“Jesus Is Jehovah in the Flesh” Part 2 (337)

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Jesus says, I am the good shepherd. So he's declaring,

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I'm the one you read about in Psalm 23. I'm the

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one you read about in Jeremiah. I am your shepherd.

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And I think most of it bounced off the heads

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of the people who were listening. I don't think

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they got it. But he's making a declaration for

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us to see that the good shepherd of the Old Testament.

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is the same good shepherd in the New Testament,

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the shepherd in flesh. God promises in Joel 2

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.28 to pour out His Spirit on all humanity. Welcome

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to Global Outpouring, where we contend for that

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promised outpouring, we equip for that outpouring,

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so that we may engage in that very outpouring.

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

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to the podcast today. We're so excited about

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doing this second part. of Jesus is Yehovah in

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the flesh. So in case you didn't see last week's

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episode. You need to. You need to. Because we're

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digging deep into the fact that Jesus is part

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of the Godhead. It's so clear in the Old Testament

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and the New Testament. So let's get to it. Yes.

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I've never heard anybody connect this like you

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have done. So this is like a whole new thing.

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It's just amazing. Hallelujah. So thank you for

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of his spirit on all flesh. And he wants to use

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everybody. He wants to pour out his spirit on

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every single church and home group and individual.

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That's what he's doing. We're hearing testimonies

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never even heard of him. And it's just wonderful.

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for those who feel led to do that. So let's dig

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in to what we started in the last episode. We

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were talking about Jesus or Yeshua. is Yehovah.

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They are one in the same. Remember, Jesus said,

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I and the Father are one. And it's really more

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one than we realized. And that's why we're digging

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into this scripture. Just to recap, we started

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with Isaiah 9 .6, for unto us a child is born,

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unto us a son is given. We know that's a prophecy

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about Jesus. And the government will be upon

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his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful,

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which could also be translated Miracle Worker.

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Counselor, Mighty God. Let that sink in. Mighty

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God. This is the name that is being given to

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him in prophecy like 700 years before it happened.

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Don't you love that? And the next part is Everlasting

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Father. Oh. Jesus is the everlasting father?

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Yes, absolutely. And the prince of peace. And

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the prince of peace. He's the one who initiates

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peace. Sometimes the word prince, we think in

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terms of the son of a king, but it can also mean

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the initiator, the principal, the one who gets

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something started. So this is a picture in the

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prophecy of Isaiah. that helps us to understand

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who Jesus really is and was in his day on earth,

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that he was Yehovah in the flesh, that, you know,

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our father loved us so much that he gave his

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only begotten son. He came as his only begotten

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son. Remember, it was his spirit that hovered

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over Mary Seed of the woman, as it was prophesied

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in the beginning of Genesis, that turned the

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seed of a woman of the woman. And not just any

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woman, the woman. And also in the prophecy, also

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in Isaiah, I think it's in chapter 9, where it

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talks about, behold, a virgin shall conceive.

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I looked at the Hebrew myself, and I'm learning

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enough Hebrew to understand that it really says

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the virgin. It's not just any virgin. It's the

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virgin shall conceive and bear a son. So the

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Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, his breath hovered

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over Mary in the same way, I believe, that the

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Spirit hovered over the earth when it was without

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form and void. And it gave life to that one seed

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of the woman. And I'm not trying to elevate Mary

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above every other woman, but she was chosen for

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that purpose. So she should be honored. There's

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nothing wrong with honoring the handmaiden of

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the Lord who said, okay, be it unto me according

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to your word. That's a beautiful heart attitude.

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And we all need to have that heart attitude that

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we will flow with the Holy Spirit in whatever

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he wants to do. And it costs her a lot. Because

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it didn't look good. Remember that. It didn't

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look good. So what I'm trying to say is that

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the father of his own spirit breathed on that

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egg and turned himself into flesh. And so, can

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I say this? It's like he was bilocating. He was

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on the throne in heaven as father, and he was

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on the earth as son. I think that's the best

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way that I can express it that makes sense to

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me. Maybe it makes sense to you, maybe it doesn't,

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but I'm not trying to create a doctrine. I'm

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just trying to give us a perspective that will

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help us to understand our Father's heart, that

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He came Himself in the form of His Son. And He

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walked as the Son as an example of what it's

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like to walk in... fellowship with the father,

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which is what he wants for all of us. He wants

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all of us to be fellowshipping with father because

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that's how we're designed. We're designed to

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be the sons of God walking in relationship with

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him so that we can participate in the family

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business. And the family business is what Jesus

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was sent to do to destroy the works of the devil.

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So let's participate with him. So let's look

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deeper into some of the other aspects that the

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Hebrew Scriptures show us that are uniquely things

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that Yehovah does, that our Heavenly Father does.

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And then we'll see how Jesus does them too. Okay,

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let's look at Yehovah raises the dead. Philip,

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would you read Deuteronomy 32, 39, please? Now

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see that I, even I, am he. And there is no God

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besides me. I kill and I make alive. I wound

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and I heal. Nor is there any who can deliver

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from my hand. So he kills and he makes alive.

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Yeah. So he can kill and make alive, right? Yeah.

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Wow, that's amazing. That's a whole other podcast.

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It could be. 1 Samuel 2 .6, what does that say?

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The Lord kills and makes alive. He brings down

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to the grave and brings up. And brings up. He

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raises the dead. Yeah. So, Philip, what does

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Psalm 6820 say? Our God is the God of salvation,

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and to God the Lord belongs and escapes from

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death. Escapes from death. So, he's busy keeping

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us alive, really. So he is the one, and it was

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clear in the other two scriptures in particular,

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that he makes alive. He's the God of resurrection.

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And remember, there are resurrection stories

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in the Old Testament. We have the woman from

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Shunem, the Shunemite woman, whose son died in

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her arms, and she ran back to Elisha, and he

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came and stretched himself on the boy. and he

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came back to life. And then much later, after

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Elisha had died, they threw the soldier into

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his grave because he was dead. He hits Elisha's

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bones, and boom, he's raised from the dead. So

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it's God that does this. It's not Elisha's bones.

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It's not Elisha. It was the relationship with

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God that Elisha walked in that enabled that.

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And I think Elijah also raised one from the dead.

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Wow, I hadn't thought of it this way, but Elijah

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raised one and Elisha raised two. So there's

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the double portion that he wanted from Elijah.

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That's pretty cool, isn't it? Yeah. Hadn't thought

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of that. So what did Jesus do? Let's look at

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Luke 7, 11 through 17. Soon afterward, he went

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to a town called Nain, and his disciples and

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a great crowd went with him. As he drew near

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to the gate of the town, behold, A man who had

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died was being carried out, the only son of his

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mother. And she was a widow, and a considerable

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crowd from the town was with her. And when the

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Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said

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to her, Do not weep. Then he came up and touched

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the bier, and the bearer stood still, and he

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said, Young man, I say to you, Arise. And the

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dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus

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gave him to his mother. Fear seized upon them

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all, and they glorified God, saying, A great

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prophet has risen among us, and God has visited

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his people. And this report about him spread

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through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding

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area, and eventually to the high court in Jerusalem.

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You just added that. I added that. That last

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part. That's my own insert. The word God around.

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And I love this part. God has visited his people.

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Yes. You know, they were looking for the prophet.

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And remember, Moses had said, God is going to

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raise up a prophet like me. And so, you know,

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it's like people are waking up. Wow. God really

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is doing something. There's a prophet here. He

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raised him from the dead. Raised from the dead.

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Don't you love that? And as I mentioned previously,

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this took place in Nain, which is just about

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a mile and a half or two miles around the hill

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of Moray from Shunem, where Elisha raised the

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little boy from the dead. So it was kind of waking

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up something in their history. Wow, God's doing

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something. A prophet has arisen. God is on the

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move. So they recognized that there was something

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special about Jesus. They didn't know at that

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time yet that he was Yehovah, but it woke them

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up to look and watch and see what's God going

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to do next. Yes. Amen. So Luke 8, 49 to 56. While

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he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's

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house came and said, Your daughter is dead. Do

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not trouble the teacher anymore. But Jesus, on

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hearing this, answered him, Do not fear, only

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believe, and she will be well. And when he came

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to the house, he allowed no one to enter with

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him except Peter and John and James and the father

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and mother of the child. And all were weeping

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and mourning for her. But he said, Do not weep,

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for she is not dead, but sleeping. And they laughed

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at him, knowing that she was dead. But taking

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her by the hand, he called, saying, Child, arise.

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I think the Hebrew says, Tabitha. And it says

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talitakumi, which could actually mean he's speaking

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to the talit that she was wrapped in that would

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have been her father's talit. My father, which

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was the tradition. Yeah, that would have been

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her burial shroud. So he's speaking to the talit,

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the prayer shawl, to arise. Isn't that an interesting

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thought? But taking her by the hand, he called

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saying, child, arise. And her spirit returned,

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and she got up at once. And he directed that

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something should be given her to eat. And her

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parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell

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no one what had happened. But I'm sure when the

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little girl walked outside, they knew something

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happened. Absolutely. They knew she was dead.

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They knew she was dead. Right. So in that moment,

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her spirit returned. I love that piece because...

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I remember what Dean Braxton says about his own

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death. He was dead for an hour and 45 minutes.

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People ask him, what was it like to die? He says,

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I don't know. I wasn't there. My spirit left

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my body. The real me is the spirit, right? The

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real you is your spirit. And when your spirit

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leaves, the body dies. So her spirit returned.

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Yes. I love that. Yeah. I love that. It's so

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beautiful. I'm looking forward to meeting her

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when we get to heaven. Because I'd love to know

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what else happened in her life. I don't think

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that she would have just been an ordinary little

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girl growing up that becomes an ordinary housewife.

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I'm thinking she had some kind of something to

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do with discipleship in the Galilee. Or maybe

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she even traveled. Who knows? But I'm looking

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forward to seeing what happened to her. Right?

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That's a good question for Dean. Did you see

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this girl? Yeah, I don't know. I just think,

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you know, when a young life is cut off, you have

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to wonder, was that the end of that person's

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journey? The true end that they fulfilled everything

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that God wanted them to fulfill? Or in this case,

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obviously. she must not have fulfilled what God

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had for her. So that's why I want to know, what

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did God have for her? Okay, let's go on to the

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next one. John 11, 43. Oh, this is a tremendous

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one. Now, when he had said these things, he cried

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with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. See,

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there you go. There's the third one. Come forth.

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Lazarus, come forth. So Elijah did one. Elisha

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did two. And Jesus has done three. Isn't that

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beautiful? Yeah. Wow. That's amazing. And so

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then what does Romans 4 .17 say? As it is written,

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I have made you a father of many nations. In

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the presence of him whom he believed, God, who

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gives life to the dead and calls those things

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which do not exist as though they did. Yes. So

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God himself. was working through Jesus. Remember

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that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit.

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And with power. Yes. And that's according to

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the book of Acts, I think it's chapter 10, that

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Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit. And

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that happened at his baptism. So the Holy Spirit

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is the very breath of God, only it's alive. It's

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not just a whoosh, and it's just air. It's his

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very spirit is operating in Jesus through Jesus.

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But Jesus is walking with the Father to demonstrate

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what it looks like so that we'll get it right.

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This is how he wants us to work. He wants us

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to work with Father and let the Father inside

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of us work through him. Call it the Father. Call

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it Jesus. Call it the Holy Spirit. They're one.

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They're absolutely one. So, you know, let's not

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get hung up on semantics. Let's not get hung

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up on what to call it. Let's just flow with him

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because that's how he's designed us to do. He

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designed us to work with him in restoring the

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earth to what he intended in the first place.

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Amen? Amen. So while we're talking about what

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he intended in the first place, let's talk about

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him as creator, right? So what does Genesis 1

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-1 say? I think everyone can probably quote that.

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In the beginning, God created the heavens and

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the earth. Okay, it's God who created the heavens

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and the earth. Interestingly, that word is Elohim.

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Which can be plural. Which is actually a plural

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noun. And actually, the verb is also conjugated

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as plural. And I just learned today that there's

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only one place where it's conjugated as singular,

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and that's in the scripture where it talks about,

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they will look upon him whom they have pierced.

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And I'm not sure exactly where in that scripture

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that it is. That's the only place that the speaker

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I was listening to noted. that he had ever found

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in the scripture that uses the singular for one.

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You know, I and the Father are one. The word

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one in the Hebrew echad, it means one, but it's

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plural in, like, for example, you have the nation

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of Israel is one nation, but it's made up of

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a plurality of people. Okay, so they are one

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as a nation. It's the same kind of thing that

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Elohim is one, but not necessarily singular,

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right? Interesting, yeah. So I think we have

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a whole lot to learn when we get to heaven. We're

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just barely scratching the surface of what the

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Lord wants to teach us. But, you know, let's

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just keep digging as deep as we can while we're

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here, right? Yeah. So what does Psalm 33, 6 say?

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This is the Young's literal translation, so it

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might sound a little cryptic. Go ahead. By the

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word of Yehovah, the heavens have been made,

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and by the breath of his mouth, all their hosts.

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That one isn't too difficult. No. Yeah. So it's

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the word of Yehovah, the heavens have been made.

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Okay. And by the breath of his mouth, all the

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hosts of heaven. So I like to picture it that,

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you know, he just kind of swung his hand and

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created the universe. And then he kind of went

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like this. And from his hand, he blew and all

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of the starry hosts became, you know, that's

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how I picture it. Don't make a doctrine out of

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it, but that's how I picture it. I just think

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it's cool. So it's interesting that it talks

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about it's by his word. So now we have John 1,

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1 through 3. In the beginning was the Word, and

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the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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He was in the beginning with God. All things

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were made through him, and without him was not

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anything made that was made. So in the King James

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it says, all things were made by him. So it's

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interesting that prepositions in particular can

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have multiple meanings. It can mean by, and it

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can mean through, and neither one is a mistranslation.

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Okay. It can mean both. So whether you want to

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say all things were made by him or all things

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were made through him, bottom line is there's

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nothing that exists that he didn't have something

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to do with. Yeah. Okay. There's nothing existing

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that he wasn't responsible for. So it's fascinating

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how He was there in the beginning. Jesus was

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there in the beginning with God, participating

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in the creation. I love the way that the Young's

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literal translation puts it. Just read John 1,

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1 through 3 in the Young's, please. In the beginning

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was the Word, and the Word was with God, and

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the Word was God. This one was in the beginning

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with God. All things to him did happen. There

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you go. That's an interesting way to say it.

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All things to him did happen. And without him

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happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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Isn't that interesting? I thought that was a

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fun thing to add to this. So what does Ephesians

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3, 9 through 11 say? And to make all men see

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what is the fellowship of the mystery, which

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from the beginning of the world hath been hidden

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God, who created all things by Jesus Christ,

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to the intent that now under the principalities

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and powers in heavenly places. might be known

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by the church the manifold wisdom of God, according

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to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ

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Jesus our Lord. Okay, so Jesus, Christ Jesus,

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has an eternal purpose, which our Father purposed

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in him. And you can see that everything was created

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by him. It says, and to make all men see what

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is the fellowship of the mystery. which from

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the beginning of the world has been hidden God,

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who created all things by Jesus Christ. So Jesus

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was intimately involved in the whole creation,

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even before he walked the earth. So he is creator

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God, right? He came in the flesh to walk the

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earth, and that's why he could take mud and make

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an eyeball, right? Yeah. So, let's read Colossians

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1, 12 -20. For by him all things were created

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that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible

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and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or

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principalities or powers. All things were created

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through him and for him, and he is before all

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things, and in him all things consist. And he

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is the head of the body, the church, who is the

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beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that

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in all things he may have the preeminence. For

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it pleased the Father that in him all the fullness

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should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things

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to himself, by him, whether things on earth or

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things in heaven, heaven made peace through the

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blood of his cross. Well, that is... There is

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so much in that scripture. We could probably

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do an entire episode on that one section of scripture.

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But the point that we're trying to make is...

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right now is that he created everything. He's

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involved in the creation. And you see in this

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one scripture, this one set of verses, how the

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purposes of God are manifest from the beginning.

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He's got the plan. He said it and it is done.

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And it just hasn't completely manifested in the

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physical realm yet. But the spiritual realm is

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the reality realm. We tend to think of the physical

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realm as the reality, and it is not. All of this

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stuff is temporary, and it's going to be rolled

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up like a scroll and disappear, and the reality

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of heaven is going to be the reality that we

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understand and live in for eternity, because

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this is temporary. It's just temporary. But Jesus

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died so that this temporary thing could be redeemed.

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Glory to God. He suffered for us so that we could

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be redeemed and that the earth could be redeemed

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as well. He suffered so that everything could

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be put back in order the way God intended in

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the first place. To restore what started in the

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Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve chose to rebel.

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So, what does Hebrews 1, 1 -3 say? God, who at

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various times and in various ways spoke in time

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past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these

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last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath

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appointed heir of all things, through whom also

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he made the worlds, who be in the brightness

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of his glory and the express image of his person,

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and upholding all things by the word of his power,

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when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down

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on the right hand of the majesty on high. Hallelujah.

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He's the heir of all things, through whom also

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he made the world. So everything returns to him.

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Exactly. And he's the brightness of his glory.

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So Jesus is the manifestation of the glory of

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the Father and the express image. You know, it's

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kind of like... When you have a father and son

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who look like each other, like Philip looks like

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his dad. And, you know, there's just no getting

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around it. I remember Papa Dorn, he was kind

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of like our CEO at our conventions for a number

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of times, and we hadn't seen him for a long time.

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came to the convention, and he says, Philip Buss,

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you look just like Estelle Buss. I thought, oh,

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wow. I know what I'll look like when I get older.

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And I look at my grandpa, and I can see myself

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in him. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah, I can

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see that in there. I see my grandmother when

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I look in the mirror sometimes. The only thing

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I don't have, I don't wear overalls all the time

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like you did. True, true. And you have all your

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fingers too. Yeah, he has three. So Jesus is

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the express image of the Father. So you want

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to know what the Father looks like? Look at Jesus.

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Because we're not supposed to be able to see

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the Father and live. And it's only people who

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have actually died, died, that can look at the

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Father and then come back and talk about it.

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But he, Jesus. looks like his father. So if you

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want to know what the father looks like, look

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at Jesus. And if you want to know the father's

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heart, look at the heart of Jesus. He's full

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of compassion. And all the stories we've heard,

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how many people can actually look at the father?

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No. You can't because he's so... He's so bright.

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He's so consuming bright, I guess. Right, right.

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And if you look at him directly, it could kill

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you. Yeah. Because you'd be vaporized. Yeah.

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Yeah. But you can look at Jesus. Yeah. And I

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believe that a lot of the appearances where it

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says the Lord appeared to Abraham, the Lord appeared

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to Isaac, the Lord appeared to Jacob, that it

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must have been Jesus that was showing the glory

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of the Father without killing them. And the fourth

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one in the fire was Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

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Right. And what a significant measure to say,

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I see a fourth man like unto the Son of God,

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wouldn't it? Yes. I mean, think of that. Yeah.

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What does a pagan know about the Son of God?

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What does a pagan know about the Son of God?

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Right. So Jesus is the creator. Yeah. We talk

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about God created everything, and Jesus is God.

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Yes. Okay. So let's move on to the next aspect.

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We have the good shepherd. So, of course, when

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you're talking about the good shepherd, you think

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of Psalm 23. Would you read that for us, please?

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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He

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makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads

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me beside the still waters. He restores my soul.

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He leads me in the paths of righteousness for

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his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the

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valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no

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evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your

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staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before

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me in the presence of mine enemies. You anoint

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my head with oil. My cup runs over. Surely goodness

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and mercy shall follow me all the days of my

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life. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord

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forever. Amen. Amen. What was that scripture

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.920
we were reading this morning that talked about

00:31:46.329 --> 00:31:49.609
the Lord being your rearward? It was in Deuteronomy

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28. It was the promises to Israel from Mount

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Gerizim. Right. And so it's your rear guard.

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So your rear guard is goodness and mercy. That's

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aspects of his heart. Yeah. That's who he is.

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He is a shepherd. And I find it interesting that

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the whole culture of Israel started with Abraham,

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Isaac, and Jacob, and they were all shepherds.

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And the 12 sons of Jacob were shepherds. They

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were put in charge of Pharaoh's flocks when they

00:32:24.769 --> 00:32:28.849
got to Egypt. They were shepherds. So they understood

00:32:28.849 --> 00:32:34.190
these ideas of shepherding. And David was a shepherd,

00:32:34.289 --> 00:32:37.410
right? He learned how to lead people by learning

00:32:37.410 --> 00:32:40.789
how to lead sheep. Because sheep aren't very

00:32:40.789 --> 00:32:43.849
smart. They're just not very smart, and they

00:32:43.849 --> 00:32:47.769
need someone to lead them. And I hate to say

00:32:47.769 --> 00:32:50.150
it, but people aren't very smart either. Yeah,

00:32:50.170 --> 00:32:53.049
I remember a story. We have friends up in Canada

00:32:53.049 --> 00:32:56.809
on the island of Victoria Island, I think it

00:32:56.809 --> 00:33:00.150
was. And he had sheep, and they had a little

00:33:00.150 --> 00:33:03.509
bridge to cross over this stream to get to the

00:33:03.509 --> 00:33:05.630
other side. And while they were on the other

00:33:05.630 --> 00:33:09.000
side, he painted it red. And when they all came

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:12.269
back, They stood there, and they looked at that

00:33:12.269 --> 00:33:15.069
bridge, but they would not go on it. So they

00:33:15.069 --> 00:33:17.109
swam through the water to get the other side.

00:33:17.990 --> 00:33:20.289
It took them a while to get used to it. Yeah,

00:33:20.390 --> 00:33:22.589
it took them a while, then they did it. But I

00:33:22.589 --> 00:33:24.630
thought, well, that's really, really interesting.

00:33:25.130 --> 00:33:28.049
Not too smart. They don't handle change well.

00:33:28.549 --> 00:33:32.950
And do we? Do we handle change well? Not especially.

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:37.740
So what does Jeremiah 31 .10 say? Hear the word

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:40.509
of the Lord, O nations. and declare it in the

00:33:40.509 --> 00:33:44.089
isles afar off, and say, He who scattereth Israel

00:33:44.089 --> 00:33:47.549
will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd does

00:33:47.549 --> 00:33:50.750
his flock. He who scattered Israel, remember,

00:33:50.869 --> 00:33:54.009
Israel was scattered because they misbehaved.

00:33:54.069 --> 00:33:57.890
They did not keep the law. You know, the law

00:33:57.890 --> 00:34:01.210
was laid out so that if you'll follow these things,

00:34:01.329 --> 00:34:05.710
you will live well. This is the path to the good

00:34:05.710 --> 00:34:09.210
life. All you have to do is get in agreement

00:34:09.210 --> 00:34:14.530
with what your creator says for you because he

00:34:14.530 --> 00:34:17.710
knows what's best for you. It's not all about

00:34:17.710 --> 00:34:22.070
do's and don'ts. It's about he knows what's best

00:34:22.070 --> 00:34:25.969
for you. Like a parent, he is a parent. And so

00:34:25.969 --> 00:34:28.909
he is a shepherd also, and he knows what's good

00:34:28.909 --> 00:34:32.250
for us. But he promised them. It was a promise

00:34:32.250 --> 00:34:36.250
of God that if you don't keep... these commandments,

00:34:36.550 --> 00:34:41.010
I'm going to scatter you. And he did. So he kept

00:34:41.010 --> 00:34:44.449
his word, right? Not all of his promises are

00:34:44.449 --> 00:34:48.389
happy promises that we will enjoy, but he's faithful

00:34:48.389 --> 00:34:52.449
to keep his word. So he says he's a shepherd.

00:34:52.590 --> 00:34:56.530
He is the shepherd of Israel and he knows how

00:34:56.530 --> 00:34:59.570
to scatter the flocks and he knows how to gather

00:34:59.570 --> 00:35:02.530
them back again. And so when we're looking at

00:35:02.530 --> 00:35:05.920
the modern state of Israel, We are looking at

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:08.699
the sheep that the shepherd has gathered back,

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.500
even though they don't know him yet. Some of

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:14.760
them do. More and more and more of them do. But

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:18.219
many of them don't know him yet. But they heard

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:21.780
the call in their hearts. And they obeyed the

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:25.500
call. So that's the beginning. And the Lord promises

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:28.769
he's going to sprinkle. fresh water on their

00:35:28.769 --> 00:35:32.469
hearts and clean their hearts and make them pliable

00:35:32.469 --> 00:35:35.170
again because they got hard -hearted in all of

00:35:35.170 --> 00:35:38.010
this persecution that they had through centuries,

00:35:38.309 --> 00:35:40.269
centuries of persecution. That's why they're

00:35:40.269 --> 00:35:42.269
tough to get along with today in their culture.

00:35:42.449 --> 00:35:45.210
Yeah, can be. God made them tough because that's

00:35:45.210 --> 00:35:47.650
how they survived. If they were passive, they

00:35:47.650 --> 00:35:49.789
never would have survived. True, true. But deep

00:35:49.789 --> 00:35:53.489
down, there is a soft place and God knows how

00:35:53.489 --> 00:35:56.869
to get to it. And he gets to it. And I remember

00:35:56.869 --> 00:36:00.170
the testimony of a Jewish man in New York. He

00:36:00.170 --> 00:36:04.250
was driving a delivery truck and he starts hearing

00:36:04.250 --> 00:36:08.170
this whistle, like something's whistling. And

00:36:08.170 --> 00:36:10.590
he's hearing it all the time. He hears it when

00:36:10.590 --> 00:36:12.789
he goes home, you know, day in, day out, he's

00:36:12.789 --> 00:36:15.940
hearing this whistle. And one day he walks into

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:17.900
a bookstore. I don't think he even knew what

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:21.239
he was going for. And he went to the religion

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:24.820
section and he picked up a Bible and he flipped

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:29.000
it open to the scripture where it says, I will

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:32.659
whistle for them. Yes. And I think he dropped

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:36.199
to his knees right there in the bookstore and

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:38.980
realized that God was calling him and that God

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:42.699
was calling him to go to Israel. And so he did.

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:45.539
I don't know at what point he came to know Yeshua

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:48.400
as his Messiah, but that's what happened to him.

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:52.840
And he heard the whistle. And, you know, anything

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:56.179
that was going on in his life that didn't fit

00:36:56.179 --> 00:37:00.400
keeping the commandments, he let go of it and

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:04.420
just followed this leading that was in his heart

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:08.699
to go back to Israel and to go to Israel and

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:12.150
become a citizen. And so he did. So, you know,

00:37:12.170 --> 00:37:15.010
our father's a shepherd, right? So then what

00:37:15.010 --> 00:37:19.269
does it say in John 10, 1 through 18? Well, we

00:37:19.269 --> 00:37:21.309
won't read that whole scripture, but the point

00:37:21.309 --> 00:37:25.010
of it is Jesus says, I am the good shepherd.

00:37:25.349 --> 00:37:29.170
So he's declaring, I'm the one you read about

00:37:29.170 --> 00:37:32.869
in Psalm 23. I'm the one you read about in Jeremiah.

00:37:33.190 --> 00:37:38.739
I am your shepherd. And I think most of it bounced

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:41.039
off the heads of the people who were listening.

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:43.739
I don't think they got it, but he's making a

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:48.969
declaration for us to see that the good shepherd

00:37:48.969 --> 00:37:52.610
of the Old Testament is the same good shepherd

00:37:52.610 --> 00:37:56.329
in the New Testament, the shepherd in flesh.

00:37:56.750 --> 00:38:01.449
Amen. So what does Hebrews 13, 20 to 21 say?

00:38:02.150 --> 00:38:04.829
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from

00:38:04.829 --> 00:38:07.530
the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of

00:38:07.530 --> 00:38:10.170
the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,

00:38:10.449 --> 00:38:13.329
equip you with everything good that you may do

00:38:13.329 --> 00:38:16.489
his will, working in us that which is pleasing

00:38:16.489 --> 00:38:19.929
in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be

00:38:19.929 --> 00:38:24.349
glory forever and ever. Amen. Amen. He is the

00:38:24.349 --> 00:38:29.210
great shepherd of the sheep, Jesus Christ, the

00:38:29.309 --> 00:38:34.699
Lord Jesus. He is the great shepherd of the sheep.

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:38.079
And who is this written to? Us. It's written

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:41.420
to the Hebrews. To the Hebrews. Yes. It's written

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:43.800
specifically. To us because we're grafted in.

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:48.719
Yes. To us. Exactly. Very good. Very good. It's

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:50.780
written to us because we've been grafted in.

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:54.300
Very true. But it's written to people who knew

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:58.150
the 23rd Psalm. It's written to people who knew

00:38:58.150 --> 00:39:01.389
that our Father is our shepherd. And they don't

00:39:01.389 --> 00:39:04.090
even necessarily recognize that He's their Father.

00:39:04.309 --> 00:39:08.130
But they're worshiping a God that's far off in

00:39:08.130 --> 00:39:11.849
their minds, but He's right there with them.

00:39:12.130 --> 00:39:16.469
Our God with us, Emmanuel. And the writer of

00:39:16.469 --> 00:39:18.510
Hebrews is trying to get them to open their eyes.

00:39:19.050 --> 00:39:21.969
The great shepherd of the sheep by the blood

00:39:21.969 --> 00:39:25.070
of the eternal covenant. This isn't the blood

00:39:25.070 --> 00:39:27.530
of bulls and goats. This is the blood of the

00:39:27.530 --> 00:39:29.969
eternal covenant, the blood that Jesus shed for

00:39:29.969 --> 00:39:34.269
us. And he was then brought from the dead. This

00:39:34.269 --> 00:39:38.809
is enormous. He conquered death for us. He didn't

00:39:38.809 --> 00:39:43.730
only die our death. He also resurrected from

00:39:43.730 --> 00:39:47.590
that death. And beyond that, he ascended into

00:39:47.590 --> 00:39:51.449
heaven. So that brings us to our next point.

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:56.869
Riding on a cloud. Okay, let's look into the

00:39:56.869 --> 00:40:01.869
Old Testament about who rides on a cloud. Psalm

00:40:01.869 --> 00:40:06.130
68, 4. Sing to God, sing praises to his name.

00:40:06.489 --> 00:40:09.670
Extol him who rides on the clouds by his name,

00:40:09.750 --> 00:40:13.030
Yah, and rejoice before him. It's the only place

00:40:13.030 --> 00:40:16.510
Yah, I think, is used. Well, it's also used in

00:40:16.510 --> 00:40:20.289
hallelujah. Yeah, in short by itself. Yeah, that's

00:40:20.289 --> 00:40:23.039
where we see it. In the English, at least. Yeah.

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:25.300
I think it's probably there in the Hebrew and

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:27.820
other places. And I think we touched on it last

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:31.340
episode. So, extol him who rides on the clouds

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:34.539
by his name, Yah. So, who's riding on the clouds?

00:40:35.289 --> 00:40:40.309
Yah. Yah. Right? So, Isaiah 19, 1. The burden

00:40:40.309 --> 00:40:43.750
against Egypt. Behold, the Lord rides on a swift

00:40:43.750 --> 00:40:47.070
cloud and will come into Egypt. The idols of

00:40:47.070 --> 00:40:50.079
Egypt will totter at his presence. and the heart

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:55.260
of Egypt will melt in its midst. Amen. So Yehovah,

00:40:55.449 --> 00:40:58.510
that's capital L, capital O, capital R, capital

00:40:58.510 --> 00:41:02.630
D. That's the Lord, but in the Hebrew, it's written

00:41:02.630 --> 00:41:07.730
out Yehovah. Behold, Yehovah rides on a swift

00:41:07.730 --> 00:41:12.050
cloud. Okay, what does it say in Exodus 19, 9?

00:41:12.610 --> 00:41:15.809
And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I come to

00:41:15.809 --> 00:41:18.780
you in the thick cloud. that the people may hear

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:21.039
when I speak with you and believe you forever.

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:24.219
So Moses told the words of the people to the

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:27.420
Lord. So the Lord. And what did the Lord do?

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:30.480
He came in a cloud with lightnings and thunders.

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:33.179
Yeah, it was kind of scary. And everybody was

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:37.960
scared. Absolutely. Oh, wow. So here again, he's

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:42.179
saying, I, Yehovah, am coming to you in a thick

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:45.690
cloud. So Yehovah comes in a thick cloud. What

00:41:45.690 --> 00:41:48.889
does Exodus 34 .5 say? Now the Lord descended

00:41:48.889 --> 00:41:52.090
in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed

00:41:52.090 --> 00:41:55.110
the name of the Lord. So this is where he goes,

00:41:55.210 --> 00:41:58.449
Yehovah, Yehovah. And he talks about himself

00:41:58.449 --> 00:42:02.710
being one with the compassion of a mother. Yeah.

00:42:03.230 --> 00:42:05.909
But he descended in a cloud. That's what we're

00:42:05.909 --> 00:42:09.469
looking at now. He descended in a cloud. So he

00:42:09.469 --> 00:42:14.610
rides a cloud, right? Daniel 7 .13. I was watching

00:42:14.610 --> 00:42:17.389
in the night visions, and behold, one like the

00:42:17.389 --> 00:42:20.429
Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven.

00:42:20.670 --> 00:42:24.210
He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought

00:42:24.210 --> 00:42:27.889
him near before me. Oh, I love the Ancient of

00:42:27.889 --> 00:42:30.989
Days. Yes, so the Ancient of Days is Yehovah,

00:42:31.110 --> 00:42:36.150
and the one like the Son of Man is coming in

00:42:36.150 --> 00:42:39.349
the clouds of heaven, right? So what does Acts

00:42:39.349 --> 00:42:43.559
1 -9 say? Now, when he had spoken these things

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:46.659
while they watched, he was taken up and a cloud

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:49.599
received him out of their sight. So that's Jesus.

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:54.019
Yeah. Jesus was taken up in a cloud. Yeah. And

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:56.880
what did the angels say to the men that were

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:59.460
standing there? Why are you looking into heaven?

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:03.500
The same Jesus is coming in a cloud. Yes. Like

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:05.820
he left you, he's coming back. So he's coming

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:08.360
back in a cloud. And that's our great hope. Yes.

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:10.460
Which the church has had for the last 2 ,000

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:12.739
years. Right. He is coming back. Absolutely.

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:15.719
Because he keeps his word. Yes. And none of his

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:19.159
words fall to the ground. Amen. Amen. Amen. So

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:23.250
Luke 21, 27 says, Then they will see the Son

00:43:23.250 --> 00:43:26.030
of Man coming in a cloud with power and great

00:43:26.030 --> 00:43:31.710
glory. So the Son of Man, interesting how he

00:43:31.710 --> 00:43:34.570
makes it clear that he's not just the Son of

00:43:34.570 --> 00:43:38.070
God. He's also the Son of Man. And in Hebrew,

00:43:38.269 --> 00:43:42.860
that was... Be Ben -Adam. Ben -Adam. And in the

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:45.840
book of Zechariah, with the last chapter getting

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:50.119
close, in that day, his feet will stand on the

00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:53.440
Mount of Olives. Exactly. Because he's coming

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:56.360
back, and they will mourn for him. They will

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:59.219
look on him whom they have pierced, and they

00:43:59.219 --> 00:44:03.679
will mourn for him. So he's coming back. As we

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:06.320
see him, we think of the rapture. He's coming

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:09.199
on a cloud. This is happening at the same time

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:11.340
on the Mount of Olives. In fact, maybe that's

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:13.019
where he'll come first because that's where he

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:15.579
left from. True. Why not go back to make a full

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:19.579
circle? Exactly. Exactly. So what does Revelation

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:24.239
1 -7 say? Behold, he is coming with clouds, and

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:27.579
every eye will see him, even they who pierced

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:30.340
him. Well, this is just like Zechariah. And all

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:32.639
the tribes of the earth will mourn because of

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:37.119
him, even so. Amen. Amen. This is such a tremendous

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:40.219
study, you know, for people going out in nations

00:44:40.219 --> 00:44:42.780
and things, you know, combining Old Testament

00:44:42.780 --> 00:44:45.739
to New. Yes. As many do not, you know, the New

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:48.280
Testament is the completion of the old. You have

00:44:48.280 --> 00:44:51.840
to have it. Right. And I love what I've heard.

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:55.199
I'm not sure who coined this, but it's the New

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:58.380
Testament is in the Old Testament concealed.

00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:02.079
And the Old Testament is in the New Testament

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:05.559
revealed. So if you only study the New Testament,

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:07.659
yeah, you're going to get some Old Testament.

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:10.639
But if you don't get the Old Testament in context,

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:13.639
you're not going to get the fullness of it. And

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:15.860
if you throw out the Old Testament, you're also

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:19.599
throwing out Genesis, which is the story of how

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:24.039
everything started. You lose Noah. You lose Abraham,

00:45:24.260 --> 00:45:28.130
Isaac, and Jacob. You lose the Psalms. You can't

00:45:28.130 --> 00:45:30.150
have the Psalms if you only want the New Testament.

00:45:30.389 --> 00:45:33.389
So it's ridiculous to throw out the Old Testament.

00:45:33.769 --> 00:45:37.170
It has not been replaced by the New Testament.

00:45:37.329 --> 00:45:41.550
It is foundational and we'll only understand

00:45:41.550 --> 00:45:44.349
the New Testament if we're digging in the Old

00:45:44.349 --> 00:45:48.550
Testament as well. So here's another one. I love

00:45:48.550 --> 00:45:53.030
this one. Okay. He says he is the first and the

00:45:53.030 --> 00:45:56.989
last. Yehovah is the first and the last. And

00:45:56.989 --> 00:46:00.070
so is Jesus. Let's read that. Isaiah 48, 12.

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:04.280
Listen to me, O Jacob and Israel, whom I called.

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:09.099
I am he, I am the first, and I am the last. Well,

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:10.880
that's pretty plain, isn't it? Yeah. So we're

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:15.099
talking about Yehovah. Isaiah 41, 4. Who has

00:46:15.099 --> 00:46:17.880
performed and done this, calling the generations

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:21.960
from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first. And

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:27.119
with the last, I am he. Amen. Amen. So then we

00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:31.510
also have Isaiah 44, 6. Thus says the Lord, the

00:46:31.510 --> 00:46:34.289
King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of

00:46:34.289 --> 00:46:37.550
hosts. I am the first and I am the last. Besides

00:46:37.550 --> 00:46:41.829
me, there is no God. Beautiful. Now, let's move

00:46:41.829 --> 00:46:45.349
to the New Testament. Revelation 1, 10 through

00:46:45.349 --> 00:46:49.210
13. I love this. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's

00:46:49.210 --> 00:46:52.090
Day. This is John talking. Go ahead. I was in

00:46:52.090 --> 00:46:54.820
the Spirit on the Lord's Day. And I heard behind

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:58.579
me a loud voice as of a trumpet, saying, I am

00:46:58.579 --> 00:47:02.019
the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last.

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:05.579
And what you see, write in a book and send it

00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:08.960
to the seven churches which are in Asia, to Ephesus,

00:47:09.260 --> 00:47:13.639
to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis,

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:18.150
to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. Then I turned

00:47:18.150 --> 00:47:21.000
to see the voice that spoke with me. And heaven

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:24.579
turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks. And

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:27.619
in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like

00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:30.659
the son of man, clothed with a garment down to

00:47:30.659 --> 00:47:33.699
the feet, and girded about the chest with a golden

00:47:33.699 --> 00:47:38.119
band. You know, and this is before COVID, and

00:47:38.119 --> 00:47:41.579
we were coming out of Kurdistan. We flew to Turkey,

00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:45.940
and our host picked us up, and we went to Pergamon,

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:50.739
and we went to Ephesus, and we went to... No,

00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:54.639
it was Troas, which there wasn't a— This wasn't

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:55.900
one of the traditions, yeah. This wasn't Troas,

00:47:55.900 --> 00:47:58.900
but there was impact there. And it's amazing

00:47:58.900 --> 00:48:02.579
to walk in these places where this all happened.

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And in Ephesus, the idols are all still there.

00:48:06.340 --> 00:48:09.400
Yeah. There's the queen of heaven, great as Diana,

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:13.559
the Ephesians. Right. All decked out in what

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:15.880
was pieces put back together because when the

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:19.219
Muslims came in, they— They tore all idolatry

00:48:19.219 --> 00:48:21.139
down, but for the sake of tourists, they put

00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:24.380
it all up again. Yeah, not so good. Oh, well.

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:27.460
But the bottom line is, I'm Alpha and Omega.

00:48:27.739 --> 00:48:31.619
I'm the first and the last. So all through the

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:33.760
Old Testament, we just read scripture after scripture

00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:36.559
about Yehovah saying, I'm the first and the last.

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And in one place, we just read, I'm the first

00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:44.699
and with the last. So that tells me he's also

00:48:44.699 --> 00:48:49.460
talking about Yeshua. as the last, but we see

00:48:49.460 --> 00:48:52.920
here that here's Jesus, the son of man. Then

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:55.480
I turn to see the voice and one like the son

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:58.619
of man. Okay. So he's looking at the son of man

00:48:58.619 --> 00:49:01.400
and he hears this voice saying, I am the first

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:07.500
and the last. So Jesus is the first and the last.

00:49:07.619 --> 00:49:10.860
He is the same as our father. He is one with

00:49:10.860 --> 00:49:15.500
our father. Then verses 17 and 18 from also Revelation

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1. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though

00:49:19.130 --> 00:49:22.090
dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying,

00:49:22.289 --> 00:49:26.349
Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the

00:49:26.349 --> 00:49:30.590
living one. I died, and behold, I am alive forevermore,

00:49:30.650 --> 00:49:34.530
and I have the keys of death and Hades. Hallelujah.

00:49:35.389 --> 00:49:40.710
He is alive forevermore. He was dead. But he

00:49:40.710 --> 00:49:43.449
says, I'm the first and the last. It must be

00:49:43.449 --> 00:49:46.570
important. I'm the beginning of it. I'm the ending

00:49:46.570 --> 00:49:48.869
of it. And I think what you have to understand

00:49:48.869 --> 00:49:54.630
is that he's talking about time. Before him was

00:49:54.630 --> 00:49:58.539
all eternity. After this thing wraps up, it'll

00:49:58.539 --> 00:50:02.440
be all eternity again. But this period of time,

00:50:02.739 --> 00:50:08.400
which I believe is the countdown for the devil.

00:50:09.530 --> 00:50:14.050
It began with the mutiny of Lucifer. And he and

00:50:14.050 --> 00:50:17.150
all the one third of the hosts of heaven fell

00:50:17.150 --> 00:50:20.650
with him. They had the life stripped out of them.

00:50:20.730 --> 00:50:22.929
So that's where darkness began. There was no

00:50:22.929 --> 00:50:26.909
darkness before that. And that's where time began.

00:50:27.210 --> 00:50:29.969
So in the beginning was the beginning of time.

00:50:30.449 --> 00:50:33.590
So he's the first and the last. He started it

00:50:33.590 --> 00:50:38.000
and he's going to wrap it up. So he's the first

00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:40.219
and the last. What he started, he's going to

00:50:40.219 --> 00:50:43.820
finish. And he does that in our lives. Every

00:50:43.820 --> 00:50:47.039
one of us are examples. If we'll just yield to

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:50.780
him, he started a good work in us and he will

00:50:50.780 --> 00:50:53.099
complete it. All we have to do is cooperate.

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And when we forget and don't cooperate, we repent

00:50:57.539 --> 00:51:02.500
and he will restore us. He's just that good.

00:51:02.699 --> 00:51:05.820
He just wants us to fellowship with him. That's

00:51:05.820 --> 00:51:10.119
the bottom line. So Revelation 2 .8 says, And

00:51:10.119 --> 00:51:12.880
to the angel of the church in Smyrna write the

00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:15.559
words of the first and the last who died and

00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:19.840
came to life. Amen. And Revelation 22 .13 says,

00:51:20.380 --> 00:51:23.179
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the

00:51:23.179 --> 00:51:25.679
last, the beginning and the end. That's who he

00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:28.199
is. He started it. He's going to finish it. So

00:51:28.199 --> 00:51:31.760
let's just dig for a moment in the idea that

00:51:31.760 --> 00:51:35.550
Jesus and the Father are one. I remember hearing

00:51:35.550 --> 00:51:39.590
the testimonies of both Dean Braxton and Jesse

00:51:39.590 --> 00:51:42.730
Duplantis, who had a visit to heaven, where they

00:51:42.730 --> 00:51:46.349
both saw how Jesus went into the Father. Into

00:51:46.349 --> 00:51:49.710
the Father, yeah. And to me, that's just another

00:51:49.710 --> 00:51:54.170
picture of how they are absolutely one. And when

00:51:54.170 --> 00:51:56.329
you're worshiping the Father, you're worshiping

00:51:56.329 --> 00:51:58.550
Jesus. When you're worshiping Jesus, you're worshiping

00:51:58.550 --> 00:52:05.760
the Father. So let's look at Isaiah 12, 2. Behold,

00:52:05.820 --> 00:52:08.760
God is my salvation. I will trust and will not

00:52:08.760 --> 00:52:11.880
be afraid. For the Lord God is my strength and

00:52:11.880 --> 00:52:15.400
my song, and he has become my salvation. Yeah,

00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:18.300
we touched on this in the previous episode. But

00:52:18.300 --> 00:52:23.440
let's also go on to Isaiah 45, 21 and 22. Declare

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:26.000
and present your case. Let them take counsel

00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:29.659
together. Who told this long ago? Who declared

00:52:29.659 --> 00:52:33.159
it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:36.539
is no other God besides me, a righteous God and

00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:40.659
a Savior. There is none besides me. Turn to me

00:52:40.659 --> 00:52:43.199
and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For

00:52:43.199 --> 00:52:48.340
I am God and there is no other. Amen. Amen. He

00:52:48.340 --> 00:52:51.199
says, I am God. Yeah. There isn't anybody else.

00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:55.599
Except that Jesus claimed to be God. Yeah, he

00:52:55.599 --> 00:53:00.639
was. Yeah, he is. So let's look at John 10, 28

00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:04.739
to 30. I give them eternal life, and they will

00:53:04.739 --> 00:53:07.559
never perish, and no one will snatch them out

00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:10.420
of my hand. My Father, who has given them to

00:53:10.420 --> 00:53:13.539
me, is greater than all, and no one is able to

00:53:13.539 --> 00:53:16.579
snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the

00:53:16.579 --> 00:53:20.000
Father are one. There you go. Absolutely, absolutely.

00:53:20.280 --> 00:53:23.559
And it's echad, it's the kind of one that is

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:27.340
plural. Wow. How does one become more than one?

00:53:27.420 --> 00:53:30.920
I explained it, you know, like a nation. It is

00:53:30.920 --> 00:53:33.699
one nation, but it's made of many, many people.

00:53:34.079 --> 00:53:38.079
So let's look at Revelation 7, 10 through 12.

00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:42.039
And crying out with a loud voice, Salvation belongs

00:53:42.039 --> 00:53:44.820
to our God who sits on the throne and to the

00:53:44.820 --> 00:53:48.130
Lamb. And all the angels were standing around

00:53:48.130 --> 00:53:50.489
the throne and around the elders and the four

00:53:50.489 --> 00:53:53.329
living creatures. And they fell on their faces

00:53:53.329 --> 00:53:55.809
before the throne and worshiped God, saying,

00:53:56.010 --> 00:53:59.960
Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving

00:53:59.960 --> 00:54:03.579
and honor and power and might be to our God forever

00:54:03.579 --> 00:54:08.480
and ever. Amen. Amen. Amen. They are one. They

00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:11.320
are one. They are absolutely one. And there's

00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:14.019
just one more thing I want to touch on. And that

00:54:14.019 --> 00:54:19.159
is that our Father has been saying, do not fear.

00:54:19.909 --> 00:54:24.190
And Jesus says, do not fear. You can see it in

00:54:24.190 --> 00:54:28.679
Genesis 26, 24. where the Lord appears to Isaac

00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:31.780
and says, I am the God of your father, Abraham.

00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:35.900
Do not fear. I am with you. To Jacob, he says,

00:54:36.099 --> 00:54:40.400
this is when Jacob has just learned that his

00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:43.760
son Joseph is still alive and that he's beckoning

00:54:43.760 --> 00:54:46.320
him to come to Egypt and, you know, don't be

00:54:46.320 --> 00:54:49.500
afraid to come. And he says, God spoke to Israel,

00:54:49.599 --> 00:54:53.000
who is also Jacob. God spoke to Israel in the

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:54.960
visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob.

00:54:55.760 --> 00:54:58.639
And he said, here I am. That would probably be

00:54:58.639 --> 00:55:02.599
Hineni. So he said, I am God, the God of your

00:55:02.599 --> 00:55:06.820
father. Do not fear to go to Egypt. And he goes

00:55:06.820 --> 00:55:08.760
on talking about how he's going to meet his son,

00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:13.780
Joseph. And Psalm 118 .6 says, the Lord or Yehovah

00:55:13.780 --> 00:55:17.699
is on my side. I will not fear. What can man

00:55:17.699 --> 00:55:21.440
do to me? The relationship with our father, the

00:55:21.440 --> 00:55:24.360
relationship with Jesus is meant to drive out

00:55:24.360 --> 00:55:27.159
all fear. And the relationship with the Holy

00:55:27.159 --> 00:55:29.320
Spirit when we receive the baptism in the Holy

00:55:29.320 --> 00:55:33.599
Spirit is to make us bold. So you're not going

00:55:33.599 --> 00:55:36.360
to be fearing if you're bold, right? That's right,

00:55:36.400 --> 00:55:39.719
yeah. So in Daniel 10, 12, he said to me, Do

00:55:39.719 --> 00:55:42.199
not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that

00:55:42.199 --> 00:55:44.780
you set your heart to understand and to humble

00:55:44.780 --> 00:55:47.699
yourself before your God. Your words were heard,

00:55:47.780 --> 00:55:50.940
and I have come because of your words. Don't

00:55:50.940 --> 00:55:54.719
fear. Set yourself to serve God. Set yourself

00:55:54.719 --> 00:55:59.019
to follow him and don't fear. Matthew 10, 29

00:55:59.019 --> 00:56:02.519
to 31 says, are not two sparrows sold for a copper

00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:05.099
coin? And not one of them falls to the ground

00:56:05.099 --> 00:56:08.179
apart from your father's will? But the very hairs

00:56:08.179 --> 00:56:11.960
of your head are all numbered. Do not fear. Therefore,

00:56:12.099 --> 00:56:15.420
you have much more value. You are of more value

00:56:15.420 --> 00:56:20.559
than many sparrows. Matthew 14, 25 to 27. In

00:56:20.559 --> 00:56:22.159
the fourth watch of the night, we talked about

00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:25.079
this before. where Jesus is walking on the water,

00:56:25.179 --> 00:56:27.760
and they're thinking he's a ghost. And in verse

00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:30.400
27, it says, Immediately Jesus spoke to them

00:56:30.400 --> 00:56:34.800
and said, Take heart, it is I. Do not be afraid.

00:56:35.809 --> 00:56:39.880
So Jesus is there in the storm with you. He's

00:56:39.880 --> 00:56:42.519
walking on the water, and you're fussing about

00:56:42.519 --> 00:56:46.900
the waves. Jesus is Lord over the waves, right?

00:56:47.000 --> 00:56:50.500
In another place, he calmed the sea. He's walking

00:56:50.500 --> 00:56:54.920
on the storm. We don't have to be worried about

00:56:54.920 --> 00:56:58.719
the storm. Do not be moved by the storm that's

00:56:58.719 --> 00:57:03.139
around you. Be moved into peace. Be moved into

00:57:03.139 --> 00:57:08.739
joy. And then in Revelation 1, we just read verses

00:57:08.739 --> 00:57:11.599
17 and 18. He laid his right hand on me and said,

00:57:11.659 --> 00:57:15.019
do not be afraid. Don't be afraid. I mean, he's

00:57:15.019 --> 00:57:17.980
fallen on his face. John has fallen on his face

00:57:17.980 --> 00:57:21.579
as dead. Like the glory was too much for him.

00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:24.440
Jesus lays his hand on him and says, don't be

00:57:24.440 --> 00:57:28.659
afraid. So whatever you're walking through, let

00:57:28.659 --> 00:57:31.559
Jesus put his hand on you. Yes. And don't be

00:57:31.559 --> 00:57:35.480
afraid. Father, in the name of Jesus, we receive

00:57:35.480 --> 00:57:40.199
this from your hand, that you are creator and

00:57:40.199 --> 00:57:43.019
that you are the first and the last and that

00:57:43.019 --> 00:57:45.159
you are our good shepherd and that you are all

00:57:45.159 --> 00:57:48.190
these things that we've talked about today. And

00:57:48.190 --> 00:57:51.469
you are the one that lays your hand on us. and

00:57:51.469 --> 00:57:55.619
says, don't be afraid. So we banish fear in the

00:57:55.619 --> 00:57:58.480
name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We're not designed

00:57:58.480 --> 00:58:01.599
to operate in it. And we welcome your love. We

00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:03.719
welcome your love as Father. We welcome your

00:58:03.719 --> 00:58:06.420
love as Savior. We welcome your love as Redeemer.

00:58:06.440 --> 00:58:09.920
We welcome your love as the one who has compassion

00:58:09.920 --> 00:58:13.599
for us like a mother. Lord, we just welcome all

00:58:13.599 --> 00:58:16.679
of those things into our lives so that we can

00:58:16.679 --> 00:58:20.400
serve you with joy. We can serve you with peace

00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:22.760
and we can serve you with patience and all of

00:58:22.760 --> 00:58:25.320
the fruit of the Spirit. We receive that from

00:58:25.320 --> 00:58:27.900
you now in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:58:28.539 --> 00:58:38.300
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