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789. Bible Study: Jeremiah 31 (Return of Jesus Christ? "Jacob's Trouble"? Rachel and Leah Symbolism? · Faith by annm2705

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  Chapter 31 from the book of Jeremiah.
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  This one is going to be really interesting because there are a
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  lot of insightful things I will say that I noticed as I was
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  reading, and these are going to make you really think.
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  So let's remind ourselves why we read scripture and why we're
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  doing it as often as possible. Every day is ideal, all
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  Scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
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  correcting, and training in righteousness so that the
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  servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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  That's from Second Timothy chapter 3, verse 16 and 17.
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  And additionally, Romans 10/17 says, consequently, faith comes
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  from hearing the message and the message is heard through the
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  word about Christ or about the Messiah.
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  And we are certainly going to get into that topic tonight when
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  we talk about this chapter here. So let's get started with the
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  prayer. Dear Lord, please be with us, be
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  present as we read through the Scripture.
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  There are some things that I truly don't fully understand,
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  but I they're standing out to me and I ask that you help with
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  understanding as we read through this.
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  We ask for the Holy Spirit to give us wisdom as we read
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  through this and also application to our lives and how
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  the these scriptures may affect us.
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  We ask this in Jesus name, Amen. OK, let's get started here.
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  Chapter 31 at that time declares the Lord, I will be the God of
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  all the families of Israel and they will be my people.
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  Now pay attention to a few things here.
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  First of all, the chapter 30, if you went through that, we talked
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  about how this is a future prophecy, like our future
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  prophecy. This is still applicable to us
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  in the future. It's, you know, perhaps during
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  the Millennium, but there is there's definitely certain
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  things that are stated that did not have not been fulfilled and
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  they are still to be fulfilled. And it said the last line of
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  chapter 30 said in days to come you will understand this.
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  So I think we're starting to get a little bit more revelation
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  understanding from when we read scripture and today, because a
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  lot of people are are getting insights to this scripture and
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  understanding things that before were really confusing.
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  So again, this says I will be the God of all the families of
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  Israel. Remember this Jeremiah was
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  talking to the people of Judah, the people of Israel.
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  The 10 tribes that were in Israel were already captured by
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  Assyria at this point. Judah is the last remnant of,
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  you know, I guess Judah and Benjamin were the last remnant
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  of the people that called themselves Israel, the southern
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  Kingdom. And they were, they were the
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  ones who were remaining. But this is interesting because
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  it says at that time declares the Lord, I will be the God of,
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  of all the families of Israel and they will be my people.
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  So it seems to be more inclusive of the northern 10 tribes as
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  well as the southern 2 tribes known as Judah.
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  So are that we're under the territory of Judah.
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  So to me, this seems like it is actually talking about all the
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  families and this is in the future.
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  So this is what the Lord says. The people who survived the
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  sword will find favor in the wilderness.
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  I will come to give rest to Israel.
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  To me, this is about Jesus returning.
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  I will come to give rest to Israel, to all the people.
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  And it says the people who survived the sword will find
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  favor in the wilderness. It doesn't make sense when we
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  apply it to Babylon. Of course, the people who stayed
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  in the city were the ones who were going to be destroyed by
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  the sword. Anybody who decided to say
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  that's the prophecy that Jeremiah gave them, he said, you
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  know, go in exile to the to the Babylonian city and Mary, have
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  children, make the city prosperous, do all these things.
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  That's what the Lord told Jeremiah to tell the people.
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  But now when we're reading this, it's saying the people who
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  survived the sword will find favor in the wilderness.
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  So there's this, like, hidden place that they were going to go
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  to. But God was saying anybody who
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  was in Jerusalem from Jeremiah's time frame was going to be
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  tracked down by sword. Famine or plague.
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  I think that was it. So how can this be the prophecy
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  of during Jeremiah's time? It seems like this is a future
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  prophecy that pertains to us and to our time.
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  And the other thing that made me think about this was that who
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  find favor in the wilderness. So I got to find that scripture
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  because the wilderness is is this is really interesting when
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  it talks about it. I have to find I have so many
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  tabs open. So this might take me a minute
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  to find it. But the wilderness is a is a
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  very prophetic place and it's talked about in the future sense
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  of Bible prophecy. And oh boy, sorry, there's so
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  many tabs. There was just so much that I
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  saw when I OK, here it is finally.
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  All right. So listen to this in OK, so when
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  they, when the Israelites came out of Egypt, they were
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  wandering in the wilderness for 40 years.
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  So they were wandering there and God provided for them while they
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  were there. Now in the future sense, we go
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  to the Book of Revelation and it says in Revelation chapter 12
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  verse 6, the woman who is Israel fled into the wilderness to a
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  place prepared for her by God where she might be taken care of
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  for 1260 days. That's 3 1/2 years.
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  Now something interesting about 3 1/2 years, a lot of people
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  talk about the seven years of tribulation, but there's this,
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  it's split in two. There's a midpoint where the
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  initial part is tribulation and then the latter part is wrath.
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  And in the Greek there are different words.
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  I think it's like triplos or something like that for
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  tribulation and then orge for wrath.
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  But there are actually two different words that are used if
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  you go to the original Greek. So the first part is
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  tribulation, but I don't. I believe the great tribulation
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  that's referred to in Bible prophecy is the last 3 1/2
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  years. And so during this last 3 1/2
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  years God already has a plan. This is my understanding of this
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  as I was reading through this is God has a wilderness plan for a
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  remnant of Israel for 3 1/2 years during this wrathful this
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  time of wrath. And here's another verse that
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  also talks about it on in Revelation chapter 12, verse 14,
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  the woman Israel was given the two wings of a great eagle.
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  Now, I'm not really sure what the two wings of a great eagle
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  is. This is symbolic and I think we
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  just have to keep our minds open.
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  It is something of strength and that's all that I think we can
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  because sometimes then eagle is referred to as an unclean animal
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  and then other times it's, I think there is one time where
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  it's more of a holy thing. I think that's in Isaiah where
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  you will ride on eagle's wings or something to that effect.
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  I need to look up that scripture.
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  I didn't think about that one until just now when I'm talking
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  about the eagle's wings. So I'm going to see if I can
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  find that and hopefully this will OK, this is OK, Here's this
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  is good. I'm I, it was Isaiah and Exodus.
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  OK here. This is really important.
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  You yourself, OK, in first, in Exodus chapter 19, verse 4, you
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  yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you
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  on eagle's wings and brought you to myself.
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  So this is God on eagle's wings. I don't really even that.
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  I don't know except, you know, there was this, this, you know,
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  that this cloud that covered them during the day to prevent
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  the heat from scorching them, and then there was a fire that
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  guided them at night. So God provided whatever it
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  specifically is, it's God's holy presence there that is providing
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  for the people. And this is what he did in in
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  Egypt for them when they came out of a slavery.
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  And then in Isaiah chapter 40 verse 31, it said, but those who
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  hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
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  They will soar on wings like eagles.
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  They will run and not grow weary.
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  They will walk and not be faint. So they will soar on wings like
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  eagles, like God again is providing, He's giving, you
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  know, it seems like all their strength is gone, but God is
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  going to give that boost of, of endurance and they will run and
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  not go grow weary. They will walk and not be faint.
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  So there's a couple times here about the wings of an eagle.
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  And I think that is really significant about this, this
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  passage about the wilderness, because the same thing, the
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  Bible is very repetitious and it seems like God does similar
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  things. And here he is saying the people
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  who survived the sword or the war will find favor in the
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  wilderness. I will come to give rest to
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  Israel. When Jesus returns, He is he
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  comes back because all the nations are against Israel.
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  And but this is also like, I will come to give rest to
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  Israel. So is this God providing for the
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  remnant in the wilderness like he did during the Exodus, which
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  the Exodus is very symbolic of the future also when we get into
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  the end of the age. So I just think there's
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  something to ponder and think about because it could be, you
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  know, the protection during Jacob's trouble for some.
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  The people who survive the Lord appeared to us in the past
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  saying, I have loved you with an everlasting love.
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  I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
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  I will build you up again, and you, virgin Israel, will be
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  rebuilt again. You will take up your timbrels
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  and go out to dance with the joyful again.
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  You will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria.
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  So this is kind of interesting because Samaria is the West Bank
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  and there's going to be vineyards on the hills of
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  Samaria. I don't know what exists there
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  today, but this is talking about Israel having vineyards on the
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  hills of Samaria. The farmers will plant them and
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  enjoy their fruit. So the study Bible says, why did
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  God call the people Virgin Israel?
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  This phrase showed how radically God's people had changed.
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  Israel had once been pure and chosen by God.
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  But Israel, that is the people of Judah, for they were for for
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  they were all that remained of the nation of Israel, had lost
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  their virginity by prostituting herself with other lovers.
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  Israel was unfaithful to the Lord, giving her love and
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  affection to false gods and idols.
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  Again, it was just idolatry Again, that's the same thing
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  that happened when they, you know, right after God gave him
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  the 10 commandments, they made a golden calf and started
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  worshipping it. So idolatry has always been an
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  issue for let's just say all humans, but specifically Israel
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  is what the history that's found in the Bible talks about.
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  South. Continuing on what Jeremiah was
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  speaking about, there will be a day which makes me think about
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  the day of the Lord. Also, there will be a day when
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  the Watchmen cry out on the hills of Ephraim.
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  Come, let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.
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  So is this when Jesus returns and reigns as king during the
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  Millennium for the 1000 years? Come, let us go up to Zion, to
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  the Lord our God. There will be a day when
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  Watchmen cry out on the hills of Ephraim.
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  So again, this is what I think. It's really, I think it's
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  something future. Here's what the study Bible
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  says. What was the role of these
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  Watchmen on the hills? Watchmen were stationed on the
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  city walls primarily to watch for an approaching enemy.
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  However, here the Watchmen were stationed on the hills and
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  according to Jewish tradition, their responsibility was to
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  observe the phases of the moon and give notice of a new moon,
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  which is really interesting too, which marked the most important
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  festivals. Fulfilling their responsibility,
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  the cry of the Watchmen announced that it was time to go
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  to meet the Lord in Zion, which is Jerusalem.
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  This is a picture not a fear of danger, but of a time of
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  celebration. The time had come for a new moon
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  festival to be observed in Jerusalem.
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  So it'd be interesting to see which festivals there were many
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  festivals that and the I believe I'm jumping around here.
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  My mind is just going fast. But I believe there's also
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  trumpet sounds during the new moon.
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  That's one of the times when the trumpet is sounded.
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  So all these like little clues do make me think that this could
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  very well be when Jesus returns. I don't know.
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  This is what the Lord says. Sing with joy for Jacob, shout
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  for the foremost of the nations, make your praises heard and say
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  Lord save your people the remnant of Israel.
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  So of course that's Judah would be the remnant of Israel.
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  But I also thought could it also be the 144,000?
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  Those are 12,000 from 12 tribes. But it's really interesting
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  because the tribe of Dan is missing and I think the tribe
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  of, oh gosh, there's, I'm trying to think now I've forgotten
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  there's a couple different tribes that are missing on it.
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  I need to find that out too, because that's going to bother
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  me. But let's see.
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  In the 144,000 it lists that it's in the Book of Revelation,
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  and it said the number. It says that.
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  Then I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from
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  all the tribes of Israel. But what's interesting about
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  this is that it names the tribes.
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  So it says there's 12,000 from Judah, 12,000 from Reuben,
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  12,000 from Gad. I'll just name the tribes Asher,
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  Naftali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulon, Joseph and
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  Benjamin. So you notice Dan is not there.
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  And then who is the other one? Ephraim, I guess.
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  Ephraim, Yeah, Ephraim's not there because remember Joseph,
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  Joseph's portion was divided up and given to his sons Ephraim
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  and Manasseh by Jacob on his deathbed.
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  And but Manasseh is listed as 12,000.
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  But Ephraim and Dan are not. It isn't that interesting too
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  that Ephraim. I guess that's Ephraim.
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  I don't know how to if I pronounce this correctly, but
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  it's isn't it interesting that it's talking about on the hills
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  of Ephraim? So if Ephraim is missing from
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  the 12,000 tribes and Dan, the tribe of Dan is not included in
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  that 144,000 And this is about I heard the number of those who
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  were sealed from all the tribes of Israel.
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  Now these are angels who seal the IT says.
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  Then I saw another, I saw another Angel coming up from the
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  east having the seal of the living God.
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  He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been
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  given power to harm the land and the sea.
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  Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal
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  on the foreheads of the servants of our God.
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  So there must be like these, some faithful ones that are
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  among these, and they are somehow marked by angels before
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  the destruction comes about. So then it says, going back to
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  the book of Jeremiah, see, I will bring them from the land of
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  the north and gather them from the ends of the earth.
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  Now this is another thing that's very interesting when we hear
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  gathering them from the ends of the earth.
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  That's something that again is in the Book of Revelation and it
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  talks about the gathering and and not even in the Gospels too.
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  So I had found that somewhere and this is, I don't know where
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  I put that one. OK, I found it.
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  So in Jeremiah 31, verse 8, which is what we read.
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  See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather
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  them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and
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  the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor.
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  A great throng will return. Well, that's I guess that's not
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  the verse that we were. Yes, I guess that is where.
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  Oh, I didn't read all of that earlier.
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  OK, then. It's also in Mark, one of the
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  Gospels, Mark chapter 13. Now this is Jesus talking about
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  this. OK, so Mark chapter 13 verse 27,
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  it says and he referring to Jesus will send his angels and
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  gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the
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  earth to the ends of the heavens.
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  And this all in context. Like if we back up a couple
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  verses and we go to verse 24 in Mark chapter 13, it says but in
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  those days following that distress, the sun will be
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  darkened and the moon will not give its light.
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  The stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be
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  shaken at that time. So all this calamity and
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  distress is going on at that time.
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  The people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great
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  power and glory, and he will send his angels and gather his
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  elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the
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  ends of the heavens. So to me, this really sounds
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  like if you put it on a flow chart of things that happen,
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  there's going to be this great distress.
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  We're going to see it in the sky.
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  The sun's going to be dark. The moon will not give its
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  light. The stars will fall from the sky
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  and that mean and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
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  The stars are in the Book of Revelation as representative of
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  angels, and I believe those are the fallen angels will be no
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  longer allowed to be in the heavenly realms anymore.
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  So God said he was going to do one more shaking at that point.
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  And then it also says like, woe to the earth because these
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  ain't, you know, these, I guess all of these beings who rebelled
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  against God are being thrown down to the earth.
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  I mean, Satan's part of that too, because there is going to
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  be tremendous wrath that comes onto the earth and, and those
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  who believe in Jesus, it says they are not, we are not
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  appointed to wrath. So at that point, I believe is
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  when Jesus gathers his people before the wrath happens.
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  But there is the distress that happens prior to and it's it's
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  it says, you know, it's going to be pretty.
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  You know, it's if God, if the Lord had not cut short those
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  days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect
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  whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.
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  So for the people who have prepared themselves, Jesus will
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  be returning for those people. And because it says in verse 19
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  of Mark chapter 13 says because those days, because those will
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  be days of distress unequalled from the beginning when God
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  created the world until now and never to be equaled again.
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  But if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would
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  survive. So there's going to be something
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  tremendous that many, many, many people are going to see and know
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  that it's happening. And it's going to be so severe
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  that nothing that has ever happened on earth in history
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  anywhere is going to be even nowhere near equal to that.
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  And this stuff is going to happen first.
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  So I think that's mentally we all need to prepare ourselves.
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  Just slow down and read scripture.
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  Just read Mark chapter 13 and see the sequence of events
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  because mentally I think we need to be prepared for this.
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  Yes, Jesus is coming to gather his elect, to gather his chosen
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  to keep them out of wrath. And it does say that the even
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  the people of Israel, there's a remnant, a small portion of
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  Israel that will be protected with these eagle's wings that we
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  were talking about. But I think that a lot of people
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  are thinking they're not going to have tribulation.
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  They're not going to have this great tribulation, which it does
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  to me look very clear in the Bible that it will come about
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  and it's going to be pretty significant for all of us.
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  And and there's going to be a moment where it says at that
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  time, if anyone says to you, look here is the Messiah or look
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  there he is. Don't believe it for false
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  messiahs and prophets will appear and perform signs and
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  wonders to deceive. If possible, even the elect be
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  on your on your guard. I have told you everything ahead
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  of time, but in those days following that distress, so once
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  we see, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its
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  light, the stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies
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  will be shaken. At that time, the people will
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  see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and
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  glory, and He will send His angels and gather his elect from
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  the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the
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  heavens. So that's where it ties in the
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  gathering from the ends of the earth.
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  This is what this is what my mind went to when I heard this.
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  And and when you search in the Bible, the gathering to the ends
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  of the earth, the only time that it's referencing that is in
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  Jeremiah, which we're reading and we're trying to understand.
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  And then in Mark chapter 13, verse 27.
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  However, there is also in Matthew chapter 24, which says
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  verses 29 through 31 says this, another gospel immediately
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  after. After the distress of those
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  days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its
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  light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies
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  will be shaken. Then will appear the sign of the
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  Son of Man in heaven, and then all the peoples of the earth
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  will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of
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  heaven with power and great glory.
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  And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they
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  will gather his elect from the four winds from one end of the
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  heavens to the other. So there's that gathering.
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  And then in Luke chapter 21, verses 25 through 28, it says
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  there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars.
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  So that's just like, you know, sun will be darkened, the moon
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  will not give its light, the stars will fall.
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  So Luke says the same thing, but he just says there will be signs
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  in the sun, moon, and stars on the Earth.
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  Nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and
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  tossing of the sea. That's a little bit different
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  description. Like he's giving some insight
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  about the sea. Roaring and tossing of the sea.
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  People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming
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  on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken at that
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  time. They will see the Son of Man
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  coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
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  When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your
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  heads because your redemption is drawing near.
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  So to me it seems like look for the sun to be darkened.
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  The moon will not give its light, and the stars fall from
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  the sky. There's going to be something
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  significant and there's something about the sea here,
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  the roaring and tossing of the sea.
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  Just remember the words of the Bible.
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  Don't speculate, but be observant about what's happening
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  in the world. Remember what Scripture says and
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  don't change the words of Scripture to match like a
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  current event that's happening. I see a lot of people doing that
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  where they they think they know what this prophecy means and
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  then they say, well, here's what it says about it and it's
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  somebody's opinion. But I think if we just memorize
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  what does Scripture say? And then maybe when it happens,
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  we'll actually recognize it. But so this this whole like see
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  going back to Jeremiah, see, I will bring them from the land of
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  the north again. This is a common thing that I'm
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  seeing is that there are some, there must be people that are
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  captured in the north, that Jesus is going to free and
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  gather them from the ends of the earth.
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  Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and
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  women in labor. A great throng will return.
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  They will come with weeping. They they will pray as I bring
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  them back. I will lead them beside streams
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  of water on a level path where they will not stumble because I
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  am Israel's father. I think right there it's talking
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  about Jesus. As soon as I read that tonight,
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  this lead them beside streams of water that stood out to me and I
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  was like, that's Jesus, He's the shepherd.
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  And that is Psalms 23. So we let me read Psalm 23.
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  It's really short, a Psalm of David.
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  The Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing.
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  He makes me lie down in green pastures.
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  He leads me beside quiet waters. So this is talking about the
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  Lord. He refreshes my soul.
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  He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake.
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  Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no
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  evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they
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  comfort me. You prepare a table before me in
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  the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil.
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  My cup overflows. Surely the good, your goodness
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  and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell
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  in the House of the Lord forever.
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  So these a lot of the Psalms are actually prophetic and I didn't
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  realize that at first. I just thought they were simple
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  like songs or poems, but they have a lot of prophecy in there.
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  And David had a lot of he said a lot of prophetic things.
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  Some of the words of David were words that Jesus spoke on the
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  cross as he died. So there's there's a lot and
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  then the the shepherd being Jesus, I'm going to show you
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  some proof in the Bible that you know, we do here.
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  I mean, everybody's kind of heard that probably the Lord is
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  a shepherd. Jesus is the Good Shepherd, but
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  where is it in the Bible? So here's what this is kind of
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  interesting. Well, let's just go back a
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  little bit. This isn't super clear here, but
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  it's important. Isaiah chapter 63 verse 11.
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  Then his people recalled the days of old, the days of Moses
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  and his people. Where is he who brought them
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  through the sea with the shepherd of his flock?
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  Isn't that interesting? Jesus was he.
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  It said the Lord's Angel LED them, and the Angel is also a
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  messenger. And I wonder if it was actually
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  Jesus who led. And this is where, you know that
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  it's kind of blending in him with the shepherd of his flock.
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  Where is he who set his Holy Spirit among them?
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  Now we know from the New Testament that Jesus sends the
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  Holy Spirit to his disciples. So again, this seems like it's
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  Jesus. And and then Zachariah says,
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  awake, sword against my shepherd, against the man who is
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  close to me, declares the Lord Almighty, strike the shepherd
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  and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against
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  the little ones. So Jesus talks about this verse
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  from Zechariah. Jesus told them this is in
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  Matthew chapter 26 verse 31. Then Jesus told them, this very
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  night you will all fall away on account of me.
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  For it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of
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  the flock will be scattered. So this is when the disciples,
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  the followers of Christ denied Jesus, they didn't want to be
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  associated with him. They were hidden because he got
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  killed. He not well, he died on the
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  cross. He willingly died on the cross.
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  And so that's really interesting.
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  And then in Mark chapter 14, verse 27, you will all fall
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  away. Jesus told them, for it is
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  written, I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be
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  scattered. So what happened?
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  They are in fact, when Jesus appeared to him after he
• 35:41
  resurrected, they were locked inside of a house in an upper
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  room. They were trying to be hidden
• 35:47
  from everybody. They knew Jesus just was
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  crucified and then Jesus appears.
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  So this is, you know, as Jesus said, you will all fall away,
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  you'll all you'll all be scattered and, and Jesus is
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  comparing himself to the shepherd.
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  And then in John verse 10 or chapter 10, verse 2, it says the
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  one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
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  And then in in verse 12, the hired hand is not the shepherd
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  and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming,
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  he abandons the sheep and runs away.
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  Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
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  Let's see. And then in in first Peter
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  chapter 2 verse 25, it says for you were like sheep going
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  astray, but now you have returned to the shepherd and the
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  overseer of your souls. So the Lord is the shepherd and
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  he leads us by besides quiet waters.
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  So just like Jeremiah said, I will lead them besides streams
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  of water. This again seems to be the
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  return of Jesus, Jesus's presence.
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  So continuing on, it says on a level path they will not stumble
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  because I am Israel's father and Ephraim is my first born son.
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  And and so I, I kind of wondered luck.
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  That's confusing to me. I don't know about Ephraim, but
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  it's interesting that they are not listed in the 12 tribes that
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  are the 144,000. They are not included in that.
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  And the other part that's interesting is that Jacob put
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  Ephraim before Manasa. I think it was Jacob.
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  I might have gotten names mixed up sometimes I do, but I think
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  when he was giving his blessings, I think so.
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  I think he, he, even though Manasa was born first, gave for
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  him, did that. And that was very much like
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  Jacob and Esau because Esau was the first one.
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  But Jacob got it, you know, he was given the because Esau gave
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  away his birthright, which he was supposed to get much more
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  than he did, but he was hungry and wanted some soup and he gave
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  away his birthright for something, you know, immediate,
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  an immediate need that he had. He gave away his inheritance.
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  And it's kind. That's kind of a warning to all
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  of us, like when we know that the Kingdom of God is our
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  inheritance. If we are considered children of
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  God, if we have repented and turned to God and received,
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  we're born again, born of the Holy Spirit, receive the Holy
• 38:59
  Spirit, we are children of God. And that that's really
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  significant. We don't want to give up that
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  and lose our inheritance. You know, at this at this time,
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  right now, Jesus hasn't yet returned.
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  So if we should really prepare ourselves for the return of
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  Jesus and make sure that we're not going to lose that and, you
• 39:25
  know, fall asleep and not be prepared, not have the oil in
• 39:29
  our lamp. That's another metaphor about
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  the 10 virgins. Don't be the ones that aren't
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  prepared for his coming, for his arrival, because we often see
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  that the, and even Jesus says the first will be last and the
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  last will be first. So this has been shown
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  throughout the Bible, Jacob and Esau.
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  Jacob or Esau was first, then Jacob or Esau came up first, but
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  then Jacob ended up with the first birthright.
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  And then the same thing with Ephraim and or Ephraim and
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  Manasseh, that was switched up too.
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  So there's and then you also have Rachel and Leah because
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  Jacob loved Rachel and he wanted to marry her, but then Laban put
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  Leah with Jacob on his wedding night and then made him work 7
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  more years to get Rachel. And I think there's something
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  prophetic in that too, which I'll talk about a little bit.
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  So anyway, let's talk about what the Study Bible says for these
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  verses. When would Israel be gathered
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  from the ends of the earth? To Jeremiah's listeners, Assyria
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  and Babylon seem like the most remote parts of the world.
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  They understood the prophecy to mean that the Jewish captives
• 40:48
  would return from those distant lands, but only if they again
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  became faithful to God. Some here see the migration of
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  Jews to the Land of Israel and the formation of the modern
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  state of Israel after World War Two.
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  Others say present day Israel could not be meant since it has
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  not yet met the conditions of the promise in terms of the New
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  Covenant. Only through faith in Christ can
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  Jews as well as Gentiles receive God's salvation and restoration.
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  Well, I think this is also because I don't think this
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  prophecy has been fulfilled yet. I think this is coming when
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  Jesus returns, and it just seems to fit that much better than the
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  prophecy back in Jeremiah's time.
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  Then Jeremiah continues, verse 10.
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  Hear the word of the Lord. You nations proclaim it in
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  distant coast lands. He who scattered Israel will
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  gather them, and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.
• 41:58
  For the Lord will deliver Jacob and redeem them from the hand of
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  those stronger than them. Is that the spiritual redemption
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  is the are the spiritual who are stronger like evil spiritual
• 42:15
  things that are stronger, but God is redeeming them from the
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  hand, the oppressor, the one who's coming against him, the
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  nations that hate Israel. And that's who God is going to
• 42:27
  defend Israel from the enemies of Israel, which is also a
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  future thing that happens. I do want to go back to the part
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  where I think we talked about the, the spirit.
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  Oh, in Exodus where they were talking about the Spirit, the
• 42:53
  advocate, it says, but the advocate, the Holy Spirit whom
• 42:57
  the Father will send in my name, this is Jesus talking.
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  We'll teach you all things and remind you of everything I have
• 43:04
  said to you. These were like Jesus is
• 43:07
  departing words to his his disciples.
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  And then he says, when the advocate comes, whom I will send
• 43:15
  to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who goes out
• 43:20
  from the Father, he will testify about me.
• 43:25
  And then he also says, but very truly I tell you, it is good for
• 43:31
  good, that I'm going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate
• 43:36
  will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to
• 43:41
  you. So here's the this is the Holy
• 43:43
  Spirit who Jesus is giving to us, that the Holy Spirit comes
• 43:54
  from Jesus. So when it says that when Jesus
• 43:57
  says I am the way, the truth and the life, and no one comes to
• 44:00
  the Father except through me, there's multiple meanings.
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  First of all, his death on the cross made it possible for us to
• 44:09
  get into the Kingdom of God. It made it possible, his death
• 44:14
  and resurrection. He was raised by the Holy
• 44:18
  Spirit, the Holy Spirit from God.
• 44:22
  He is the one. Jesus is the one who gives the
• 44:24
  Holy Spirit. Jesus also says in John chapter
• 44:28
  3 that unless you are born of the Spirit, you cannot enter the
• 44:35
  Kingdom of God. We need the Holy Spirit and
• 44:38
  Jesus promises the Holy Spirit to his followers.
• 44:42
  He receives the Holy Spirit from the Father.
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  So and then so John chapter 14, John chapter 15, John chapter
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  16, those are all And also first John chapter 2.
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  John was the one disciple who claimed to be the closest to.
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  He thought he was the one that Jesus loved.
• 45:05
  So he was with Jesus. He heard all of these things and
• 45:09
  he's explaining this to people. Jesus is the one who sends the
• 45:13
  Holy Spirit, the Advocate, the Advocate comma, the Holy Spirit
• 45:18
  whom the Father will send in my name.
• 45:20
  So the advocate is defined as the Holy Spirit.
• 45:25
  In John chapter 14 verse 16, it says, and I will ask the Father
• 45:30
  and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with
• 45:35
  you forever. And then in first John chapter 2
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  verse one, my dear children, I write this to you so that you
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  will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have
• 45:51
  an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 So
• 45:56
  Jesus is also listed as the Advocate as well, but Jesus
• 46:04
  promises the Advocate as the Holy Spirit that comes.
• 46:09
  So anyway, this is, there's a lot in there alone.
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  But again, I really do believe that this prophecy in Jeremiah
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  31 is the future one that has not yet been fulfilled.
• 46:25
  So let's continue reading. Let's see.
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  Hear the word of the Lord. You nations proclaim it in the
• 46:35
  lands. OK, I think I've read that
• 46:38
  already. The Lord will deliver Jacob and
• 46:43
  redeem them from the hands of those stronger than he.
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  So here's what the study Bible says.
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  How would God redeem Jacob? God had sold Israel to Pagan
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  nations, giving them ownership of His people.
• 46:57
  To redeem means to buy back. As the Lord had redeemed his
• 47:02
  people from Egyptian slavery, so now he would redeem their
• 47:06
  descendants from Babylon exile. God did this by judging the
• 47:10
  oppressing nations, moving the hearts of kings to act on his
• 47:13
  people's behalf, and stirring the hearts of his people to
• 47:16
  return to Jerusalem. So that could all well be, but I
• 47:22
  believe it's more than that. Jesus redeemed us by the payment
• 47:27
  he made on the cross for us. That is ultimately how Jesus
• 47:32
  bought us back. But the Israelites back He
• 47:36
  that's the price that he paid. He redeemed us on the cross.
• 47:41
  His death on the cross was the payment for our sins.
• 47:46
  So it, you know, it does say like God sold.
• 47:50
  And I am going to get into a study about slavery because I
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  think that is very much ties into this and how we are all
• 47:58
  slaves essentially. But I don't want to get too
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  sidetracked from here. So let's go back to Scripture.
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  They will come and shout in verse 12.
• 48:08
  They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion.
• 48:11
  They will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord, the grain, the new
• 48:15
  wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and the
• 48:18
  herds. They will be like a well watered
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  garden and they will sorrow no more.
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  Well, that hasn't happened yet. Has Israel sorrowed no more?
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  No, this is a future fulfillment.
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  And we see this occurring in Revelation chapter 21, verse 4.
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  Here's what it says. He will wipe away, or he will
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  wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or
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  mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has
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  passed away. So this is the eternal
• 49:05
  fulfillment of what this prophecy says.
• 49:09
  So again, this is way into the future.
• 49:12
  I would say this is after the thousand year reign of Christ
• 49:15
  because there will still be death at that point.
• 49:17
  Death is the last thing that Jesus conquers, and I believe
• 49:22
  that's at the end of the thousand years that that is
• 49:25
  conquered. So until then there will be.
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  But again, like I said, this, this prophecy in Jeremiah 31 is
• 49:35
  a way far off into the future still, and maybe not so far off.
• 49:39
  I don't know when Jesus is returning, but we can speculate.
• 49:45
  Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as
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  well. I will turn their mourning into
• 49:52
  gladness. I will give them comfort and joy
• 49:55
  instead of sorrow. I will satisfy the priest with
• 49:58
  abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty, declares
• 50:03
  the Lord. This is what the Lord says.
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  A voice is heard in Rama, mourning and great weeping.
• 50:11
  Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted
• 50:16
  because they are no more. So there's a lot here I'm going
• 50:20
  to read what the study Bible says it's it says morning and
• 50:24
  great weeping. Matthew saw the fulfillment of
• 50:28
  this passage in Herod's order to massacre the boys 2 years old
• 50:34
  and under. So this is like Rachel weeping
• 50:38
  for his for her children because this verse is quoted in Matthew
• 50:44
  and let's see what it says when. OK, so when Herod, let's read
• 50:53
  Matthew chapter 2 verse 16, when Herod realized that he had been
• 51:00
  outwitted by the Magi. This is when Jesus was born and
• 51:05
  he was trying to find out where Jesus was.
• 51:08
  So Herod, he was furious and he gave orders to kill all the boys
• 51:13
  in Bethlehem and it's vicinity who were two years old and under
• 51:20
  in accordance with the time He had learned from the Magi.
• 51:25
  Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled.
• 51:31
  A voice is heard in Rama weeping and great warning.
• 51:35
  Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted
• 51:39
  because they are no more. So he was seeing that as a
• 51:44
  fulfillment when Herod was killing all the boys two years
• 51:50
  and under. So where was Rama?
• 51:53
  Rama means height, so it is the name of many cities.
• 51:58
  Because cities had a preference for being located on on high
• 52:01
  ground as a protection from enemies.
• 52:05
  This particular city is probably to be identified with modern
• 52:11
  Eram, which is about 5 miles north of Jerusalem.
• 52:16
  This location served as one of the deportation Centers for
• 52:19
  those going into exile. It was reoccupied after the Jews
• 52:25
  returned to the land. And then there's a another
• 52:29
  question. Did Matthew misuse this verse?
• 52:33
  New Testament writers sometimes quoted the Old Testament to show
• 52:38
  how a prophecy had been fulfilled.
• 52:40
  Other times they quoted it as a previous example or a parallel
• 52:46
  situation. When King Herod slaughtered the
• 52:49
  baby boys in and around Bethlehem.
• 52:52
  Matthew called that atrocity atrocity a fulfillment of this
• 52:56
  passage. It was more of an emotional
• 52:59
  parallel, however, than a prediction come true.
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  Jeremiah's passage mirrored the same kind of intense grief that
• 53:09
  filled Bethlehem after Herod slaughtered the the infants.
• 53:14
  Jeremiah himself borrowed from Israel's history.
• 53:17
  When he wrote these words, he recalled the experience of
• 53:21
  Rachel, Jacob's wife. To paint a picture of grief
• 53:26
  coming to the nation, dying while in childbirth.
• 53:31
  Rachel had named her son Ben Onai, meaning son of my trouble,
• 53:38
  Jacob. Jacob renamed him Benjamin,
• 53:42
  meaning son of my right hand. Jeremiah used this picture to
• 53:49
  show that sorrow would come to the tribe of Benjamin.
• 53:54
  Figuratively, Rachel would weep again when her descendants were
• 53:59
  killed and carried into captivity.
• 54:03
  Matthew later later borrowed the imagery again to draw a powerful
• 54:08
  picture of the terrible sadness caused by Herod's decree.
• 54:12
  Well, I don't doubt what's written in the Bible, but
• 54:17
  sometimes I think we don't quite understand for so many different
• 54:22
  reasons, some of the things that are written in the Bible, either
• 54:25
  it's the context of what's going on or not all of the details are
• 54:29
  given. And so it's it's somewhat open
• 54:32
  to our understanding or our interpretation of what we see
• 54:36
  written. So of course, you know, if all
• 54:39
  scripture is God breathed and inspired by the Holy Spirit,
• 54:43
  then I do not think that it the verse was misused and it should
• 54:49
  be applicable. This Rama is about I I looked up
• 54:54
  Rama and I don't even know if it's the same city, but because
• 54:58
  it there's AI looked up like Rama and and the distance
• 55:04
  between the town of Benjamin, which Rama was called a town of
• 55:10
  Benjamin near Jerusalem. I think it's about 20 miles from
• 55:14
  Jerusalem. The study Bible says about 5
• 55:19
  miles and but I think I looked up in the blue letter Bible and
• 55:23
  and to find out where Rama was and I think it said it was near
• 55:27
  Jerusalem somewhere mourning and great weeping.
• 55:31
  Now Rachel's children were Joseph and Benjamin, and then
• 55:36
  Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim. And it's very interesting
• 55:41
  because when we talk about Judah and the tribes of that's a that
• 55:46
  Judah is from Leah. Leah was the wife of Jacob who
• 55:51
  gave birth to Judah, which formed the tribe of Judah.
• 55:56
  And Judah is the one who's going to exile.
• 55:59
  So don't you think that's kind of interesting?
• 56:01
  If Jeremiah is talking to the remnant of the tribe of Judah,
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  the Kingdom of Judah, then it just the southern tribe.
• 56:13
  Then why is he talking about Rach?
• 56:19
  I mean, Benjamin was also in that area too.
• 56:22
  So Benjamin was also a son to Rachel.
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  And I don't know, there's a lot I don't like.
• 56:29
  I said. I don't really have an answer to
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  it. But when I saw Rachel weeping
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  for his children, for her, her children and refusing to be
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  comforted, I was like, what about Leah?
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  And then it made me think about the symbolism when Jacob went to
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  marry Rachel, Like God certainly appointed Rachel.
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  God chose Rachel because Isaac sent his servant to find a wife
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  for Jacob. And, you know, the servant said,
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  God, show me a sign and whoever gives me water and offers my
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  camels to drink, that's the one. And that's what Rachel did.
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  So it was very clear that Rachel was the one that Jacob was
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  supposed to be married to. And he worked for Laban for
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  seven years and then went to marry Rachel.
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  But Laban tricked him and put Leah in the room with him, and
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  then he was married to Leah, the older sister.
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  And then Jacob talked to Laban about it and said he wanted to,
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  he really wanted Rachel. And so Laban made him work
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  another seven years. I wonder it's it's been over
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  this past year where it's very interesting that there are these
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  two seven-year segments. One was Leah and one was Rachel.
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  And the two of them are sisters and one is jealous of the other.
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  Leah has more children than Rachel does, but Jacob loved
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  Rachel. And then I, I looked in like
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  different theories about Leah and Rachel as it relates to
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  prophecy. And I did find something where
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  Leah has been, I guess, symbolized as the church, you
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  know, like so and, and in this and then the description was a
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  little bit different the way that I see it.
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  So I'm going to explain like my view on this right now that I'm
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  still exploring and this is an opinion only, but it's very
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  interesting. It's something to think about.
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  Like I was talking about the seven years because there's a
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  lot of symbolism in the Bible. And I do think that maybe Leah
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  could be symbolic for let's say the Gentiles.
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  Let's not call it the church. Let's say non the non Jewish
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  people, the let's say believers. We can call it believers.
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  So Leah represents believers, but Jacob was supposed to marry
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  Rachel. Rachel represents Israel, the
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  the Jewish people, the the the nation of Israel.
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  Let's just say that Rachel represents that.
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  And then Jacob, Jacob is symbolic of of, you know, Jesus
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  or the bridegroom. OK, the bridegroom and that's
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  Jesus. When in prophecy there's the
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  bride and the bridegroom and it's, you know, the believers
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  and Jesus is the bridegroom. So could it be that Jesus gets
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  the non Jews first? Like when he gathers them in the
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  clouds they come to him first and then is it another 7?
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  Is there some kind of like a seven-year period for?
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  The people, the believers that they go through some something
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  and then is there another seven-year period?
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  It's just curiosity. I don't know if there's some
• 1:00:13
  symbolism in that, but I just think they're the these stories
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  and the reality and the prophecy that come from the Bible.
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  There's a lot more to it than meets the eye, and it's just
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  something to meditate on, think about, research and see if you
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  come up, pray about it, especially pray about it and see
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  if you come up with something that relates to that at all.
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  So I think there's something there between the seven years
• 1:00:44
  and Rachel and Leah. And the other thing is about the
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  jealousy part, because it does say that the gathering of the
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  Gentiles are the non Jewish people is to provoke the
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  Israelites to for them to be jealous.
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  And I guess maybe they come to faith that way.
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  So listen to this. This is really interesting to
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  provoke to jealousy. So in Deuteronomy, oh wait,
• 1:01:19
  that's not where I want to. Well, yes, OK, Actually in
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  Deuteronomy chapter 32, verse 21 about provoking to jealousy,
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  they have provoked me to jealousy by what is not God.
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  They have moved me to anger by their foolish idols, but I will
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  provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation.
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  I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
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  So this like those who are not a nation, Could that be the
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  Gentiles, the believers, you know, the ones who were the
• 1:02:02
  chosen by God, Israel, God chose them first.
• 1:02:06
  They, that is the his elect, the people he chose not because they
• 1:02:10
  were better than anyone else, but because God chose them.
• 1:02:14
  He just decided he was choosing them and he was going to bless
• 1:02:19
  others through them. So that never changes.
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  God has always chosen Israel and will choose Israel, but He's
• 1:02:29
  going to provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a
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  nation. And then in Romans chapter 10,
• 1:02:37
  it said, but I say, did Israel not know?
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  First Moses says, and this is referencing what we just read.
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  I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation.
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  I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.
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  And then Romans 11/11. I say, I say then, have they
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  stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not.
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  But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy,
• 1:03:10
  salvation has come to the Gentiles.
• 1:03:14
  So again this ties in. Remember Rachel and Leah?
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  There was jealousy, Leah was jealous of Rachel because Jacob
• 1:03:24
  loved her or Jacob chose her, but she had a lot of children
• 1:03:29
  and and remember in scripture it also says greater are the number
• 1:03:33
  of the desolate one than those are the barren one.
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  I it it does, it talks about the desolate woman and the barren
• 1:03:45
  woman, but I, I think this also ties into Leah and Rachel and it
• 1:03:51
  says like greater in number are those so again, like salvation
• 1:03:57
  coming to the gentiles, to the non Jewish people.
• 1:04:02
  You've got this jealousy. And then if if this falls into
• 1:04:07
  if this happens the way people think, it's going to happen in
• 1:04:11
  the way it seems like in Scripture because believers are
• 1:04:13
  not appointed to wrath. But there is this time of
• 1:04:17
  Jacob's trouble, which is Israel's trouble.
• 1:04:21
  And if Jesus, as Scripture says, gathers those who have prepared
• 1:04:27
  themselves in advance and takes them out of the way before wrath
• 1:04:30
  occurs, the people who recognize the Son of God now, Jesus being
• 1:04:38
  the one who comes on the clouds, they know Scripture.
• 1:04:41
  They know it's from the Old Testament about Jesus coming on
• 1:04:44
  the clouds. So when the Jewish people see
• 1:04:48
  that happening, they're going to be jealous when the believers
• 1:04:53
  are brought up or gathered. And not everybody is like they
• 1:04:57
  remain. But Scripture to me clearly
• 1:05:00
  shows that that is what's going to happen.
• 1:05:04
  And then in Romans 11/14 it says, if by any means I may
• 1:05:09
  provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of
• 1:05:14
  them, so provoke to jealousy those who are from my flesh.
• 1:05:20
  Are these like the native tribes of Israel, the people of Israel
• 1:05:27
  and you know it? Well, this is actually Paul
• 1:05:32
  talking here, not Jesus. So, but he's he's, you know,
• 1:05:37
  trying to stir them up so that some of them may be saved.
• 1:05:44
  So it's just something I shouldn't have probably talked
• 1:05:47
  about it because I don't have it all clearly arranged.
• 1:05:49
  But boy, those thoughts just came to my mind and reading
• 1:05:52
  this, and I think it's worth exploring further.
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  OK, let's go back to verse 16 from Jeremiah 31.
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  This is what the Lord says. Restrain your voice from weeping
• 1:06:04
  and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,
• 1:06:08
  declares the Lord. They will return from the land
• 1:06:11
  of the enemy, so there is hope for your descendants, declares
• 1:06:16
  the Lord. Your children will return to
• 1:06:19
  their own land. I have surely heard Ephraim's
• 1:06:24
  moaning. You know, again, Ephraim is not
• 1:06:28
  the 144,000. He's not listed, the tribes not
• 1:06:31
  listed there. But God is saying I've surely
• 1:06:34
  heard Ephraim's moaning. You discipline me like an unruly
• 1:06:39
  calf and I have been disciplined.
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  Restore me and I will return because you are the Lord my God.
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  After I strayed, I repented. That's really important because
• 1:06:55
  all of us have strayed, but all of us need to repent and get
• 1:06:58
  close to God and turn back to him.
• 1:07:01
  God is forgiving while there's still the opportunity to do that
• 1:07:05
  because that opportunity won't be like once Jesus returns, that
• 1:07:09
  opportunity is gone and you know, you're, you're not
• 1:07:15
  prepared. I mean, you have to be prepared
• 1:07:17
  before Jesus returns. So you're ready at the time when
• 1:07:20
  he does, whenever that may be. And look at this, what it also
• 1:07:26
  says in verse 18, it says like Ephraim is complaining, he's
• 1:07:32
  mourning. He said you disciplined me like
• 1:07:35
  an unruly calf and I have been disciplined.
• 1:07:39
  Now God talks about discipline throughout the Bible, and I'm
• 1:07:47
  just going to read some verses that talk about disciplines.
• 1:07:52
  So in Deuteronomy 8, verse 5, know then in your heart that as
• 1:07:58
  a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines
• 1:08:04
  you. And then in Psalm 94, verse 10,
• 1:08:08
  does he who disciplines nations not punish?
• 1:08:13
  Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
• 1:08:16
  So God disciplines nations and then in in Proverbs 3, verse 12,
• 1:08:23
  because the Lord disciplines those he loves as a father, the
• 1:08:29
  Son he delights in. So God does discipline us, the
• 1:08:35
  ones he loves. I mean, if you're being
• 1:08:37
  disciplined by God, it's because He loves you and it further on
• 1:08:43
  it'll explain that more. Hebrews 12 verse 6, because the
• 1:08:47
  Lord disciplines the one he loves and He chastens everyone
• 1:08:52
  He accepts as His son. And then Hebrews 12 verse 10,
• 1:08:59
  they disciplined. This is talking about fathers.
• 1:09:01
  They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best, but
• 1:09:07
  God disciplines us for our good in order that we may share in
• 1:09:15
  His Holiness. So the discipline that he gives
• 1:09:19
  us is to make us more holy because God says be holy,
• 1:09:23
  because I am holy. And so when we experience this
• 1:09:27
  tough time from God, he's refining us.
• 1:09:31
  And that's like what Ephraim said moaning about right now.
• 1:09:35
  He's like, after I strayed, I repented after I came to
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  understand because you have to understand your sin and a while,
• 1:09:45
  for a while, we're kind of strong headed.
• 1:09:48
  We're, you know, hard hearted. We don't want to change for our
• 1:09:53
  sin. But then there's a point where
• 1:09:56
  we understand. And then when he understands
• 1:09:59
  what happens to us and what what happens to him and what happens
• 1:10:03
  to us too, is things come out that we don't like.
• 1:10:07
  Like when we understand, he hears his reaction.
• 1:10:10
  I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated
• 1:10:14
  because I bore the disgrace of my youth.
• 1:10:18
  A lot of us do stupid things when we're younger and we're
• 1:10:22
  maybe we feel guilt and shame about those things.
• 1:10:27
  That's not unlike anyone in the Bible.
• 1:10:29
  You can see right here that this is what he feels like.
• 1:10:32
  He he recognizes. Oh my gosh, I, I've sinned.
• 1:10:36
  I've done all these things and now he's beating him.
• 1:10:40
  You know, he's kind of beating himself.
• 1:10:41
  He said I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated
• 1:10:44
  because I bore the disgrace of my youth.
• 1:10:49
  But you know God is redeeming. So is not Ephraim, my dear, This
• 1:10:55
  is God, and it's so sweet. Is not Ephraim, my dear Son, the
• 1:10:59
  child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against
• 1:11:04
  him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for
• 1:11:10
  him. I have great compassion for him,
• 1:11:15
  declares the Lord. So throughout all of this, God
• 1:11:19
  just is so loving and merciful and He just wants restoration
• 1:11:26
  with those He created. He just wants us to love him
• 1:11:30
  back then it says set up Rd. signs, put up guideposts.
• 1:11:35
  Take note of the highway, the road that you take return virgin
• 1:11:39
  Israel, return to your towns. How long will you wander on
• 1:11:44
  faithful daughter Israel. The Lord will create a new thing
• 1:11:49
  on earth. The woman will return to the
• 1:11:52
  man. Now this is another thing that
• 1:11:55
  could take probably a long time to review, but here's the
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  thought that came to my mind. The Lord will create a new thing
• 1:12:04
  on earth. The woman will return to the
• 1:12:09
  man. Is this about Israel?
• 1:12:12
  The woman returning to the Lord? That's just the thought that
• 1:12:17
  came into my mind as I read it. A new thing on earth.
• 1:12:22
  Now this to understand the way I understand it, you have to
• 1:12:29
  remember something and I'm not saying that I know a lot about
• 1:12:32
  the law, but at this I remember this from the law.
• 1:12:35
  You have to understand about God's law in Deuteronomy chapter
• 1:12:41
  24 and he talks about marriage and remember that Jesus is the
• 1:12:51
  bridegroom and his chosen, well, His bride is really Jerusalem
• 1:12:56
  and his elect are the people of Israel, the nation.
• 1:13:02
  And there's a, it's all about a marriage.
• 1:13:06
  And there throughout the Bible in the Old Testament, God talks
• 1:13:09
  about sending away, I guess, Israel, the 10 tribes, giving
• 1:13:19
  Israel a certificate of divorce. And then he says in Judah,
• 1:13:24
  you're doing the same thing as your sister Israel.
• 1:13:29
  So the northern Kingdom and the southern Kingdom, first he sent
• 1:13:32
  away. And that's why they went into
• 1:13:34
  captivity with Assyria. And then Judah was doing the
• 1:13:39
  same thing and that's why they went into captivity with
• 1:13:42
  Babylon. But to understand this whole
• 1:13:46
  marriage and sending away, putting away and divorcing, we
• 1:13:51
  have to go back to the beginning of the Bible in Deuteronomy
• 1:13:54
  chapter 24. So it says if a man takes a wife
• 1:13:58
  and marries her and it happens that she finds no favor in his
• 1:14:02
  eyes because he has found some indecency in her, any rights or
• 1:14:07
  certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out
• 1:14:11
  of his house. That's what God said he did to
• 1:14:14
  the 10 tribes of Israel. Because of their idolatry,
• 1:14:18
  because of their adultery, their spiritual adultery, they started
• 1:14:23
  worshipping another God or other gods.
• 1:14:26
  And so he gave the 10 tribes or certificate of divorce.
• 1:14:31
  So Deuteronomy 24 continues and says, and she goes out of his
• 1:14:35
  house and goes and becomes another man's wife.
• 1:14:39
  So because of idolatry, Israel is now, you know, worshipping
• 1:14:44
  another God. That's not God.
• 1:14:47
  And then it says, And if the latter husband turns against her
• 1:14:51
  and writes a certificate of divorce and puts it, puts it in
• 1:14:55
  her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter
• 1:14:59
  husband dies who took her to be his wife, then the former
• 1:15:04
  husband who sent her away. I'm just speculating.
• 1:15:08
  Could this be God that set her away is not allowed to take her
• 1:15:12
  again to be his wife, since she has been defiled?
• 1:15:16
  For that is an abomination before Yahweh.
• 1:15:20
  And you shall not bring sin on the land which Yahweh your God
• 1:15:24
  gives you as an inheritance. And so the Lord will create a
• 1:15:30
  new thing on earth. The woman will return to the
• 1:15:34
  man. Is that Israel returning to the
• 1:15:38
  Lord? It's just a question.
• 1:15:42
  And does it have anything to do with this marriage and divorce
• 1:15:46
  situation and the death of Jesus, You know, because if
• 1:15:50
  somebody dies, then that releases them from the, you
• 1:15:56
  know, from being married. So I I just I just wonder if
• 1:16:02
  that has any relations. So why did God call the people
• 1:16:06
  virgin Israel and unfaithful daughter.
• 1:16:09
  These phrases showed how radically God's people had
• 1:16:12
  changed. Israel had once been pure and
• 1:16:15
  chosen by God. But Israel that is the people of
• 1:16:18
  Judah for they were not they were all that remained of the
• 1:16:22
  nation of Israel had lost her virginity by prostituting
• 1:16:26
  herself with other lovers. Israel was unfaithful to the
• 1:16:30
  Lord, giving her love and affection to false gods and
• 1:16:34
  idols. So it continues.
• 1:16:38
  We're still not finished yet. So this is what the Lord, the
• 1:16:42
  Almighty, the God of Israel says.
• 1:16:45
  When I bring them back from captivity, the people in the
• 1:16:47
  land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words.
• 1:16:52
  The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred
• 1:16:56
  mountain. People will live together in
• 1:16:59
  Judah and all its towns, farmers and those who move about with
• 1:17:04
  their flocks. I will refresh the weary and
• 1:17:08
  satisfy the faint again. That sounds like what we read in
• 1:17:12
  Isaiah about on the wings of the eagle after.
• 1:17:18
  At this I awoke and looked around.
• 1:17:21
  My sleep had been pleasant to me.
• 1:17:24
  So all of this came to Jeremiah in a dream.
• 1:17:28
  The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will plant the
• 1:17:32
  kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and
• 1:17:40
  of animals. Just as I watched over them to
• 1:17:44
  uproot and tear down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring
• 1:17:48
  disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,
• 1:17:53
  declares the Lord. In those days, people will no
• 1:17:56
  longer say the parents have eaten sour grapes and the
• 1:17:59
  children's teeth are set on the edge.
• 1:18:02
  Instead, everyone will die for their own sin.
• 1:18:07
  Whoever eats sour grapes, their own teeth will be set on edge.
• 1:18:14
  So this is some saying and it says the questions answer says
• 1:18:19
  was this proverb ever true? Not really.
• 1:18:22
  It was based on the incorrect idea that children are punished
• 1:18:26
  for the sins of their fathers. Though children do suffer the
• 1:18:30
  negative effects of their parents bad choices, they are
• 1:18:34
  not punished for their parents sin.
• 1:18:37
  Jeremiah, as well as Ezekiel, wanted the people to stop using
• 1:18:41
  this proverb as an excuse to avoid responsibility for their
• 1:18:46
  own sins. Sour grapes pucker the mouths of
• 1:18:51
  those who eat them, not those of anyone else.
• 1:18:55
  That's what they're saying here. The days are coming, declares
• 1:19:00
  the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of
• 1:19:05
  Israel and with the people of Judah.
• 1:19:09
  It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when
• 1:19:13
  I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt.
• 1:19:16
  Because so he's given the reason why?
• 1:19:18
  Because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them.
• 1:19:26
  This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel.
• 1:19:31
  After that time, declares the Lord, I will put my law in the
• 1:19:36
  minds and write it on their hearts.
• 1:19:39
  I will be their God and they will be my people.
• 1:19:42
  No longer will they teach their neighbor or say to one another
• 1:19:47
  know the Lord, because they will all know me from the least of
• 1:19:53
  them to the greatest, declares the Lord.
• 1:19:56
  For I will forgive their wickedness, and will remember
• 1:20:00
  their sins no more. This is something that came to
• 1:20:05
  me as I was reading this tonight.
• 1:20:09
  And I want to talk about this too, because of this new
• 1:20:13
  covenant. And so a lot of us will say,
• 1:20:18
  well, yeah, the new covenant is Jesus.
• 1:20:20
  And it it is Jesus. But there are some other things
• 1:20:23
  that I think are really interesting about this where he
• 1:20:28
  says, where God says this is the covenant I will make with the
• 1:20:31
  people of Israel after that time.
• 1:20:33
  And he doesn't say, I'm, I'm going to send my son here, but
• 1:20:37
  listen to what he does say. I will put my law in their minds
• 1:20:42
  and write it on their hearts. I will be their God.
• 1:20:48
  They will be my people. No longer will they teach their
• 1:20:51
  neighbor or say to one another know the Lord because they will
• 1:20:55
  all know me from the least of them to the greatest.
• 1:20:59
  I don't know what made me think about this, but I will put my
• 1:21:02
  law on their minds. This is something that I think
• 1:21:08
  is really interesting. When now we know, I guess if
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  we're Christian, we know that Jesus death on the cross was the
• 1:21:22
  atoning sacrifice, the one and only sacrifice that was needed
• 1:21:27
  for us to have the ability to enter the Kingdom of God, like
• 1:21:33
  Jesus had to make the payment for our sins.
• 1:21:37
  So we know that happened if we're a Christian.
• 1:21:40
  But the Jewish people don't believe that Jesus did that for
• 1:21:44
  us. So they believe they have to
• 1:21:45
  keep sacrificing animals in order to atone for their sin.
• 1:21:51
  And we know that this red heifer, how the the red heifers
• 1:21:57
  are critical for that atonement. And this is the interesting
• 1:22:03
  thing about it is that there hasn't been a red heifer that's
• 1:22:08
  been suitable for over 2000 years.
• 1:22:13
  So I was curious like, when was the last sacrifice?
• 1:22:16
  When was the last? You know, I've heard that like
• 1:22:19
  it's been nearly 2000 years. And ironically, if we say that,
• 1:22:24
  you know, Jesus died, let's just say in 3030 AD, just say that it
• 1:22:35
  could be 3330130233. I'm not sure exactly where, but
• 1:22:39
  just let's just for simplistic reasons, say that it was 30 AD.
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  And so if that happened in 30 AD and the last sacrifice that they
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  had, it says according to the Mishnah, the last red Hefner,
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  red red heifer sacrifice before the destruction of the second
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  temple was performed by High Priest Ishmael Ben Pyabi.
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  And I probably did not pronounce that correctly, so apologize for
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  that. This is believed to have
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  occurred around the year 15 to 16 CE, or nearly 2000 years ago,
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  prior to the temple's destruction in 70-CE.
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  Well, Jesus died somewhere around 30 CE.
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  So when Jesus was about 15 or 16 years old, you know, give or
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  take five years, that's when you know, anywhere from 10 to 16 in
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  that age range is when the last red heifer sacrifice occurred.
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  Jesus was probably 10, somewhere between 10 and 16 and then.
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  Do you find this interesting? When Jesus was 12 years old, he
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  was teaching in the temple, sitting with doctors, asking
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  them questions and amazing them with his understanding.
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  And, and IA lot of people say, well, why do we only hear about
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  Jesus's life when he was 12 years old and he's teaching
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  people and they were amazed at what he knew.
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  And that's the only story that reached that.
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  You know, that almost the only story about Jesus being in his
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  youth, like what did he do? A lot of people wonder.
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  And the only reason it's probably in the Bible is because
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  it's significant. And maybe the other things that
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  Jesus was doing in his life were just normal things that weren't
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  super significant. So they weren't in the Bible.
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  But do you think this is interesting that say he was 12
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  years old and like the calendars got messed up.
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  So give or take five years for every.
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  I'm not for the Bible part. Like we can believe that.
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  But as far as what year, everything is like if Jesus was
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  really, if Jesus was born in five BC.
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  So there's some theories of that.
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  Or was it right at like 0 AD where Jesus was born or one Adi
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  don't know. So I that's where there's like 5
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  years, give or take. And that's what scholars debate.
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  So I have no idea. But within five years, so Jesus
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  is a 12 year old, He's teaching in the temple.
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  Do you think it's ironic that in Jeremiah it says I will put my
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  law in their minds and write it on their hearts.
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  I will put my law in their minds and Jesus is teaching in the
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  temple. He's putting thoughts in their
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  minds and they're asking him questions and they're amazed at
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  his understanding. So does this point to Jesus
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  teaching in the temple at age 12?
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  And notice that the the the red heifer sacrifice was right
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  around the same time, but now Jesus is present.
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  Now they can't have a red heifer that meets their law, found
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  without defect, a perfect, the coloration, all of that.
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  They, they haven't found one in 2000 years.
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  They haven't been able to make atonement for their sin.
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  Just like there was this cord that was attached and it would,
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  I think it was red and then it would turn white and it would
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  that it was some cord that was on the temple doors or something
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  like that. And that used to always show
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  that the sacrifices were accepted.
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  But then after Jesus death on the cross, the cord no longer
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  turned white. Like their sacrifices were not
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  being accepted by my God. Like this is just like really
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  amazing stuff to learn from the Bible.
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  And just to contemplate, I'm not saying that this is this is like
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  doctrine or anything. I'm just saying something that
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  popped out to me was Jesus teaching the temple at 12 years
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  old. This heifer sacrifice was, you
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  know, just a search on Google was around 1516 CE, but it could
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  have been five years, you know, somewhere in that range because
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  the calendars got messed up. And so when Jesus is present
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  now, no more red heifer sacrifices happen.
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  He's present. That's because he is the
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  Messiah. He is the atoning sacrifice on
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  the cross. So then God's like you don't
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  need it, so I'm not giving you a red heifer.
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  But now all of a sudden in 2020, red heifers are bred and they
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  for the first time in thousands of years, they were they fit the
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  right description. And that's, you know, there's
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  some who have said that part of the October 7th was to stop the
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  red heifer sacrifice. Whether or not that's true, I
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  don't really know. But the enemy doesn't want that
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  to happen again. It's just very interesting how
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  this this Scripture, I guess prophecy how it works.
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  All right, let's just go back to Jeremiah.
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  No longer will they teach their neighbor or say to one another
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  know the Lord because they will all know me from the least to
• 1:28:37
  the greatest. Is this also a fulfillment when
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  Jesus was in the temple teaching them declares the Lord, But then
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  I think it's also a future. He said because I will forgive
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  their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.
• 1:28:52
  So it you know when it talks about the unforgivable sin,
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  blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is the one unforgivable sin.
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  Blasphemy of Jesus can actually be forgiven against the Son, can
• 1:29:07
  be forgiven. I remember reading that and I
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  thought how is that where blasphemy against Jesus can be
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  forgiven but not of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is
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  like the one blasphemy. The Holy Spirit can't be
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  forgiven. But I think it's because of
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  God's mercy and compassion on those who were learned other
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  religions and they didn't know the truth yet.
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  But that can be forgiven. And so like the people who
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  rejected Jesus will be forgiven 'cause even God says, for I will
• 1:29:44
  forgive their wickedness and remember their sins.
• 1:29:46
  No more like God is so merciful. And again, the Holy Spirit is
• 1:29:53
  the Holy Spirit. You're rebelling against God,
• 1:29:55
  you're rejecting God, you're rejecting the the Spirit that
• 1:29:59
  will allow you to enter into the Kingdom of God.
• 1:30:02
  As Jesus said, you must be born of the Spirit.
• 1:30:04
  So if we don't have the Holy Spirit, we are basically doing
• 1:30:08
  it to ourselves. We are making ourselves not
• 1:30:12
  unable to enter into the Kingdom of God and whatever this future
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  mark of the beast that comes, and I just say this because of
• 1:30:20
  another sin that you can do that will keep you from going into
• 1:30:25
  the Kingdom of God is taking this mark of the beast.
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  You cannot take it and expect to be forgiven for that.
• 1:30:34
  And it I think it's because it's some sort of an alliance or some
• 1:30:38
  sort of a recognition of another God or something of a rejection
• 1:30:43
  of God in order probably to take it.
• 1:30:45
  So this is going to be something severe that I think people would
• 1:30:50
  have to know because you would have to be accountable for it or
• 1:30:53
  you would have to know that you're rejecting God if you take
• 1:30:57
  this mark. And because it's also says in
• 1:31:01
  the Book of Revelation that angels go out and tell everyone
• 1:31:05
  do not take the mark of the beast.
• 1:31:08
  So people are warned over and over and over again because that
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  is an unforgivable and because blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is
• 1:31:17
  the one unforgivable sin that must be tied to a rejection of
• 1:31:24
  the Holy Spirit taking the mark. So I'm kind of thinking out loud
• 1:31:28
  here now, but I'll go back. You know, it does tie into the
• 1:31:31
  book of Jeremiah, but the Bible is so intricate and detailed
• 1:31:36
  that one thought leads to many more.
• 1:31:40
  So this is what the Lord says. He who appoints the sun to shine
• 1:31:44
  by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who
• 1:31:48
  stirs up the sea so that it's waves roar.
• 1:31:52
  The Lord Almighty is his name. Only if these decrees vanish
• 1:31:59
  from my sight, declares the Lord, will Israel ever cease
• 1:32:05
  being a nation before me. We have to remember this.
• 1:32:09
  This is what God said only if those decrees like God, is in
• 1:32:15
  control of the sun, moon, stars, and the sea.
• 1:32:20
  And he said, only if these decrees vanish from my sight,
• 1:32:24
  declares the Lord, will Israel ever cease being a nation before
• 1:32:28
  me. Israel is always a nation to
• 1:32:32
  God. Israel will never cease to be a
• 1:32:35
  nation. There's always a remnant that
• 1:32:37
  God spares. Throughout all this time He has
• 1:32:41
  always spared, and he will do so in the future.
• 1:32:45
  The Book of Revelation tells us Israel will remain.
• 1:32:49
  This is what the Lord says. Only if the heavens above can be
• 1:32:53
  measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out,
• 1:32:58
  will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of
• 1:33:02
  all they have done? Well, the heavens, I don't think
• 1:33:06
  we're going to be able to measure that.
• 1:33:07
  The foundations of the earth below searched out.
• 1:33:12
  Then He said He would reject all, but He's not.
• 1:33:15
  I mean, I don't foresee that ever happening.
• 1:33:20
  The days are coming, declares the Lord, when this city will be
• 1:33:23
  rebuilt for me. So the purpose is for God.
• 1:33:28
  From the tower of Hannanel to the corner gate, the measuring
• 1:33:33
  line will stretch from there straight to the hill of Garab
• 1:33:36
  and then turn to Goa. The whole valley where dead
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  bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the
• 1:33:44
  Kidron valley on the east as far as the corner of the horse gate,
• 1:33:49
  will be holy to the Lord. The city will never again be
• 1:33:55
  uprooted or demolished. I definitely think this is the
• 1:33:59
  future and it's because it'll be dedicated to God once again.
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  So let's see what there's a couple of things in the question
• 1:34:11
  and the answers, and then we'll wrap up this chapter.
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  When will this promise be fulfilled for Israel?
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  God's promises are filled only for those faithful to the
• 1:34:20
  conditions of the promises. Just as the Old Covenant
• 1:34:24
  required obedience to the law, the New Covenant requires
• 1:34:28
  surrender to Christ. Having Christ is Lord, the
• 1:34:34
  Messiah is Lord. He's going to be king, so you
• 1:34:37
  have to submit to him. Only then can God's laws be
• 1:34:41
  written on a person's heart and mind.
• 1:34:43
  The promise is available to all who turn from sin and give
• 1:34:49
  themselves to Christ. Some have redefined Israel under
• 1:34:54
  the New Covenant to mean the nation or ethnic Jews, but the
• 1:34:57
  Church to not to me, not the nation or ethnic Jews, but the
• 1:35:03
  Church of Christ, believers in Jesus, including both Jews and
• 1:35:06
  Gentiles. Well, that this is, you know,
• 1:35:11
  we're talking about Jeremiah. That's not consistent here at
• 1:35:16
  all. But we could get into the Rachel
• 1:35:19
  and Leah discussion because that would be the Gentiles and the
• 1:35:21
  Jews perhaps, if that symbology works.
• 1:35:24
  So didn't Israel cease being a nation?
• 1:35:27
  Though Israel and Judah were destroyed and taken into
• 1:35:30
  captivity, God preserved a remnant of His people.
• 1:35:35
  For centuries. Jews have lived as foreigners in
• 1:35:37
  various places, yet they have never lost their identity as a
• 1:35:42
  nation without a homeland. They were not assimilated
• 1:35:46
  completely into their host nations.
• 1:35:49
  Some believe modern Israel fulfills this promise.
• 1:35:53
  Others focus on the fact that God's people are those born
• 1:35:56
  spiritually into His Kingdom, not those who are natural
• 1:36:00
  citizens of a certain certain country.
• 1:36:04
  And then how would the garbage dump become holy?
• 1:36:08
  Jeremiah used graphic terms to demonstrate the dramatic
• 1:36:12
  purification of the nation. The valley probably refers to
• 1:36:16
  the valley of Ben Hinnom. It was a symbol of total
• 1:36:20
  corruption, for it was used as a garbage dump and as a place to
• 1:36:26
  sacrifice children to Pagan gods.
• 1:36:28
  Jeremiah's prophecy suggests that God would deal with the
• 1:36:31
  people and idolatry would finally be wiped out.
• 1:36:35
  After the Jews returned from Babylon, they never again became
• 1:36:40
  involved in idolatry. So, but I do think, I don't
• 1:36:46
  know, maybe, maybe this, you know it well, all of this is
• 1:36:50
  going to be holy. I don't know that it's all holy
• 1:36:54
  currently. So I do think that it's going to
• 1:36:57
  be in the future. And as much as Iran wants Israel
• 1:37:06
  to be eradicated, God says is what Israel will remain.
• 1:37:12
  So the things that we see in the world, we have to look at
• 1:37:15
  through a biblical prophecy. So I, I say we have to, we don't
• 1:37:21
  have to do anything. But if, if we look at it through
• 1:37:25
  Bible prophecy, then we will be able to know what's really going
• 1:37:31
  to happen and what's not going to happen.
• 1:37:34
  So very interesting. And I hope that this was
• 1:37:40
  interesting to you as well.