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God’s Heart for Israel | Romans 11 and the Olive Tree Mystery (July 28) · 1 Year Audio Bible Podcast

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How does God view the nation of Israel? How does
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He view the Jewish people both historically and
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right now? And how are
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we to view the nation of Israel today?
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How are we to view the Jewish people?
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Listen in as we look into these questions and find
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answers in Romans Chapter 11,
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The Destiny of Israel.
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Welcome to the Daily Audio Torah. Today is July 28th.
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Now let's continue our journey reading through the entire Bible in
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one year. This week we are reading from the Israel Bible for the Old Testament
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and from the King James for the New Testament.
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Numbers 32:1-42.
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The Reubenites and the Gadites owned cattle in very great numbers.
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Noting that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were a region suitable
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for cattle, the Gadites and the Reubenites came to Moses,
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Eleazar the Kohen, and the chieftains of the community and
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said, Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer,
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Nimrah, Heshbon, Elelah, Sebam,
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Nebo, and Beon. The land that Hashem
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has conquered for the Community of Israel is cattle country,
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and your servants have cattle. It would be a favor to us,
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they continued, if this land were given to your servants as a
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holding. Do not move us across the Jordan.
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Moses replied to the Gadites and the Reubenites, Are your brothers to go
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to war while you stay here? Why will you turn the minds of
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the Israelites from crossing into the land that Hashem has given them?
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This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea
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to survey the land. After going
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up to the Wadi Eshkol and surveying the land, they turned the minds
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of the Israelites from invading the land that Hashem had given them.
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Thereupon Hashem was incensed, and He swore,
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None of the men from 20 years up who came out of Egypt
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shall see the land that I promised on oath to Abraham,
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Isaac, and Jacob, for they did not remain loyal
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to Me. None except Caleb
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son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua
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son of Nun, for they remained loyal to Hashem.
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Hashem was incensed at Israel And for 40
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years He made them wander in the wilderness until the whole
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generation that had provoked Hashem's displeasure was gone.
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And now you, a breed of sinful men, have replaced your fathers to
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add still further to Hashem's wrath against Israel.
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If you turn away from Him and He abandons them once more in the wilderness,
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you will bring calamity upon all this people. Then they
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stepped up to him and said, We will build here sheepfolds for our flocks and
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towns for our children. And we will hasten as shock
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troops in the van of the Israelites until we have established them in
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their home, while our children stay in the fortified towns because of the inhabitants
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of the land. We will not return
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to our homes until every one of the Israelites is in possession of his portion.
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But we will not have a share with them in the territory beyond the Jordan,
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for we have received our share on the east side of
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the Jordan. Moses said to them, If you do this, if you
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go to battle as shock troops at the instance of Hashem, and every
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shock fighter among you crosses the Jordan at the instance of Hashem
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until he has dispossessed his enemies before him,
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then the land has been subdued at the instance of
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Hashem, and then you return, you shall be clear before Hashem
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and before Israel, and this land shall be your holding under Hashem.
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But if you do not do so,
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you will have sinned against Hashem, and know that your sin
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will overtake you. Build towns for your children
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and sheepfolds for your flocks, but do what you have
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promised. The Gadites and the Reubenites answered
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Moses, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
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Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our other livestock
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will stay behind in the towns of Gilead, while your servants,
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all those recruited for war, cross over at the instance of
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Hashem to engage in battle, as my lord
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orders. Then Moses gave instructions concerning
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them to Eleazar the Kohen, Joshua son of Nun,
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and the family heads of the Israelite tribes.
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Moses said to them, If every shock fighter among the Gadites and the Reubenites
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crosses the Jordan with you to do battle at the instance of Hashem,
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and the land is subdued before you, you shall give them
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the land of Gilead as a holding. But if they do not cross over
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with you as shock troops, they shall receive holdings among you in the land of
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Canaan. The Gadites and the Reubenites said in
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reply, Whatever Hashem has spoken concerning your servants, that we
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will do. We ourselves will cross over as shock troops,
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at the instance of Hashem, into the land of Canaan,
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and we shall keep our hereditary holding across the
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Jordan. So Moses assigned to them, to the Gadites, the Reubenites,
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and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph,
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the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the
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kingdom of King Og of Bashan, the land with
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its various cities and the territories of their surrounding towns.
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The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
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Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbeha,
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Beth-nimrah, and Beth-horon as fortified
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towns or as enclosures for flocks. The Reubenites rebuilt
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Heshbon, Elelah, Kiriathaim, Nebo,
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Baal-meon— some names being changed—
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and Sibmah. They gave their own names to towns that they
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rebuilt. The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh
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went to Gilead and captured it, dispossessing the Amorites who
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were there. So Moses gave Gilead to Makir son of
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Manasseh, and he settled there. Yair son of
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Manasseh went and captured their villages, which he renamed Haveth-jear.
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And Nobah went and captured Kenath and his dependencies,
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renaming it Nobah after himself.
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2 Chronicles 21:1-23:21.
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Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the
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City of David. His son Jehoram succeeded him as king.
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He had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah,
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Jekiel, Zechariah, Azarahu,
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Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were sons
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of King Jehoshaphat of Israel. Their father
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gave them many gifts of silver, gold, and other presents, as well
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as fortified towns in Judah. But he gave the kingdom
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to Jehoram because he was the firstborn. Jehoram proceeded
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to take firm hold of his father's kingdom and put to the sword
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all his brothers as well as some of the officers
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of Israel. Jehoram was 32 years old
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when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem 8 years.
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He followed the practices of the kings of Israel, doing what the
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house of Ahab had done, for he had married a daughter
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of Ahab. He did what was displeasing to
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Hashem. However, Hashem refrained from destroying
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the House of David for the sake of the covenant He had made with David
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and in accordance with His promise to maintain a lamp
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for him and his descendants for all
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time.
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During his reign, the Edomites rebelled against Jehuda's
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rule. And set up a king of their own.
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Jehoram advanced against them with his officers and all his
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chariots. He arose by night and attacked the
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Edomites who surrounded him and the chariot commanders.
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Edom has been in rebellion against Judah to this
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day. Libnah also rebelled against him
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at that time because he had forsaken God of his fathers.
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Moreover, he built shrines in the hill country of Judah.
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He led astray the inhabitants of Jerusalem and made Judah wayward.
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A letter from Eliyahu the Navi
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came to him which read, thus says God of your father
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David, since you have not followed the practices of
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your father Jehoshaphat and the practices of King Asa,
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of Yehudah, but have followed the practices of
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the kings of Israel, leading astray Judah and the inhabitants
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of Jerusalem, as the house of Ahab led them astray,
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and have also killed your brothers of your father's house
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who were better than you. Therefore Hashem will inflict
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a great blow upon your people, your sons,
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and your wives, and all your possessions.
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As for you, you will be severely stricken with
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a disorder of the bowels year after year until your bowels drop
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out. Hashem stirred up
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the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who were neighbors of the Cushites against
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Jehoram. They marched against Judah, breached its
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defenses, and carried off all the property that was found in the king's palace.
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As well as his sons and his wives. The only son who
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remained was Jehoahaz, his youngest.
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After this, Hashem afflicted him with an incurable disease
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of the bowels. Some years later, when a period of 2
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years had elapsed, his bowels dropped out because
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of his disease, and he died a gruesome death.
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His people did not make a fire for him like a fire for
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his fathers. He was 32 years old when he became king,
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and he reigned in Jerusalem 8 years.
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He departed unpraised and was buried
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in the City of David, but not in the tombs of
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the kings.
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The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Achaziah,
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his youngest son, king in his stead, because all the older ones
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had been killed by the troops that penetrated the camp
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with the Arabs. Achaziah son of Jehoram reigned as
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king of Judah. Achaziah was 42
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years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem 1 year.
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His mother's name was Athaliah daughter of Omri.
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He too followed the practices of the house of Ahab,
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For his mother counseled him to do evil.
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He did what was displeasing to Hashem,
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like the house of Ahab, for they became his counselors after his
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father's death, to his ruination.
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Moreover, he followed their counsel and marched with Jehoram son of
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King Ahab of Israel to battle against
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King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, where the Arameans wounded Joram.
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He returned to Israel to recover from the wounds inflicted
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on him at Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Aram.
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King Azariah son of Jehoram of Judah went down
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to Israel to visit Jehoram son of Ahab
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while he was ill. Hashem caused the downfall of
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Achaziah because he visited Joram. During his
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visit, he went out with Jehoram to Jehu son of Nimshi,
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whom Hashem had anointed to cut off the House of Ahab.
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In the course of bringing the House of Ahab to judgment,
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Jehu came upon the officers of Yehuda and the
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nephews of AchazYahu, ministers of AchazYahu,
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and killed them. He sent
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in search of AchazYahu, who was caught hiding in Samaria,
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was brought to Jehu, and put to death. He was given a
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burial because it was said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat who worshipped Hashem
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wholeheartedly. So the House of Achaziah could
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not muster the strength to rule. When Athaliah,
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Achaziah's mother, learned that her son was dead,
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she promptly did away with all who were of the royal
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stock of the House of Judah. But Jehoshaphat,
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daughter of the king, spirited away Achaziah's
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son Joash from among the princes who were being slain
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and put him and his nurse in a bedroom.
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Jehoshaphat, daughter of the king Jehoram,
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wife of the kohen Jehoiada— she was the sister of
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Achaziah— kept him hidden from Athaliah so that
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he was not put to death. He stayed with them for 6
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years, hidden, in the House of Hashem, while Attaliah
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reigned over the land. In the 7th
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year, Jehoiada took courage and brought the chiefs
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of the hundreds, Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son
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of Yekoiachin, Azariah son
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of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son
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of Zicri, into a compact with him. They went through
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Judah and assembled the Levi'im from all the towns of
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Judah and the chiefs of the clans of Israel. They came
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to Jerusalem, and the entire assembly made a
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covenant with the king in the House of Hashem. He said
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to them, The son of the king shall be king according to the promise Hashem
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made concerning the sons of David. This is what you must do.
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One-third of you, Kohanim and Levi'im, who are on duty
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for the week, shall be gatekeepers. At the thresholds.
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Another third shall be stationed in the Royal Palace,
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and the other third at the Foundation Gate. All the people
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shall be in the courts of the House of Hashem. Let no one
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enter the House of Hashem except the Kohanim and the
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ministering Levi'im. They may enter because they are sanctified,
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but all the people shall obey the proscription of Hashem.
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The Levi'im shall surround the king on every side, every man
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with his weapons at the ready, and whoever enters the
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house shall be killed. Stay close to the king in his
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comings and goings. The Levi'im and all
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Judah did just as Jehoiada the Kohen ordered.
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Each took his men, those who were on duty that week and
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those who were off duty that week, where YahuYahdah the Kohen
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had not dismissed the divisions. YahuYahdah the Kohen
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gave the chiefs of the hundreds King David's spears
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and shields and quivers that were kept in the House of Hashem.
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He stationed the entire force, each man with
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his weapons at the ready, from the south end of the House to the north
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end of the House, at the altar and the House,
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to guard the King on every side. Then they
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brought out the king's son and placed upon him the crown
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and the insignia. They proclaimed him king,
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and Yahuyada and his sons anointed him and shouted, Long live
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the king! When Ataliah heard the shouting
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of the people and the guards and the acclamation of the king,
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she came out to the people, to the house of Hashem.
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She looked about and saw the king standing by his pillar,
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at the entrance, the chiefs with their trumpets beside the king,
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and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets,
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and the singers with musical instruments leading the
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hymns. Athaliah rent her garments and cried out, Treason!
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Treason! Then the kohen
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Jehoiada ordered out the army officers,
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the chiefs of hundreds, and said to them, Take her out between
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the ranks, and if anyone follows her, put him to the sword.
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For the Kohen thought, let her not be put to death in the House of
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Hashem. They cleared a passage for her, and she came to the entrance
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of the Horse Gate to the royal palace. There she was put
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to death. Then Yahuwah solemnized
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a covenant between himself and the people and the
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king, that they should be part and be the people of
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Hashem. All the people then went to the temple of
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Baal. They tore it down and smashed
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its altars and images to bits. They slew Matan,
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the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.
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YahuYahda put the officers of the House of Hashem in charge
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of the Levite Kohanim whom David had assigned over the
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House of Hashem to offer up burnt offerings. As is prescribed
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in the teaching of Moses, accompanied by joyful song
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as ordained by David. He stationed the gatekeepers
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at the gates of the House of Hashem to prevent the entry
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of anyone unclean for any reason. He took
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the chiefs of hundreds, the nobles, and the rulers of
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the people, and all the people of the land, and they escorted the king down
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from the House of Hashem. Into the royal palace by the upper
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gate and seated the king on the royal throne. All the people
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of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. As for Ataliah,
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she had been put to the sword.
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Romans 11:13-36.
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For I, Paul, speak to you Gentiles,
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inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles.
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I magnify my office, if by any means I may
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provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save
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some of them. For if the casting away of them be the
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reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of
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them be, but life from the dead?
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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy:
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and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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And if some of the branches be broken off, and you, being a wild
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olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with
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them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
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boast not against the branches.
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But if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root
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bears you. You will say then, Branches were broken
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off that I might be grafted in. Well,
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because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith.
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Be not high-minded, but fear.
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For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest
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He also spare not thee. Behold therefore the
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goodness and severity of God: on them which
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fell severity, but toward you goodness,
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if you continue in His goodness: otherwise you also shall
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be cut off. But they also, if they abide
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not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God
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is able to graft them in again. For if you were
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cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature,
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and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree:
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how much more shall these, which be the natural branches,
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be grafted into their own olive tree? Olive tree.
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For I would not, brethren, that you be ignorant of this mystery,
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lest you should be wise in your own conceits,
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that blindness in part has happened to Israel
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until the fullness of the Gentiles shall come
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in. And so all Israel
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shall be saved, as it is written, There shall
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come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn
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away ungodliness from Jacob. For this
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is my covenant to them, when I shall take away their sins.
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As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes; but
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as touching the election, they are beloved for
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the Father's sakes. For the gifts and calling of God
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are without repentance. For as you
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in times past have not believed God, yet have now
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obtained mercy through their unbelief,
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even so have these also now not believed,
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that through your mercy they also
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may obtain mercy.
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For God has concluded them all in unbelief,
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that He might have mercy upon all.
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Oh, the depth of the riches both
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of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are
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His judgments and His ways past finding out!
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For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who
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has been His counselor? Or who has first given to
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Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
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For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all
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things, to whom be glory forever.
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Amen. Psalm 22:1-18.
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My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are
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You so far from helping me and from the words of my roaring?
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O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You hear not.
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And in the night season, and am not silent.
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But You are holy, O You that inhabit the praises
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of Israel. Our fathers trusted in You,
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they trusted and You did deliver them. They cried to
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You and were delivered, they trusted in You
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and were not confounded. But I am a
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worm and no man, a reproach of men, and despised
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of the people. All they that see Me laugh Me
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to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head,
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saying, He trusted on the Lord, that He would deliver Him: let
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Him deliver Him, seeing He delighted in Him. But You are
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He that took Me out of the womb: You did make Me hope when
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I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast
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upon You from the womb: You are my God from my mother's belly.
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Be not far from Me, for trouble is near, for there is
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none to help. Many bulls have compassed Me,
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strong bulls of Bashan have beset Me round about.
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They gaped upon Me with their mouths, as a ravening and
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a roaring lion. I am poured out like
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water, and all My bones are out
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of joint. My heart is like wax,
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it is melted in the midst of My bowels. My strength
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is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves
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to my jaws, and You have brought me into the dust of
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death. For dogs have compassed me, the assembly
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of the wicked have enclosed me. They pierced my
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hands and my feet.
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I may tell all my bones, they look and
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stare upon me. They part my garments among them and
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cast lots upon my vesture.
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Proverbs 20:7.
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The just man walks in his integrity; his children are
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blessed after him.
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How does God Himself view the nation
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of Israel? How does He view the
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Jewish people? How does He want us to
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view the nation of Israel? And how are we
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to regard the Jewish people?
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These questions are addressed in Romans
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chapter 11, and in the section that we read today,
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there is a strong warning for us Gentiles,
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for us non-Jewish people.
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He paints the picture of an olive tree,
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and there are wild branches and natural branches.
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The wild branches are us non-Jews,
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us Gentiles. We are the wild branches,
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and we have been grafted into this olive tree.
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And the root of the olive tree is very rich.
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The root of the olive tree is Jesus
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Christ Himself. And you could say it also goes to the
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patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. The olive
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tree is the nation of Israel.
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And when we are grafted into this olive tree, we become
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citizens, naturalized citizens of the Commonwealth of
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Israel. We become a part of God's family.
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But who are the natural branches? The natural branches
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are the Jewish people. Paul,
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it is almost as though he is looking down the corridor of time and he
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is anticipating and seeing what is coming,
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and he sees times in the future when there
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would be great arrogance and pride and
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even persecution against the Jewish people, against the natural branches.
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He warns against this. He says, well, branches were broken off
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that I might be grafted in. Well, because of unbelief, he says,
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they were broken off, and you stand by faith.
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Be not high-minded, But fear,
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if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest
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he also spare not you.
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So there's a deep mystery here, and basically
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he's saying that these natural branches have
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been given a blindness from God
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and that they have been kept out of the gospel cycle,
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so to speak, until the fullness of the Gentiles
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has come in. He goes on to say,
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even so, in verse 30, in times
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past have not believed God, yet have now obtained
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mercy through their unbelief. We Gentiles
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have obtained the mercy of God through the unbelief of
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the Jews. In other words, think about it. When Paul tried to share
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the Gospel message with his fellow Jews, some of them listened,
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some of them believed, some of them followed Jesus, but many of
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them rejected him and would not tolerate him.
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They would stone him and chase him out of the synagogue. And so he
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said, fine, I'm going to take this Gospel message to the Gentiles.
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And his whole focus of his ministry was to the Gentiles.
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But now in verse 31 it says, even so have these also
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now not believed that through your mercy
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they also may obtain mercy.
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Let's unpack that for just a moment. Through your mercy,
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that is us Gentiles, they, the Jews,
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also may obtain mercy.
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So what do we see happening today? Wonderful bridges
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of relationship, connection, and partnership are
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being built between the Jewish community and the Christian community,
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and it goes in both directions. And there are many different organizations
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and ministries, Christian organizations and ministries,
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that have a heart to serve and to support and
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come alongside Israel and the Jewish people.
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Christians United for Israel, CUFI, is one
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such organization. The ICEJ,
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International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, is another such organization.
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Zacharias Hope is another such organization.
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And what many of these
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organizations' ministries do is it's called relationship evangelism.
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So we're not going to share the Gospel with words. We're going to love them
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and support them and love them with our actions, not just with our words,
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and help in every way that we can and send support,
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send volunteers, and walk with
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the Jewish people without trying to in any way proselytize
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them or cause them to convert, that we're just going
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to love them right where they're at. And that's the mercy of God.
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That's the grace of God. That is the loving
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kindness of God. And so
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ever since October 7th broke out, the war has broken out
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and the war just lingers and continues on and people are weary.
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It's been 2 years now and people are weary
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and many, many soldiers have died. Almost 1,000 IDF
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soldiers have died in this war. On 7 fronts against
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Hamas and the Houthis and Hezbollah and Iran.
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So as Christians stand
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in support and in prayer with Israel, and they
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go and they continue to serve in Israel,
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rolling up their sleeves and getting to work and volunteering, the Jewish
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people see the love of God in action.
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I love the saying that says, preach the Gospel, if necessary use words.
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And that's what works best in Israel— love
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in action. It is the love of Christ that compels
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us to love the Jewish people because
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God loves them. They are the apple of His eye.
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And it says here in Romans that there's a day coming when all
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Israel will be saved. And when that happens,
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it will be life from the dead, because after
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all, they are the natural branches. And when the natural
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branches get grafted back into the olive tree,
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truly, that is going to be resurrection life.
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That's going to be life from the dead.
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And so this gives us an understanding of how God
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sees Israel.
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He says in verse 15, for if the casting away of them be
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the reconciling of the world,
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so the purpose of them being casting aside was
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the reconciling of the world so the gospel would go to all the nations,
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to all 4 corners of the earth, What shall the receiving of
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them, the Jews, be but life from the
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dead? This is reminiscent of Ezekiel chapter 37
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when we see the scattered dry bones, and Ezekiel
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is surveying this valley filled with dry bones,
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and God asks him, Ezekiel, what do you see? And Ezekiel says,
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I see all these dry dead bones and they're all scattered.
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And God instructs him, speak to these bones and tell them to come alive.
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And so he speaks to the bones, and the bones begin to come
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together. That field of dry bones represents
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Israel, represents the Jewish people that have been scattered to
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all the nations of the earth before the nation of Israel was reborn
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in May of 1948. And then as the
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bones come together, bone upon bone, and now we have a skeleton, and then
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there is flesh and muscle and blood and sinew
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put upon these bones, and yet they're still not quite alive.
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That's stage 1. The people had to return to the land.
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Stage 1. And we've been seeing stage 1 unfolding
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for the last 50-odd years.
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But stage 2 is when God instructs
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Ezekiel to now breathe the breath of life,
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pray that God would breathe the breath of life upon these bones.
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And when the breath of life is blown upon the bones, then they
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truly come alive. So in stage 1, the bones return,
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the Jews return to the land, and it's a secular
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reawakening, a secular rebirthing into the
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land. But in stage 2, when the Ruach, the Holy Spirit,
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the breath of God comes upon this mighty and
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vast army, And that's the spiritual awakening,
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the spiritual rebirth of Israel as
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a nation. And so God loves
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the nation of Israel. He loves
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the Jewish people, and He is not
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done with them. He has a plan for them, and they are integral,
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they are central in His final
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closing chapter of human history.
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Okay, that's all I have for today. Have a blessed day, and we'll see you
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tomorrow. Shalom.
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यही है आरोना
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है पनाविलका
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विकुन्ने का ये
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सा आरोना
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है पनाविलका
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The Aaronic Blessing from Numbers chapter 6,
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24 to 26.
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Adonai bless you and keep you. Adonai make
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his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
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Adonai lift up his countenance upon you and give
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you peace.