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The Issues about Women's Liberty pt 23: The Giving of the Law · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Galatians chapter 3 Galatians chapter
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3. Galatians chapter 3 verse 19. What purpose
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then does the law serve? It was added because
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of transgressions. till the seed shall come to
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whom the promise was made. And it was appointed
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through angels by the hand of a mediator. By
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the hand of a mediator. It was appointed through
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angels. John. chapter 14. John chapter 14. Look
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at verse 11. Believe me that I am in the Father
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and the Father in me. Or else, believe me, for
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the sake of the works themselves. Go down to
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verse 5. Chapter 5, sorry. Chapter 5. Verse 16.
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For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and
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sought to kill him, because he had done these
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things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them,
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My father has been walking until now, and I have
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been walking. My father has been doing what?
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Walking until now, and I have been walking. Now,
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Pastor Fred, our lead pastor, started with the
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introduction of what the Lord is leading us this
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year to do greater works. And the theme of the
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year is greater works. And one of the issues
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he raised was understanding the works of God.
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The works of God reveal God. Are we together?
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Because he will never do anything that is against
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his nature, against his character. Hallelujah.
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And the series we have been taking fall. Almost
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in sync with what we are introducing this year.
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And we have been talking about the giving of
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the law. And where I read in Galatians chapter
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3 verse 19. We saw that the law was given or
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was appointed through angels or through the direction
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of angels. And one thing we noticed last time,
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we point out a number of issues. Now, because
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Moses involved angels in the giving of the law,
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so we said we wanted to study a bit. about the
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interactions between these angels and people,
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particularly when the law was given, because
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he said the law was given through the appointment
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of angels. And what we are trying to do is to
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come to answer a question. Remember the question
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we're trying to answer? Why? We wanted to answer,
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why did Moses wrote or gave the law? And why
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are we focusing that? Particularly, we are focusing
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in Deuteronomy 22, 5. That a woman shall not
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wear that which pertained unto a man, neither
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shall a man put on a woman's garments. For all
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that do so an abomination. unto the Lord. I'm
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reading from thy God. I'm reading from O .K.
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James. Hallelujah. So we're trying to, of course,
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not just only this one, all the laws he gave
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to Israel. And we understood that the law was
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an addition. You understand? Now, one important
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thing while we are going this way to study is
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to help us also as well to learn how to read
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what we call the Old Testament. And because there
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are lots of activities that has happened. So
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somehow the works of God has been actually clouded
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by a number of things. There are some things
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that God did not do. Today we said it is God
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that did it. So while we will take other studies
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to look at some of the things men said, are we
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together? That are not God. Even the men of God,
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because even men of God, even the prophet of
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God have said certain things that actually did
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not come from God. Are we together? However,
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there are some certain things, of course, and
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Jesus clearly told us what their focus was. So
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we can be able to understand the addition. Are
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we together? We're coming to that. Because he
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said that the prophet wrote concerning him. Are
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we together? So that means there will be things
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that will not be in alignment to the things he
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has come to do. So if a prophet will say those
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things, that will not mean that it is Christ
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that said it. Because God is the same yesterday,
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today and forever. So the God of the New Testament
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is not a new God, but it is that is the actually
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the unveiling of the real God that have existed.
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You understand? Without time. That is even before
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the world began. He is the same. And what we
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are trying to appreciate is to also help us as
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we move on is to study to understand that the
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works of God reveal God. So if you miss on the
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work of God or who did what, you are going to
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miss on the character of God. And you're going
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to have problem in your knowledge about God.
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Are we together? So, from our last message, we
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looked at to see whether what angel said. Remember,
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when we took that study, the goal was not actually
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to look at what the angels said, whether it is
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of God or not. We are coming to that. But if
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you look at what we studied, you understand,
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we could see that very clearly. There are some
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certainties I want us to understand. That there's
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a perception about the men of old, that when
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they interacted with angels, what did they encounter?
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They define it as they have encountered God.
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Are we together? Amen. Good. Secondly, The second
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thing I want us to understand is that even though
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where we read last time, you understand, it's
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clear that God was the one who was speaking through
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the angels. Are we together? Amen. Yes. But we
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are going to go into other portions where angels
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did certain things that actually is not God's.
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So the essence is, as you read a portion of a
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scripture, Just because you see the Lord said
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doesn't mean actually is actually the God Almighty.
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That means you have to study within the context
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to find out whether the Lord that is speaking
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is not actually the angel's opinion or the attitude
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of men, you understand, or it is actually the
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Lord Almighty. So what we're trying to emphasize
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even in the teachings, is actually the emphasis
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on contextual reading. That you cannot just use
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words carelessly, you understand? Because words
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are used very carefully in scripture. And that's
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why he said, you are to study to show thyself
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a proof. A workman who needed not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing the word of truth. That is,
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every word must be taken seriously because they
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have its implication. And therefore, by all that
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we have been studying, we saw that angels can
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be called Lord. Which means that you have to
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read carefully to know who is the one called
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Lord in that portion. Is it God or the angel?
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Or is it man? Whoever, just you have to find
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out from the reading in the context. Are we together?
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So we saw that kind of a thing. And there's a
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scripture I quoted in Revelation chapter... Revelation
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13. Come with me, Revelation 13. I just quoted
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the scripture when I listened to the last message
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and I discovered that there is an adjustment
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we need to do there a little bit before we just
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move on because it's very important. He said,
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Revelation 13 verse 8. All who dwell on the earth
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will worship him whose name have not been written
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in the book of life of the lamp slain from the
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foundation of who? Of the world. Now if you look
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at that, it says slain from the foundation of
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the world. When you read this, it looks as if
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the lamp that is The book of the life of the
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lamb who was slain from the foundation of the
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world. It looks as if the lamb was slain from
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the foundation of the world. That the slain was
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done where? At the foundation of the world. Are
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we together? But just maybe read Hebrews with
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me. Come with me, Hebrews, quickly. Hebrews 9,
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9 -26. He then would have had to suffer often
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since the foundation of the world. But now, once
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at the end of the ages, he has appeared to put
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away sins by the what? By the sacrifice of himself.
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That word sacrifice of himself, that's what it
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means by slain. Amen? When was he slain? When
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was he slain? At the end of the age. That word
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age is not there. In the root word, it's not
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plural. In the sign. Those of us that have been
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going to cell meeting, Would I have no problem
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with this? You understand? Amen? Yes. So Christ
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was sacrificed at the end of age. And we know
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if you are in the cell meeting, this is not where
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we'll discuss that. We understood that, that
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the foundation is a word conception. You understand?
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Meaning the time of the blueprints. Of what will
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be accomplished, which is the word end. You understand?
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Who will be accomplished. So we are in the season
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of accomplishment. Of what has been the foundation.
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Are we together? So what was done at the foundation
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is the blueprint. Amen? It's not the slaining.
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The slaining is at where? at the end of the ages.
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Amen. Hallelujah. So when you look at that word,
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when he said, the book of the Lamb slain from
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the foundation of the world. Now, you just have
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to do some rearrangement. For those of us who
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have been working, I mean, going closely with
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us in this church, we have discussed the issue
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of Bible, understanding the Bible, and we've
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done a lot of things. You understand? Now, If
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you understand that when you understand the writings,
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both Greek and Hebrew, you understand, there
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is no word to word match. So most times when
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translators are translating the Bible, if you
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translate it word to word, even you can't read
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it because it wouldn't make meaning. You understand?
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An example of how you know what I mean is that
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go and carry Turkish, you understand, and just
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do word to word back to English. You will now
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understand what I'm saying. the Turkish will
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make meaning in English. So that means the person
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who is Turkish will have to, first and foremost,
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interpret it. You understand? So that it can
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make meaning in English language. Are we together?
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So that involves some rearrangement of words.
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So, and that has to be with the understanding
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of the context as well. You understand? Now that
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we understand that Christ was not sacrificed
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or was not slain at the foundation. He was slain
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at what? At the end. So that means the blueprint
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will be at the foundation. Amen. So all we just
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need to do is just to bring the slain backward.
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You understand? That is, we will say in the book
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of life of the slain lamp. Did you see that?
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Of what? The slain lamp from the foundation of
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the world. That means what we are talking about
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is that. If you read it now in that sense, all
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who dwell on earth will worship him whose name
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were not written. Now the focus of the text is
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not written. You understand? Written where? In
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the book of the slain lamb. But when was it written?
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Are we together? It was written where? from the
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foundation of the world. Hallelujah. Okay. It's
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important that when you listen to this one and
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then you listen to the last message, when you
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combine what I just said now, it will make sense.
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Hallelujah. Amen. So to know, as I said, whether
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words in the Old Testament or any other place
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in the Bible are really the Lord said it. Those
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words must be assessed through Christ. Those
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words must be assessed through Christ. God cannot
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change. God can't change. The same God who was
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in the Old Testament was the same God who took
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on the nature of man to be known. Who took on
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the nature of the man to be known. And what that
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means is that Knowing God Almighty is actually
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in knowing his son. Because it is in his son
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that he is revealed. So that means now we have
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a perfect understanding of God. So we are not
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shadow boxing. When we go into Old Testament
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and we are reading, we go with our chest up.
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Because we have a system of assessing who says
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what. And we can assess it accurately because
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God now has arrived and revealed himself in the
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son. And by doing so, because the son now is
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a light, we can now, and we know the son, so
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we can assess and know, okay, this is not the
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son. And because it's not the son, so it's not
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the father. Remember where I read in John chapter
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five, right? He says what? That my father has
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been walking. Are we together? Until now, and
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I'm already doing what? Walking, which means
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that you can assess the walk of the Father in
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the Son. And then that's what he said. You will
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know that you are one in Christ. And even if
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you don't understand, just look at my walks,
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you will know. Are we together? So that's the
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point. And I want us to see this very important
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part, why I am saying that we're going to be
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assessed. And listen, just the same way today
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that we make mistakes. and do certain things
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that are not in alignment with God. Of course,
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that doesn't show that you are not of God. Do
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you understand what I'm trying to say? But sometimes
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lack of knowledge or lack of understanding of
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God's character and God's nature can make us
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behave the way we ought not to behave. Hallelujah.
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Are we together? So I want you to understand
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as we study this in the interaction of angels,
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sometimes when you see certain things Terrible
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things that angels do doesn't mean that they
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are evil spirits and they are evil angels. No.
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It's because they are operating from a point
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of ignorance. Oh, are you together with me? Are
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you together with me? The only thing we're trying
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to assess, already, as I said, we're going to
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study both angels, men, because angels do walk
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also. But the fact that it's a spirit that does
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the walk does not mean, does not mean actually
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that the walk is life. Did you understand what
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I'm trying to say? Already we know that in the
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law is wrath. And the law was given through angels.
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So already you will know that. And those angels
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are not evil angels. Did you understand what
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I'm trying to say? They are not demons that fell
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in the sun. So already that means some of the
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things they did produced death. Hallelujah. So
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that's what we are trying to study. Let me establish
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something about the son more. John 1, verse 11.
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Let's go to 18. John 1, 18. John 1, 18. No one
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has seen God at any time. The only begotten son.
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Who is in the bosom of the Father. He has declared
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him. He has declared what? Him. That word no
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one. Is a single word. You understand? Is. Pronounced.
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Odise. Or Odise. I think it's Odise. That is
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O -U -D -E -I -S. O -U. D -E -I -S. Or dies.
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This verse means nothing. Nobody. None. Nothing.
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Nobody. None. That is no one. Nothing. Nobody.
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None. Has ever seen God. Remember in the. Previous
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verse, verse 17, he said, for the law was given
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through Moses, but grace and truth came through
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Jesus Christ. That includes Moses. He has never
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seen God. That includes angels. They have never
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seen God at all. Only one. Only one. He said,
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what is that one? He said, the only begotten.
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The only begotten. That word, only begotten.
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I think other translations, modern translations,
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translated it better by saying one and only.
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That's what is monogynes. Only begotten is a
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word monogynes in Greek. M -O -N -O -G -E -N
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-E -S M -O -N O -G -E -N -E -S. Monogenes. Monogenes
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is derived from two words. It's derived from
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two words. Monos. From the word monos. Monos.
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M -O -N -O -S. Monos. Which means one. Or only.
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Only. Of course, the one there is not talking
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about number. Are we together? That one or only
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is not talking about number. It's talking about
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uniqueness. Are we together? And genos talk about
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of a class. That's why now when you combine them,
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genos, which is G -E -N -O -S. G -E -N -O -S
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means class or kind. Class or kind. So when you
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look at it, you will see that together when you
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combine it, it's talking about one of a class
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or of a kind. Are we together? Amen. Before,
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as I said, when you use the word, the only begotten,
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it appears because the earlier translation was
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taught to be from two words. There's another
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word which has to be corrected because It was
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using the only begotten, which is monogynetos.
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That is M -O -N -O -G -E -N -E -T -O -S. M -O
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-N -O -G... E -double -N -E -T -O -S. That was
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the earlier because this one, if you split it
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into two, the first part, which is mono, which
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is monos or one or only. Then the second one
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is actually a word. Also, we call it genao. Genao.
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When you combine the two, you have monogenetos.
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Genao is actually begat. Genao is G -E -N -N
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-A -O. G -E -N -N -A -O. So that means monogenetos
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is actually a compound word of two words, monos
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and genao. When you combine them, it gives you
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genao means begat or to bear. So initially, by
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using the only begotten, it appears as if he's
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talking about something that you gave birth to.
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But that's not the communication. You understand?
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It's not about giving birth. Actually, the right
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Greek word is what we have already talked about,
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that the monogenes, which is one and only, that
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is of a different class or of a kind. Are we
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together? Amen. So it's talking about uniqueness,
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not actually procreation or giving birth to.
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It's talking about uniqueness. So, and we can
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find that in several places in scripture are
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particularly used for Jesus, at least King James.
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When you check, Earlier, newer translation like
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ESV, they use one and only and some other translation,
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one and only. That's the right word. To depict
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uniqueness, not actually to give bet. Are we
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together? Yes. So if you look at, they say, please,
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maybe I will use this one. Hebrews chapter 11.
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Hebrews chapter 11 verse 17. Hebrews 11, 17.
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He said, by faith, Abraham, when he was tested,
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offered up Isaac, and he who had received the
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promise, offered up his only begotten. Again,
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this is supposed to be one and only. Are we together?
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That's why when you read the account in Genesis
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22, you say, take up your son, your only son.
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It will look as if he's saying he has only...
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one son. No, that only is talking about uniqueness.
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That is, Isaac is unique. He's not talking about
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number. Are we together? Because Abraham also
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had Isaac at that time already. Are we together?
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So it cannot be a number. Say, your only son.
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Of course, it's not only son because Ishmael
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is there. Amen? So he's talking about uniqueness.
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And that's exactly what he's talking about. When
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you look at what he said, the uniqueness of that
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song, he said the only unique song. You understand?
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And then he said, in the bosom. Of course, that
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word is figurative in nature. Because when you
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talk about bosom, you're talking about, of course,
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some of us that are English, we normally use
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the word bosom friend. Are we together? What
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you're talking about, you're talking about somebody,
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this is relational, of a unique and intimate
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relationship. That's what you are talking about.
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That is, this person is not like any other. You
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understand? So, he's talking about the unique
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relationship of Christ and the Father. And he
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now said that he had declared him. Remember,
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he said no one has seen God. No one has seen
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God. In verse 14 of John 1. In verse 14 of John
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1. You know what I'm saying? And the word became
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flesh. And dwell among us. And we beheld his
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glory. The glory of the only begotten. That word
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would be what? One and only. Are we together?
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Of the father full of grace and truth. It's not
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two things. Grace which is truth. Are we together?
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Yes. The very first time God was seen by both
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men, because he said no one has seen him. The
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very first time both men and angels have seen
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God is in the song. The first time both men and
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angels have seen God. is in the Son. 1 Timothy
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3 .16 1 Timothy 3 .16 And without controversy,
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great is the mystery of godliness. God was what?
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Was what? Manifested where? In the flesh. Justified?
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In the spirit. Seen by who? Seen by who? Angels.
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Preach among Gentiles. Believed on the world.
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Received up in what? In glory. Are we together?
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That's the first time angels ever saw God. Manifested
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in the flesh. manifested in the flesh. It means
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to unveil, to uncover, manifest, to unveil, to
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uncover. That is, God was manifest in the flesh.
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Angels never saw God in his fullness till he
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was revealed in the sun. He said, great is a
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mystery of godliness. That word mystery, you
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understand, Is no longer mystery. Why? Now is
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what? Manifested. Hallelujah. Amen. So that means
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the father revealed himself. To humanity. And
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also to angels in the son. So in the son. Or
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the son is a perfect. And complete revelation.
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Of God. So, when you know the father, that means
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you are saying you know the son. Or you can only
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know the father by knowing the son. So the mystery,
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the uncertainty, the confusion, the complexity,
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the double -mindedness about the father, where
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is he explained? Where is he explained? In the
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son. Where is it unveiled? In the Son. Where
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is it revealed? In the Son. Where is it resolved?
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In the Son. So as we go through the Old Testament
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and through the entire Bible, every confusion,
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every complexity, every uncertainty is revealed
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in the Son. You don't see it in Christ, it's
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not God. Sing full and short. Are we together?
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You know, some people will ask, but sir, who
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did it then? I say it's not God. What is your
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problem? It's not God. So there's no revelation
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of the father outside God. What he has revealed
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about himself is in the son. So when Moses recruited
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angels to write what was shown or to give the
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law instead, definitely you know. There is no
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how at that time angels could ever have been
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accurate to write about God. Because how could
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they have known him? You understand? So don't
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be shouting because an angel appeared to you.
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Don't jubilate yet. You have to bring and look
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at what is revealed to you. through the lenses
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of the sun, there is nothing that will ever be
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revealed to you that is greater than what you
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have received already. I don't want you to look
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down on yourself in the sun because you have
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received the sun and you are in him. So anything
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that is coming from outside, even if you have
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revelation and you've seen an angel appear to
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you, glory be to God. That's good. But don't
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begin to feel suddenly that now you will even
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change your name. Because that's how so many
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people have changed their names. They have moved
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from brother straight to apostle. You know, sir.
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Why? They say because they have seen. They have
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had an encounter. Because I've listened to some
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people, they say the definition of an apostle
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is that they have seen Jesus. Which type of seeing
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Jesus are you talking about? Amen. Hallelujah.
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Amen. Now, let me just touch on a few things.
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Now, apart from the word the Lord said, the Lord
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said, there's another thing I want us to note
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also as we study. It's the word God. Also, God
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said, God said, God said, God said, you understand?
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God, the word God, is the word Elohim, you understand?
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E -L -O -H -I -M, Elohim. Of course, it appears
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many times in the King James Bible, throughout
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the Bible. I mean, through the scriptures, the
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Old Testament text. More than 2 ,000 times. And
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it is used to describe a number of things. It
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is used to describe anything divine, great in
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different contexts, mighty, like deities, judges,
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angels, rulers, you understand? Gods. Again,
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some names that we'll be mentioning, You understand?
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Sometimes they can be interchanged. But just
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understand that that's why each time I'm talking
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about any word, I give you what I'm talking about.
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When I use the word law, you understand? I will
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tell you what I mean by the law because we are
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discussing the law of Moses. So you know the
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law I'm talking about. But that doesn't mean
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anywhere you see law. That means it's a law of
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Moses. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?
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I've said that. The same thing, this word angels,
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you understand? Now, because I'm talking about
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spirit beings, you understand? You understand
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what I mean? Continue to use the word angels,
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angels. But there are places where men are called
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angels. Some places where God is called an angel.
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Do you understand what I'm trying to say? So
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what that means is that, again, this word, even
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man, the word man, you know, solely by this thing.
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When we read, for example, the... What do you
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call it? Those men that encounter Abraham, you
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understand, they are called, when they enter
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Sodom with Lord, they are called the men. But
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they are what? Angels. You understand what I'm
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saying? What that means is that, so what I'm
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trying to say is that there's no, there's no
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one word that has a blanket meaning that you
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carry it everywhere. You understand? Because
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the word man is a The word they use in Sodom
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for those angels is Ish. Ish means the male,
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male man, not Adam, the male man. You understand?
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So what that means is that you don't just see
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what like that and just say, okay, this is it.
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No. You have to now read to know actually who
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is that or what is that. Again, this is emphasizing
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that. You have to learn to really solely, primarily
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depend on the context. You understand? To be
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able to know the meaning of words. So, so far,
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I'm using angels as spirit beings. So, when I
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mention angel, you know what I'm talking about.
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Amen? Amen. So, now, the word Elohim is obtained
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from the root word Elal. Allow. That's a singular
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word because Elohim is plural of allow. E -L
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-O -A -H. E -L -O -A -H. Allow. Now, in this
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regard, when you assume because the word Elohim
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is plural of allow, which means God, normally
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you see it as God. You will see God said. God
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said. So you need to read very carefully to know
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which God is he talking about. And you know,
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interestingly, sometimes translators also, because
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translators are actually interpreters. So sometimes
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they will as well help, not really deliberate
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because they are very helpful people. It's not
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deliberate, but in their reading, sometimes they
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can make mistakes too. Because sometimes by saying
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big G, all of us think that is the God Almighty.
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Is that correct? But sometimes again, they will
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put small G. But even places they put big G is
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not actually the Almighty God. Did you understand
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what I'm trying to say? So you have to depend
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to read context. It's not by capital or small
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letter that we know which one is which. Did you
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get what I'm trying to say? Hallelujah. Genesis
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32. Genesis 32. Look at verse 24. Then Jacob
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was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until
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the breaking of the day. Now, when he saw that
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he did not prevail against him, he touched the
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socket of his hip and the socket of Jacob's hip
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was out of joint as he wrestled with him. And
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he said, let me go for the daybreak. But he said,
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I will not let you go unless you bless me. So
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he said to him, what is your name? He said, Jacob.
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And he said, your name shall no longer be called
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Jacob, but Israel. For you have struggled with
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who? With who? That word is Elohim. You understand?
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God and with men and have prevailed. You understand?
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Then, Jacob asked, saying, tell me your name,
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I pray. And he said, why is it that you ask about
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my name? And he blessed him. And there. And he
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blessed him there. So Jacob called the name of
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the place Penuel. For I have seen who? God, face
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to face, and my life is what? is preserved. Hosea
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chapter 12. Hosea chapter 12. Look at verse 2.
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Hosea 12 verse 2. The Lord also brings a charge
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against Judah. And will punish Jacob according
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to his ways. According to his deeds. He will
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recompense him. He took his brother by the heel
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in the womb. And in his strength, he did what?
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He did what? He struggled with who? Are we together
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now? He struggled with who? With God. Yes. He
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struggled with who? These people are not following.
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Are we together? Verse 4. Yes, he struggled with
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who? And what? So, that is saying that what he
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said he struggled with God is actually the angel
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he's talking about. So, you can see that God
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here is big letter. Right? Capital letter. That
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is an angel. Even the angel here is put capital
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because they are trying to refer to it because
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Israel here capital is God. You understand? But
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look at what, if you go back to where we read
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in Genesis, you will see that. What has happened?
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The man, Jacob, that's what he saw. He's an angel
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that he struggled. Even from the first one, they
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called the person the man. Did you see that?
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Verse 24. Then Jacob was left alone and a man
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wrestled in the sand. So you could see that Jacob
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wrestled with an angel. But then look at what
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he said. He said, I have seen God, what? Face
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to face. Remember what Jesus said. No one has
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seen God. No one at any time. We see just like
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we studied last week. That's their perception.
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It's that they have an encounter with spirit
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beings. You understand? They consider it as an
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encounter with God. So they had, because their
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worldview is shaped. very profoundly, you understand,
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by the spirit world. The way they see the spirit
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world is profoundly different from how our world
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is now, you understand. Because the world has
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become sophisticated now. We are too materially
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connected. They, in those days, they are very
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much, so much connected. It's a usual occurrence,
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you understand. It's not something, a strange
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thing. So, and because of... Most times when
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they, because remember, remember what we are
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saying. We're going to see it. Their knowledge
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of God, of course, is not perfect as we are now
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that we know because we have the son revealed,
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you know, son. So each time, most of them, you
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know, son, as we see several times, they consider
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an encounter with an angel. Even when they know,
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for example, Manoah, we read the other time,
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they clearly knew there is an angel, but they
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still consider it as what? as God, encounter
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with God. Amen. Are we together? The Psalmist,
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Psalm 8. Let's look at Psalm 8. Psalm 8, verse
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1. Lord, our God, how excellent is your name
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in all the earth. Who have set your glory above
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the heavens out of the mouth of babes and nursing
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infants? You have ordained strength because of
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your enemies that you may silence the enemy and
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the avenger. Verse 3. When I consider your heavens,
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the work of your The moon and the stars which
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you have ordained. What is man that you are mindful
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of him? The son of man that you visit him. For
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you have made him a little lower than angels.
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And you have crowned him with glory and honor.
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That word angels. is Elohim. A little lower than
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angels. That word is Elohim. So, what I'm trying
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to say is that in several places you could see
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that sometimes God is angel or Elohim is referring
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to spirit beings. You understand? But you really
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have to read to understand is the same word,
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for example, Elohim, in the beginning, Genesis
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1 verse 1, God created the what? The heavens
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and the what? In the earth. That word God, you
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understand, is not an angel. Do you understand
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what I'm saying? But it's the same word, Elohim.
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You understand? Because when you read, by the
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time you read chapter 2, we now saw that, God
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ended his work and he rested in the seventh day.
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Amen. Are we together? So this one we're talking
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about God the creator, not angel the created.
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Did you understand what I'm trying to say? So
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you have to read context to understand whether
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Elohim is talking about angel or whoever. You
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understand? Interestingly, when we read When
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we come to the New Testament, because I told
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you, the New Testament is not presenting a new
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God. It's unveiling the real God. It's unveiling
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the real God. And by the time you come to New
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Testament, come, let's look at that text, Psalms
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8, because it was quoted in Hebrews. And I think
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we're going to study Hebrews, maybe now and,
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I mean, And maybe Wednesday. Yes. To help us
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in our clarification. Again, the difference between
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angels and the son, because it's the son that
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review God, not angels. Are we together? So as
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the more we understand the son, the more we know
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God. Amen. So, so that doing that will help us
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by the time you move. to the Old Testament you
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are reading, whatever you see, you will look
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at it via the lenses of the sun. You can be able
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to understand what the place is saying. Hebrews
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chapter 1, verse 1. God, who at various times
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and in various ways spoke in time past to the
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fathers by the prophets, has in these last days
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spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed
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Heirs of all things, through whom also he made
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the walls. who being the brightness of his glory
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and the express image of his person, upholding
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all things by the word of his power, when he
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had by himself purged our sins, sat at the right
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hand of the majesty on high. Of the majesty on
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high. Look at chapter 2. Chapter 2. Verse 5,
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chapter 2, verse 5. For he has not put the walls
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to come, of which we speak in subjection to angels.
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But one testified in a certain place, saying,
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What is man, that you are mindful of him? Or
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the son of man, that you take care of him? You
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have made him a little lower than angels. You
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have crowned him with glory and honor. and set
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him over the works of your hands, you have put
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all things in subjection under his feet. Again,
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the word angels there, but in Greek, is angelos.
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Angelos. A -double -G -E -L -O -S. Of course,
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we see this is a quotation from Psalms 8. Now
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we will discuss on what is the distinction between
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angels and the son. You know, what the angel
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will give will not be the same with what the
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son will give. They are in a different class.
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Remember we said the only one and only, that
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is, he is unique. In his class. Did you understand
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what I'm trying to say? Yes. Hallelujah. And
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the idea. And our goal. Is to study. By the works
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of God. We will know. No more confusion again.
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About who did what. And who is he. So our focus
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is that we understand who act what. Because before
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now, the devil has enjoyed popularity. Jesus
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unveiled him that he has been sinning from the
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beginning. The Bible says Cain is of the wicked
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one. The devil was there behind him doing the
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thing, influencing him. But we didn't see him.
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You understand? When devil was actually doing
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hellfire behind and was destroying the things
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of Job, Job didn't know the devil was there.
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What we're saying is that there are so many things
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you'll be shocked. The one you call it is God.
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He's not God. Because we are trying to see how
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we will unveil the person behind the works you
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have been seeing. That those works are not God's
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work. Because God's work that he has come to
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destroy the works of the devil. Hallelujah. And
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the works of the devil is finishing your life
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in Jesus name. Even his influence. No more ignorance
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this year. We are moving in a different dimension.
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Dimension of knowledge and of greater works.
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Because greater works is done in knowledge. We
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appreciate you being here today. We hope you
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carry this word with you throughout your week.
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