the present."
00:49:15.72\00:49:18.19
We don't like the judgment,
it doesn't seem pleasant,
00:49:18.22\00:49:20.96
it's painful.
00:49:20.99\00:49:22.42
Nevertheless, afterward,
00:49:22.46\00:49:25.06
it yields the
peaceable fruit of righteousness
00:49:25.09\00:49:29.56
to those who have
been trained by it.
00:49:29.60\00:49:33.90
Apparent disciplines,
00:49:33.94\00:49:35.30
but then they
offer love and comfort.
00:49:35.34\00:49:38.61
It reminds me of,
00:49:38.64\00:49:39.97
we studied this in an earlier
Sabbath School Panel quarterly.
00:49:40.01\00:49:43.55
Nehemiah,
00:49:43.58\00:49:44.91
the Book of Nehemiah Chapter 9.
00:49:44.95\00:49:46.28
And remember, as
Nehemiah reminded
00:49:46.31\00:49:48.35
the children of
Israel of their sins,
00:49:48.38\00:49:50.92
there was this cycle,
00:49:50.95\00:49:52.29
there was their disobedience.
00:49:52.32\00:49:54.22
They went their own way.
They worshipped other idols.
00:49:54.26\00:49:56.36
They did their own thing.
00:49:56.39\00:49:57.89
Then God brought judgment
upon them, to correct them,
00:49:57.93\00:50:03.23
to discipline them,
to show them their sins,
00:50:03.26\00:50:06.94
then God brought
repentance to them
00:50:06.97\00:50:09.64
because repentance,
we can't conjure that up.
00:50:09.67\00:50:11.87
That's a gift from God.
00:50:11.91\00:50:13.71
Then God brought
extended mercy toward them,
00:50:13.74\00:50:17.38
and He brought them deliverance.
00:50:17.41\00:50:19.58
But they didn't
learn their lesson.
00:50:19.61\00:50:20.95
And they went right back
in that cycle of disobedience.
00:50:20.98\00:50:24.12
And then the
judgment came again.
00:50:24.15\00:50:27.29
The repentance came,
there was mercy extended,
00:50:27.32\00:50:31.06
and God brought
deliverance again,
00:50:31.09\00:50:32.43
and they still
didn't learn the lesson.
00:50:32.46\00:50:33.80
And they went back
through that again.
00:50:33.83\00:50:37.00
Lesson number one,
God's judgment is redemptive,
00:50:37.03\00:50:40.57
and it has a purpose.
00:50:40.60\00:50:42.07
Lesson number two,
Jesus doesn't do my salvation,
00:50:42.10\00:50:46.54
He is my salvation.
00:50:46.57\00:50:50.25
He doesn't bring my
salvation, He is my salvation.
00:50:50.28\00:50:55.65
Let's read verse 2,
00:50:55.68\00:50:57.25
"Behold, God is my salvation.
00:50:57.29\00:51:00.42
I will trust and not be afraid.
00:51:00.46\00:51:02.62
For You the Lord is
my strength and my song,
00:51:02.66\00:51:05.39
He also has
become my salvation."
00:51:05.43\00:51:08.36
Jesus doesn't just do salvation,
00:51:08.40\00:51:10.33
He is salvation.
00:51:10.37\00:51:12.33
Jesus doesn't just do miracles,
00:51:12.37\00:51:15.20
He became flesh
and dwelt among us.
00:51:15.24\00:51:18.67
John 1:14,
00:51:18.71\00:51:20.04
"And the word it became
flesh and dwelt among us.
00:51:20.08\00:51:23.55
We beheld His glory,
00:51:23.58\00:51:24.91
the glory is of the
only begotten of the Father,
00:51:24.95\00:51:27.32
full of grace and truth.
00:51:27.35\00:51:29.28
Jesus didn't just
bear my sins on the cross,
00:51:29.32\00:51:32.42
He became sin for me.
00:51:32.45\00:51:35.02
2 Corinthians 5:21,
00:51:35.06\00:51:37.06
"He made Him, God made Jesus
00:51:37.09\00:51:39.33
who knew no sin,
to be sin for me,
00:51:39.36\00:51:43.26
that we might be made
00:51:43.30\00:51:44.63
the
righteousness of God in Him."
00:51:44.67\00:51:46.60
Jesus doesn't just make peace.
00:51:46.63\00:51:48.67
He is my peace.
00:51:48.70\00:51:50.97
Ephesians 2:14,
00:51:51.01\00:51:52.97
"For He Himself is our peace,
00:51:53.01\00:51:55.54
who has made both
one and has broken down
00:51:55.58\00:51:58.18
the middle wall of separation."
00:51:58.21\00:52:00.72
Jesus doesn't
just make a sacrifice.
00:52:00.75\00:52:03.69
He is the sacrifice.
00:52:03.72\00:52:06.12
Hebrews 9:12,
00:52:06.15\00:52:07.49
"Not with the blood of
bulls and goats, and calves,
00:52:07.52\00:52:10.39
but with his own blood,
00:52:10.43\00:52:12.69
he entered the most
holy place once for all,
00:52:12.73\00:52:15.73
having obtained
eternal redemption.
00:52:15.76\00:52:19.40
So lesson two,
00:52:19.43\00:52:20.77
"Jesus doesn't do my salvation,
00:52:20.80\00:52:23.24
He is my salvation."
00:52:23.27\00:52:26.34
Lesson number three,
00:52:26.37\00:52:27.71
"God as my
salvation takes away my fear."
00:52:27.74\00:52:31.75
Let's read the second part
of that verse, Isaiah 12:2,
00:52:31.78\00:52:35.65
"Behold, God is my salvation."
00:52:35.68\00:52:37.82
Actually the first part,
00:52:37.85\00:52:39.19
"I will trust
and not be afraid."
00:52:39.22\00:52:43.22
You know, there's a
scripture in Isaiah 26:3,
00:52:43.26\00:52:46.43
which I've had
repeated to me many, many times.
00:52:46.46\00:52:49.20
What does it say?
00:52:49.23\00:52:50.57
You will keep
him in perfect peace
00:52:50.60\00:52:52.63
whose mind is stayed on
thee because he trusts in thee.
00:52:52.67\00:52:57.21
That scripture
used to traumatize me
00:52:57.24\00:52:59.87
because I would think,
I have to focus on Jesus,
00:52:59.91\00:53:02.71
focus on Jesus,
00:53:02.74\00:53:04.08
Jill, just focus on Jesus.
00:53:04.11\00:53:05.45
If you would
focus on Jesus more,
00:53:05.48\00:53:07.88
what would happen?
00:53:07.92\00:53:09.25
Your mind would
be in perfect peace,
00:53:09.28\00:53:10.79
you would not fear.
00:53:10.82\00:53:12.69
And it became about me,
trying to focus on Jesus.
00:53:12.72\00:53:17.96
But if you look at the Hebrew,
this was revolutionary for me.
00:53:17.99\00:53:22.20
You will keep
him in perfect peace
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.67
whose mind is stayed on You."
00:53:23.70\00:53:25.87
The word stayed means to lean,
00:53:25.90\00:53:29.30
to lay, to rest upon.
00:53:29.34\00:53:33.44
So what is God saying?
00:53:33.48\00:53:34.81
If you want peace,
00:53:34.84\00:53:36.31
don't stress and
try to focus on God.
00:53:36.34\00:53:39.65
I lay my head on His lap.
00:53:39.68\00:53:42.08
You put your
head on His shoulder,
00:53:42.12\00:53:45.09
rest on Jesus,
00:53:45.12\00:53:47.26
and He's the one who
keeps you in perfect peace.
00:53:47.29\00:53:50.59
You know, we don't have God.
00:53:50.63\00:53:52.33
He has us.
00:53:52.36\00:53:53.90
I love that.
00:53:53.93\00:53:55.26
Lesson number four,
00:53:55.30\00:53:56.63
God's salvation,
it never dries up.
00:53:56.67\00:53:59.37
Read verse 3,
00:53:59.40\00:54:01.17
"Therefore with joy,
00:54:01.20\00:54:02.74
you will draw water
from the wells of salvation."
00:54:02.77\00:54:06.51
Have you gone to it and thought
maybe there's not salvation,
00:54:06.54\00:54:09.01
maybe there's not
mercy, maybe there's not grace.
00:54:09.04\00:54:11.78
Those wells are so
deep, they are inexhaustible.
00:54:11.81\00:54:15.82
His mercy, His love,
00:54:15.85\00:54:17.65
His forgiveness
is inexhaustible.
00:54:17.69\00:54:20.36
Isaiah 55:1,
00:54:20.39\00:54:22.42
"Ho! Everyone who
thirsts, come to the waters,
00:54:22.46\00:54:25.79
and you who have no
money, come, buy and eat."
00:54:25.83\00:54:29.50
We can drink from an
inexhaustible source,
00:54:29.53\00:54:32.53
the well of salvation,
00:54:32.57\00:54:34.30
and extend that to someone else.
00:54:34.34\00:54:36.44
Lesson number five,
00:54:36.47\00:54:37.81
if God's done something for you,
00:54:37.84\00:54:39.47
tell somebody else about it.
00:54:39.51\00:54:41.94
We see this in verse 4 and 5,
00:54:41.98\00:54:44.78
"And in that day, you will say,
00:54:44.81\00:54:46.88
praise the Lord.
00:54:46.92\00:54:48.25
Call upon His name,
00:54:48.28\00:54:49.62
declare His
deeds among the people,
00:54:49.65\00:54:51.52
make mentioned that
His name is exalted.
00:54:51.55\00:54:54.89
Sing to the Lord, for
He's done excellent things.
00:54:54.92\00:54:57.79
This is known in all the earth."
00:54:57.83\00:54:59.53
Why do we share?
00:54:59.56\00:55:00.90
Because that judgment is passed.
00:55:00.93\00:55:02.56
We share because He
has brought us comfort.
00:55:02.60\00:55:05.30
We share because
00:55:05.33\00:55:06.67
His wells of
salvation are inexhaustible.
00:55:06.70\00:55:10.81
When God has done
something for you,
00:55:10.84\00:55:12.41
tell somebody else about it.
00:55:12.44\00:55:14.41
Finally, lesson number six,
00:55:14.44\00:55:16.41
the presence of
God among His people
00:55:16.44\00:55:19.31
is the climax of salvation.
00:55:19.35\00:55:22.22
Salvation, of
course, was purchased for us
00:55:22.25\00:55:24.49
by the blood of
Jesus at the cross
00:55:24.52\00:55:26.02
and we accept it by
faith and confess our sins.
00:55:26.05\00:55:28.79
But the climax of that is
spending eternity with Him.
00:55:28.82\00:55:34.16
Verse 6,
00:55:34.20\00:55:35.76
"Cry out and shout,
oh inhabitant of Zion,
00:55:35.80\00:55:39.47
for great is the holy one
of Israel, in your midst."
00:55:39.50\00:55:45.67
Remember, in the
beginning in the garden,
00:55:45.71\00:55:47.34
Adam and Eve dwelt with God.
00:55:47.38\00:55:49.04
And at the end, Revelation 21:3,
00:55:49.08\00:55:52.48
"I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:55:52.51\00:55:54.55
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
00:55:54.58\00:55:58.72
and He will dwell with them,
00:55:58.75\00:56:00.76
He will set up
resonance with them,
00:56:00.79\00:56:03.22
they shall be His people.
00:56:03.26\00:56:04.59
God Himself will be
with them and be their God."
00:56:04.63\00:56:07.60
I want to be there.
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.26
Amen.
00:56:09.30\00:56:10.70
Amen and amen.
00:56:10.73\00:56:13.13
All of you did
such a wonderful job,
00:56:13.17\00:56:15.84
but that that
was fabulous, Jill,
00:56:15.87\00:56:17.97
praise the Lord.
00:56:18.01\00:56:19.34
All right, well, we have
just a couple of minutes left.
00:56:19.37\00:56:21.71
We want to get closing
thought from each one of you.
00:56:21.74\00:56:26.11
Unto us a child is born,
00:56:26.15\00:56:28.45
and to us a Lamb slain
00:56:28.48\00:56:30.72
from the
foundation of the world.
00:56:30.75\00:56:32.72
Christ born,
00:56:32.75\00:56:34.22
Christ given is the foundation
of our hopes and of our joys.
00:56:34.26\00:56:40.00
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:56:40.03\00:56:42.36
Bible says that God is love.
00:56:42.40\00:56:45.10
Not that He is mere loving,
00:56:45.13\00:56:46.53
but He is love
00:56:46.57\00:56:47.90
and therefore that
love requires freedom.
00:56:47.94\00:56:51.11
And so He gives us that freedom,
00:56:51.14\00:56:52.61
but with that
freedom comes responsibility.
00:56:52.64\00:56:54.98
And we have a
responsibility to seek Him
00:56:55.01\00:56:57.35
and to look to Him
always for salvation.
00:56:57.38\00:56:59.41
Amen.
00:56:59.45\00:57:00.78
Mine is Jesus is
not just the successor,
00:57:00.82\00:57:02.88
but the predecessor,
00:57:02.92\00:57:04.62
Isaiah 43:10.
00:57:04.65\00:57:05.99
Please don't forget this,
00:57:06.02\00:57:07.46
in this day where people
are arguing about His origin.
00:57:07.49\00:57:10.49
You are my
witnesses, says the Lord,
00:57:10.53\00:57:11.96
and my servants
whom I have chosen
00:57:11.99\00:57:13.80
that you may know and believe
and understand that I am He,
00:57:13.83\00:57:16.33
before me there
is no God formed,
00:57:16.36\00:57:18.80
nor shall there be after Me.
00:57:18.83\00:57:21.44
Amen.
00:57:21.47\00:57:22.80
Isaiah 12 is the psalm
00:57:22.84\00:57:24.17
or song of praise for salvation.
00:57:24.21\00:57:26.91
And God just extends
00:57:26.94\00:57:28.28
that gift of
salvation to each one of us.
00:57:28.31\00:57:29.98
Make a choice to accept it.
00:57:30.01\00:57:31.35
Amen.
00:57:31.38\00:57:32.71
When the Bible says,
00:57:32.75\00:57:34.08
"Unto us a child was given,
00:57:34.12\00:57:36.52
unto you the Prince of
peace wants to come today
00:57:36.55\00:57:39.92
and His peace,
00:57:39.95\00:57:41.29
he says, not as the
world gives, give by to you,
00:57:41.32\00:57:44.73
but His peace is
not just for now,
00:57:44.76\00:57:48.40
but for eternity."
00:57:48.43\00:57:49.76
We hope you'll join us next time
00:57:49.80\00:57:51.60
lesson six,
00:57:51.63\00:57:53.03
"Playing God."
00:57:53.07\00:57:54.54
So thank you so much.
00:57:54.57\00:57:56.00
God bless you today and always.
00:57:56.04\00:57:59.21