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The Union of the Spirit We Have (Part 2) · 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. of the Son of the Holy Spirit, teaching
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them to observe all things that I've commanded
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you and lo, I'm with you always, even to the
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end of the age. Praise the Lord. And on Sunday,
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we started teaching the union of the Spirit that
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we have. And we're going to continue that today.
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And we said that we answered the question why
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Jesus was telling them to preach the gospel to
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all nations. Praise the Lord. Because that has
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always been His original plan. That has always
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been the intention of God. Praise the Lord. And
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we looked at other scriptures that were saying
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also the same thing that he was telling them.
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Praise the Lord. That other scriptures that would
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say beginning at Jerusalem, right? And in Judea
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and in Samaria and all the earth. And we said,
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why did he tell them to begin at Jerusalem? And
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we said, because Jerusalem... as a message praise
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the lord jerusalem has a message and that message
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is about the kingdom of god the message of peace
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praise the lord so beginning at jerusalem we
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said was signifying the kind of message that
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was coming the kind of message that was coming
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and we also looked at the world in detail the
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nations to see that that had always been gospel
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and jesus started His ministry, right, from Galilee
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of the Gentiles or the nations, right? And also,
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he was also telling them that he should meet
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at a mountain which was in Galilee. Praise the
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Lord. Also signifying that his message was for
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everybody. So today we're going to continue with
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what we have started and we're going to look
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at a few other things that point to God's original
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plan. Praise the Lord. Before we start to talk
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about the spirit within us, or the spirit that
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we have, or the spirit that we enjoy, we need
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to look at other things that tells us about God's
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plan for the nations, or for everyone. Praise
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the Lord. So, in verse 20 of Matthew chapter
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28, it says, The things that he has taught them,
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he taught them from the scriptures. Praise the
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Lord. The things that he has told them, it is
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from the scriptures. Praise the Lord. He was
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not telling them something abstract. They were
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not going to look for something that is not there.
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And he says what? That he should teach them to
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observe the things he has commanded them and
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lo and with you always. So the word unto the
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end of the world is the word Suntalia. S -U -N
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-T -E -L -I -A. Praise the Lord. and it is used
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in matthew very often and we as a church and
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as a cell meeting we have been dealing with it
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the end of the age praise the lord we have dealt
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with this word several times so i believe that
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we all know what it is but just look at a few
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references from the end of the age or end of
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the world matthew chapter 13 verse 39 matthew
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chapter 13 verse 39 he says the enemy who saw
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them is the devil and the harvest is to the end
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of the age and the reapers are the angels he's
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asking what the end of the age matthew 13 40
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the 40 now therefore the towels are gathered
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and born into the fire so it will be at the end
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of the age verse 49 so it will be at the end
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of the age that the angels will come forth and
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separate the wicked among the just praise the
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lord so judgment he says is happening at the
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end of the age Hebrews chapter 9. Hebrews chapter
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9 verse 26. He then would have had to suffer
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often since the foundation of the world. But
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now once at the end of the age, he has appeared
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to put away sins by the suffering of himself.
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Praise the Lord. The end of the age, right? Is
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he saying it is done? Is he saying, okay, after
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this thing now it's finished? Is that what he's
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saying from everything that we have? learned
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from everything that we have studied telling
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you is he rapture is he talking about the everything
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is finished praise the lord that's not where
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we learned we can we we learned that it is not
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gone yet praise the lord and what is not done
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that the the word has not ended praise the lord
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the rapture had not happened if you like praise
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the lord and for some of you who have not been
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here we also mentioned that you can never find
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the word rapture In the English translation of
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the Bible, it is not there. Praise the Lord.
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So what does the end of the age mean? If it means
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that it's not done. If it means it's not the
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end. Praise the Lord. So the word refers to the
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fulfillment of a promise. Praise the Lord. We're
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not going to go into details. Like I said, we
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have learned this thing from ourselves. It means
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the fulfillment of a promise. to meet a target
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or a goal praise the lord i am with you always
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until the end so if you if you put the word fulfillment
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in india what you will find is that it will look
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like i am with you always until the fulfillment
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of the world praise the lord and it's the same
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place where we find or where eternal life is
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praise the lord it is the offspring of what we
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known as eternal life praise the lord so we also
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see that eternal life is also found in the old
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testament text it's not something that is also
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new right so eternal life simply means the age
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or time of the promised one praise the lord the
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age or the time of the promised one the age of
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the messiah praise the lord the end of the age
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the end the age of the messiah is something that
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the jews have been looking forward to The promise
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or the age of the Messiah. The promise of the
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age. It deals with the promise that is now fulfilled.
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At that time, it was regarded as for all, it
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is fulfilled. But at that time, it was the expected
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one. It was something that they were expecting.
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Praise the Lord. The time of the expected one.
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Lo, I'm with you always until the end of the
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age. So when we say eternal life, at that time,
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at this time, it is fulfilled. but it was something
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that the jews were expecting they were expecting
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a messiah like i said so more like they are waiting
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for a deliverer as we read in in isaiah praise
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the lord the age of the expected one so for the
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jews at this time that age is to come that age
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is what they are looking forward to i'm just
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saying so many things that i would really understand
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the expected one the age that is to come but
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to us is the age that we are in now praise the
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lord It's the age that we are in right now. It
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is what we enjoy. Eternal life is what we have
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and what we are. The expected one. So we'll look
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at why some of the Jews had challenge or they
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have serious problems with how Jesus came. Praise
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the Lord. Or the kind of things that Jesus was
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doing. Praise the Lord. They had an expectation.
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Remember when we read in Acts where they were
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asking him, would he at this time give the kingdom
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to Israel? Remember, they said that they misinterpreted
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it. Praise the Lord. And he told them no. Praise
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the Lord. He told them no, that it's not for
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you to know the time that is in the Father's
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hands. Praise the Lord. You shall receive what?
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Power when the Holy Ghost has come. So he's telling
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them this is their life. This is what is expected.
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You will receive power. Praise the Lord. He's
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telling them this is what has always been promised.
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So we want to look at why were they so expecting?
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Or why even to today? Some people still having
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some type of mentality towards what that which
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Christ has done. Why did the Jews have challenge?
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They were expecting the Messiah. So that is what
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Apostle Paul will often call, they were offended.
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Praise the Lord. It's the offense that they have.
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So reading as we have read last week, Isaiah
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and Psalms, right? They were expecting somebody,
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yes? They were expecting the Messiah to come.
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They were expecting a kingdom. praise the lord
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they were expecting a king to come they were
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expecting like i said a deliverer somebody that
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would come and save them praise the lord they
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were expecting a savior somebody would come as
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a king and he would deliver them from the oppressions
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that he had so what were the challenges that
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he had so let's go again to matthew chapter 21
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verse 13 matthew chapter 21 verse 13 and he said
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to them it is written my house shall be a house
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of prayers but you have made it a den of thieves
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my house shall be called the house of prayer
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but you have made it a den of thieves mark 11
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speaking of the same thing mark 11 17 then he
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taught them saying is he not meeting my house
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shall be called the house of prayer for all nations
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praise the lord let's take note of that he said
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for all nations but you have made it a den of
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thieves praise the lord so even before the fulfillment
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he was still telling them the intention of god
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he said it's for all nations remember some people
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were not permitted to be here or to be in this
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house some people were not expected to be in
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this house and the background of this scripture
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was that they were changing money they were doing
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a lot of business in the in the in the temple
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john chapter 2 verse 16 speaking still talking
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about the same thing and he said to those who
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sold those take these things away do not make
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my father's house the house of my children praise
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the lord God make it a marketplace, right? And
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again, remember, he says that this is speaking
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of the temple, that the temple is his father's
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house. Praise the Lord. The temple is his father's
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house. Now, this is where the challenge starts,
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right? To happen. Verse 19. And Jesus said to
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them, answered and said to them, destroy this
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temple and in three days you will raise it up
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again. Raise it up. Praise the Lord. This is
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where the challenges start to happen. So we're
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going to come back to this. Destroy this temple
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and I will raise it up again. So my father's
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house, the temple, he says destroy it and in
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three days I will raise it up again. So in Matthew,
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in Matthew 11, verse 17, he says what? He says
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it should be a house of prayers for all nations,
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for everybody. In Matthew 21, verse 13, he says
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that you have made it. a den of thieves you have
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changed it to something else what was the challenge
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they were having they were expecting a messiah
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but they had a big problem and we see even the
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black blind batmios said to jesus in mark 11
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47 he said oh jesus christ son of david praise
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the lord he called jesus the son of david the
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one that they are expecting he said what have
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mercy on me Mark 11, 47. John chapter 4, verse
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29. Speaking of the Samaritan woman, right? She
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said, could this be the Christ? Could this be
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the Christ? I come to see a man who told me all
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things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?
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Where did their offense come from? They even
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asked Jesus during his trial, he said what? Are
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you the Christ? Praise the Lord. Are you the
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Christ? This was the question they asked him
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in Matthew chapter 22. Let's go to verse 42 now.
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Matthew 22, verse 42. To see what Jesus said
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to them. Matthew chapter 22, verse 42. Saying,
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what do you think about the Christ? Whose son
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is he? And they said to him, the son of David.
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Remember the blind man. He said what? Jesus,
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son of David, have mercy upon me. He said to
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them, how then does David... in the spirit call
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him lord saying the lord said to my lord sit
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at my right hand till i make your enemy your
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future if david then called him lord how is he
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his son praise the lord so he was asking them
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question that they could not answer praise the
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lord but remember they told him that what that
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he's a son of david that christ is the son of
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david and this is this reference is in psalms
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110 verse 1. verse 45 said if david then called
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him lord how is he his son so we see some of
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the challenges that they begin to have so last
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on sunday we read isaiah's right and so when
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you think about the promise of the christ or
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the promise of the savior or the thing that the
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the jews were expecting you'll find that in isaiah
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chapter 40 you find that in isaiah chapter 42
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you'll find it in 49 you'll find it in 52 but
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then When you go to 53, right, it's also where
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they begin to also have challenges. Praise the
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Lord. You will also find it in 44, in 55. So
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right in the middle of it, it talks about something
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different that doesn't look like a savior. Praise
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the Lord. Just take your time and read it. Isaiah
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chapter 40, Isaiah chapter 42, 43, 40, 52, and
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then you have 53. And then read 40, 55, and then
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54. But then 53 is where they started having
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the Ethiopian Union. Well, that was where his
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challenge was. Praise the Lord. Remember the
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Christian he was asking? Acts chapter 8 from
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verse 30 to 34. Is he speaking of himself or
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another? Praise the Lord. So Philip ran to him
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and had him reading from the prophet Isaiah and
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said, Do you understand what you are reading?
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And he said to him, How can I unless somebody
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guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and
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sit with him. And the place in the scripture
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where he read was this. He was laid as a sheep
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to the slaughter. As a lamb before a herder is
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silent. He opened not his mouth. Verse 3. In
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humiliation, his justice was taken away. Who
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would declare his generation? For his life is
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taken from the earth. Now, this is the question
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he asked him. So the eunuch answered Philip and
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said, I ask you, of whom does the prophet say
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this? Of himself or some other man? Praise the
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Lord. Even him is confused. Praise the Lord.
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Maybe he has read 52. Praise the Lord. And maybe
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he has seen some glamorous things, right, of
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what the Savior will be like. And then he comes
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to, that is Isaiah, he comes to 53, and then
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he begins to have challenge as well. right you
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say is he speaking of himself of another man
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so right in the middle of these things of Isaiah
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chapter 40 to 55 right we have 53 praise the
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Lord so let's go to Isaiah 53 Isaiah 53 verse
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1 say who has believed our report to whom has
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the arm of the Lord being revealed praise the
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Lord what report is he asking about right what
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is this report who has believed our report to
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whom are the arm of the lord will reveal right
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this is where their offense is praise the lord
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so isaiah 53 right is what is the faith of the
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believer praise the lord what is the offense
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of the jews praise the lord the all nations are
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glad about 53 praise the lord all nations are
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glad about 53 galilee of the gentiles are glad
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about 53 for the jews are offended by it so let's
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look at verse 3 verse 2 now but he grew up but
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he shall grow up before him as a tender plant
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as a root out of a dry ground he has no form
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or cornyness and when we see him there is no
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beauty that we should desire him praise the lord
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speaking of the messiah verse 33 now history
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sorry he was despised rejected of men a man of
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sorrow acquainted with grief as it were Our faces
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from him. He was despised and we do not esteem
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him. Praise the Lord. Verse 4. Surely he bore
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our grief and carried our sorrow. Yet we esteem
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him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. Verse
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5. He was wounded for our transgression. He was
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bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement
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of our peace was upon him. By his strife we were
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healed. Verse 6. We all like sheep have gone
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astray. We have turned everyone to his own way.
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and the lord has laid on him the iniquity of
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the seven now so we see this is where the e -mail
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started having this way he was reading and he
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started having the problem praise the lord he
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was oppressed he was afflicted yet he opened
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not his mouth was led as a lamb to the slaughter
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as a sheep before his share is sailing he opened
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not his mouth so this is where we saw in acts
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chapter 8 verse 32 that he was having the issues
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with him he was taken from prison and from judgment
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who would declare his generation but he was cut
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off from the land of the living for the transgression
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of my people he was stricken they made his grave
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with the wicked but with the rich at his death
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because he has done no violence nor was any deceit
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in his mouth yet he pleased the lord To bruise
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him. He has put him to grief. When you make his
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soul. As an offering for sin. He shall see. Now
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let's pay attention to this. He shall see his
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seed. And will prolong his days. And the pleasure
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of the Lord. Shall prosper in his hands. Verse
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11. He shall see the labor of his soul. And be
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satisfied. By his knowledge. My righteous servant.
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Shall justify many. For he shall bear their iniquity.
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Praise the Lord. This. He shall bear their iniquity.
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Praise the Lord. He's also a problem. Praise
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the Lord. Because the king cannot, obviously,
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bear your iniquity. The king who is coming cannot,
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after all this suffering, bear your iniquity.
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Praise the Lord. So we see some of the things
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that they were having. This is their offense.
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Who would believe our report? Verse 1. So we
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have spoken of Jerusalem, Zion, right? Behold
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your God, he comes with all his glory. We see
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that in Isaiah. We have read it before. And then
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all of a sudden, you are hearing afflicted. he's
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afflicted praise the lord before now he was behold
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your god he comes in his glory and then we come
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to 65 you're done hearing he was afflicted praise
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the lord so it's something that they cannot wrap
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their minds around how can a king be afflicted
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praise the lord they have forgotten what jerusalem
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means what melchizedek means praise the lord
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who will believe our report verse 1 of that is
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53 who will believe our report so That word,
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report, a report is a word, a man, a man. It's
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the same word that is used for when Abraham believed
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God. Praise the Lord. And it was accounted for
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him for righteousness. Genesis chapter 15, verse
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6. Abraham believed in the Lord and it was accounted
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for him for righteousness. It's a word, belief.
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And then, do not forget that first, righteousness
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was first described, who was first described
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to be righteous? Before Abraham. Melchizedek.
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Praise the Lord. Before Abraham. Who has believed
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our report. To believe. So let's run through
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this. Genesis chapter 42 verse 20. So thy word
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shall be verified. The word verified there. In
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Genesis chapter 42 verse 20. To bring your strongest
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brothers to me. So your word will be verified.
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And you shall not die. And they did so. That
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place verified is the word. A man is the same
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word as believe. Genesis 45 verse 26. It's also
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the word believe not or believe. He said, and
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they said to him saying, Joseph is still alive.
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He's the governor over the land of Egypt. And
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Jacob had stood still because he did not believe
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them. Did not believe them is the same word there.
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So to believe is used for somebody bringing a
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report to you. Praise the Lord. Did you believe
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the report that was told you? don't need to read
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this i'll just list it for us exodus chapter
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4 verse 5 verse 8 verse 9 and verse 31 we'll
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see the word believe there right you see the
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word believe that they may believe that the lord
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god of our fathers praise the lord is the word
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a man in exodus 14 verse 31 exodus 14 verse 31
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because israel saw the great walk which the lord
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had done in egypt so the people fear the lord
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and believe the lord and his servant moses is
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the word believed there exodus 19 verse 19 remember
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in the wilderness the people did not believe
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god we also did these studies they didn't believe
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what was preached to them exodus 19 verse 9 so
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is the word believe you forever in that place
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numbers 14 verse 11 you see that same word there
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Deuteronomy 1 .32. Deuteronomy 1 .32. Deuteronomy
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9 .23. Now, let's look at another way apart from
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believe in which it is used. Numbers 12 .7. It
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says, Not so with my servant Moses is faithful
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in all my house. This word faithful is that same
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word a man, right? To believe. It's also used
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at faithful. Praise the Lord. It's the same word
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that is also found in the New Testament as pistis.
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right is the word pistis which is which appears
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a lot of time too as faith right as faithfulness
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so to believe right means to be faithful to be
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trusting or trustworthy that what a man means
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to what to be faithful to be trusting or trustworthy
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in Deuteronomy 7 9. so the word Belief, or the
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word aman, is also used to be faithful, trusting,
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and betrusting. Like I said, this is a word that
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is used in the Old Testament, right, as pistis.
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P -I -S, P -I -S. It is used about, roughly about,
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243 times in the New Testament. Praise the Lord.
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In Romans, in Hebrews, in the Epistles, right?
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It is used to describe us, and it's also used
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to describe God. It means to believe. God is
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faithful, right? We describe God as a faithful
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God, right? Is that what Christ is or a man in
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the Old Testament? Which means we believe in
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God who is faithful and we become faithful. Or
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you can write, our faith is in a faithful God
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and that makes us faithful men. Our faith is
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in a faithful God and that makes us faithful
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men. Remember where we are coming from. Who has
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believed our report in Isaiah 53? So, who has
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believed our report in Isaiah 53 verse 1 is,
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who has believed in the faithfulness of God and
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is faithful to his message? Praise the Lord.
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Who has believed our report? Right? He said,
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to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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What he's saying is that who has believed in
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the faithfulness of God and is faithful to his
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message? Our report. So the word report is shemua.
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S -H -E -M -U -A. It means to announce. Praise
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the Lord. We are dealt with the word belief,
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right? We said it's the word aman. It means faithful,
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right? And we said that it is to believe in a
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faithful God and to be faithful to his message.
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The word report is the word shemua, which means
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to announce. So you believe what someone said
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about someone. Faith in somebody who is faithful.
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Praise the Lord. Faith in someone. who is faithful
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so let's go back to where i said we should pay
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attention to which is verse 10 of isaiah 53 that
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talks about he will see his seed and prolong
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his days yet he pleased the lord to bruise him
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he has put him to grief when he makes his soul
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an offering for sin for he shall see his seed
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and will prolong his days and the pleasure of
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the lord will prosper in his hands praise the
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lord is the word zebra right that word he shall
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see his sea is a word zed and prolong his days
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now to prolong his days is the word ar right
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to prolong his days means to continue praise
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the lord to prolong these days means to continue
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his days what did after jesus resurrected did
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we see him believable in the natural 133 years
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praise the lord what is he prolonging what is
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he prolonging what does he see zero means his
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days remember we talked about eternal life right
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So the time of the Savior. The time of the Savior.
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So he will sit with me and prolong his days.
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So what is he prolonging? So he's prolonging
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Christ's dominion. Praise the Lord. He's prolonging
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Christ's dominion. He's prolonging Christ's ministry.
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Praise the Lord. He's prolonging Christ's ministry.
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His dominion. His character. His teaching. This
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is what is called eternal life. To prolong his
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activity. The seed there is what the church is.
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He will prolong his days. He will see his seed
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and prolong his days. So eternal life is the
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age and the time of the Messiah in the church
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and the church in the Messiah. Eternal life is
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the activity of Christ after or upon his redirection.
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So remember we said that he said his father's
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house, the temple is his father's house. So therefore,
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the temple there is also a parable. Praise the
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Lord. He was trying to teach them something.
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The temple there is also a parable. Praise the
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Lord. And as we have known, and we have logically
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asked the question, would he build a temple in
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three days? Is he talking about a physical temple?
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Praise the Lord. And we said, no, that's not
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what he means. Praise the Lord. We have been
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caught that. So the temple there for the year
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is a parable. 19, right? 19 jesus answered and
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said they share this temple and in three days
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i will raise it up praise the lord so he's not
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talking about what he's not telling them this
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temple praise the lord he's talking about what
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will happen at his resurrection the activities
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of christ upon the resurrection so the temple
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so the first thing we saw that he does is that
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he he drove everybody that was selling and buying
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from the temple praise the lord so everything
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that he did before then and after then right
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was pointing to his resurrection praise the lord
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every of his activity as he entered the temple
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was pointing to his resurrection and eternal
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life so what he did before he entered the temple
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and what he did afterwards is very important
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it is written my father's house shall be a house
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of prayer what did we say the house there was
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it's a victim what is the house there praise
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the lord is a house of prayer for all nations
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but you have made it a den of thieves my father's
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house shall be a house for all nations praise
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the lord my father's house shall be a house remember
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he said what was the promise that abraham believed
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praise the lord that was in him shall all the
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nation of the earth be blessed praise the lord
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so when jesus is saying my father's house shall
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be a house of prayer for all nations he is saying
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that which has been said from the beginning so
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says the lord keep justice and do righteousness
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for my salvation is about to come and my righteousness
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to be revealed blessed is a man who does this
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and the son of man who lay hold on this on this
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on it who keeps from defiling the sabbath and
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keeps his hand from doing any evil do not let
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the son of the foreigner who has joined himself
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to the lord say the lord has utterly separated
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me from his people nor let the eunuch say here
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i am a dry tree praise the lord they should not
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feel segregated or different Praise the Lord.
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Verse 4 now. Who keeps my servant and shows what
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pleases me and hold fast to my covenant? That
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is, he's talking to those who are coming in.
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Remember, at this time, there were some people
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that were not allowed to be in the temple. Verse
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5. Even to them, I will give what? My house.
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Praise the Lord. So this is where Jesus was teaching
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them from. That what? My Father's house shall
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be a house of prayer for all nations. For you
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have made it a den of thieves. Even them, I will
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give my house. within my walls the place and
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the name sons and daughters i will give them
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an everlasting name that they shall not be cut
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off everyone who keeps on defiling the sabbath
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and hold my covenant was certain even them i
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will bring to my holy mountain i will make them
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joyful in my house of prayers their bones offering
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and the sacrifice will be accepted at my altar
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for my house shall be what called the house of
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prayer For all nations. Praise the Lord. All
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nations. Jews and Gentiles. Hallelujah. Praise
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the Lord. I would raise it up. Right? In John
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chapter 2 verse 19. That is to restore. Right?
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He's restoring the promise that is made to Abraham.
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So what we see in Mark chapter 11. Matthew chapter
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22. John chapter 2. My house. The house of the
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Lord. Matthew chapter 21. Now at resurrection.
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It will welcome everybody inside. There will
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not be strangers anymore. Praise the Lord. And
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we see that even before it becomes a reality,
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Christ has done some practice. He has practiced
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some things, which we also studied before now.
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Praise the Lord. By the healing that he healed
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in the temple. Praise the Lord. We have done
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these studies. Matthew 21, verse 13. It is written,
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My house shall be called the house of prayers,
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but you have made it a den of thieves. Do not
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forget all nations. right verse 14 now then the
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lame then the blind and the lame came to him
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in the temple and he healed them praise the lord
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he healed them so the lame and the blind were
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not allowed in the temple before so they came
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to him in the temple and he healed them right
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in doing this or in healing them what he's saying
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is that you are all welcome to this place praise
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the lord it is a house for all nations so the
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physical temple We say it is a parable, right?
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A parable of what? Right? The people. Praise
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the Lord. The people. When God builds his temple,
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he builds men. Praise the Lord. When God builds
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his temple, he builds men. Why did he use the
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temple? I think we have also done these studies.
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We said that some of the things that happened
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in the Old Testament, God allowed them. Praise
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the Lord. He did not approve those things. He
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allowed them. Men had cultures. Remember, Abraham
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was what? He came from a pagan background. All
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the Chaldeans. Praise the Lord. There were so
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many things that God allowed. Praise the Lord.
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So, this temple was a borrowed culture. Praise
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the Lord. Now, why is that a borrowed culture?
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So, we observe that when Moses was building the
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tabernacle of God, right? God said he should
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build it according to his plan. Why? Because
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these people understand what temples are. They
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had a culture. They were something they were
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coming from. They had idols. They had idol worship.
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Exodus chapter 25 verse 40. To build it according
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to his own pattern. Because the temple, right,
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was in their culture. Praise the Lord. The temple
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was in their culture. They had their temples.
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They had their sacrifice. They had the place
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of idols. They already have that. Praise the
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Lord. That's why Abraham, They did not build
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any temple. Neither did Isaac nor Jacob. Right?
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We will see what Jacob did. Genesis 28, 19. And
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he called the name of the place Bethel. And the
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name of that city had been loosed previously.
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Praise the Lord. Bethel. Bethel. Right? It means
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what? The house of God. The house of God. The
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16th. Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said,
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Surely the Lord is in this place. And I did not
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know it. Praise the Lord. The Lord is in this
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place and I do not know it. But did you notice
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that if you read, he did not say, let's call,
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you know, Mr. Gabriel works in a construction
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company, right? He said, let's call Mr. Gabriel,
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let him come and build a structure here for us.
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The Lord is here. He didn't look for an architect.
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He didn't look for an engineer to come and say,
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come and build something for us here. Praise
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the Lord, because he knows, he has knowledge.
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Praise the Lord. He knows. He didn't get an architect.
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So, the idea of calling a place, let's say, the
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temple, or let's say the house of God, was something
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that was borrowed. It's a borrowed concept. So,
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but God accommodated it because of his love and
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his grace. Verse 17 says, And he was afraid and
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said, How autumn is this place? There is no other
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than the house of the Lord and the gates of heaven.
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Praise the Lord. Like I said, do not come and
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start laying blocks. for the gate of heaven the
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house of the lord this is the gate of heaven
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why did they call it the gates of heaven look
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at rest verse 2 now why do you call it gate of
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heaven they didn't just manufacture that like
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in genesis 28 then he dreamt and behold the ladder
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was set up on the earth and the top reached the
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heavens there the angel of the lord we are sending
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and descending praise the lord why did he call
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it the gate of heaven why because there is an
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entrance in his dream He saw that there was an
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entrance, right? Like a staircase. It's this
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same word that we find in Genesis 11, talking
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about the Tower of Babel. Praise the Lord. They
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were building something to the Lord, the Tower
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of Babel. It's a place of worship. Let's read
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from verse 12 to 13 now. Genesis 20. Okay, verse
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13. And behold, the Lord stood above it and said,
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I'm the Lord God of Abraham, your father, the
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God of Isaac, the land which you lie. I will
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give to you and your descendants. Verse 14. And
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your descendants shall be as the dust of the
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earth, and they shall spread abroad to the east,
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to the west, to the east, to the north, to the
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south. And you and your seed, all families of
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the earth, shall be blessed. Praise the Lord.
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Seeing another plan of God on the earth, house
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of the Lord. So we say that the temple is a parable.
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So Jesus used their practice to teach. Praise
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the Lord. When he says, destroy this temple in
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three days, he was using what they know of to
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teach. So God uses their practice to teach them
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his plan and his purpose. He uses illustration.
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Praise the Lord. So we need to pay attention
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to these things. So that somebody will not say,
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until you come to this altar, you will not be
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blessed. Praise the Lord. There are a lot of
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things like that. Or somebody will say that,
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I will not allow anybody on my altar. Praise
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the Lord. There's so many, as the word would
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say, charlatans that use those words. Moses started
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by what? We see that Moses started by using tabernacles.
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He was moving houses from tent to tent. And then
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the temple is a parable. So we have looked at
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all these things. Praise the Lord. Right? Now
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we're going to focus in our next teaching where
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we have the time about what? The word became
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flesh. Praise the Lord. The union of the spirits
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that we have. The word became flesh. Hallelujah.
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And dwelt among us. God dwelling among us. John
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chapter 1 verse 14. He said the word became flesh
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and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory.
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The glory as of the only begotten of the father.
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Full of grace and truth. The flesh. He became
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flesh and dwelt among us. So the word that was
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used for dwelt is tabarako. Right? He dwelt among
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us. He tabernacled among us. And we beheld his
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glory. Right? That is the temple language. Praise
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the Lord. Remember what was happening in the
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Old Testament. We beheld his glory. This thing
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you're seeing is temple language. The glory as
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the only begotten of the Father. Full of grace
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and truth. In temple language. So what he says,
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destroy this temple and in three days we will
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raise it up again. Right? What? In three days
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he will raise it up what? for the Jew and for
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the Gentiles. Hallelujah. And everybody will
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be welcome in the inside of it. Praise the Lord.
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I would raise it up. Praise the Lord. I will
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restore God's plan and purpose. I will restore
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the house of God for all nations. Let me just
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rise up on our feet and just thank God. for what
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