(278) “Are You Climbing the Right Mountain?”

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So we have to walk this straight and narrow path

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up the mountain. And though this path and this

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journey you're on, you know, it's got rocks on

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it. It might have some boulders you've got to

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climb over. Yeah. Things you have to work your

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way around it. But walking up the mountain of

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the Lord isn't, it's not easy. No, it's not.

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But it's worth it. But it's worth it. God promises

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in Joel 2 .28 to pour out His Spirit on all humanity.

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Welcome to Global Outpouring, where we contend

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for that promised outpouring, we equip for that

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outpouring, so that we may engage in that very

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outpouring. I'm Philip Buss. And I'm Sharon Buss.

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Welcome to the podcast today. Here's a question

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from the Holy Spirit we're going to explore today

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in this episode. Are you climbing the right mountain?

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Mm, sounds interesting. Thanks for joining us

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join the community. So in my morning devotion

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time, that's when I just seemed to get things.

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It was like, okay, Lord, we're going to do another

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episode. What's on your heart? What's on the

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heart? You know, and actually the first thing

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that came to me was the day of the Lord. And

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we're going to do other things on that, not on

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this one. We might mention a thing or two, but

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out of that came this, the mountain of the Lord.

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Because you read about the mountain of the Lord

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in Scripture, and it's the natural mountain of

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the Lord going up to Jerusalem. But we have the

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spiritual mountain that we are climbing on. Yes.

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Or we're supposed to be on the spiritual mountain.

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Yes. But if we're on somebody else's mountain.

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You know, we could be on the wrong mountain going

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nowhere. That's true. That's true. If you remember

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in our last episode, we were talking about, part

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of it anyway, we were talking about the difference

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between the Lord's mountains, you know, where

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he had his house in Jerusalem and where he had

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his house, his tabernacle in Shiloh, that it's

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not the highest mountain, but all of the false

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gods want to be on the high places. Yeah. Because

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our Father is always trying to teach us the value

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of humility. It's better to be a servant. It's

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better to serve. It's better to go low. But climbing

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the mountain of the Lord would be the place where

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you climb to make sacrifice. I mean, that was

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the place where David sacrificed to the Lord

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when there was a... It was a plague. That was

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a plague, yeah. And it's the same mountain also

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where Abraham was ready to plunge the knife into

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Isaac, and God said, okay, that's enough. I see

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that you're going to do it. It's the same mountain.

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And just as an aside, it's also the same mountain,

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I believe, where Jesus was crucified, because

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when Solomon was building the temple there, he

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would have quarried out of the northern side

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of that mountain in order to get the rock to

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build the stones, to build the buildings. So

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I think Jesus was crucified in that quarry area,

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whether you think it's the Church of the Holy

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Sepulchre location, whether you think it's the

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garden tomb, it's still in that same area. It's

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all in the same vicinity, yeah. Yeah. So anyway,

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so in Isaiah chapter 2, I'm going to read this

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out of the King James. And Isaiah, you know,

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he spanned four different kings. Jotham, Ahaz,

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and Hezekiah, and it was Manasseh that sought

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him in half. So he was giving the word of the

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Lord, things they want to hear and things they

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didn't want to hear. And he would speak of the

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glories of Israel, and then would go into, you're

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doing things wrong, and you need to change it.

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So anyway, in chapter 2 of Isaiah, verse 1, The

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word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning

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Judah and Jerusalem, and it shall come to pass

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in the last days. And guess what we're living

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in? We're living in the last days. And you look

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it up, and that's what it really means, end of

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time, last days. The mountain of the Lord's house

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shall be established in the top of the mountains,

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and shall be exalted above the hills, and all

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nations shall flow unto it. Okay, can I interject

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something here? Yeah. Based on what I just said

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about... being lower. It's not like the temple

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platform is going to go higher. If you look in

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the Hebrew, where it says, shall be established

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in the top of the mountains, it could also be

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translated, shall be established as the chief

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of the mountains. Chief of the mountains. In

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other words, it's the most important. Okay. It's

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the most important mountain. Not that it's the

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tallest, but it's the most important. That was

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like Shiloh. Yeah, Shiloh is the same. Yeah,

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Shiloh is the same thing. Shiloh was also a lower

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hill and there were mountains around it so that

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the people could eat their sacrifices that they

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took to the Lord and they brought back some meat

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to eat. You know, that's part of covenant that

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you eat part of the sacrifice. And that's why

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Jesus said, this is my body. given for you. That's

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what they did when they put the blood on the

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doorpost in the land of Egypt. Right. They ate

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the sacrifice in haste. Right. So the idea is

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that whatever happens to make covenant, you're

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participating with it and agreeing with it by

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taking it into yourself, and it becomes a part

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of you. Whatever you eat becomes a part of you,

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right? You get energy from it. You build strong

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bodies. And so that's why Jesus, when he instituted

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the new covenant, he gave us something to eat

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and said, this is my body. Okay, sorry. That

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was a wonderful bunny trail. So in verse three,

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and many people shall go up and say, come ye.

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Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to

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the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach

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us of his ways and we will walk in his paths.

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Yes. For out of Zion shall go forth the law and

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the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Yes. And

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he shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke

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many people and they shall beat their swords

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into plowshares and their spears into pruning

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hooks. Nations shall not lift up sword against

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nation. Neither shall they learn war anymore.

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So this is part of this prophetic word that has

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not been fulfilled yet. Because Isaiah, you know,

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one of the greatest writers in the Old Testament,

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prophesying the Messiah. Yes. And, you know,

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he saw way far out. He saw thousands of years

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later, which is just really amazing. So you look

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at this mountain, you know, and the word of the

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Lord law comes out of Jerusalem because that's

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where the temple ended up. You know, the natural

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temple, you know, under Samuel, it was at Shiloh.

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You had the Ark of the Covenant. Yeah, from Joshua

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until Samuel. Joshua until Samuel. And then the

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Philistines got it for a season. And then when

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David was anointed king, you know, they brought

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the Ark up and eventually, through some mistakes

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and things, they got it right. They brought it

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up on an ox cart. They set it in place, but it

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was his son Solomon that built the temple. And

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that was the final resting place. for the Ark

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of the Covenant. So that's the house of the Lord.

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You know, the house. And so there is where you

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went up three times a year to give sacrifice

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unto the Lord. So you have all the scribes, you

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know. So the law, everything is taking place

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in Jerusalem. Right. Though it did get corrupt

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after a while, you know, which is what happened

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through the time of Jesus. Temples destroyed,

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you know, then it's rebuilt again and, you know,

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the amazing history. But the law still goes out

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from Jerusalem. Yes. And when Jesus comes back,

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you can read it in Zechariah chapter 13, I believe

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it is. And that day his feet shall stand on the

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Mount of Olives. Right, which is right opposite

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of the Temple Mount. What did Dean Braxton say

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they call the Lord in heaven? They call him the

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Word? Yes, the Father. But the Father is called

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the Word. The Father is called the Word. So the

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Word is going to put its feet on the Mount of

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Olives when he comes back. Yes. I thought, wow,

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in Jerusalem. Yes. And actually... Jesus hung

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out on the Mount of Olives during his lifetime,

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during his ministry. That's where he would go

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to pray. The Garden of Gethsemane is on the Mount

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of Olives. It's all there. Yum. And so you see,

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as Isaiah is giving, you know, giving forth this

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word, and even after that, you know, he just

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tells this, you know, the things that Israel

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is involved in. Their land is full of silver

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and gold. You know, there's no end of their treasures,

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and the land is full of idols. They worship the

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work of their own hands. And, you know, and they're

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talking about, you know, the Philistines and

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other people that are all surrounding Israel.

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I mean, the land is just full of idols, and they

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had to deal with that ever since they came out

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of Egypt. Yeah. You know, it's just all there.

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And I'm just going to throw this in. And in verse

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10, Enter into the rock and hide thee in the

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dust for fear of the Lord and for the glory of

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his majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be

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humbled and the haughtiness of man shall be bowed

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down and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that

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day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be

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upon everyone that is proud and lofty and upon

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everyone that is lifted up and he shall be brought

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low. But didn't we just talk about this in a...

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In our podcast. Yeah, in the last episode. Yeah,

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those that were high and lofty and the Lord's

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bringing them down. And what happened when Jesus

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was on the scene, he goes into the temple, makes

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a scourge, and he cleans the temple out because

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he had authority to do that. He's cleaning out

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the house of the Lord from all the idolatry that

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was in it. Yeah, and merchandising. And merchandising.

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Yeah, isn't that big, merchandising? Yeah, and

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he actually came from the Mount of Olives to

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go there. Interesting. Yeah, it really is interesting.

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So Jesus is on the scene. The disciples are there.

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And the people have kind of gotten, going to

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the temple, you kind of get used to the way things

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are. You've got Roman soldiers all over the place.

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And temple guards, too. Temple guards and probably

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cheating going on, too. There was a lot possible

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with all that. The animals you buy for the sacrifice.

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All this merchandising going on. And there's

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a lot of spiritual merchandising going on, too.

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Not in a good sense. In the church today, when

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things are replaced, if you don't have the glory

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of God, you've got to replace it with something

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to keep people. Smoking mirrors. Smoking. Yeah,

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I guess you can say that. Wow. I'd rather have

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the glory cloud and just wait for it to get there.

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Yeah, and even Peter, you know, when the day

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of Pentecost was fully come, you know, that Peter

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declared the day of the Lord from the mountain

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of the Lord. That's true. And in Acts 2 chapter

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20, he talks about the sun going dark, the moon

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turns into blood, and the coming great day of

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the Lord. Yeah. I mean, a conviction just fell

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on people. You know, 3 ,000 people got saved.

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You know, and this hasn't happened yet. This

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day of the Lord has not happened yet. And here

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we are 2 ,000 years later from when Peter gave

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this word. And so the day of the Lord is coming.

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Yes. There's different facets, like a diamond

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to the day of the Lord. We're not going to go

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into that right now because we'll save that one

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for another day. Yeah. But I want to look also

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in the book of Micah. Now, Micah comes along.

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This is about maybe 50 years after Isaiah. And

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this is chapter 4. And it's pretty much, it sounds

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exactly quoted the same, but it's not. Some of

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the wording is different. In the last days that

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the mountain of the Lord shall be established

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in the top of the mountains and be exalted under

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the hills, and the nations will come and they

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will flow to it. But he adds in verse 5, Now,

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let's do it a verse four after that. And it talks

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about a nation shall not lift up sword against

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nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.

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But then he says, but they shall sit every man

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under his vine and under his fig tree. None shall

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make them afraid for the mouth of the Lord of

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hosts has spoken it. I think about Nathaniel.

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Yes, I think about him too. When Jesus was getting

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his disciples. And here's Nathanael. He says,

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someone out of Nazareth. Is there anything good

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comes out of Nazareth? Right. So introduces him

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to Jesus. And he says, an Israelite whom is no

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guile. And says, and I saw thee under the fig

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tree. Yeah. You know, what was he doing under

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the fig tree? Right. Learning, you know, meditating

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on God like David did. That's what David did

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when he was watching the sheep. So this is different.

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Everyone shall sit under his vine and his fig

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tree. None shall make them afraid, for the mouth

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of the Lord of hosts has spoken it. And, you

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know, when you're meditating on the Lord all

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the time, what have you to fear? You know, because

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in Isaiah it talks about they're going to go

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into the rocks and everything like that. Judgment's

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coming. So here, Micah's saying, Get under your

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fig tree, you know, and just meditate on the

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Lord. And what is he saying? You know, and then

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he talks about Israel, you know, in that day,

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saith the Lord, I will assemble her that halteth

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and I will gather her that is driven out, her

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that I have afflicted, you know, and I will make

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her that halteth a remnant and her that was cast

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far off. You know, Israel was, they were banished

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to the nation a couple of times. The Lord shall

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reign over them in Mount Zion from henceforth

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even forever. And thou, O tower of the flock,

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the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto

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thee shall it come, even the first dominion,

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the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

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Yes. You know, I thought, wow, okay. Because

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even verses right after that, he's going ahead

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in time now. I don't know how much longer. I

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didn't have time to figure that out. But it talks

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about, In verse 10, be in pain and labor to bring

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forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail.

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For now thou shalt go forth out of the city,

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thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt

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go even to Babylon. And they don't want to hear

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that. Nope. And there shall they be delivered.

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There the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand

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of thine enemies. Now, in your journey on the

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mountain of the Lord, when you're climbing, you

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know, it's like a battle to get up into his presence

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sometime. And so you're on this journey. How

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many times did you feel like you went into Babylon?

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You know, you went into a spiritual Babylon.

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You know, and you're going through a trial. You're

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going through testing. You know, while you're

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climbing this mountain of the Lord, you're building

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your own mountain is what you're doing. You know,

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this is your own. Everybody has their own mountain

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they have to walk up. Right. You know, you have

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to walk up. And many times we choose what kind

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of path we want to be on that mountain. Right.

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You know, and sometimes it takes a lot longer.

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Sometimes you're stuck on the plateau. Maybe

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you got stuck on a plateau and you had to camp

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there for a while. Yeah. You know, you got to

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learn something. And I've heard it said many

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times, well, if you don't pass this test the

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Lord gives you, you're going to have to take

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it again. You have to take it again. Have you

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been around your mountain long enough? Right.

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You know, let's just keep climbing up on the

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mountain. Because even in Micah, he goes on in

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the next chapter. And talking about all these

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things happening, but it says, But thou Bethlehem

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Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands

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of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth

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unto me that is to be ruler in Israel, whose

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goings forth have been from old, from everlasting.

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And the first time you hear of this scripture

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in the New Testament is when the wise man show

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up on the Herod. And he's asking the scribes,

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who is this king? Being born in Bethlehem, Herod

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didn't know that. And it was the scholars that

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read the scriptures said, it says that he will

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be born in Bethlehem. And so even back then,

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building the mountain of the Lord, the natural

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mountain, they're building a spiritual mountain,

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they go into captivity. I mean, there's thousands

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of years difference here within verses. Hundreds

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anyway. Hundreds anyway. And that's what's so

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fascinating about the Word of God when you study

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these things out and you find out everything

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that is going on. Can I interject something here?

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Yeah, go right ahead. Back in chapter 4 and verse

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8 is also talking about that same region around

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Bethlehem where it talks about the Tower of the

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Flock. Okay. The Tower of the Flock in Hebrew

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is Migdal Eder. Migdal. Yeah. Magdal means tower.

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Tower, yeah. Okay. And Adar, or Adair, I think

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it's Adar, it's the place where Jacob camped

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right after he buried his wife, Rachel, his beloved

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wife, when she died in childbirth with Benjamin.

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Yeah. And there is a speculation, and I think

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Mary Lois has shared this, there's a teaching

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that the tower of the flock here would refer

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to A tower that was built like this region, this

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hill country right there in that area, would

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have been part of David's inheritance from, what

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is it, his great -grandfather Boaz? I think it's

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his great -grandfather. Anyway, he's in the line

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with three or four generations. And this would

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have been his inheritance, and this is part of

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what he prepared for the temple. That here would

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be the place where they could raise the flocks

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of sheep for the sacrifices on the temple. And

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that in that tower, they would bring the ewes

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that were about to give birth, that they would

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bring them there to watch over these baby lambs,

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you know, because these could be sacrifice lambs.

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We got to make sure that they don't get bruised,

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that they don't get any kind of a wound because

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they have to be a perfect sacrifice. And there

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is a teaching that maybe this is even the place,

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because it's within sight of Bethlehem, that

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this would be the manger where Jesus would have

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been laid when he was born. That this would have

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been the place, this would have been the stable,

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that this very tower of the flock would be the

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place where Jesus would have been born. And it's

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right here on the same page in my Bible that

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the tower of the flock in Bethlehem, Ephrata.

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It's right there in that same area. So the perfect

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sacrifice was laid in the same manger where they

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would have laid the baby lambs that would have

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been born for sacrifice. It's really an interesting

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thought. And it's a hilly, mountainous country

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there. It's the Judean hills. So this mountain

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idea, we're climbing a mountain, and the mountain...

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that is in our lives that we're walking on, you

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know, sometimes walking up a mountain takes it

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out of you. You're trying to go up and, you know,

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once in a while you're thinking, am I going to

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have to climb a bare rock face or, you know,

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what kind of path am I going to have? You're

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climbing El Capitan. Right. So anyway, I just

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wanted to add that about Bethlehem, that it's

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hilly there too. It's part of the mountain of

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the Lord. It's part of what David set aside for

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the purposes of the temple. Well, that's tremendous.

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So I want to go back into Deuteronomy chapter

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27. Oh, that's good. And this is the mountains

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of blessing and cursing. And part of your spiritual

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mountain is based on this, these natural mountains,

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what was spoken there. And Moses, and I think

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it was about 10 chapters previous to this, where

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the Lord Where he's speaking the word of the

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Lord, you're going to go to these two mountains.

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And so now in chapter 27, verse 1, And Moses

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with the elders of Israel commanded the people,

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saying, Keep all the commandments which I command

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you this day. And it shall be on the day when

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ye pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord

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thy God giveth ye, that thou shalt set thee up

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great stones, and plaster them with plaster.

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And thou shalt write upon them all the words

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of this law, when thou art passed over, that

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thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord

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thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with

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milk and honey, as the Lord God of thy fathers

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hath promised thee. Therefore it shall be, when

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ye are gone over Jordan, ye shall set up these

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stones, which I command you this day in Mount

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Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.

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I just had an interesting thought. Okay. We're

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going to take a bunny trail off this. Okay. What

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we've seen in other nations, what are these standing

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stones? Like Stonehenge? Yeah. Stuff like that.

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And obelisks. Obelisks. What was written on those

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stones? Way back when. And maybe weathered, it's

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all come off. Yeah. Standing for hundreds of

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years. So that's a thought. Maybe they used stones,

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and that would be a copy of what happened here.

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You remember, the devil doesn't have anything

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original. That's true. Everything he does is

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counterfeit. And it could be a lot of these standing

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stones and stuff that the New Agers are flocking

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to, you know, could have been a result. of something

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like this, but in a demonic sense, which they

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would write things or scribble on them. I never

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thought of that until I read this just now. Wow.

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Instant revelation. Well, anyway. And there thou

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shalt build an altar unto the Lord, an altar

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of stones, and shalt not lift up any iron tool

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upon them. Thou shalt build the altar of the

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Lord thy God of whole stones, and thou shalt

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offer burnt offerings thereunto unto the Lord

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thy God. And thou shalt offer peace offerings,

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and shalt eat there and rejoice before the Lord

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thy God. And thou shalt write upon the stones

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all the words of this law very plainly. Okay,

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now when you think of that, how many laws were

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given to Moses? 613, I believe. Yeah. But I think

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this is talking about the Ten Commandments. Yeah,

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this would be the Ten Commandments. You can't

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imagine writing on stones because how do you

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write on stones anyway? You'd have to scratch

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that shit in there. So this probably means they

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maybe have posted the Ten Commandments. I think

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so. Because it says in the Hebrew, it says Hatorah.

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So the Hatorah, the law, but it also means the

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instruction. Here's your instructions. And it

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talks about how that was given on Mount Sinai.

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That was the ketubah, as they say, the wedding

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covenant that was going to cause God to become

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the husband of the children of Israel and the

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children of Israel to be his bride. the law that

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was given that they agreed to was the 10 commandments

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rather than the entire writing that Moses got

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on the Mount, which is in, you know, the rest

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of Exodus and Leviticus and numbers and so on.

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So I, I really think that it would have been

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just the 10 commandments that was plastered there

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that, or there was written into the plaster.

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Because that's, well, you couldn't write all

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the law on there. I don't think so. Yeah. So

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we'll go on here and. And Moses and the priests,

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the Levites, spake unto all Israel, saying, Take

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heed and hearken, O Israel. This day thou art

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become the people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt

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therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God

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and do his commandments and his statutes, which

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I command ye this day. And Moses charged the

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people the same day, saying, These shall stand

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upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people. of the

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tribes of Israel, of the leaders, went on top

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of Mount Gerizim. And then the others went on

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Mount Ebal to curse. And it's amazing that he

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put the Ten Commandments at the base of Mount

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Ebal. On top, I think. On top, rather. I think,

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yeah. Sorry, not at the base. And so I'm just

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going to hit a few of these real quick. What

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is the Lord saying here? And they would speak

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these to the mountain. You know, it's like, cursed

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be any man that makes any graven or molted image.

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I'm just going to paraphrase, you know, the work

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of people's hands. And then, cursed is he that

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setteth light by his father and mother. You know,

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which I think is honor your father and mother.

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Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark.

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Cursed is he that maketh the blind to wander

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out of the way, and all the people, they say

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amen. And they say amen to all of these. And

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cursed is he that perverts the judgment of the

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stranger, fatherless, and widow. Cursed is he

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that lies with his father's wife. And cursed

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is he that lies with any beast. Cursed is he

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that lies with his sister and daughter. And all

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these things, these are immoral acts. That's

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right. This is immorality. Cursed is he that

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smiteth his neighbor secretly. Cursed is he that

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takes reward to slay the innocent. You know,

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thou shalt not kill. And then, do you have the

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blessings? You know, and it's amazing they mentioned

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:45.220
the curses first, but the blessings. And, you

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:47.940
know, the thing today, and of course there are

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:51.400
Bible colleges and things too, but you don't

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:54.819
hear, you hear blessings. Right. You hear churches,

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:57.299
you know. Do you want a big congregation? You

00:27:57.299 --> 00:28:00.410
know, it's kind of like what Beethoven did. He

00:28:00.410 --> 00:28:02.910
wrote music that people like to hear. Yeah, there

00:28:02.910 --> 00:28:06.369
you go. And that's why he was so successful.

00:28:06.710 --> 00:28:09.269
He spanned the Baroque area into the Romantic

00:28:09.269 --> 00:28:12.410
area of music. It was a big changeover in music.

00:28:12.470 --> 00:28:15.829
He was going with the flow, doing changes, what

00:28:15.829 --> 00:28:18.509
people like to hear. But if we have messages

00:28:18.509 --> 00:28:22.869
that we are hearing that are just fluffy, if

00:28:22.869 --> 00:28:25.650
you want to put it that way, but there is no

00:28:25.650 --> 00:28:29.809
sacrifice for holiness. for hearing the word

00:28:29.809 --> 00:28:33.569
of the Lord, but it's all about blessings. You

00:28:33.569 --> 00:28:37.750
know, we want blessings, but there is a condition

00:28:37.750 --> 00:28:41.690
for blessings. Blessings are conditional. And

00:28:41.690 --> 00:28:44.009
so, you know, we just spoke some of those there,

00:28:44.089 --> 00:28:46.650
but what the curses were, but let's look at some

00:28:46.650 --> 00:28:48.970
of the blessings because this is what we all

00:28:48.970 --> 00:28:52.410
like. Sure. And it shall come to pass. This is

00:28:52.410 --> 00:28:56.400
chapter 28. It shall come to pass, if you will

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:59.000
hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:02.299
thy God, to observe and do all his commandments,

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:04.819
I command you this day, that the Lord thy God

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:08.039
will set thee on high above all nations of the

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:10.859
earth. And all these blessings shall come on

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:13.819
thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:17.049
unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Blessed thou

00:29:17.049 --> 00:29:20.109
shalt be in the city, blessed in the field. Blessed

00:29:20.109 --> 00:29:22.670
is the fruit of thy body, the fruit of thy ground,

00:29:22.809 --> 00:29:25.430
the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy

00:29:25.430 --> 00:29:28.829
kind and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall

00:29:28.829 --> 00:29:31.950
be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou

00:29:31.950 --> 00:29:34.089
be when you come in and blessed thou shalt be

00:29:34.089 --> 00:29:37.170
when you go out. The Lord shall cause thine enemies

00:29:37.170 --> 00:29:39.250
that rise up before thee to be smitten before

00:29:39.250 --> 00:29:42.089
thy face. They shall come out against thee one

00:29:42.089 --> 00:29:45.519
way and flee before thee seven ways. Wow. The

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:49.079
Lord God shall command the blessing. I like that.

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:52.779
Upon thee and thy storehouses, and in all that

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:55.680
thou settest thine hand to do, and he shall bless

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:58.400
thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth

00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:01.160
to him. That would be your property too. The

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:03.799
Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:08.259
himself, as if he has sworn unto thee. And here's

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:11.099
the condition. If thou shalt keep the commandments

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:14.900
of the Lord thy God and walk in his ways, and

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:17.539
all people of the earth shall see that thou art

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:20.460
called by the name of the Lord, and they shall

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:23.980
be afraid of thee. And the Lord shall make thee

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:26.480
plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body,

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:28.839
the fruit of thy cattle, fruit of the ground,

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:31.380
and the land which the Lord swear unto thee by

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:33.960
thy fathers to give thee. Remember, they're not

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:36.319
in the land yet. They haven't crossed over Jordan

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:39.740
yet. Yeah. The Lord shall open unto thee his

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:43.319
good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:46.160
the land in the season, and to bless all the

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:49.160
work of thine hand, and thou shalt lend unto

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:52.640
many nations and shall not borrow. See, there's

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.139
the bankers. The bankers, that's where... God

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:58.259
promised that. Yeah, when the Jews were not able

00:30:58.259 --> 00:31:01.079
to own property, you know, during and all through

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:04.059
Europe and all that, they invested in gold, silver,

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:08.339
jewels. And you look at, this is something I

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.160
found. I've mentioned this before, but it's fun

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:12.619
mentioning it again. You look at the word jewel.

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:15.000
Oh, yeah. You look at the jewels. How do you

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:19.720
spell it? J -E -W and then E -L. Now, what is

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:23.579
one of the names of God is El. Jew, El. There

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:26.740
you go. Jew, El, jewel. You know, isn't that

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:28.740
interesting? I've never heard anybody say that

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:31.480
before. So that was, that's kind of chalk one

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:33.859
up for me on that one. You know, that's just

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:37.079
kind of cool. You know, so the Lord has blessed

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:40.559
them with store, and the Lord shall make thee

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:43.480
the head and not the tail, and thou shalt be

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:46.559
above only, and thou shalt not be beneath, if

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:49.859
that thou... If, if, if, yeah, I should underline

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:52.839
that real big, that thou hearken unto the commandments

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:55.920
of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:59.240
day to observe and to do them. And thou shalt

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:01.700
not go aside from any of the words which I command

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.740
thee this day to the right hand, to the left,

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:07.599
to go after other gods to serve them. And, you

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:10.539
know, in our walk, climbing our mountain, we

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:12.940
have other kinds of gods to deal with, you know,

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:17.079
little Gs. And it could be your desires, your

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:20.519
car. You can make that your God, your idol. Make

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:22.519
your car your idol. Even your telephone. Your

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.140
telephone can be your idol. How much time do

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:30.220
you... Ouch. Moving right along. As your sports

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:33.319
could be your idol. Anything that takes you away

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:35.839
from the presence of God is an idol in your life.

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:39.900
And that will keep you on a plateau and maybe

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:42.500
even take you down, walking down the mountain.

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:46.160
Yeah. And you could fall from part of it. Yeah.

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:48.980
I remember in Rick Joyner's book, The Final Quest,

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:51.559
when he's on the mountain of the Lord, they're

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:54.799
fighting all these demonic hordes. And the angel

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:57.460
says, be careful. He was on the edge and didn't

00:32:57.460 --> 00:33:00.099
realize it. You could fall from any level at

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:02.599
any time. It's true. And that's true. We've seen

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:05.920
many great people. They've walking up their own

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:08.440
mountain, the mountain of the Lord, have fallen

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:11.180
into sin and they've lost it all. let a lot of

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:13.400
people astray, and then it gives the media great

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:16.759
pleasure to tear them apart and anybody that

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:19.539
follows them. Yeah. So we have to be a clean

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:23.519
walk. It's true. So now, but if it comes to pass,

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:25.940
if you will not hearken unto the voice of the

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:29.099
Lord thy God. to observe and do all his commandments

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:31.680
and his statutes, which I command thee this day,

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:34.579
that all these curses shall come upon thee and

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:37.500
overtake thee. See, we don't like that word curse.

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:40.400
We don't use that. That's not a word we use in

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:43.180
Christian vocabulary, but people will use it

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:46.420
to curse somebody, you know, and they pull out

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:50.359
in front of them. It's kind of a curse when you're

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:53.319
swearing at them. It says you, da -da -da. You're

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:55.019
really cursing them is what you're doing. You

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:58.250
are. You are. But, you know, if you don't follow

00:33:58.250 --> 00:34:01.250
the Lord, then cursed shalt thou be in the city,

00:34:01.369 --> 00:34:04.609
cursed shalt thou be in the field, cursed shall

00:34:04.609 --> 00:34:07.670
be thy basket and thy store, cursed shall be

00:34:07.670 --> 00:34:10.130
the fruit of thy body. Do you remember when the

00:34:10.130 --> 00:34:13.230
children of Israel came out of Babylon? You know,

00:34:13.230 --> 00:34:16.829
Daniel had the vision, prayed, and Cyrus released

00:34:16.829 --> 00:34:18.889
them, Ezra and Nehemiah, they're rebuilding,

00:34:19.090 --> 00:34:21.940
and they had famine. Crops weren't growing because

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:24.420
they weren't obeying the word of the Lord, the

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:27.860
God. So here they are trying to rebuild the temple.

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:30.940
Seven years, was it, things stopped? Sixteen

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:32.780
years. Sixteen years because all the oppression,

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:36.119
because they were not following wholly after

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:40.280
the Lord, and things stopped. Wow, God just amen

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:42.760
with some thunder out there. That was pretty

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:47.019
cool. Wow. So, cursed shall be thy basket and

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:49.619
thy store. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body,

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:52.300
the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kind,

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:55.739
the flocks of thy sheep. Cursed shall you be

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:57.980
when you come in, and cursed you'll be when you

00:34:57.980 --> 00:35:01.219
go out. The Lord shall send unto thee cursing,

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:04.320
vexation, and rebuke. And in all thou settest

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:07.920
thy hand to do, till you be destroyed, and until

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:10.079
you perish quickly, because of the wickedness

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:13.219
of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

00:35:13.929 --> 00:35:16.670
The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto

00:35:16.670 --> 00:35:19.849
thee, until he hath consumed thee from off the

00:35:19.849 --> 00:35:22.389
land, whether you go to possess it. And it just,

00:35:22.630 --> 00:35:25.989
you know, the curses go on. And heaven that is

00:35:25.989 --> 00:35:28.829
over thy head shall be brass. You know, the heavens

00:35:28.829 --> 00:35:32.289
are brass. I've heard that saying before in somebody's

00:35:32.289 --> 00:35:34.869
message, when the heavens are brass, it's when

00:35:34.869 --> 00:35:37.690
you can't seem to get through. The Lord shall

00:35:37.690 --> 00:35:41.159
make the rain of thy land powder and dust. From

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:43.519
heaven it shall come down upon thee and be destroyed.

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:46.719
The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:49.219
thine enemies. You remember what happened at

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:53.280
Ai? It was the second city. They captured Jericho.

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:56.159
They went to Ai, and they disobeyed the word

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:58.300
of the Lord, and someone took some Babylonian

00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:00.860
garments, gold and silver, had them in their

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:03.500
tent. They broke the commandment and could not

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:05.460
stand in their enemies, and they had to flee.

00:36:05.849 --> 00:36:08.570
It's true. And this commandment, thou shalt go

00:36:08.570 --> 00:36:11.170
out one way against them and flee seven ways

00:36:11.170 --> 00:36:14.510
before them and shalt be removed unto all the

00:36:14.510 --> 00:36:17.400
kingdoms of the earth. And that is just what

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.840
happened to Israel. I mean, they're not in the

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:21.500
promised land. And he's saying what's happened.

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:23.820
It happened to him two times. Yeah. First to

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:26.960
Babylon, you know, and then, you know, in 72

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:29.340
AD, the temple's destroyed. The Jews are dispersed.

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:33.679
135 was when they really got cast out, when Rome

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:36.820
renamed the place Palestina. Yeah. And so here

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:38.940
you are, the Jewish people, you know, they're

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:41.500
scattered all over the globe. Yeah. There was

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:44.059
always a remnant of Jews in the land, though.

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:47.420
Always. Was that from the first deportation?

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:50.500
Always, always there was somebody. God didn't

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:53.639
send everybody out. He always had a remnant.

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:56.420
And that's one of the things that people don't

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.360
understand. They think, well, they all left.

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:00.260
No, they didn't all leave. There were some there

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:02.400
always. Yeah, there were those left to till the

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:06.380
land. So, and all these curses go on. The Lord

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:08.920
shall smite thee with... Madness, blindness.

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:11.860
Let's just go on. We're not even going to, we're

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:13.739
not going to read it. You can read these in,

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:18.480
this is Deuteronomy chapter 28. Yeah. It's amazing

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:23.559
that the blessings only go for like 14 verses.

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:26.920
Yeah, and the curses. And the curses just go

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:30.739
on and on and on. But that's the point. God is

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:36.329
saying to his children, here's the rules. Here's

00:37:36.329 --> 00:37:41.110
the instructions. Here's the book of, what do

00:37:41.110 --> 00:37:43.710
you call it, the owner's manual. Here's how to

00:37:43.710 --> 00:37:46.769
take care of your car. Do this and this and this

00:37:46.769 --> 00:37:51.409
and this and your car will go. Your life will

00:37:51.409 --> 00:37:54.329
be good. You will have a good walk up the mountain

00:37:54.329 --> 00:37:59.809
if you'll just obey this lifestyle. It's a lifestyle

00:37:59.809 --> 00:38:03.420
of loving God. and loving your neighbor. Jesus

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:08.420
distilled all of the laws down into two. Love

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:10.780
God with all your heart, which is, I mean, these

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:13.340
are Old Testament laws as well. I mean, they're

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:16.960
in the Torah. Love the Lord your God with all

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.519
your heart, with all your soul, with all your

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:20.900
mind, with all your strength, and then love your

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:23.960
neighbor as yourself. If you'll do those things,

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:27.619
all will go well for you. You will be blessed.

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:29.840
You will have all these amazing blessings. But

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:33.659
if you don't, You know, all the laws, here's

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:36.800
my two cents worth, all the laws, I believe,

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:40.440
were written to demonstrate what it looks like

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:43.119
when you love the Lord your God with all your

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:45.619
heart and you love your neighbor as yourself.

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:50.260
You'll automatically do all those things if you're

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:52.360
loving God and loving your neighbor. All of these

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:54.000
things that are written here, you're not going

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:57.469
to do all this stuff that brings curses. Yeah,

00:38:57.550 --> 00:39:00.289
and there's a couple scriptures here, verse 43

00:39:00.289 --> 00:39:03.809
and 44. We're watching this happen today. In

00:39:03.809 --> 00:39:07.070
fact, you get on YouTube and you Google what's

00:39:07.070 --> 00:39:10.530
going on in Europe. The stranger that is within

00:39:10.530 --> 00:39:14.769
thee shall get up above thee very high, and thou

00:39:14.769 --> 00:39:18.969
shalt come down very low. He shall lend to thee,

00:39:19.050 --> 00:39:21.489
and thou shalt not lend to him. He shall be the

00:39:21.489 --> 00:39:24.010
head, and thou shalt be the tail. You look at

00:39:24.010 --> 00:39:26.780
what's going on in England. You look at all the,

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:31.340
how Islam is taking over. It's not very long

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:34.940
where Europe, unless God intervenes, is going

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:38.099
to be turning, you know, they are losing. That's

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:40.920
their agenda anyway. That's the agenda. And you

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:43.420
look at the nation of England, which gave us

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:48.139
the King James Version. And we're all descendants.

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:51.280
A lot of, you know, we're out of this. A lot

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:54.139
of us are out of that, you know. And, you know,

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:56.079
the British, the sun never set on the British

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:59.800
Empire. Once upon a time. Once upon a time. But

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:02.599
when they start bringing all these people in

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:06.440
to work for them and start falling away from

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:10.280
God, their nation is being taken over. Right.

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:12.320
It's the same principle. The same principle.

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:15.860
Don't fuss at me that, oh, that's Old Testament.

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:20.860
No, it's the principles are written in. this

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:24.199
instruction book for us. Yeah, because this is

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:27.360
probably written 3 ,500 years ago. I'm looking

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:32.079
up here, the next chapter, it says 1451 BC. You

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:35.219
know, it's just estimating. Maybe you don't know

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:37.980
the exact date, but that's the estimated time.

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:41.920
So it's amazing, all these laws, they pertain

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:44.179
for today. Yes, they do. They all pertain for

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:47.320
today. The law is our schoolmaster to teach us

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:49.599
right from wrong. And the scriptures, what does

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:52.239
Paul say? The scriptures, the form of the scriptures

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:54.659
of the Old Testament, he doesn't use Old Testament,

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:57.460
but he said they're for our learning. All they

00:40:57.460 --> 00:41:00.360
had was the Old Testament, what we call the Old

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:01.780
Testament. Yeah, that's right. All scripture

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:04.699
is given. All given for correction. By inspiration,

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:08.059
yes. Yeah, for correction, instruction. Right.

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:11.239
So, you know, don't throw out the Old Testament.

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Yeah. It's current. Yeah, the New Testament completes

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:18.639
the Old. That's right. What's that saying? The

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New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed,

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and the Old Testament in the New Testament is

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revealed. Oh, that's very good. You need them

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:30.940
both. We have to have them both. So we have to

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:34.579
walk this straight and narrow path up the mountain.

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And though this path and this journey you're

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:41.079
on, you know, it's got rocks on it. It has some

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:43.880
boulders you've got to climb over. Yeah. Things

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:46.760
you have to work your way around it. But walking

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:50.219
up the mountain of the Lord isn't, it's not easy.

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:53.000
No, it's not. But it's worth it. But it's worth

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:55.860
it. Yeah. It is really worth it. Obey, just obey.

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:58.579
Just obey the Lord, you know, obey his commandments.

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:03.260
Press into him. Yeah. And there was, yeah, there

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:05.539
was one, oh, I saw one more scripture, one or

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:09.119
two I wanted to finish up there. Yeah, this is

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:13.019
a few later. This is a big key. And this is verse

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46. We're still in chapter 28. And they shall

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be upon thee for a sign and a wonder and upon

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thy seed forever. Because thou servest not the

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Lord thy God with joyfulness, with gladness of

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:29.320
heart for the abundance of all things. So that's

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how we're supposed to be. We are supposed to

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:35.420
rejoice in the Lord for his goodness. You know,

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:38.019
be glad. And, you know, even though we go through

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:40.780
trials in our mountains, think of the prize that

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:42.920
we're going for. That's right. I mean, we're

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:45.989
all climbing this mountain together. you know,

00:42:45.989 --> 00:42:49.210
even was at Mount Scopus. When they're on the

00:42:49.210 --> 00:42:52.050
pilgrimage and they get to Mount Scopus, where

00:42:52.050 --> 00:42:54.730
is that scripture that leads up to that? Scopus

00:42:54.730 --> 00:42:59.190
is... The mark. Is the mark. Paul says, I press

00:42:59.190 --> 00:43:01.989
toward the mark of the high calling in Christ

00:43:01.989 --> 00:43:06.010
Jesus. And that mark is Mount Scopus. And when

00:43:06.010 --> 00:43:09.269
they're traveling, pilgriming to Jerusalem to

00:43:09.269 --> 00:43:12.360
get to Mount Scopus before nightfall. Yeah, you

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:14.900
want to get to the top of Mount Scopus so that

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:18.780
when you see the sunrise in the morning, you're

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:22.079
going to see it on the beautiful Temple Mount.

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:24.900
Lit up. Lit up. With the morning sun. Yeah, or

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:29.099
even, I think, you're facing the Eastern Gate.

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So you're actually going to see it in the glory

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:36.230
of the sunset. as you get to the top of the mountain.

00:43:36.349 --> 00:43:38.449
And it's just beautiful. So that's why you want

00:43:38.449 --> 00:43:39.949
to get there before sundown. Yeah, you want to

00:43:39.949 --> 00:43:41.989
get there before sundown so you can see it, and

00:43:41.989 --> 00:43:44.809
then you'll go there the next morning. Wow, that's

00:43:44.809 --> 00:43:47.989
amazing. Yeah, and we've stood on the Mount of

00:43:47.989 --> 00:43:49.929
Olives. We used to stay at the hotel. We had

00:43:49.929 --> 00:43:52.929
meetings there. We had small little conventions

00:43:52.929 --> 00:43:56.789
there. Right, long ago. Long time ago. But the

00:43:56.789 --> 00:43:59.789
sunset would turn the whole city gold. Yeah.

00:43:59.969 --> 00:44:02.949
It's just magnificent. Yeah, it was amazing.

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:06.119
So be encouraged as you're walking up the mountain

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:09.340
of the Lord, treasures which we know not about.

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:12.219
You know, for God says that God will not withhold

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:15.420
anything to those that love him. That's right.

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:20.159
So if we make him our first priority, our mountain's

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:22.739
going to be a lot easier to climb. Yes, and the

00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:25.340
glory that you get to when you get to the top.

00:44:25.610 --> 00:44:28.070
You can have your own Sinai experience on top.

00:44:28.469 --> 00:44:31.190
Yes. Or you can have your Scopus experience.

00:44:31.269 --> 00:44:33.610
You can have that mark. You're pressing toward

00:44:33.610 --> 00:44:35.909
the mark of the high calling of God in Christ

00:44:35.909 --> 00:44:39.469
Jesus. It's that top -of -the -mountain experience.

00:44:40.250 --> 00:44:42.969
It's the place where you meet God. It's worth

00:44:42.969 --> 00:44:46.269
climbing the mountain to meet. It's worth the

00:44:46.269 --> 00:44:49.630
climb. Meet the Father, to meet Jesus. It's a

00:44:49.630 --> 00:44:53.179
brilliant experience. So, Father, we thank you,

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:55.300
Lord, for this podcast. And, Lord, those that

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:58.980
are struggling on the mountain, Lord, why is

00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:01.940
this happening? Why is that happening? And that,

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:04.860
Father, even though obstacles come our way, but,

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:08.360
Lord, when we keep our eyes on you, Father, that,

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:10.780
Lord, and all these blessings that we have read

00:45:10.780 --> 00:45:12.900
about, and sometimes, Lord, we have to contend

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:15.820
for these blessings, O God. And we have to fight

00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:19.000
for them. But if we fight in your name, oh God,

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:21.699
keeping our eyes on you, that Lord, that you

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:24.699
will give us victory. Lord, it's like that song

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:27.780
we used to sing. The lion of Judah shall break

00:45:27.780 --> 00:45:31.780
every chain and give us the victory again and

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:35.579
again. And that lion in Judah is in us. He lives

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:38.400
in us. And so we can roar his name. Hallelujah.

00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:42.800
breaking all the oppression and things, and when

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:45.559
things would try to come and cloud our brain

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:48.460
and try to get us depressed, that, Father, that

00:45:48.460 --> 00:45:52.780
we can press into you and, Lord, and we put oppression

00:45:52.780 --> 00:45:56.380
and depression under our feet when we just praise

00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:59.820
you and glorify you. in our mountain that we

00:45:59.820 --> 00:46:02.679
are climbing. Hallelujah. So, Father, we just

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:05.340
let this be an encouragement to whoever hears

00:46:05.340 --> 00:46:08.019
this, Lord, just to keep climbing this mountain

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:11.380
of the Lord, just praying and rejoicing and worshiping.

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:14.360
Because, Lord, at the other end, we have the

00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:16.719
mark. We're pressing forward to the mark, that

00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:19.440
Mount Scopus, where we can get up there and we

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:22.099
can watch sunrise over Jerusalem. Hallelujah.

00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:25.019
Thank you, Jesus. So, Lord, we just give you

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:26.920
all the praise, honor, and glory in your name,

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:38.650
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