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tribe</c><00:26:52.400><c> of</c><00:26:52.660><c> Reuben</c><00:26:53.799><c> answers</c><00:26:55.180><c> to</c> 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.400 the<00:26:55.559><c> face</c><00:26:55.740><c> of</c><00:26:55.920><c> the</c><00:26:56.140><c> priest</c> 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:03.039 in<00:26:56.559><c> the</c><00:26:56.700><c> Gospel</c><00:26:57.000><c> of</c><00:26:57.200><c> Luke,</c><00:26:58.400><c> the</c><00:26:58.400><c> face</c><00:26:58.599><c> of</c><00:26:58.779><c> the</c><00:26:58.920><c> man.</c><00:27:01.460><c> So</c><00:27:01.839><c> in</c><00:27:02.019><c> this</c><00:27:02.460><c> ordering</c><00:27:02.799><c> of</c> 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:04.279 the<00:27:03.380><c> tribes</c><00:27:03.799><c> in</c> 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:06.859 Revelation<00:27:04.740><c> chapter</c><00:27:05.140><c> 7,</c><00:27:05.440><c> which</c><00:27:05.579><c> is</c><00:27:05.960><c> markedly</c><00:27:06.500><c> different</c><00:27:06.700><c> to</c> 00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:08.359 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Judah</c><00:27:22.119><c> and</c><00:27:22.500><c> the</c> 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:29.460 face<00:27:22.880><c> of</c><00:27:23.099><c> the</c><00:27:23.319><c> man</c><00:27:23.759><c> in</c><00:27:24.119><c> Reuben.</c><00:27:26.160><c> So</c><00:27:26.420><c> that's</c><00:27:26.859><c> interesting.</c><00:27:29.220><c> And</c> 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:31.480 then<00:27:29.700><c> you</c><00:27:29.920><c> notice</c><00:27:30.160><c> in</c><00:27:30.359><c> verse</c><00:27:30.660><c> 7</c> 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:35.160 it<00:27:31.839><c> says</c><00:27:32.400><c> of</c><00:27:32.880><c> the</c><00:27:33.079><c> tribe</c><00:27:33.220><c> of</c><00:27:33.460><c> Simeon</c><00:27:33.759><c> was</c><00:27:34.019><c> sealed</c><00:27:34.240><c> 12</c><00:27:34.579><c>,000.</c><00:27:34.960><c> Of</c> 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:37.099 the<00:27:35.400><c> tribe</c><00:27:35.619><c> of</c><00:27:36.039><c> Levi</c><00:27:36.299><c> was</c><00:27:36.720><c> sealed</c> 00:27:37.099 --> 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you</c><00:28:43.240><c> count</c><00:28:43.420><c> them</c> 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:50.460 up,<00:28:46.160><c> there's</c><00:28:46.299><c> still</c><00:28:46.500><c> only</c><00:28:46.700><c> 12.</c><00:28:50.119><c> So</c> 00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:57.480 something's<00:28:50.980><c> been</c><00:28:51.359><c> taken</c><00:28:51.619><c> out</c><00:28:52.720><c> in</c><00:28:53.960><c> Revelation</c><00:28:54.420><c> chapter</c><00:28:54.799><c> 7</c><00:28:55.460><c> or</c> 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:01.559 someone.<00:28:59.640><c> So</c><00:28:59.940><c> who's</c><00:29:00.420><c> been</c><00:29:01.099><c> taken</c> 00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:07.039 out<00:29:02.079><c> of</c><00:29:02.299><c> the</c><00:29:02.519><c> tribes</c><00:29:02.920><c> in</c><00:29:03.819><c> Revelation</c><00:29:04.400><c> chapter</c><00:29:04.799><c> 7?</c><00:29:05.599><c> And</c><00:29:05.720><c> the</c><00:29:05.839><c> answer</c><00:29:06.240><c> is</c> 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:09.400 that<00:29:07.480><c> 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tents.</c><00:30:36.980><c> And</c><00:30:37.119><c> verse</c> 00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:40.059 20<00:30:37.619><c> says,</c><00:30:37.940><c> it</c><00:30:37.960><c> came</c><00:30:38.140><c> to</c><00:30:38.319><c> pass</c><00:30:38.559><c> when</c><00:30:38.980><c> all</c><00:30:39.200><c> Israel</c><00:30:39.500><c> heard</c><00:30:39.740><c> that</c> 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:42.359 Jeroboam<00:30:40.740><c> was</c><00:30:40.980><c> come</c><00:30:41.160><c> again,</c><00:30:41.680><c> they</c><00:30:41.940><c> sent</c><00:30:42.220><c> and</c> 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:45.240 called<00:30:42.559><c> him</c><00:30:42.779><c> unto</c><00:30:42.859><c> the</c><00:30:43.059><c> congregation</c><00:30:43.660><c> and</c><00:30:44.039><c> made</c><00:30:44.319><c> him</c><00:30:44.779><c> king</c> 00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:48.079 over<00:30:45.720><c> all</c><00:30:46.180><c> Israel.</c><00:30:47.240><c> And</c><00:30:47.380><c> there</c><00:30:47.480><c> was</c><00:30:47.700><c> none</c> 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caribam</c> 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:57.800 and<00:35:54.320><c> palm</c><00:35:54.639><c> trees,</c><00:35:55.539><c> so</c><00:35:55.719><c> that</c><00:35:55.920><c> a</c><00:35:56.159><c> palm</c><00:35:56.380><c> tree</c><00:35:56.539><c> was</c><00:35:56.800><c> between</c><00:35:57.119><c> a</c><00:35:57.400><c> carib</c><00:35:57.539><c> and</c> 00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:59.320 a<00:35:57.980><c> carib</c><00:35:58.219><c> and</c><00:35:58.380><c> every</c><00:35:58.639><c> carib</c><00:35:58.880><c> had</c><00:35:59.079><c> two</c> 00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:05.960 faces.<00:36:00.239><c> Every</c><00:36:00.679><c> carib</c><00:36:01.079><c> had</c><00:36:01.500><c> how</c><00:36:01.739><c> many</c><00:36:01.840><c> faces?</c><00:36:03.340><c> Two,</c><00:36:04.800><c> not</c><00:36:05.039><c> four,</c> 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:09.760 only<00:36:07.280><c> two.</c><00:36:08.800><c> And</c><00:36:09.059><c> if</c><00:36:09.159><c> we</c><00:36:09.260><c> were</c><00:36:09.320><c> to</c><00:36:09.500><c> ask</c> 00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:12.880 what<00:36:10.139><c> faces</c><00:36:10.539><c> in</c><00:36:10.920><c> particular</c><00:36:11.420><c> were</c><00:36:11.719><c> to</c><00:36:11.860><c> be</c><00:36:12.059><c> seen,</c><00:36:12.500><c> the</c><00:36:12.599><c> answer</c> 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:15.480 is<00:36:13.179><c> verse</c><00:36:13.380><c> 19,</c><00:36:14.699><c> well,</c><00:36:15.239><c> there'll</c><00:36:15.360><c> be</c> 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:18.960 a<00:36:15.599><c> face</c><00:36:15.739><c> of</c><00:36:15.920><c> a</c><00:36:16.079><c> man</c><00:36:16.739><c> toward</c><00:36:17.219><c> the</c><00:36:17.460><c> palm</c><00:36:17.659><c> tree</c><00:36:17.780><c> on</c><00:36:17.940><c> the</c><00:36:18.059><c> one</c><00:36:18.340><c> side</c> 00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:23.260 and<00:36:20.619><c> the</c><00:36:20.780><c> face</c><00:36:20.900><c> of</c><00:36:21.079><c> a</c><00:36:21.159><c> young</c><00:36:21.400><c> lion</c><00:36:22.099><c> toward</c> 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:27.360 the<00:36:23.719><c> palm</c><00:36:23.880><c> tree</c><00:36:23.980><c> on</c><00:36:24.139><c> the</c><00:36:24.239><c> other</c><00:36:24.460><c> side.</c><00:36:26.800><c> Well,</c><00:36:26.960><c> that's</c><00:36:27.139><c> the</c><00:36:27.199><c> two</c> 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.739 faces<00:36:27.579><c> we've</c><00:36:27.840><c> got</c><00:36:27.960><c> left</c><00:36:28.179><c> here,</c><00:36:28.559><c> aren't</c> 00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:33.860 they?<00:36:30.300><c> And</c><00:36:30.460><c> what</c><00:36:30.559><c> we're</c><00:36:30.699><c> being</c><00:36:30.940><c> told</c><00:36:31.659><c> in</c><00:36:32.300><c> Ezekiel</c><00:36:32.940><c> chapter</c><00:36:33.300><c> 41</c> 00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:35.739 is<00:36:34.460><c> that</c><00:36:34.579><c> in</c><00:36:34.760><c> the</c><00:36:34.880><c> day</c><00:36:35.000><c> of</c><00:36:35.159><c> the</c><00:36:35.340><c> kingdom,</c> 00:36:35.739 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appropriateness</c><00:36:46.500><c> of</c><00:36:46.739><c> this</c><00:36:46.960><c> now,</c> 00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.320 brothers<00:36:47.420><c> and</c><00:36:47.559><c> sisters,</c><00:36:47.739><c> and</c><00:36:47.880><c> I'll</c><00:36:48.179><c> come</c> 00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:51.199 back<00:36:48.480><c> to</c><00:36:48.559><c> the</c><00:36:48.760><c> slide</c><00:36:48.940><c> in</c><00:36:49.079><c> a</c><00:36:49.159><c> minute.</c><00:36:49.559><c> But</c><00:36:49.760><c> think</c><00:36:49.940><c> about</c><00:36:50.219><c> why</c><00:36:50.619><c> that</c><00:36:50.880><c> is</c> 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:53.699 so<00:36:51.539><c> correct</c><00:36:51.900><c> and</c><00:36:52.300><c> so</c><00:36:52.639><c> right</c><00:36:52.940><c> in</c><00:36:53.300><c> terms</c> 00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:56.559 of<00:36:54.119><c> the</c><00:36:54.360><c> age</c><00:36:54.639><c> of</c><00:36:54.920><c> the</c><00:36:55.079><c> kingdom.</c><00:36:55.539><c> Think</c><00:36:55.760><c> about</c><00:36:56.039><c> it.</c><00:36:56.159><c> Now</c><00:36:56.340><c> here's</c> 00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:58.099 the<00:36:56.719><c> first</c><00:36:56.940><c> thing.</c><00:36:57.380><c> Why</c><00:36:57.619><c> would</c><00:36:57.820><c> the</c> 00:36:58.099 --> 00:37:02.800 lion<00:36:58.340><c> be</c><00:36:58.559><c> there?</c><00:36:59.360><c> Because</c><00:36:59.840><c> kingship</c><00:37:00.599><c> is</c><00:37:01.000><c> a</c><00:37:01.420><c> principal</c><00:37:02.199><c> work</c> 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:05.219 of<00:37:03.320><c> Christ</c><00:37:03.719><c> in</c><00:37:04.099><c> the</c><00:37:04.300><c> kingdom.</c><00:37:04.739><c> That's</c><00:37:05.059><c> his</c> 00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:08.099 role.<00:37:05.539><c> He's</c><00:37:05.820><c> going</c><00:37:05.940><c> to</c><00:37:06.019><c> be</c><00:37:06.119><c> the</c><00:37:06.300><c> king.</c><00:37:07.099><c> So</c><00:37:07.239><c> the</c><00:37:07.420><c> 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would</c><00:37:31.639><c> say,</c><00:37:32.099><c> would</c><00:37:32.099><c> we</c> 00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.940 not,<00:37:33.019><c> that</c><00:37:33.199><c> his</c><00:37:33.400><c> real</c><00:37:33.760><c> work</c> 00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:38.179 as<00:37:34.019><c> a</c><00:37:34.199><c> servant</c><00:37:34.659><c> was</c><00:37:35.019><c> fulfilled</c><00:37:35.599><c> at</c><00:37:36.099><c> his</c><00:37:36.400><c> first</c><00:37:36.880><c> advent</c><00:37:37.420><c> in</c><00:37:37.840><c> his</c> 00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:40.840 first<00:37:38.539><c> ministry?</c><00:37:40.179><c> And</c><00:37:40.280><c> whatever</c><00:37:40.519><c> the</c><00:37:40.699><c> Lord</c> 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:43.860 does<00:37:41.079><c> in</c><00:37:41.239><c> the</c><00:37:41.400><c> kingdom</c><00:37:41.619><c> age</c><00:37:41.960><c> in</c><00:37:42.300><c> his</c><00:37:42.559><c> capacity</c><00:37:43.039><c> as</c><00:37:43.280><c> a</c><00:37:43.539><c> servant,</c> 00:37:44.239 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