The Rechabites: An Obedient People

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so brother Peter Davis x um had had asked me about just a little x over a week ago to x um potentially sub for him x um during your Wednesday night bible x class and I was quick to say yes Peter's x a good friend of mine x um and I I do know many of you from the x the Stoughton occlusion I've been down x with with my wife sister Kaylin and um x my mom sister Sandy Bartlett a few times x and we really enjoy our time in x Stoughton and I was happy to to hear x that that um you needed a Bible class so x I was happy to fill in for for Peter x this week so we're going to be as x brother Butch just read for us we're x going to be talking about the record x bites this morning x um some of you may know the the record x bites well and some of you x um similar to me when I when I had read x this chapter x um didn't know much about them and was x very curious to know more about them so x um let's see here x so x um after reading Jeremiah 35 we are x going to take a look at a couple x different occurrences of the word recob x or son of record which we which we came x across a number of times in that passage x we're going to see where that comes up x maybe why it comes up and and what the x significance is in terms of this chapter x so our first scriptural occurrence of x wreck of or the son of rekhab comes from x second Kings chapter 10. so um just for x context uh in second Kings chapter nine x jehu is Anointed the king of Israel in x verses six and seven and he is commanded x by God to destroy the house of Ahab and x Throughout the chapter Second Kings 9 x jehu assassinates joram in verse 24 x hasaya in verse 27 and continues into x Jezreel where Jezebel is located and as x we know she's thrown down trampled and x killed uh in verses 33 and 34. so if we x move into second Kings chapter 10 and we x can turn there because we're going to x take a few verses from it x second Kings chapter 10 x jehu continues the slaughter of ahab's x descendants which is exactly what he was x committed to do and so in Second Kings x 10 is the first appearance of jehonadab x who is called the son of rakib x so x in verse 15 of Second Kings 10 we see x that jehu met jehonadab as jehonadab was x in quotes coming to meet him so second x Kings chapter 10 and verse 15 and when x he departed from there he met jehonadab x the son of rekhab coming to meet him and x he greeted him and said to him is your x heart true to my heart as minus to yours x in Jehovah Deb answered it is x jehu said if it is give me your hand x so we gave him his hand and jehu took x him out with him into the Chariot so x jehu talks to this man who who it feels x like comes kind of out of the blue and x says is your heart true to my heart as x mine is to yours an interesting phrase x that that binds them together as x jehonadab says it is x so jehu assists to hold it down into his x Chariot and tells him to go with him and x to see that his Zeal or to see his deal x for the Lord x so I found this a little bit interesting x because jehu in the in the context of x this chapter he wants to show off his x Zeal rather than than showing it through x uh his works and how he lives his life x on a day-to-day basis he says come with x me and I will I will show it off to you x I will become a display right we have an x interesting x um opening to their relationship x together x so I think uh an easy question to ask in x a surface level question to ask for us x is where does jehonadab come from x because this is the first time he's x mentioned and as the son of record and x it just kind of appears out of a break x in the chapter so so where does he come x from and why x um again it feels random and it seems x random but we know that that nothing x that the Lord chooses to put into the x scriptures is random and there's always x a meaning and a purpose behind it so the x question you might be asking is why x jehonadem x so if we just go through and take a x little bit deeper of a dive looking at x the the meaning of the word in the x meaning of the word jehonadab or the x name jehonadab x um the meaning of recup is is Strong's x number x 7392 and it means to ride on an animal x or vehicle to place a pond for riding x um and then we get jehonadab or jonadab x it's used as both but it means the same x thing x which means Yahweh is willing and that's x Strong's 3068 or 5068. so if you put x these two together jehonadab x the son of reckon x you get Yahweh willing to make to ride x in a chariot so jehonadab when he meets x jehu what does he do jehu assists x Johanna Dev into his Chariot and they x ride together on jehu's journey to x further destroy ahab's descendants and x suppress the worship of Baal and Samaria x so if you're still in Second Kings 10 we x did just take a look at verses 15 and x 16. so a really interesting start here x too x um to jehonadab the meaning of his name x and that his purpose x um or at least purpose and we're getting x a little bit of insight into the man who x was jehonadab or Jonah dab x so if we follow x um jehonadev or Jonah Dev the son of x rekhab through x his next reference comes in Second Kings x ten so the same chapter in verse 23 x as they go and search the house of Baal x to see if there are any believers so why x don't we read that second Kings 10 x verse excuse me verse 23. x then jehu went into the house of Baal x with jehonad x the son of record x and he said to the worshipers of Baal x search and see that there is no servant x of the Lord here among you but only the x worshipers of Baal x then they went in to offer sacrifices x and burnt offerings x now jehu had stationed eight men outside x and said the man who allows any of those x whom I give into your hands to escape x shall forfeit his life x so jehu finds no Believers in a house of x Baal and jehu Slaughters each and every x one of them that we're worshiping and x were x that we're worshiping in uh in um x in the house of Baal x so jehu carried out God's plan in terms x of destroying ahab's descendants but if x you keep reading in second Kings chapter x 10 we know that jehu did not walk in the x law of the Lords so let's read for x context Second Kings 10 x verses 30 and 31. x Second Kings 10 verses 30 and 31. x and the Lord said to jehu because you x have done well in carrying out what is x right in my eyes x and have done to the house of Ahab x according to all that was in my heart x your sons of the fourth generation shall x sit on the throne of Israel so through x that verse we think it's good news right x jehu did as God told him to he carried x out the plan and that bowed well for x jehu's children but if we continue x reading in verse 31 x but jehu was not careful to walk in the x law of the Lord the god of Israel with x all his heart x he did not turn from the sins of x jeroboam which he made Israel to sin x and in those days the Lord began to cut x off parts of Israel heziah defeated them x throughout the territory of Israel from x the Jordan Eastward all the land of x Gilead the gadites the rubinites in the x minute Manassas from Aurora and so on so x jehu did not follow the law of the Lord x and therefore was was for it x so this is our intro to jehonadab or x Jonah dad whatever you prefer and x we get him kind of slotted into a couple x of these verses here along with jehu and x we we again if we go back a couple of x slides to x that's right I don't know if I can go x back at the moment but we went back a x couple of sides uh we saw what his name x meant and how it meant to to ride on a x chariot right or Yahweh to ride on a x chariot x so we don't hear again of jehonadab or x the recognites again until first x Chronicles 2 verses 55 and that actually x comes uh in David's genealogy so another x another interesting x um x another interesting connection here with x with the record bytes and it again it x feels random but we know that it's not x so we are going to continue now forward x um into where our reading was taken from x and again Butch thank you for that into x Jeremiah chapter x 35. so if everyone wants to turn there x we are going to be spending most of the x rest of our class in Jeremiah 35. x so as the the title of the class would x would say to you uh the recombites were x a very obedient people and we're gonna x we're gonna look at what exactly that x meant uh in the context of Jeremiah 35. x so let's read verses just one and two of x Jeremiah 35. x the word that came to Jeremiah from the x Lord and the days of jehoiakim the son x of Josiah king of Judah x go to the house of the record bytes and x speak with them and bring them to the x house of the Lord into one of the x chambers x then offer them wine to drink x so God tells Jeremiah to go to the house x of the rockabytes and to bring them into x the house of the Lord and offer them x wine x it seems like an innocent thing to do it x seems like a nice gesture but why why x does this matter why do the recombites x why are they inserted into the middle of x Jeremiah here x God knows before calling the requites in x before asking Jeremiah to bring the x record bytes in God knows that the x rekabites won't drink wine x so why would he ask again the same x question why would he ask Jeremiah to do x this x and did Jeremiah know this before as x well and if he did know x did he or would he have questioned God x and asking him to do this okay so again x we know that God has a purpose in all x things that he says and does x but did Jeremiah say why why am I x calling this group of people in who I x know won't drink wine to drink wine or x to get wine prepared x and so if we go into verse 3 x so I took jazzaniah the son of Jeremiah x son of habazanaya and his brothers and x all his sons in the whole house of the x recombites x so I just want to highlight one word x there x the whole house so it wouldn't just say x or it doesn't just say a couple of x repcobites or a group of rekabites or a x family of record bites it says the whole x house x so to me and I think it's it's it's x possible for us to imply or to assume x that there are many people in the house x of the record bytes that Jeremiah had x gathered together again it wasn't just a x group or a family it was many people it x was the whole house x and in verse 5 x Jeremiah sends pictures of wine before x them again suggesting that there are x many people present as it's not just one x picture but it's pitchers plural x and Jeremiah says to them drink wine so x let's read verse 5. x let's read verses four and five x I brought them to the house of the Lord x into the Chamber of the sons of Hanan x the son of igdalia the man of God which x was near the Chamber of the officials x above the Chamber of Messiah the Son of x Shalom Keeper of the threshold x verse 5. x then I set before the record bites x pictures full of wine and cups and I x said to them drink wine x so Jeremiah as he prepared this wine x brought cups and pictures x and told them to drink so it seems x though as though that he had every x intention for these people to drink the x wine that was set before them it was a x it was a command of God and he got it x ready for them and expected them to take x of it x so this is where we begin to see why the x record bites are set apart and why they x are given recognition and why we believe x that they were obedient people x so continuing in Jeremiah 35. x after Jeremiah tells them and places the x wine in front of them and tells them to x drink wine he responds or the recovites x respond to Jeremiah x uh in in verse six after them being told x to drink wine so verse six x but they answered x verse 6 Jeremiah 35. we will drink no x wine for Jonah dab the son of wreck of x our father commanded us you shall not x drink wine neither you nor your sons x forever x now it would make sense that this would x be all the record bytes would need to x say in order to get their point across x about why they wouldn't drink wine right x you sent the wine before them they say x our father commanded us to not drink x wine us our sons or our daughters right x case closed point over but they go x further they go much further than that x if we continue in verse 7 the record x bites almost go on a diatribe or a rant x about what their father jehonadab or or x Jonah dab commanded them to do and we x get a deeper look at what they believed x and why they believed it x so in verse 7 continuing x you shall not build a house x you shall not sow seed x you shall not plant or have a Vineyard x but you shall live in tents all your x days x that you may live many days in the land x where you sojourn x we have obeyed the voice of Jonah dab x the son of wreck of our father and all x that he commanded us to drink no wine x all our days ourselves our lives our x sons or our daughters x so x in the ESV which is the version that I'm x reading from in the end of verse 7 it x reads that you may live many days in the x land where you sojourn x in the word sojourn here is translated x from the word strangers which is used in x the King James version x and in the in the Hebrew this means to x properly to turn Assad from uh the road x for a lodging or any other purpose that x is to sojourn also to shrink fear as in x a strange place x so x uh as we read in uh verse 8 after verse x seven Jonah dab commanded them all of x these things x so just another interesting side note x that we can take from from all these x things contextually x oops let's if I can go back sorry x about that x so x if we take the Hebrew definition for x stranger which we used in the ESV is x sojourn or Sojourner x we have mention of fear and it's it's x quite a ways down in the definition it's x probably not a primary use of the word x but it can be used in conjunction with x the word x although this is not used in direct x context or necessarily as a direct x relationship I I do think it's x interesting to note that in verse 11 of x Jeremiah 35 we do read x but when Nebuchadnezzar the king of x Babylon came up against the land we the x reqbites said x come and let us go to Jerusalem for fear x of the army of the Chaldeans and the x army of the syrians so we are living x currently in Jerusalem and I inserted x the word currently because we knew they x were not to plant roots x in anywhere that they went x so they chose to go to Jerusalem seeking x safety from God when in fear of the x Babylonians so it wouldn't have been x smart for them to be living in tents on x the roadside when the armies of the x Babylonian or the army of the Chaldeans x might have been walking through x so let's compare and again this is just x an interesting side note here from from x our topic so far but let's compare how x the record bytes responded to fear x to how the Israelites may have responded x to fear in some other settings so let's x turn up two references we're going to go x to Isaiah 30 and Isaiah 31. x so Isaiah 30 verses 1 and 2 x . x reads x ah stubborn children declares the Lord x who carry out a plan but not mine x and who make an alliance but not of my x spirit x and that they may add sin to sin x who set out to go down to Egypt without x asking for my direction to take refuge x in the protection of pharaoh and to seek x shelter in the shadow of Egypt so x automatically off the bat the rechabites x went in fear and in danger they seek x refuge in God they seek refuge in x Jerusalem whereas the Israelites seek x refuge in Egypt or the world or pharaoh x someone who is not God to provide them x shelter but as it says in the shadow of x Egypt x so then again in Isaiah 31 we'll read x verses 1 to 4. x woe to those who go down to Egypt for x help and rely on horses who trust and x chariots because they are many x and in Horsemen because they are very x strong x but do not look to the Holy One of x Israel or consult the Lord x and yet he is wise and brings disaster x he does not call back his words but will x arise against the house of the evildoers x and against the helpers of those who x work iniquity x the Egyptians are man and not God x and their horses are flesh and not x spirit x when the Lord stretches out his hand the x helper will stumble and he who has x helped will fall and they will all x perish together x for thus the Lord said to me as a lion x Are Young Lion growls over his prey and x when a band of shepherds is called out x against him he is not terrified by their x shouting or daunted at their noise x so the Lord of hosts will come down to x fight on Mount Zion and on its Hill x so we're getting this idea here of of x what the Israelites choose to do when x they face fear and they turn and rely on x the world they rely on Earthly and x worldly strength they rely on horses and x chariots and strong men rather than x their God and their creator x so two more quick references in terms of x this point Jeremiah 42 x we'll read verses 19 and 20. x Jeremiah 42 verses 19 and 20. x the Lord has said to you o remnant of x Judah do not go to Egypt known for a x certainty that I have warned you this x day that you have gone astray at the x cost of your lives x for you sent me to the Lord your God x saying pray for us to the uh to the Lord x Our God and whatever the Lord Our God x says declare to us and we will do it but x as we know once again they never do it x Jeremiah 43 verses 1 to 4 and then verse x 7 one more reference to this x when Jeremiah finished speaking to all x the people all these words of the Lord x their god with which the Lord their God x had sent to them x Azariah the son of hoshiah and johannan x the son of Korea and all the insulin men x said to Jeremiah you are telling a lie x the Lord our god did not send you to say x do not go to Egypt to live there x but Barrack the son of nariah has set x you against us to deliver us into the x hands of the Chaldeans that they may x kill us or take us into Exile in Babylon x so Johan and the son of Korea and all x the commanders of the forces and all the x people did not obey the voice of the x Lord to remain in the land of Judah x and then skipping down to verse 7 x and they came into the land of Egypt for x they did not obey the voice of the Lord x and they arrived at to fannies so again x it's more of a side note than anything x but it's gonna play a role into the rest x of this class and the impacts and the x the reason why I believe the record x bytes are used uh in this chapter by the x Lord God so we know that that the x rekhabites when facing trouble or danger x they sojourn to a place of safety where x God x has them protected and covered but the x Israelites when they're in the same x situation when people of Judah they flee x to Egypt which we know is a place of x death x so a recap of The Commandments x um the record bytes followed from their x father Jonah dab x which we read in verses six and seven or x seven and eight x the requites were to drink no wine or x strong drink in all their days including x their sons and daughters x they were not to build or live in houses x but rather to be sojourners or strangers x in the land living in tents with no x permanent dwelling x and lastly they were not to have x Vineyards or Fields or to plant seed x so you can probably see it in the slide x if you're looking at it but what do you x think of for Bible Echoes when it comes x to to these three statutes of course x Abraham I would assume jumps right to x your mind so let's turn over to Genesis x 12 and verse 8. x Genesis 12 verse 8. x we'll read seven and eight for context x then the Lord appeared to Abram and said x to your Offspring I will give this land x so he built there an altar to the Lord x who had appeared to him and from there x he moved to the Hill Country on the east x of Bethel and pitched his tent with x Bethel on the west and AI on the East x and there he built an altar to the Lord x and called upon the name of the Lord and x flipping over a page Genesis 13 Verse 3 x driving home this point of Abraham being x a Sojourner x Genesis 13 Verse 3 x and he journeyed on from the negeb as x far as Bethel to the place where his x tent had been at the beginning between x Bethel and AI to the place where he had x made an altar x um at the first and there Abram called x upon the name of the Lord and again in x verse 18 x of the same chapter x so Abram moved his tent and came and x settled by The Oaks of mammer which are x at Hebron and there he built an altar to x the Lord x a few pages over Genesis 23 verse 4. x a cool verse here x Genesis 23 verse 4. x I am a Sojourner and a foreigner among x you give me property among you for a x burying place that I may bury my dead x out of my sight so that was Sarah's x death and burial so a pretty neat x connection here to to Abe uh Abraham and x the rekabites x um people that were faithful x extremely faithful and in their service x so we'll come back to Jeremiah 35. x so one of the things that that stuck out x to me when x reading uh Jeremiah 35 and deciding to x study it was what is the purpose what is x God's purpose of giving the requites a x full chapter of recognition or notoriety x why why the record bytes why these x people we know that there were there x were many groups of faithful people but x Jeremiah 35 is is so telling to us in x terms of x um in terms of why God chose them to be x to be an example we're going to talk x about that now x I'm flipping back to Jeremiah 35 and you x all might like to as well x so x um as I mentioned I believe God is using x the reckabytes as an example for the x people of Judah so we're going to go x through x um a couple of verses here x um from eight through about 18 but we x won't read them all I just want to x highlight and it's actually written all x right here for you x so x I guess I guess we'll read it for x context but I'll just I'll be quick x going through it x so just notice and pick up on the theme x here it's not all the same word but it's x pretty much between two words so again x I'm reading from the ESV it might be x interesting to know what the the King x James or another version says but x um this is a fun exercise when studying x to really highlight different points in x the chapter that stick out x so starting in verse 8 x we have obeyed the voice of Jonah Dev x the son of wreck of our father x and in verse 10. but we have lived in x tents and have obeyed x and done all that John Adam our father x had commanded us x moving on to 14 the command that Jonah x dab the son of record gave to his sons x to drink no wine has been kept x and they drink none to this day for they x have obeyed their father's command x verse 16. x the sons of John Adam the son of rekhab x have kept the command that their fathers x gave them but this this people the x people of Judah has not obeyed me x verse 18. x but to the house of the recombites x Jeremiah said thus says the Lord of x hosts the god of Israel because you have x obeyed the command of Jonah dab your x father and kept all his precepts and x done all that he has commanded you and x so on in verse 19. x over and over and over again Time After x Time the point is driven home x God is using the people the record bites x as an example of a people who obeyed x Commandments that their father gave them x the people of Judah did not x obey the commands that their father God x our Lord and our Lord God gave them x so if you look in verse x was it 16 I believe x yeah let's read 16 one more time x the sons of Jonah dab uh the son of x record have kept the command of that x their fathers gave them but this people x the people of Judah again we get that x has not obeyed them x so Johnny Depp commanded x and what the requites did out of love x faith and loyalty x was follow these Commandments x and so what did God do for Judah we'll x take a look at that now x how did Judah respond the people of x Judah respond to what was asked of them x so we're going to do a similar exercise x but with verses uh 14 x 15 and 17. x the command that Jonah dab the son of x record gave to his sons to drink no wine x has been kept and they drank none to x this day for they have obeyed their x father's command I have spoken to you x persistently oh sorry they have obeyed x their father's command period I have x spoken to you persistently but you have x not listened to me x verse 15. I have sent to you all my x servants the prophets x sending them persistently saying turn x now every one of you from his evil way x and amend your deeds and do not go after x other gods to serve them x and then you shall dwell in the land x that I gave to you and your fathers but x you did not incline your ear or listen x to me x so in verse 14 God had spoken to them in x the ESV persistently and in the King x James version is notwithstanding but x continually and time after time they did x not listen x and in verse 15 again God uses the same x words uh persistently x and he was Rising them up early and x sending they were motivated they had a x message to share with the people and he x was sending them out to share this x message but they did not listen x time and time again we get the same x message x verse 17 therefore thus says the Lord x the god of hosts the god of Israel x behold I am bringing upon Judah and all x the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the x disaster that I've pronounced against x them because I've spoken to them and x they have not listened I have called to x them and they have not answered x a clear Point brothers and sisters and x friends being driven home x that the message was not followed by x these people the people of Judah the x record bytes were used as an example for x the people of Judah x the record lights were obedient to the x Commandments of their founding father x Jonah damp organ jehonadab if you prefer x they followed all that he commanded and x did not lose sight of what they knew was x most important to them x and if you read again in verse 8 it x talks about x um x drinking no wine all of our days x ourselves our wives our sons are our x daughters and you better believe that x their sons and daughters pass those same x Commandments down to that next x generation x God earnestly wanted them to leave their x evil ways and to turn aside from them x and amend their ways and then they could x dwell in the land that have been x promised to them but they were unwilling x Time After Time x the people of Judah would not listen to x the words of the Lord although they x received clear instruction x but did not choose to listen uh to x listen x and just put yourself not that this is x possible but put yourself in in God's x shoes for a second x um when you tell someone whether you're x a parent x um you're a teacher I'm a teacher I know x there's a couple other teachers in this x in this Zoom meeting but put yourself in x the shoes of a parent or a teacher where x you're asking something of your child or x a group of of people or kids maybe x you're a manager at work and you ask x people to do something for you and it x doesn't get done so you ask again and x then you ask again and time after time x it consistently does not get dumped x that is the most maddening thing x possible and so obviously it's not we're x not able to put ourselves in in the x shoes of God we don't know how he might x have felt or how upset he might have x been x um x but it's certainly an interesting x perspective and one that I think we can x relate to in the ways in the ways of the x world that that we live in today x so we know that the people of Judah were x going to be punished um but what about x these record bytes what about what was x the the end games for them what was what x is said about them going forward x so Johnny Depp's Commandments he gave to x his people had been followed closely and x we see the result of the the x um celebration of this in verses 18 and x 19. x because you have obeyed the command of x Jonah dab your father and kept all his x precepts and done all that he commanded x you x therefore excuse me therefore x thus says the Lord of hosts the god of x Israel x the son of wreck of shall never lack a x man to stand before me x the work that Jonah dab did and The x Obedience that his people had after him x was noticed by God x they were to never to lock a man to x stand before him before God x they were promised they were to be x rewarded x for their obedience and their good works x so x some really really cool Echoes so far x and uh we're getting pretty close to x wrapping up here x um but if we go to the beginning of the x chapter x we're going to talk a little bit about x um x an exhortational piece of this chapter x so Jeremiah 35 x in verse 4. x so let's let's read that once again x um let's start in verse two and go x through verse four x go to the house of the record bytes and x speak with them x and bring them into the house of the x Lord x into one of the chambers then offer them x wine to drink x so I took jazzaniah the son of Jeremiah x son of habazana and his brothers and all x his sons and the whole house of the x recobites x I brought them to the house of the Lord x into the chamber x of the sons of Hanan the son of igdalia x the man of God which was near the x Chamber of the officials above the x Chamber of massaya the son of Shalom x Keeper of the threshold x so let's do our best to decipher this x and and maybe someone even has some x notes that could contribute to this x um but but let's take a look and try and x decipher this a little bit better x so the record bytes are are initially x brought into the temple and into the x Chamber of the sons of Hanan so we're x going to look at each of these names x individually the son of big dalaya the x man of God which was near the Chamber of x the officials and above x the Chamber of Messiah the Son of Shalom x Keeper of the threshold x so let's take a look at what each each x of these words mean x um in the Hebrew x so Hanan which is Strong's 2605 means to x be merciful x igdalia 3012 in strongs the Hebrew uh x and this is actually its only appearance x in Scripture x it means magnified of yah x so Yahweh right we get the we get the x beginning of Yahweh there x it says was a man of God and and God x here has translated Elohim or Mighty x ones x masaya and and uh he the Hebrew and x strong is 46 41 means work of yah or x work of Yahweh x Shalom Strong's 79 67 means secure or x recompense or reward x so we're starting to get an idea of this x picture and we're starting to shape up x and see how this will come together and x why x um why it was important to add these x names in before uh or while writing this x chapter x so and if you haven't picked up on it x yet I think it's it's easy for us to x draw parallels here to Christ in the x upper room with his disciples x the record bytes were brought into an x upper room x and these names are all different titles x of Christ x is this comparison an exact or direct x reference to Christ in the upper room x with the disciples maybe not but I think x there there's clear parallels here um to x that story and with a closer look we'll x draw those parallels now x so x we're going to ask another why question x and I think when you're studying the x Bible it's so important to say why x because again it's not just there to be x there it's there for a reason x so why would the record bytes be in the x upper room and reject the wine x we can look at the record bytes in x Jeremiah 35 and the Commandments they x followed x um from their father Jonah Dam x they lived a life of service and x obedience and they may not have taken x the line but their example was a x dedicated and obedient life x something the people of Judah and Israel x failed to do x so let's read Jeremiah 35 x with the the names being x um drawn out the meaning of the names x being drawn out and we'll see we'll see x how cool of a picture this paints x I brought them into the house of the x Lord x into the Chamber of Mercy x the son of magnified by yah x which was near the Chamber of the x officials x above or in the upper chamber of reward x so a really really neat echo in parallel x here to to Christ in the upper room with x the disciples