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The Ten Commandments - The Book of Exodus · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: Let us pray. Ensuing mercy unto thousands of them that
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  Speaker 1: love me and keep my commandments. Exodus 26 Lord, I
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  Speaker 1: will make intentional time to worship and spend time in
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  Speaker 1: your presence today. As I look upon your greatness, I
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  Speaker 1: will not miss my opportunity to experience your power like
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  Speaker 1: the children of Israel did. As I spend time in
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  Speaker 1: your word, I thank you that your commandments and principles
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  Speaker 1: are actually stepping stones for me to experience your divine
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  Speaker 1: love and unending grace. As I follow your lead, give
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  Speaker 1: me the strength to always follow your ways and to
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  Speaker 1: live in alignment with your desires. I praise you for
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  Speaker 1: making me your prized possession and for continually giving me
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  Speaker 1: opportunities to experience you on a personal level. Allow me,
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, to honor God's Word so that I may
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  Speaker 1: live long and prosper on this earth. My sight is fixed,
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  Speaker 1: my heart is focused, and my footing is secure. I
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  Speaker 1: will not be moved because Your Word and ways are unmovable, Lord.
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  Speaker 1: I declare that It is a time for me to
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  Speaker 1: go higher, and I am ready to level up. In Jesus' name, amen.
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  Speaker 2: The Ten Commandments In our last story, we learned about
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  Speaker 2: God's continued provision as he quenched Israel's thirst for water.
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  Speaker 2: We learned about God's protection as he gave them victory
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  Speaker 2: over their first battle against the Amalekites. Now we will
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  Speaker 2: learn about God's continued blessing over his people and his
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  Speaker 2: promise to never leave them as he gives them the
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  Speaker 2: Ten Commandments and instructions for the tabernacle. As inspired by
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  Speaker 2: the book of Exodus.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of The Bible
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  Speaker 3: in a Year. In yesterday's episode, we learned of the
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  Speaker 3: first military victory of the Israelites. God was giving them
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  Speaker 3: further proof that there was no limit to what they
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  Speaker 3: could do as long as they trusted in Him and
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  Speaker 3: His power. Today, we'll join them in the wilderness, once again,
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  Speaker 3: three months since they exited the land of Egypt and
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  Speaker 3: escaped Pharaoh. They've been through a lot already, And today
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  Speaker 3: we'll hear God once again confirm His promises to them.
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  Speaker 3: They are about to be a holy nation, set apart
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  Speaker 3: from all others. We will see how God gives them
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  Speaker 3: and us rules for living, the Ten Commandments. Let's listen
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  Speaker 3: now to today's story.
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  Speaker 2: Three months had passed since the exodus from Egypt. God
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  Speaker 2: had brought the people through hunger, thirst, and battle. The
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  Speaker 2: galvanizing force of God united the people of Israel. They
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  Speaker 2: had made it to the wilderness of Sinai, a grazing
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  Speaker 2: countryside lush and uninhabited. There they camped at the base
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  Speaker 2: of the mountain. There God called Moses and beckoned him
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  Speaker 2: to the top of the mountain. God spoke to Moses
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  Speaker 2: on top of the mountain and said, Tell the people
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  Speaker 2: of Israel that I have bore them on eagles' wings
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  Speaker 2: to save them from the Egyptians. If you obey my
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  Speaker 2: commands and keep my promises, you will be my treasured
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  Speaker 2: possession among all people groups. For all the earth is mine,
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  Speaker 2: and you shall be my holy nation. So Moses went
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  Speaker 2: down and told the elders of God's promises. They consecrated
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  Speaker 2: themselves and flocked to the base of the mountain to
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  Speaker 2: worship God. On the morning of the third day, thunder
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  Speaker 2: emanated from the peak of the mountain. and lightning lit
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  Speaker 2: up the skies surrounding the top. A thick cloud surrounded Sinai,
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  Speaker 2: and a bellowing trumpet could be heard from the top.
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  Speaker 2: The people trembled in awe and fear. Smoke could be
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  Speaker 2: seen at a distance, and Moses knew God had come
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  Speaker 2: in fire. The mountain shook, and the sound of the
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  Speaker 2: trumpet grew louder and louder. Moses began to speak, but
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  Speaker 2: was interrupted by thunder. Moses took a deep breath, looked
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  Speaker 2: back at the people, and ascended up the mountain. There
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  Speaker 2: God spoke with great power and authority. With lightning surrounding
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  Speaker 2: the mountain and the earth shaking, God poured forth his commandments.
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  Speaker 2: He spoke, saying, I am the Lord your God. I
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  Speaker 2: am the one who delivered you out of slavery from
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  Speaker 2: the land of Egypt. You shall have no other gods
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  Speaker 2: but me. You shall not make any idols, no carved
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  Speaker 2: images of anything that is below or above the earth.
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  Speaker 2: Do not bow to them or serve them, for I
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  Speaker 2: alone am your God. I am a jealous God, showing
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  Speaker 2: myself to generations of those who hated me. But I
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  Speaker 2: show steadfast love always, and show love to those who
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  Speaker 2: keep me and my commandments. You shall not take my
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  Speaker 2: name in vain. For I am the Lord, and I
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  Speaker 2: will hold him guilty if he takes my name in vain.
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  Speaker 2: Remember the Sabbath day. Keep it special and holy. Labor
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  Speaker 2: and work hard for six days, but on the seventh
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  Speaker 2: day you should rest. Sabbath and rest in for me.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy me. You nor your children, servants, or livestock should labor.
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  Speaker 2: For I created all things in six days, and on
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  Speaker 2: the seventh I enjoyed the fruit of my labor. Honor
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  Speaker 2: your father and your mother. If you do, your days
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  Speaker 2: shall be long in the land I have given you.
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  Speaker 2: You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You
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  Speaker 2: shall not steal. You shall not lie against your neighbor
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  Speaker 2: and bear false witness. You shall not covet and seek
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  Speaker 2: after your neighbor's possessions or relationships. God's commands held weight,
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  Speaker 2: and the people feared and respected him enough to listen,
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  Speaker 2: for there was still thunder echoing from the mountain. It
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  Speaker 2: was always God's desire to dwell with his children. Since
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  Speaker 2: the garden, he desired to walk through life with those
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  Speaker 2: he loved. So he told Moses to have them build
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  Speaker 2: a tabernacle so he might live among them, a holy
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  Speaker 2: place for the Spirit of the Lord to dwell among
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  Speaker 2: his people. So the Israelites did as the Lord said
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  Speaker 2: and built him a tabernacle, a tent for him to
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  Speaker 2: travel alongside them in the wilderness. Though God was not
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  Speaker 2: confined to a tent, this would be a holy place
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  Speaker 2: for him to meet with them and be in their midst.
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  Speaker 2: The tabernacle was constructed with great care and instruction. It
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  Speaker 2: included the Ark of the Covenant, mercy seat, table of showbread,
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  Speaker 2: the golden lampstand, the altar of burnt offering, the altar
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  Speaker 2: of incense, and the bronze layer. All these would serve
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  Speaker 2: as a picture of God's faithfulness, and each would represent
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  Speaker 2: an aspect of their relationship with the Lord.
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  Speaker 3: We open today's reading with the Israelites arriving at Sinai.
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  Speaker 3: It's been three months since they escaped Pharaoh and his armies.
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  Speaker 3: God's presence and provisions was never far away. He provided water.
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  Speaker 3: He sent bread from heaven and quail for them to eat.
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  Speaker 3: and God delivered them in a ferocious battle against the Amalekites.
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  Speaker 3: Now they've arrived at a beautiful place, a lush pasture
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  Speaker 3: near the foot of a mountain. It was time to
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  Speaker 3: rest for a while. God gave Moses a message to
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  Speaker 3: remind the people of all that he had done for them,
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  Speaker 3: how he had delivered them from the Egyptians, carrying them
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  Speaker 3: on eagles' wings to safety. It's a beautiful and powerful message.
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  Speaker 3: The promises he's made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were
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  Speaker 3: surely known to these people But it had been many
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  Speaker 3: generations by now, and God reminds them that they are
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  Speaker 3: His chosen people, blessed in a very special way. But
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  Speaker 3: this blessing was conditioned upon their trust and obedience. If
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  Speaker 3: they followed His commands and kept the covenant relationship with Him,
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  Speaker 3: they would be a holy nation, set apart from all others.
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  Speaker 3: Moses delivered the message, and the people responded by flocking
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  Speaker 3: to the mountain to worship. For all their past failures
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  Speaker 3: and grumblings and unfaithfulness, their response was exactly what God
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  Speaker 3: desires and demands. Our right response to God, His promises,
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  Speaker 3: His provision is gratitude and praise, worship and adoration. God
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  Speaker 3: was going to come down and the people would hear
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  Speaker 3: Him speak with a voice like thunder. But we also
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  Speaker 3: heard a reminder of God's holiness and purity and how
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  Speaker 3: in our own power we cannot approach Him. God wants
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  Speaker 3: his children to draw near, but because of his sin,
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  Speaker 3: we are separated from God. It is only through the
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  Speaker 3: blood of Jesus Christ, God's son, who would die on
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  Speaker 3: the cross for our sins and rise again, that we
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  Speaker 3: are able now to approach the throne of God, the
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  Speaker 3: presence of God in his holiness with boldness. The foot
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  Speaker 3: of the mountain was as close as the people could come,
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  Speaker 3: but Moses and Aaron were called up higher, up to
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  Speaker 3: the top of the mountain to receive a very special
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  Speaker 3: message that was to become the guiding set of principles
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  Speaker 3: for God's people in every generation. There on top of
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  Speaker 3: the mountain, God gave Moses the 10 commandments. rules for
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  Speaker 3: a right relationship with God, God's law. The law of
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  Speaker 3: God is so very important, so significant in the scripture.
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  Speaker 3: This is the way we walk with God. This is
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  Speaker 3: the way we have a relationship with God by keeping
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  Speaker 3: his commandments. The 10 commandments have been given not only
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  Speaker 3: to the Israelites, but for every generation. This is the
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  Speaker 3: law of God and the law of God is vital
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  Speaker 3: to our spiritual, physical, and emotional health. God instructed the
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  Speaker 3: people to build a tabernacle to worship him. This dwelling
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  Speaker 3: place for God on earth would represent God's presence with
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  Speaker 3: his people, and the tabernacle would be carried everywhere they
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  Speaker 3: would go on their long journey. This was not a
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  Speaker 3: permanent home, but a temporary tent, a dwelling that would
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  Speaker 3: one day be replaced when God's spirit would come upon
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  Speaker 3: those who followed him through his son Jesus. Because now,
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  Speaker 3: We are the permanent home of God. Too soon, though,
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  Speaker 3: the people will turn and break the first commandment, and
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  Speaker 3: that's what we'll hear about the next time. Dear God,
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  Speaker 3: thank you for this important, vital passage of Scripture, reminding
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  Speaker 3: us that you dwell among us, that your presence is
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  Speaker 3: always near to us through Jesus Christ. May we worship
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  Speaker 3: you and adore you always through your Son, Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.
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