Tuesday Evening Program

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so [Music] thank you brother chairman good evening brother and sisters brother and sisters now i hope the teenagers can see me now i hope the teenagers can see me because according to brother bob within because according to brother bob within three years i become invisible i nearly killed myself laughing in bed last night over that one i thought that last night over that one i thought that was good but well brothers and sisters tonight i'm gonna go slower how about that i'm gonna go slower how about that because i haven't got any set well i've because i haven't got any set well i've got to set time to finish but my notes got to set time to finish but my notes don't demand any climax you see don't demand any climax you see so i'm sorry for going quick in the so i'm sorry for going quick in the abraham studies but i want to go slower abraham studies but i want to go slower tonight because i want to show you what tonight because i want to show you what i think i think is one of the most is not one of but the is one of the most is not one of but the most satisfying method most satisfying method of interpreting the bible of interpreting the bible now i've had many people come to me and now i've had many people come to me and they say brother john how do you go they say brother john how do you go about your study well there is you can about your study well there is you can give all sorts of advice about that give all sorts of advice about that but brothers and sisters but brothers and sisters one of the great things one of the great things is memory is memory memory is a very large part of bible memory is a very large part of bible study study and you want to do all in your power to and you want to do all in your power to retain your memory retain your memory and one of the things you can do to and one of the things you can do to retain your memory is this retain your memory is this when you buy a bible and you become when you buy a bible and you become familiar with it when it wears out buy familiar with it when it wears out buy one exactly the same one exactly the same now that's good advice that's not meant now that's good advice that's not meant to be funny that's serious you never to be funny that's serious you never ever ever change your bible ever ever change your bible and i would tell you this too and i would tell you this too you don't change your versions when you don't change your versions when you're reading because you're going to you're reading because you're going to destroy your memory destroy your memory believe me brothers and sisters this has believe me brothers and sisters this has been the most valuable asset to me has been the most valuable asset to me has been my memory been my memory my education in the world was zilch my education in the world was zilch i'm uneducated one of those galilean i'm uneducated one of those galilean fellows but but i have a memory and i fellows but but i have a memory and i can remember things and i read things can remember things and i read things and i say hey i remember when i read and i say hey i remember when i read that before that before and what i want to show you tonight is and what i want to show you tonight is this satisfying method of bible this satisfying method of bible exposition satisfying for this reason exposition satisfying for this reason but i believe that but i believe that i hope i can anyway i hope i can i hope i can anyway i hope i can demonstrate to you tonight that when you demonstrate to you tonight that when you see these things they're going to be see these things they're going to be self-obvious they're going to be obvious self-obvious they're going to be obvious to you it's true to you it's true you see we might quote a verse of you see we might quote a verse of scripture and we may say we think it scripture and we may say we think it means this means this and someone else might say yes but i and someone else might say yes but i think it means that think it means that and one of us might be right and both of and one of us might be right and both of us might be wrong us might be wrong but when the bible but when the bible quotes the bible quotes the bible then you've got god telling you then you've got god telling you what his word means what his word means and it's not a question of getting down and it's not a question of getting down and looking at the text and trying for and looking at the text and trying for your mind to invent a meaning that might your mind to invent a meaning that might be there but just watching the page to be there but just watching the page to be told what's there and it's absolutely be told what's there and it's absolutely thrilling when you see that happen thrilling when you see that happen now i've got several examples i've got now i've got several examples i've got here tonight i don't think we're going here tonight i don't think we're going to get through all of them because i to get through all of them because i want to go slowly over this i want to want to go slowly over this i want to show you some of these gems of the show you some of these gems of the scripture and they're all in the life of scripture and they're all in the life of the lord jesus christ because he is the the lord jesus christ because he is the word made flesh word made flesh and and i know we believe that and and i know we believe that but brother and sisters in my study of but brother and sisters in my study of his life which has now gone over about his life which has now gone over about 10 or 12 years in our class at enfield 10 or 12 years in our class at enfield i've come to really believe that i've come to really believe that that everything he did everywhere he that everything he did everywhere he went went and everything he said was rooted in the and everything he said was rooted in the old testament scripture old testament scripture now i want to show you that now i want to show you that and how he was able to allude to those and how he was able to allude to those scriptures that when you go have a look scriptures that when you go have a look at the context of them it's absolutely at the context of them it's absolutely magnificent magnificent and the meaning is obvious when you see and the meaning is obvious when you see it it but you just have to have but you just have to have a memory a memory now take this one in luke chapter four now take this one in luke chapter four the lord goes back after his baptism to the lord goes back after his baptism to nazareth where he was brought up nazareth where he was brought up and as his custom was he goes into the and as his custom was he goes into the synagogue synagogue and they deliver unto him the book of and they deliver unto him the book of the prophet isaiah the prophet isaiah by the way that's a quotation in itself by the way that's a quotation in itself but we won't deal with that just that but we won't deal with that just that very statement comes from isaiah 29 and very statement comes from isaiah 29 and when he had opened the book he found the when he had opened the book he found the place where it was written place where it was written and he quoted isaiah 61. and he quoted isaiah 61. the spirit of the lord is upon me the spirit of the lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to preach because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor the gospel to the poor sent me to heal the brokenhearted sent me to heal the brokenhearted to preach deliverance to the captives to preach deliverance to the captives and the recovering of sight of the blind and the recovering of sight of the blind to set it liberty them that are bruised to set it liberty them that are bruised to preach the acceptable year of the to preach the acceptable year of the lord now that's the middle of a sentence lord now that's the middle of a sentence and when he got in the middle of that and when he got in the middle of that sentence sentence luke records what he did very luke records what he did very deliberately deliberately he stopped in the middle of a sentence he stopped in the middle of a sentence he closed the book he closed the book he went over and gave it to the minister he went over and gave it to the minister of the synagogue of the synagogue and sat down and sat down and the fact that that was unusual was and the fact that that was unusual was proven that every eye in the synagogue proven that every eye in the synagogue was on him was on him they were fascinating as luke they were fascinating as luke what on earth would he be stopped in the what on earth would he be stopped in the middle of a sentence for and why did he middle of a sentence for and why did he deliberately close that book deliberately close that book deliberately give it to the minister and deliberately give it to the minister and deliberately sit down i want to take you back where he quoted because he's quoting this is taken from because he's quoting this is taken from the septuagint version i want to take the septuagint version i want to take you back to the old testament to isaiah you back to the old testament to isaiah 61 and we're going to find out what it 61 and we're going to find out what it was that made him sit down at that point now i understand that everybody in this room has got two hands room has got two hands so with the other hand i want you to so with the other hand i want you to turn up to numbers leviticus rather turn up to numbers leviticus rather leviticus 25 i want isaiah 61 first and then we're going to go over to leviticus 25. and you'll see brothers and sisters when we get here what i mean by memory you don't have to be an einstein to have a good memory you just got to have a a good memory you just got to have a good memory in isaiah 61 this is the quotation and this is an expression here which is and this is an expression here which is not in luke not in luke but which gives us the whole meaning is but which gives us the whole meaning is why he stopped in the middle of a why he stopped in the middle of a sentence and sat down sentence and sat down and we read in verse 1 the spirit of the and we read in verse 1 the spirit of the lord god is upon me because the lord lord god is upon me because the lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings hath anointed me to preach good tidings under the meek he has sent me to bind up under the meek he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of prison the captives and the opening of prison to them that abound to them that abound to proclaim the acceptable year of the to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord and that's when he sat down lord and that's when he sat down but it goes on to say but it goes on to say and the day of vengeance of our god to and the day of vengeance of our god to comfort all that mourn comfort all that mourn see the verse is about see the verse is about the year the year the year the acceptable year of the lord the year the acceptable year of the lord and the day of vengeance and the day of vengeance now the little phrase the two words now the little phrase the two words which are the key to what he meant are which are the key to what he meant are those two words in word verse one those two words in word verse one proclaim proclaim liberty liberty because when you read them they are a because when you read them they are a clear echo of leviticus 25 that's where clear echo of leviticus 25 that's where they are coming from they are coming from we come back to leviticus 25 we read we come back to leviticus 25 we read about the year of jubilee then thou shalt cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month in the day of atonement seventh month in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land throughout all your land and ye shall hallow the 50th year and ye shall hallow the 50th year and here it comes and here it comes proclaim liberty proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof it shall be a inhabitants thereof it shall be a jubilee unto you and you shall return jubilee unto you and you shall return every man unto his possession and ye every man unto his possession and ye shall return every man unto his family shall return every man unto his family and you think about it and you think about it you know we were taught many years ago you know we were taught many years ago and we all believed this and it seemed and we all believed this and it seemed so logical to us that the reason that so logical to us that the reason that jesus stopped in the middle of a jesus stopped in the middle of a sentence because he couldn't read on we sentence because he couldn't read on we thought thought because what was coming was in the because what was coming was in the future future the day of vengeance about god we said the day of vengeance about god we said was in the future and therefore he was in the future and therefore he stopped there because it was in the stopped there because it was in the future brothers and sisters it's exactly future brothers and sisters it's exactly the reverse the reverse now you see when he quoted isaiah 61 now you see when he quoted isaiah 61 and stopped at the year of the lord and stopped at the year of the lord and sat down and sat down get back to isaiah 61 you get the two get back to isaiah 61 you get the two words proclaim liberty words proclaim liberty they take you back leviticus 25 and the they take you back leviticus 25 and the vinegar 25 it says vinegar 25 it says on the 10th on the 10th day in the 49th year on the 10th day of the 7th month they blew the trumpet to 7th month they blew the trumpet to proclaim the year of jubilee proclaim the year of jubilee the acceptable year of the lord the acceptable year of the lord and the reason that the lord stopped and the reason that the lord stopped brothers and sisters was because brothers and sisters was because it wasn't because the day of vengeance it wasn't because the day of vengeance was future was future it was because it was then right there it was because it was then right there and then that he was fulfilling it now and then that he was fulfilling it now you come back to luke chapter 4 and see you come back to luke chapter 4 and see what it says what it says look what it says look what it says let's read it again you see it's the day that come first the year that followed year that followed they proclaimed the year of jubilee on they proclaimed the year of jubilee on that day of atonement which came first that day of atonement which came first so the day of atonement was first then so the day of atonement was first then the year followed later on and so we the year followed later on and so we read in verse 19 to preach the read in verse 19 to preach the acceptable year of the lord he closed acceptable year of the lord he closed the book gave it again to the minister the book gave it again to the minister and sat down and that's symbolic in and sat down and that's symbolic in jewish terms brothers and sisters of a jewish terms brothers and sisters of a finished work finished work and the eyes of all them with the and the eyes of all them with the synagogue were fastened on him synagogue were fastened on him and he began to say unto them and he began to say unto them this this day day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears is this scripture fulfilled in your ears and he said that sitting down and he said that sitting down and there sitting down was a work that and there sitting down was a work that was being accomplished was being accomplished this day this day is that scripture fulfilled in your ears is that scripture fulfilled in your ears and the message was loud and clear to and the message was loud and clear to those people in the synagogue if they those people in the synagogue if they wanted to be in the kingdom of god wanted to be in the kingdom of god at the final jubilee period at the final jubilee period with the year speaks of the of the with the year speaks of the of the millennial reign of christ there's no millennial reign of christ there's no way they're going to be there unless way they're going to be there unless they first accept they first accept the atonement that he was offering them the atonement that he was offering them and so it was the atonement that was and so it was the atonement that was present present it was the kingdom that was future it was the kingdom that was future you see the point you see the point and therefore he was telling them that and therefore he was telling them that and he told them that and he told them that sitting sitting down down now brothers and sisters now brothers and sisters just listen to this just listen to this the jews you know the jews you know never understood the principle of the never understood the principle of the day of atonement when they offered two day of atonement when they offered two goats goats one was to be slain as the scapegoat one was to be slain as the scapegoat and the other one was to be let go free and the other one was to be let go free into the wilderness into the wilderness and the idea behind that of course it and the idea behind that of course it was god exhibiting the death and the was god exhibiting the death and the resurrection of our lord resurrection of our lord but the jews never understood the but the jews never understood the resurrection principle and because they resurrection principle and because they confessed on the head of the live goat confessed on the head of the live goat all the sins all the transgressions all all the sins all the transgressions all the iniquities and all the uncleanness the iniquities and all the uncleanness of the children of israel they were very of the children of israel they were very superstitious and they thought you know superstitious and they thought you know if that goat comes back into the camp if that goat comes back into the camp he'll bring back all our sins with us he'll bring back all our sins with us but not understanding that it was the but not understanding that it was the life of the lord that bore away that life of the lord that bore away that that gave us the opportunity of life that gave us the opportunity of life we're reconciled to god by the death of we're reconciled to god by the death of his son was saved by his life and they his son was saved by his life and they never understood that never understood that and you can pick up any jewish history and you can pick up any jewish history book do you like book do you like and i recommend you read edishain dr and i recommend you read edishain dr edersheim's work on the jewish edersheim's work on the jewish traditions in his temple and services in traditions in his temple and services in the days of the lord on page 139 and the days of the lord on page 139 and he'll tell you what they did with the he'll tell you what they did with the goat goat they led it to a brow the hill they led it to a brow the hill and pushed it over backward just have a and pushed it over backward just have a look at verse 28 and all day in the synagogue when they heard these things were filled with heard these things were filled with wrath wrath and rose up and thrust him out of the and rose up and thrust him out of the city city and let him under the brow the hill and let him under the brow the hill where upon their city was built where upon their city was built that they might cast him down headlong that they might cast him down headlong now you imagine that now you imagine that and you know brothers and sisters they and you know brothers and sisters they wouldn't have done that because they wouldn't have done that because they understood what they were doing they understood what they were doing they would have done that in their anger in would have done that in their anger in their envy but he would have known their envy but he would have known and when the lord turned around and and when the lord turned around and walked back down to the crowd because walked back down to the crowd because that was not the way he was going to die that was not the way he was going to die and they shrunk before him he walked and they shrunk before him he walked through that crowd he would be thinking through that crowd he would be thinking to himself how typical that was of the to himself how typical that was of the jewish attitude jewish attitude now if you were reading carefully in now if you were reading carefully in isaiah isaiah you would have noticed that he said you would have noticed that he said to preach the acceptable year of the to preach the acceptable year of the lord and the day of lord and the day of vengeance of our god vengeance of our god why did isaiah change that when it why did isaiah change that when it should have been the day of atonement should have been the day of atonement and the lord would have known brothers and the lord would have known brothers and sisters and sisters by the very change of the prophet from by the very change of the prophet from the day of atonement of the day of the day of atonement of the day of vengeance that they weren't going to vengeance that they weren't going to accept him accept him and anybody who did not afflict their and anybody who did not afflict their souls and accept that great national souls and accept that great national offering on that day was themselves offering on that day was themselves rejected by the vengeance of god rejected by the vengeance of god and he would know by the very term of and he would know by the very term of the prophet that they would not accept the prophet that they would not accept him and so as he left as he came to the him and so as he left as he came to the end of his ministry he brought his end of his ministry he brought his disciples together and said now you disciples together and said now you beware because these be beware because these be the days of vengeance the days of vengeance now you see how wonderfully that is done now you see how wonderfully that is done how the lord by standing up in that how the lord by standing up in that synagogue and doing that was to draw synagogue and doing that was to draw their attention that wonderful principle their attention that wonderful principle that if they want to be in the kingdom that if they want to be in the kingdom of god well here's their atonement of god well here's their atonement and if they don't accept that they never and if they don't accept that they never can be the kingdom because if they never can be the kingdom because if they never blew the trouble on the day of atonement blew the trouble on the day of atonement the year of jubilee would never be the year of jubilee would never be ushered in ushered in now what a marvelous application of now what a marvelous application of scripture that is scripture that is they just come to john chapter four that the lord is moving out of judea and he must go through samaria he must go through samaria we read that in verse three he left we read that in verse three he left judea and departed again at a galilee judea and departed again at a galilee and he must go needs go through samaria and he must go needs go through samaria then he comes to a city of samaria which then he comes to a city of samaria which is called psycha is called psycha now note this brothers and sisters don't now note this brothers and sisters don't miss this miss this near near to the parcel of ground to the parcel of ground that jacob gave to his son that jacob gave to his son joseph joseph now jacob's well was there now jacob's well was there jesus therefore being wearied with his jesus therefore being wearied with his journey journey sat sat thus thus on the world look how john puts that on the world look how john puts that you want to treat this bible with utmost you want to treat this bible with utmost respect look how that's put respect look how that's put so he comes to this little place in so he comes to this little place in shechem which was called cycad little shechem which was called cycad little village there by shechem village there by shechem and there was jacob's well and there was jacob's well and there was that little piece of and there was that little piece of ground that little territory that jacob ground that little territory that jacob gave to his son joseph gave to his son joseph and he's wearied with his journey says and he's wearied with his journey says john john and in that sense of weariness he sat and in that sense of weariness he sat thus on that well and you can picture thus on that well and you can picture the scene as the lord came there knowing the scene as the lord came there knowing this was saturated with history as he this was saturated with history as he sat down and he was tired and weary he sat down and he was tired and weary he sat down he went ah sat down he went ah and he'd relax at that well he'd think and he'd relax at that well he'd think immediately of jacob at that world why immediately of jacob at that world why would he would he because of genesis 33. because of genesis 33. and it was the very action of sitting and it was the very action of sitting there i believe in that weary state that there i believe in that weary state that would have triggered off this thought in would have triggered off this thought in his mind and he would have been prepared his mind and he would have been prepared for what was going to happen he would for what was going to happen he would have been well prepared for what was have been well prepared for what was going to happen going to happen now here's the word coming alive and now here's the word coming alive and here's the lord jesus christ here's the lord jesus christ interpreting this and he would have interpreting this and he would have known exactly what was going to happen known exactly what was going to happen we run through this we run through this and so we read that jacob's on his way and so we read that jacob's on his way back from peyton aram and chapter 32 of back from peyton aram and chapter 32 of genesis he was crippled by god genesis he was crippled by god he struck him on the thigh and made him he struck him on the thigh and made him limp terribly he was in awful pain limp terribly he was in awful pain but in genesis 33 and verse 18 it says but in genesis 33 and verse 18 it says and jacob came to shalem and jacob came to shalem a city of shechem a city of shechem now they're not two name places now they're not two name places he actually came to shechem he actually came to shechem shalem is an adjective shalem is an adjective it's a related word to shalom it's a related word to shalom peace peace and the word shalom means to be made one and the word shalom means to be made one but the word shalem but the word shalem means to be made whole to be made whole and you imagine jacob coming to shechem and you imagine jacob coming to shechem and he's going oh and he's going oh he's got this he's shockingly crippled he's got this he's shockingly crippled and he comes to shackle and and he comes to shackle and he sits down and oh he sits down and oh and god healed him and god healed him and jesus come there and jesus come there oh you see what happened then in genesis 33 in genesis 33 and he bought a parcel of a field and he bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent at the hand where he had spread his tent at the hand of the children of hamor shechem's of the children of hamor shechem's father for a hundred pieces of money so father for a hundred pieces of money so there's your little parcel of ground there's your little parcel of ground which he later on gave to joseph and he which he later on gave to joseph and he erected an altar there and called it el erected an altar there and called it el eloa israel you know what that means god eloa israel you know what that means god the god of israel and right there jesus the god of israel and right there jesus said the woman of samaria salvations of said the woman of samaria salvations of the jews the jews god god of israel god god of israel right there right there so you see what's happening so you see what's happening by the very action of sitting down by the very action of sitting down experiencing exactly the same as jacob experiencing exactly the same as jacob experienced right there he sat thus on experienced right there he sat thus on the well the well now brothers and sisters now brothers and sisters why did jacob give that little piece of why did jacob give that little piece of ground to joseph ground to joseph and what did it mean and what did it mean you see it wasn't a double portion of you see it wasn't a double portion of the firstborn no it was it was quite the firstborn no it was it was quite singular it was just an extra piece a singular it was just an extra piece a little piece of ground little piece of ground that jacob gave to his son joseph that jacob gave to his son joseph now we've only got to work out as jesus now we've only got to work out as jesus would have well and truly known all this would have well and truly known all this and far more than we would ever know to and far more than we would ever know to know what was going to happen at that know what was going to happen at that well well because this is what it was all about because this is what it was all about you see joseph had two sons he fleming you see joseph had two sons he fleming manasseh manasseh born in egypt and when jacob came down there he adopted those two boys into his own adopted those two boys into his own family in reality he really did he family in reality he really did he wasn't just being emotional like a wasn't just being emotional like a grandfather he really meant it grandfather he really meant it and he said thy two sons who were born and he said thy two sons who were born in egypt in egypt shall be mine shall be mine as reuben and simeon are mine so heath as reuben and simeon are mine so heath frame and manasseh shall be mine he said frame and manasseh shall be mine he said in genesis 46 and he says the children in genesis 46 and he says the children you shall have hereafter shall be yours you shall have hereafter shall be yours but these boys are mine and so you see joseph whose name means the increaser increase the family of israel by adoption and jesus is knowing that that little piece of ground therefore was symbolic piece of ground therefore was symbolic of the gentile of the gentile segment of the hope of israel which was segment of the hope of israel which was given by jacob to joseph and it had that given by jacob to joseph and it had that symbology that the family of god was symbology that the family of god was about to be increased by adoption now about to be increased by adoption now you think that's a bit stretched listen you think that's a bit stretched listen to this to this you know about barnabas we won't turn you know about barnabas we won't turn this up because you probably know the this up because you probably know the record record barnabas was not his right name barnabas was not his right name acts chapter 4 says his name was joseph acts chapter 4 says his name was joseph what did he stand for what did he stand for joseph means the increaser to add to joseph means the increaser to add to and adding to the family of israel by and adding to the family of israel by adoption of people born in egypt adoption of people born in egypt but adopted by jacob into the family of but adopted by jacob into the family of israel that's what joseph stood for in israel that's what joseph stood for in the record so here's this barnabas chap the record so here's this barnabas chap and his name is joseph and with news in and his name is joseph and with news in acts chapter 11 when news came to the acts chapter 11 when news came to the jerusalem ecclesia that gentiles were jerusalem ecclesia that gentiles were coming into the truth in antioch up in coming into the truth in antioch up in syria they were worried about it they syria they were worried about it they didn't want this to happen they were didn't want this to happen they were fearful fearful that there'd be an influx of these you that there'd be an influx of these you know these loose and liberal gentiles know these loose and liberal gentiles which would destroy judaism and they which would destroy judaism and they were worried about it so they sent forth were worried about it so they sent forth barnabas barnabas who when he came and saw the grace of who when he came and saw the grace of god says luke was glad god says luke was glad for he was a good man and full of the for he was a good man and full of the holy spirit of faith and much people holy spirit of faith and much people were added to the lord and they were gentiles and his name was joseph his name was joseph and they were added to the family of god and they were added to the family of god gentiles by joseph gentiles by joseph so here is the principle of this little so here is the principle of this little piece of ground the very fact of sitting piece of ground the very fact of sitting there in that weary state he sat thus on there in that weary state he sat thus on the world triggered the mind that he was the world triggered the mind that he was jacob and jacob had given that will to jacob and jacob had given that will to the gentiles we know that because the the gentiles we know that because the woman of samaria told us we wouldn't woman of samaria told us we wouldn't know that from the genesis record she know that from the genesis record she told us that told us that our father jacob gave us this swell and our father jacob gave us this swell and the man that dug the well speaking of the man that dug the well speaking of the promises of god had given it to the the promises of god had given it to the gentiles so it was all fitting into the gentiles so it was all fitting into the framework framework but there was one other reference but there was one other reference brothers and sisters brothers and sisters a classic a classic in genesis 49 in genesis 49 we have the blessings of jacob upon his sons jacob upon his sons just have a look at the blessing of just have a look at the blessing of joseph joseph is a fruitful bowel is a fruitful bowel even a fruitful bowel by a well even a fruitful bowel by a well whose branches whose branches run over the wall now what that means is run over the wall now what that means is this this that that well was an exceedingly good that that well was an exceedingly good world world and therefore they would have protected and therefore they would have protected it with a parapet they would have built it with a parapet they would have built a little parapet around that a little parapet around that to protect that from the animals coming to protect that from the animals coming up there that they might draw water and up there that they might draw water and the thing not cave in the thing not cave in and so joseph is a fruitful bow and he's and so joseph is a fruitful bow and he's a fruitful bow by a well a fruitful bow by a well whose branches whose branches run over the wall the margin of my bible run over the wall the margin of my bible says says whose whose daughters whose daughters daughters whose daughters run over the wall run over the wall if that will represented the promises if that will represented the promises brothers and sisters brothers and sisters the wall around it was the law that the the wall around it was the law that the jews had built to keep gentiles away and here he is sitting there sitting there ah ah oh oh jacob came here and did that jacob came here and did that he bought a little parcel of ground here he bought a little parcel of ground here belongs to joseph belongs to joseph he increases the family of god by he increases the family of god by adoption adoption that's the principle of the thing somebody's going to come up here then he would have thought of genesis 14 then he would have thought of genesis 14 49. he jacob is a proof of our bio well 49. he jacob is a proof of our bio well and that's where he is he's by this well and that's where he is he's by this well and daughters are going to run over that and daughters are going to run over that wall and here she comes wall and here she comes and up come the woman of samaria he was and up come the woman of samaria he was all prepared for it wasn't he all prepared for it wasn't he incredible and up she come incredible and up she come and the lord patiently and the lord patiently spoke to her spoke to her coaxed her along coaxed her along and brought her to the understanding of and brought her to the understanding of the truth the truth and a daughter ran over that wall and and a daughter ran over that wall and became became an adopted israelite an adopted israelite and joseph had increased the family of and joseph had increased the family of god god by adoption by adoption [Music] [Music] now listen to this she went back to her now listen to this she went back to her compatriots compatriots and spoke to him about this wonderful and spoke to him about this wonderful man that she had met we come back to man that she had met we come back to john chapter four just around this a little cameo off of the cameo off of the as it is written as it is written she went back brothers and sisters and she went back brothers and sisters and and she told them about this wonderful and she told them about this wonderful man and they got him to stay with him man and they got him to stay with him for two days for two days so verse 40 says so when the samaritans so verse 40 says so when the samaritans would come unto him they besought him would come unto him they besought him that he would tarry with them and abode that he would tarry with them and abode their two days and many more believe their two days and many more believe because of his own word because of his own word now listen to what they said now listen to what they said and they said unto the woman and they said unto the woman now we believe now we believe not because of thy saying but we have not because of thy saying but we have heard him ourselves and know heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed the christ the that this is indeed the christ the savior of the world they're the only savior of the world they're the only people that ever called him that that's people that ever called him that that's the meaning of joseph's egyptian name the meaning of joseph's egyptian name zaphnath pania means exactly that zaphnath pania means exactly that and these samaritans called him that the and these samaritans called him that the savior of the world joseph's egyptian savior of the world joseph's egyptian name name so you see brothers and sisters here is so you see brothers and sisters here is a man there's a walking bible a man there's a walking bible he was imbibing his father's word not he was imbibing his father's word not only in what it said but in the very only in what it said but in the very circumstances of his life in the very circumstances of his life in the very places that he was it was breathing the places that he was it was breathing the bible bible and in the very act of sitting there and in the very act of sitting there that wonderful mind would take all that that wonderful mind would take all that in in and he'd be fully prepared for that and he'd be fully prepared for that woman woman and as a daughter of god she was to run and as a daughter of god she was to run over that wall over that wall and drink deeply of the living water of and drink deeply of the living water of life what a remarkable book this is life what a remarkable book this is it's a wonderful thing to be able to to it's a wonderful thing to be able to to trace that through like that trace that through like that now let's look at luke chapter 12. luke 23 rather we'll take that one first let's have a look at luke 23. and the women were weeping that there were professional mourners that there were professional mourners that were hired by the jews to weep for that were hired by the jews to weep for condemned criminals condemned criminals some of them may have been sincere and some of them may have been sincere and some of it was very insincere some of it was very insincere and in luke 23 we read in verse 28 but and in luke 23 we read in verse 28 but jesus turning under them said daughters jesus turning under them said daughters of jerusalem weep not for me but weep of jerusalem weep not for me but weep for yourselves and for your children for yourselves and for your children but behold the days are coming in the but behold the days are coming in the which they shall say blessed are the which they shall say blessed are the baron and the womb which never bear and baron and the womb which never bear and the perhaps which never gave suck the perhaps which never gave suck then then shall they begin to say to the mountains shall they begin to say to the mountains fall on us fall on us and the hills and the hills cover us that's from hosea chapter 10 cover us that's from hosea chapter 10 and verse 8. and verse 8. let's have a look at the context of let's have a look at the context of hosea hosea he's on his way to the cross just an example of the context of jose you see brothers and sisters it's a you see brothers and sisters it's a question of running these things back question of running these things back and carefully reading the context and and carefully reading the context and just see just see the whole sweep of what he's saying the whole sweep of what he's saying what he's trying to allude to the things what he's trying to allude to the things we that he's trying to get people to we that he's trying to get people to think about think about and here is a case in point where the and here is a case in point where the lord was instructing us to read between lord was instructing us to read between the lies the lies now i'm going to read certain statements now i'm going to read certain statements to you from hosea chapter 9 verse 7 to you from hosea chapter 9 verse 7 right through to hosea chapter 10 verse right through to hosea chapter 10 verse 8 and you listen to them 8 and you listen to them and just imagine this as the lord quotes and just imagine this as the lord quotes hosea 10 and verse 8 but look what hosea 10 and verse 8 but look what precedes it precedes it chapter 9 verse 7 chapter 9 verse 7 the days of thy visitation are come the days of thy visitation are come and when he rode upon that cult into the and when he rode upon that cult into the city city and he came to the broward olivet he and he came to the broward olivet he looked over that city he said this looked over that city he said this if only you knew if only you knew the days of your visitation the days of your visitation if only they'd known that this was the if only they'd known that this was the era that god was going to visit them to era that god was going to visit them to try and save them but they didn't know try and save them but they didn't know it the days of thy visitation have come it the days of thy visitation have come the next thing he did brothers and the next thing he did brothers and sisters was to get off that little sisters was to get off that little animal and he went towards the temple animal and he went towards the temple and he looked at a fig tree and he saw and he looked at a fig tree and he saw it had all had leaves on it but there it had all had leaves on it but there was no fruit was no fruit verse 10 of chapter nine verse 10 of chapter nine i found israel like grapes in the i found israel like grapes in the wilderness wilderness i saw your fathers as the first right in i saw your fathers as the first right in the fig tree of their first time and he the fig tree of their first time and he come looking for the early things they come looking for the early things they were not there he cursed that fig tree because it represented the nation of because it represented the nation of israel all leaves and no fruit israel all leaves and no fruit the next thing he did was to go into the next thing he did was to go into that temple that temple and overturn the tables and the money and overturn the tables and the money changes and chased out all the animals changes and chased out all the animals they were selling and drove them out of they were selling and drove them out of the house look at verse 15. the house look at verse 15. halfway through the verse halfway through the verse i will drive them i will drive them out of my house out of my house having done that brothers and sisters he having done that brothers and sisters he came out and it was peter that noticed came out and it was peter that noticed that fig tree that fig tree and he said lord the fig tree's dried up and he said lord the fig tree's dried up from the roots from the roots look at verse 16 of chapter nine look at verse 16 of chapter nine he frame is smitten he frame is smitten their root is straight up and then when they finally had lied about him and procured the sentence lied about him and procured the sentence of death from from the pontius pilot of death from from the pontius pilot they did so with the words of chapter 10 they did so with the words of chapter 10 and verse 3 and verse 3 for now they shall say for now they shall say we have no king we have no king and all you've got to put there is but and all you've got to put there is but caesar caesar and on the way to the cross and on the way to the cross he quotes chapter 10 and the bottom of he quotes chapter 10 and the bottom of verse 8 they shall say to the mountains verse 8 they shall say to the mountains cover us cover us and to the hills fall on us and to the hills fall on us isn't that a remarkable sweep of isn't that a remarkable sweep of prophecy prophecy and it's all in order and it's all in order exactly as the lord performed it and exactly as the lord performed it and it's all between the lines it's all between the lines that's no coincidence brothers and that's no coincidence brothers and sisters and his mind would have been sisters and his mind would have been there as among many other places there as among many other places as he spoke those words to his as he spoke those words to his contemporaries contemporaries you like this you like this isn't that interesting isn't that interesting now you take john 19. look at this the soldiers gamble gamble for his clothing and in john chapter 19 and in verse 23 and in verse 23 we read then the soldiers when they had we read then the soldiers when they had crucified jesus took his garments and crucified jesus took his garments and made four parts to every soldier apart made four parts to every soldier apart and also his coat and also his coat now the coat now the coat was without seam woven from the top was without seam woven from the top throughout they said therefore among throughout they said therefore among themselves let us not rend it but cast themselves let us not rend it but cast lots for it whose it shall be lots for it whose it shall be and then of course he quotes psalm 22 and then of course he quotes psalm 22 that fulfilled the psalm that they that fulfilled the psalm that they parted my raiment among them and cast parted my raiment among them and cast lots upon my vesture and so forth and it lots upon my vesture and so forth and it was a fulfillment of psalm 22 but there was a fulfillment of psalm 22 but there was a reason they didn't tear it was a reason they didn't tear it and the lord hanging on the cross and the lord hanging on the cross watching that scene brothers and sisters watching that scene brothers and sisters his heart would have been full as he his heart would have been full as he watched that happen because he knew watched that happen because he knew exactly what that symbolized exactly what that symbolized and let me tell you and let me tell you under the law of moses under the law of moses when the high priest and his sons got up when the high priest and his sons got up in the morning in the morning they the sons put on their white they the sons put on their white garments for their duty and they were garments for their duty and they were fully dressed with their white garments fully dressed with their white garments on and the priests the high priest put on and the priests the high priest put the undergarments of white upon himself the undergarments of white upon himself but he's not fully dressed but he's not fully dressed the next row be put on was called the the next row be put on was called the robe of the ephod robe of the ephod and this all is found in the in the book and this all is found in the in the book of gen in the book of exodus chapter 28 of gen in the book of exodus chapter 28 but we won't turn this up and this robe but we won't turn this up and this robe of the ephod said this of the ephod said this it had a hole it had a hole in the midst of it now a piece of cloth with a hole in the middle in new with a hole in the middle in new testament terms is one woven without testament terms is one woven without seeing seeing and they had to get that hole and they and they had to get that hole and they had to sew it up it says like a coat of had to sew it up it says like a coat of mail mail so they got to work on this collar so they got to work on this collar sewing and sewing and sewing and sewing sewing and sewing and sewing and sewing and they made it like a band of steel and they made it like a band of steel and the reason was that it'd be not rent and the reason was that it'd be not rent now the priest would pull that over his now the priest would pull that over his head head and it would grip him around the neck and it would grip him around the neck and then he would put on top of that the and then he would put on top of that the garments of his priesthood the colored garments of his priesthood the colored garments of glory and beauty now you see garments of glory and beauty now you see what's happening he's got the same what's happening he's got the same undergarments as his sons but he's got undergarments as his sons but he's got extra clothing on top he's got the extra clothing on top he's got the clothing of the high priesthood and clothing of the high priesthood and between the two sets he's got this robe between the two sets he's got this robe which is gripping him around the neck which is gripping him around the neck then they anointed him on the head psalm then they anointed him on the head psalm 133 unity this is unity they anointed 133 unity this is unity they anointed him on the head it ran down through his him on the head it ran down through his beard even aaron's beard not anyone's beard even aaron's beard not anyone's beard beard the high priest with maturity the high priest with maturity and ran says the authorized version to and ran says the authorized version to his skirts that is totally wrong his skirts that is totally wrong it ran to his collar it ran to his collar didn't go any further didn't go any further and the word skirx in psalm 133 and the word skirx in psalm 133 is exactly the same word for that hole is exactly the same word for that hole in exodus 28 and what was happening was in exodus 28 and what was happening was this the head of the body was anointed this the head of the body was anointed and the collar was saturated now and the collar was saturated now brothers and sisters because nobody brothers and sisters because nobody could tear it could tear it nobody could tear it it formed one nobody could tear it it formed one with the rest of the clothing with the rest of the clothing and therefore whatever was happened to and therefore whatever was happened to the head the head the body benefited the body benefited that's unity that's unity if someone got a pair of scissors and if someone got a pair of scissors and snipped around the bottom of that collar snipped around the bottom of that collar and created a gap the head would remain and created a gap the head would remain anointed but the body wouldn't anointed but the body wouldn't and so divine unity consists of hanging and so divine unity consists of hanging into that head so when paul wrote the into that head so when paul wrote the colossians and of the ephesians he used colossians and of the ephesians he used that figure to the colossians he said that figure to the colossians he said they were not holding the head they'd they were not holding the head they'd let go let go they created a gap they created a gap and when that gap is created the body's and when that gap is created the body's not in fellowship with god they've lost not in fellowship with god they've lost the christ the christ so the colossians are not holding the so the colossians are not holding the head they'd let it go head they'd let it go but the ephesians he said but the ephesians he said that we grow up into the head that we grow up into the head that every part of the body every sinew that every part of the body every sinew every vein every muscle he said is used every vein every muscle he said is used in cooperation together that as brothers in cooperation together that as brothers and sisters we we work together to grow and sisters we we work together to grow up into that head and lock into it when up into that head and lock into it when we locked into it then whatever happens we locked into it then whatever happens to the head to the head happens to the body happens to the body and he's watching that piece of garment and he's watching that piece of garment i've never seen a piece like it i've never seen a piece like it woven without seam woven without seam there's no way in the world that could there's no way in the world that could ever be torn ever be torn soldiers had no idea of the significance soldiers had no idea of the significance but in the providence of god jesus but in the providence of god jesus watched them gamble for it and he knew watched them gamble for it and he knew brothers and sisters that when that brothers and sisters that when that happened happened that unity would be affected by his that unity would be affected by his death death because that was the very symbol because that was the very symbol of that piece of garment of that piece of garment and it's john that picks up that and it's john that picks up that significance just take while we're in john we might as well do a couple of hit while we're as well do a couple of hit while we're in john here in john here in verse 17 and bearing his cross he went forth into a place a place called the place of a skull which is called the place of a skull which is called in the hebrew golgotha called in the hebrew golgotha and we say well the place of the skull and we say well the place of the skull so golgotha means the place of the skull so golgotha means the place of the skull well well it doesn't really mean that well well it doesn't really mean that it does have that significance but it's it does have that significance but it's not its primary meaning not its primary meaning and if we get the direction here from and if we get the direction here from john that it's in the hebrew tongue then john that it's in the hebrew tongue then we'll take the hint and we'll go back we'll take the hint and we'll go back and have a look where it is in the and have a look where it is in the hebrew and again i wanted to turn the hebrew and again i wanted to turn the references up because you know that i references up because you know that i don't tell lies that there's there don't tell lies that there's there but you see golgotha is used primarily but you see golgotha is used primarily in only one sense in the old testament in only one sense in the old testament scriptures and that's the number people scriptures and that's the number people to number them to number them for example you read it in the book of for example you read it in the book of numbers chapters one and two it says so numbers chapters one and two it says so many people according to their polls many people according to their polls polls that's the word golgotha numbered and he was numbered with the and he was numbered with the transgressors transgressors that's what john says in the next verse that's what john says in the next verse and when they crucified him two others and when they crucified him two others with him one on this side another and with him one on this side another and jesus in the midst he was numbered with jesus in the midst he was numbered with the transgressors you know what brothers the transgressors you know what brothers and sisters how that word is rendered and sisters how that word is rendered elsewhere elsewhere in the 16th chapter of exodus in verse in the 16th chapter of exodus in verse 16 when they gathered the manor it says 16 when they gathered the manor it says they would have taken oma they would have taken oma for every man those three words are for every man those three words are golgotha golgotha so they would have been numbered so that so they would have been numbered so that everybody shared equally with the manner everybody shared equally with the manner so they took an oma for every man in so they took an oma for every man in hebrews chapter 2 and verse 9 paul says hebrews chapter 2 and verse 9 paul says he tasted death he tasted death for for every man every man and here is golgotha in the hebrew and here is golgotha in the hebrew tongue therefore indicating to us the tongue therefore indicating to us the representative nature of our lord's representative nature of our lord's offering just a little hint from john in offering just a little hint from john in the hebrew tongue the hebrew tongue now we'll stay in john for a while now we'll stay in john for a while let's have a look at verse 20 let's have a look at verse 20 verse 29 rather well take verse 28 after this jesus knowing that all things were now knowing that all things were now accomplished accomplished that the scripture might be fulfilled that the scripture might be fulfilled now the word accomplished means finished now the word accomplished means finished of course the same thing is but in the of course the same thing is but in the greek it says these things are finished greek it says these things are finished how do we know that how do we know that because you see brothers and sisters he because you see brothers and sisters he knew that because he knew that he could knew that because he knew that he could not die not die before the jews killed that passover and before the jews killed that passover and were painting the doorposts and the were painting the doorposts and the littles with the blood he knew that that littles with the blood he knew that that was the hour he had to die and there's a was the hour he had to die and there's a particular reason for that which we're particular reason for that which we're not going to go into now but there's not going to go into now but there's something else that was finished and he knows it's finished and he's looking down on the ground and and he's looking down on the ground and he can see that his father has provided he can see that his father has provided everything necessary everything necessary his father is presiding over this whole his father is presiding over this whole affair affair he saw that with the garment he saw that with the garment he understood that by the name of the he understood that by the name of the place where he was crucified and now he place where he was crucified and now he looks down there and he sees the very looks down there and he sees the very things he wants to see and he knows that things he wants to see and he knows that the hour has come to finalize his the hour has come to finalize his sacrifice and brothers and sisters jesus sacrifice and brothers and sisters jesus never died in the sense that he just never died in the sense that he just died matthew mark mark luke and john luke and john all say he all say he yielded up the yielded up the spirit the father had given into his spirit the father had given into his hands he said i have power to lay down hands he said i have power to lay down my life and i've got power to take it my life and i've got power to take it again the power to take it again was to again the power to take it again was to live a perfect life and that guaranteed live a perfect life and that guaranteed his resurrection the power to lay it his resurrection the power to lay it down was with him brothers and sisters down was with him brothers and sisters he had that power he had that power and the father had given it to the hands and the father had given it to the hands of the son that power that at any time of the son that power that at any time he could die when he liked but the he could die when he liked but the father said you know what i want father said you know what i want and jesus knew therefore with the will and jesus knew therefore with the will of god being such as it was that men of god being such as it was that men should be saved and not lost knew that should be saved and not lost knew that he must complete that law it has to be he must complete that law it has to be completed because if it's not then it's completed because if it's not then it's not discharged it's his father's law you not discharged it's his father's law you just don't remove it you've got to just don't remove it you've got to discharge it and he knows he's therefore discharge it and he knows he's therefore got to do this for the salvation of the got to do this for the salvation of the world but his father left it to him free world but his father left it to him free will brothers and sisters but will brothers and sisters but nonetheless the scripture had to be nonetheless the scripture had to be fulfilled fulfilled and so he watches the sun between the and so he watches the sun between the two evenings the hour has come for the two evenings the hour has come for the passover and on that ground is what he passover and on that ground is what he needs now this is what happened needs now this is what happened see under the law there was a very very see under the law there was a very very significant offering significant offering the red heifer the red heifer three reasons why it was three reasons why it was really significant and unique of all the really significant and unique of all the offerings and they were these offerings and they were these it was the only animal that was it was the only animal that was sacrificed entirely outside that camp sacrificed entirely outside that camp some animals the body was burned outside some animals the body was burned outside but the blood was brought to the but the blood was brought to the tabernacle but here's an offering that's tabernacle but here's an offering that's entirely made out there the only one entirely made out there the only one that was that was it was the only sacrifice under the law it was the only sacrifice under the law that could remove the taint of human that could remove the taint of human death death if you fell over an animal you were if you fell over an animal you were unclean until the evening if you went unclean until the evening if you went back next day to bury the animal and back next day to bury the animal and made deliberate contact you were unclean made deliberate contact you were unclean until the evening and you washed your until the evening and you washed your clothes in water if you touched the body clothes in water if you touched the body of a man of a man the bone of a man the grave of a man or the bone of a man the grave of a man or if you're in the tent where a man died if you're in the tent where a man died or if you rode a saddle upon which or if you rode a saddle upon which someone fell off and died if you came in someone fell off and died if you came in proximity to the death of man proximity to the death of man then you had to go outside the camp then you had to go outside the camp to the ashes of the hepa and the water to the ashes of the hepa and the water and the and the sprinkling of those and the and the sprinkling of those ingredients made you clean so it was the ingredients made you clean so it was the only one that could remove mortality only one that could remove mortality and thirdly and thirdly it was the only sacrifice it was the only sacrifice efficacious over and over and over again efficacious over and over and over again because they had the ashes because they had the ashes a little pinch of them mixed with a little pinch of them mixed with running water one heifer a huge animal running water one heifer a huge animal would supply the ashes perhaps for the would supply the ashes perhaps for the lifetime of one priest lifetime of one priest so here's a sacrifice outside the law it's a sacrifice that can remove mortality and law can't do that mortality and law can't do that and it's one sacrifice for sins forever and it's one sacrifice for sins forever now now when eliezer when eliezer the high priest elect not the high the high priest elect not the high priest that then was priest that then was but eliezer the high priest to come was but eliezer the high priest to come was to make that sacrifice to make that sacrifice and that animal was slain in his sight and that animal was slain in his sight he had a what should die he had a what should die twice that he said in numbers 19. twice that he said in numbers 19. jesus knew therefore the stark reality jesus knew therefore the stark reality of what was happening of what was happening knew that he had to watch that thing knew that he had to watch that thing happen happen and then he was to take a piece of cedar and then he was to take a piece of cedar wood he was to take a bunch of hyssop the priest and a scarlet thread priest and a scarlet thread now if i gave you a piece of wood now if i gave you a piece of wood a little bunch of hyzer that soaks up a little bunch of hyzer that soaks up liquid and a scarlet thread what would liquid and a scarlet thread what would you do with it he'd make a mark you'd put the hiss up there you'd put the hiss up there he'd wind that scarlet thread around and he'd wind that scarlet thread around and that would be the mop you see by which that would be the mop you see by which they'd put in the running water which they'd put in the running water which was mixed with the ashes and that was was mixed with the ashes and that was used to sprinkle used to sprinkle so i've got a piece of wood i'm the so i've got a piece of wood i'm the priest say i've got this issue and i've priest say i've got this issue and i've got the thread got the thread and then the law of moses said and then the law of moses said throw it in the fire throw it in the fire hey in it goes the wood went in burnt burnt scarlet's red went in burned the hyssop scarlet's red went in burned the hyssop breathing burned breathing burned he sees the hour has come he sees the hour has come the air has come there's the sun in the the air has come there's the sun in the right position he knows the passover is right position he knows the passover is being fulfilled and now the law is going being fulfilled and now the law is going to be totally finished he comes to that to be totally finished he comes to that unique offering and he looks down unique offering and he looks down and he sees a piece of wood and he saw the vinegar which it was indicative of the weak wine which it was indicative of the weak wine of his blood and although john doesn't of his blood and although john doesn't say this i'll guarantee that someone say this i'll guarantee that someone left a red thread there left a red thread there and he said i thirst and he said i thirst now jesus didn't say that brothers and now jesus didn't say that brothers and sisters to relieve his suffering because sisters to relieve his suffering because he he didn't do that on the cross he he he didn't do that on the cross he refused the drug they gave him refused the drug they gave him he drank the cup to the full he drank the cup to the full so when he said i thirst it had nothing so when he said i thirst it had nothing to do with his personal uh to do with his personal uh satisfaction satisfaction nothing to do that at all it was a nothing to do that at all it was a command from heaven and john said the command from heaven and john said the soldier ran got the piece of wood soldier ran got the piece of wood grabbed the hyssop grabbed the hyssop wound it on and touched his lip he said wound it on and touched his lip he said that's it that's it and the law went everything went with it and the law went everything went with it and we're here today because of that and we're here today because of that and you see what happened and you see what happened that he would have known those things that he would have known those things disappeared into the fire disappeared into the fire gone gone and hundreds of years later symbolically and hundreds of years later symbolically they turned up at the foot of the cross they turned up at the foot of the cross he saw them all down there he saw them all down there it's all over it's all over and so he called to his father and so he called to his father and his father answered him didn't he and his father answered him didn't he took his life or he yielded up the took his life or he yielded up the spirit rather knowing was all over it spirit rather knowing was all over it says he yielded up the spirit he had no says he yielded up the spirit he had no longer any need to hang on longer any need to hang on and the son cooperating with the father and the son cooperating with the father with his free will the father said you with his free will the father said you have power to lay down your life but you have power to lay down your life but you know what i want and the son willingly know what i want and the son willingly brothers and sisters brothers and sisters went on breathing in agony until that went on breathing in agony until that moment of history when he called upon moment of history when he called upon that soldier to do that action and by that soldier to do that action and by that he knew the law was gone that he knew the law was gone and everything the lord ever spoke about and everything the lord ever spoke about was out of the way and the will of god was out of the way and the will of god could now be done to save men and women could now be done to save men and women and for the kingdom of god and for the kingdom of god there's a whole lot more than that in there's a whole lot more than that in the bible but that's my time is up but the bible but that's my time is up but believe me brothers and sisters that is believe me brothers and sisters that is a very satisfying way of studying the a very satisfying way of studying the bible just reading that record carefully bible just reading that record carefully listening for the echoes listening for the echoes and remembering them and remembering them and running that back and having a look and running that back and having a look at the context at the context and sometimes you know we hear similar and sometimes you know we hear similar language similar language does not language similar language does not necessarily mean that there's a necessarily mean that there's a connection don't try and make a connection don't try and make a connection but when you've got the connection but when you've got the similar language or a straight quotation similar language or a straight quotation run it back and find whether the context run it back and find whether the context is the same and if it's a quotation if is the same and if it's a quotation if it's an illusion it will be exactly the it's an illusion it will be exactly the same same i've never found it any different i've never found it any different and i find that an extremely satisfying and i find that an extremely satisfying way to study the bible because i don't way to study the bible because i don't have to say what it means i just watch have to say what it means i just watch it it i just watch it running through there i just watch it running through there and the father is saying to me john look and the father is saying to me john look at this look at that look at that and at this look at that look at that and it's a very satisfying way to do it it's a very satisfying way to do it because i haven't thought about anything because i haven't thought about anything i've just stood there and watched it and i've just stood there and watched it and remembered what was written and just remembered what was written and just linked it together and the message comes linked it together and the message comes out brothers and sisters so crystal out brothers and sisters so crystal clear clear and when it does it's so obvious and when it does it's so obvious and so satisfying and now you begin to and so satisfying and now you begin to understand that the lord jesus christ understand that the lord jesus christ was indeed the word made flesh