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his</c><00:10:30.240><c> stripes,</c><00:10:31.720><c> we</c> 00:10:32.259 --> 00:10:33.539 are<00:10:32.539><c> healed.</c> 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:37.019 Verse<00:10:35.919><c> 14.</c> 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:43.559 If<00:10:37.679><c> ever</c><00:10:37.879><c> there</c><00:10:38.039><c> was</c><00:10:38.899><c> a</c><00:10:39.080><c> set</c><00:10:39.220><c> of</c><00:10:39.419><c> verses</c><00:10:39.639><c> to</c><00:10:39.899><c> learn</c><00:10:40.139><c> off</c><00:10:40.340><c> by</c><00:10:40.639><c> heart,</c><00:10:42.120><c> these</c><00:10:42.240><c> are</c><00:10:42.480><c> they.</c> 00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:48.279 For<00:10:44.440><c> as</c><00:10:44.679><c> much</c><00:10:44.899><c> then</c><00:10:45.559><c> as</c><00:10:46.100><c> the</c><00:10:46.360><c> children</c><00:10:46.639><c> are</c><00:10:46.899><c> partakers</c><00:10:47.399><c> of</c><00:10:47.720><c> flesh</c><00:10:47.980><c> and</c> 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:56.700 blood,<00:10:49.740><c> he</c><00:10:50.559><c> also,</c><00:10:52.519><c> himself,</c><00:10:54.139><c> likewise,</c><00:10:56.120><c> partook</c><00:10:56.379><c> of</c><00:10:56.559><c> the</c> 00:10:56.700 --> 00:10:57.799 same<00:10:56.879><c> nature.</c> 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.740 That<00:10:58.480><c> through</c><00:10:58.799><c> death</c><00:10:59.100><c> he</c><00:10:59.259><c> might</c><00:10:59.500><c> destroy</c><00:10:59.980><c> him</c><00:11:00.220><c> that</c><00:11:00.399><c> had</c><00:11:00.559><c> the</c> 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:02.580 power<00:11:01.000><c> of</c><00:11:01.200><c> death,</c><00:11:01.399><c> that</c><00:11:01.500><c> is</c><00:11:01.679><c> the</c><00:11:01.799><c> devil.</c> 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:05.659 That<00:11:03.019><c> he</c><00:11:03.159><c> might</c><00:11:03.419><c> deliver</c><00:11:03.779><c> all</c><00:11:04.320><c> them</c><00:11:04.539><c> who,</c><00:11:04.960><c> through</c><00:11:05.179><c> fear</c><00:11:05.419><c> of</c> 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:09.960 death,<00:11:06.960><c> were</c><00:11:07.220><c> all</c><00:11:07.440><c> their</c><00:11:07.720><c> lifetimes</c><00:11:08.159><c> subject</c><00:11:08.519><c> to</c><00:11:08.759><c> bondage.</c> 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:14.799 And<00:11:10.879><c> so</c><00:11:11.220><c> Paul</c><00:11:11.639><c> explains</c><00:11:12.279><c> this</c><00:11:12.480><c> to</c><00:11:12.580><c> us</c><00:11:12.820><c> in</c><00:11:13.659><c> unambiguous</c><00:11:14.299><c> terms.</c> 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:19.340 In<00:11:15.340><c> verse</c><00:11:15.500><c> 16</c><00:11:15.860><c> he</c><00:11:16.019><c> says,</c><00:11:16.419><c> for</c><00:11:16.500><c> verily</c><00:11:17.000><c> he</c><00:11:17.759><c> took</c><00:11:17.960><c> not</c><00:11:18.279><c> on</c><00:11:18.500><c> him</c><00:11:18.639><c> the</c><00:11:18.799><c> nature</c><00:11:19.059><c> of</c> 00:11:19.340 --> 00:11:23.179 angels,<00:11:20.500><c> but</c><00:11:20.820><c> he</c><00:11:20.940><c> took</c><00:11:21.100><c> on</c><00:11:21.240><c> him</c><00:11:21.460><c> the</c><00:11:21.720><c> seed,</c><00:11:22.399><c> or</c><00:11:22.539><c> he</c><00:11:22.740><c> became</c><00:11:23.000><c> a</c> 00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:24.700 descendant<00:11:23.539><c> of</c><00:11:23.720><c> Abraham.</c> 00:11:25.419 --> 00:11:31.379 Wherefore<00:11:25.940><c> it</c><00:11:26.220><c> behoved</c><00:11:26.600><c> him</c><00:11:26.799><c> that</c><00:11:26.980><c> in</c><00:11:27.379><c> all</c><00:11:27.700><c> things</c><00:11:28.379><c> he</c><00:11:28.779><c> was</c><00:11:29.000><c> made</c><00:11:29.240><c> like</c><00:11:29.399><c> unto</c><00:11:29.600><c> his</c><00:11:29.860><c> brethren,</c><00:11:31.080><c> that</c><00:11:31.240><c> he</c> 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:33.940 might<00:11:31.620><c> be</c><00:11:31.879><c> a</c><00:11:32.059><c> merciful</c><00:11:32.340><c> and</c><00:11:32.720><c> faithful</c><00:11:33.039><c> heart</c><00:11:33.360><c> priest</c><00:11:33.620><c> in</c><00:11:33.820><c> 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way,</c><00:11:51.879><c> brethren</c><00:11:52.000><c> and</c><00:11:52.279><c> sisters,</c><00:11:53.279><c> bring</c> 00:11:53.620 --> 00:11:55.240 yourself<00:11:54.019><c> back</c><00:11:54.299><c> to</c><00:11:54.480><c> these</c><00:11:54.700><c> verses.</c> 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:58.379 Hebrews<00:11:56.039><c> 2</c><00:11:56.440><c>.14,</c><00:11:57.059><c> start</c><00:11:57.480><c> there.</c> 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:02.000 And<00:11:59.159><c> this</c><00:11:59.340><c> is</c><00:11:59.460><c> one</c><00:11:59.580><c> of</c><00:11:59.679><c> the</c><00:11:59.740><c> most</c><00:12:00.000><c> incredible</c><00:12:00.879><c> verses,</c><00:12:01.720><c> one</c><00:12:01.779><c> of</c> 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.100 the<00:12:02.299><c> most</c><00:12:02.519><c> incredible</c><00:12:03.000><c> set</c><00:12:03.259><c> of</c><00:12:03.480><c> verses,</c><00:12:04.539><c> which</c><00:12:04.899><c> maintains</c><00:12:05.519><c> a</c> 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:09.539 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day</c><00:12:25.440><c> one.</c><00:12:25.580><c> This</c><00:12:25.720><c> is</c><00:12:25.879><c> almost</c><00:12:26.100><c> like</c><00:12:26.299><c> a</c><00:12:26.480><c> full</c><00:12:26.679><c> circle,</c><00:12:26.960><c> I</c><00:12:27.120><c> guess.</c> 00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:32.620 What<00:12:29.480><c> was</c><00:12:29.720><c> that</c><00:12:29.960><c> victory?</c><00:12:30.220><c> It</c><00:12:30.299><c> was</c><00:12:30.500><c> victory</c><00:12:30.919><c> over</c><00:12:31.559><c> self.</c> 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:36.879 I<00:12:33.720><c> have</c><00:12:33.860><c> a</c><00:12:33.980><c> great</c><00:12:34.159><c> problem</c><00:12:34.519><c> with</c><00:12:34.799><c> self,</c><00:12:34.919><c> I</c><00:12:35.059><c> don't</c><00:12:35.159><c> know</c><00:12:35.320><c> about</c><00:12:35.519><c> you.</c> 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:43.820 Over<00:12:38.039><c> self</c><00:12:38.419><c>-will,</c><00:12:39.100><c> over</c><00:12:39.340><c> self</c><00:12:39.879><c>-centeredness,</c><00:12:41.500><c> over</c><00:12:41.759><c> selfishness.</c> 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:48.519 And<00:12:44.799><c> this</c><00:12:45.000><c> brought</c><00:12:45.240><c> him</c><00:12:45.399><c> to</c><00:12:45.639><c> perfection</c><00:12:46.139><c> and</c><00:12:47.759><c> brings</c><00:12:48.019><c> us</c><00:12:48.320><c> to</c> 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:51.460 salvation<00:12:49.139><c> by</c><00:12:50.200><c> God's</c><00:12:50.600><c> grace.</c> 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:55.960 Chapter<00:12:52.539><c> 2</c><00:12:53.120><c> and</c><00:12:53.399><c> verse</c><00:12:53.700><c> 10.</c> 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:03.960 Hebrews<00:12:56.440><c> 2</c><00:12:56.679><c> and</c><00:12:56.759><c> verse</c><00:12:56.980><c> 10,</c><00:12:57.360><c> For</c><00:12:57.600><c> it</c><00:12:57.879><c> became</c><00:12:58.580><c> him</c><00:12:59.200><c> for</c><00:12:59.799><c> whom</c><00:13:00.059><c> are</c><00:13:00.240><c> all</c><00:13:00.480><c> 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reason</c><00:13:53.120><c> for</c><00:13:53.360><c> salvation.</c> 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.279 Without<00:13:54.940><c> salvation</c><00:13:55.480><c> there</c><00:13:55.919><c> would</c><00:13:56.080><c> be</c><00:13:56.200><c> no</c><00:13:56.379><c> reason</c><00:13:56.600><c> for</c><00:13:56.820><c> Christ.</c> 00:13:57.700 --> 00:13:59.700 Without<00:13:58.019><c> Christ</c><00:13:58.340><c> there</c><00:13:58.500><c> is</c><00:13:58.700><c> no</c><00:13:58.860><c> God.</c> 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:04.919 So<00:14:02.559><c> God</c><00:14:02.899><c> and</c><00:14:03.139><c> suffering</c><00:14:03.460><c> are</c><00:14:03.820><c> inextricably</c><00:14:04.440><c> linked.</c><00:14:04.899><c> We</c> 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:08.559 cannot<00:14:05.220><c> separate</c><00:14:05.720><c> them.</c> 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:12.460 I<00:14:09.440><c> come</c><00:14:09.639><c> not</c><00:14:09.779><c> to</c><00:14:09.980><c> call</c><00:14:10.120><c> the</c><00:14:10.320><c> righteous,</c><00:14:10.659><c> but</c><00:14:10.940><c> sinners</c><00:14:11.179><c> to</c><00:14:11.399><c> repentance.</c> 00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:18.039 And<00:14:14.240><c> again,</c><00:14:15.820><c> the</c><00:14:15.960><c> healthy</c><00:14:16.240><c> have</c><00:14:16.500><c> no</c><00:14:16.720><c> need</c><00:14:16.860><c> of</c><00:14:17.039><c> a</c><00:14:17.120><c> physician,</c> 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.840 but<00:14:18.840><c> the</c><00:14:19.080><c> sick.</c> 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:24.659 I<00:14:22.419><c> find</c><00:14:22.620><c> it</c><00:14:22.759><c> very</c><00:14:22.919><c> difficult</c><00:14:23.259><c> to</c><00:14:23.480><c> go</c><00:14:23.539><c> and</c><00:14:23.759><c> stand</c><00:14:23.899><c> in</c><00:14:24.139><c> the</c><00:14:24.460><c> queue</c> 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:28.000 to<00:14:24.840><c> see</c><00:14:25.179><c> the</c><00:14:25.360><c> doctor</c><00:14:25.820><c> when</c><00:14:26.240><c> I'm</c><00:14:26.480><c> feeling</c><00:14:26.860><c> good.</c> 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.159 If<00:14:28.919><c> I</c><00:14:29.059><c> see</c><00:14:29.259><c> a</c><00:14:29.399><c> long</c><00:14:29.620><c> line,</c><00:14:29.960><c> I</c><00:14:30.039><c> look</c><00:14:30.240><c> at</c><00:14:30.379><c> the</c><00:14:30.500><c> line</c><00:14:30.700><c> and</c><00:14:30.879><c> say,</c> 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:33.460 I'll<00:14:31.779><c> come</c><00:14:31.940><c> back</c><00:14:32.120><c> next</c><00:14:32.379><c> week.</c> 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:37.200 But<00:14:34.539><c> when</c><00:14:34.720><c> I'm</c><00:14:34.879><c> really</c><00:14:35.240><c> sick,</c><00:14:35.419><c> I'll</c><00:14:35.960><c> stand.</c><00:14:36.299><c> I</c><00:14:36.340><c> don't</c><00:14:36.539><c> care</c><00:14:36.700><c> whether</c><00:14:36.879><c> it's</c><00:14:37.059><c> a</c> 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:39.259 day,<00:14:37.379><c> two</c><00:14:37.580><c> days,</c><00:14:37.820><c> five</c><00:14:38.080><c> days,</c><00:14:38.279><c> ten</c><00:14:38.440><c> days,</c><00:14:38.639><c> I'll</c><00:14:38.899><c> stand</c><00:14:39.080><c> in</c> 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:40.700 that<00:14:39.440><c> queue.</c> 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:43.799 Because<00:14:42.679><c> I'm</c><00:14:42.940><c> sick.</c> 00:14:44.860 --> 00:14:49.019 I<00:14:44.940><c> remember</c><00:14:45.399><c> a</c><00:14:46.419><c> beloved</c><00:14:46.679><c> brother</c><00:14:47.000><c> once</c><00:14:47.279><c> telling</c><00:14:47.480><c> me,</c><00:14:48.799><c> in</c><00:14:48.919><c> fact</c> 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:52.500 I<00:14:49.139><c> think</c><00:14:49.240><c> it</c><00:14:49.320><c> was</c><00:14:49.419><c> Brother</c><00:14:49.659><c> Dennis</c><00:14:50.019><c> Gillett,</c><00:14:52.039><c> according</c><00:14:52.279><c> to</c> 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.779 his<00:14:52.799><c> jaw,</c> 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.700 He<00:14:56.519><c> often</c><00:14:56.799><c> said</c><00:14:57.000><c> that</c><00:14:57.399><c> the</c><00:14:57.519><c> secret</c><00:14:57.799><c> of</c><00:14:57.919><c> being</c><00:14:58.120><c> a</c><00:14:58.179><c> good</c><00:14:58.379><c> teacher</c> 00:14:58.700 --> 00:15:01.539 is<00:14:58.899><c> that</c><00:14:59.220><c> you</c><00:14:59.419><c> tell</c><00:14:59.639><c> them</c><00:14:59.740><c> what</c><00:14:59.879><c> you're</c><00:15:00.159><c> going</c><00:15:00.220><c> to</c><00:15:00.399><c> say,</c><00:15:01.480><c> and</c> 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:03.919 then<00:15:01.659><c> you</c><00:15:01.879><c> tell</c><00:15:02.000><c> them,</c><00:15:02.759><c> and</c><00:15:02.860><c> then</c><00:15:03.039><c> you</c><00:15:03.240><c> tell</c><00:15:03.360><c> them</c><00:15:03.580><c> that</c><00:15:03.740><c> you</c> 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:05.279 told<00:15:04.080><c> them.</c> 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:08.940 And<00:15:07.100><c> in</c><00:15:07.279><c> a</c><00:15:07.379><c> sense</c><00:15:07.559><c> that's</c><00:15:07.879><c> exactly</c><00:15:08.139><c> what</c><00:15:08.299><c> the</c><00:15:08.480><c> Bible</c><00:15:08.679><c> does,</c> 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.460 doesn't<00:15:09.159><c> it?</c> 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:13.679 The<00:15:09.860><c> Old</c><00:15:10.159><c> Testament</c><00:15:10.559><c> tells</c><00:15:10.899><c> us</c><00:15:11.159><c> what</c><00:15:11.379><c> God</c><00:15:11.980><c> intended</c><00:15:12.539><c> to</c><00:15:12.899><c> do</c><00:15:13.179><c> in</c> 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:15.519 the<00:15:13.919><c> life</c><00:15:14.200><c> and</c><00:15:14.480><c> work</c><00:15:14.700><c> of</c><00:15:14.899><c> Jesus</c><00:15:15.259><c> Christ.</c> 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:17.559 That's<00:15:15.720><c> what</c><00:15:15.860><c> the</c><00:15:16.000><c> Old</c><00:15:16.159><c> Testament</c><00:15:16.460><c> is</c><00:15:16.679><c> about.</c> 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:20.799 The<00:15:19.080><c> New</c><00:15:19.299><c> Testament</c><00:15:19.720><c> is</c><00:15:20.200><c> the</c><00:15:20.440><c> act.</c> 00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:24.639 The<00:15:21.700><c> New</c><00:15:21.940><c> Testament</c><00:15:22.259><c> is</c><00:15:22.480><c> what</c><00:15:22.799><c> Jesus</c><00:15:23.259><c> does.</c> 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:26.919 That<00:15:25.419><c> is</c><00:15:25.620><c> the</c><00:15:25.799><c> Gospels.</c> 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:33.860 And<00:15:27.860><c> as</c><00:15:28.000><c> we</c><00:15:28.179><c> come</c><00:15:28.379><c> to</c><00:15:28.720><c> Acts</c><00:15:29.039><c> of</c><00:15:29.299><c> the</c><00:15:29.460><c> Apostles</c><00:15:29.940><c> and</c><00:15:30.100><c> the</c><00:15:30.259><c> Apostles,</c><00:15:31.980><c> I'm</c><00:15:32.320><c> telling</c><00:15:32.519><c> you</c><00:15:32.679><c> what</c><00:15:32.779><c> he</c><00:15:32.980><c> did.</c> 00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:39.580 Tell<00:15:35.139><c> them</c><00:15:35.259><c> what</c><00:15:35.440><c> you're</c><00:15:35.720><c> going</c><00:15:35.779><c> to</c><00:15:35.960><c> do,</c><00:15:37.899><c> and</c><00:15:38.059><c> then</c><00:15:38.220><c> tell</c><00:15:38.399><c> them,</c><00:15:39.440><c> and</c> 00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:41.620 then<00:15:39.860><c> tell</c><00:15:39.960><c> them</c><00:15:40.080><c> that</c><00:15:40.240><c> you</c><00:15:40.399><c> told</c><00:15:40.580><c> them.</c> 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:43.879 And<00:15:42.159><c> I</c><00:15:42.259><c> think</c><00:15:42.340><c> that's</c><00:15:42.580><c> a</c><00:15:42.720><c> great</c><00:15:42.899><c> principle.</c> 00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:47.379 And<00:15:45.159><c> so</c><00:15:45.299><c> with</c><00:15:45.460><c> reference</c><00:15:45.779><c> to</c><00:15:46.000><c> this</c><00:15:46.159><c> divine</c><00:15:46.440><c> method</c><00:15:46.720><c> of</c><00:15:46.940><c> teaching</c><00:15:47.179><c> the</c> 00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:48.460 Apostle<00:15:47.799><c> Paul,</c> 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:52.980 then<00:15:49.220><c> opens</c><00:15:49.879><c> his</c><00:15:50.120><c> 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all</c><00:24:42.859><c> the</c><00:24:43.079><c> angels</c><00:24:43.400><c> now</c><00:24:43.759><c> worship</c><00:24:44.119><c> the</c><00:24:44.279><c> Lord</c><00:24:44.500><c> Jesus</c><00:24:44.859><c> Christ.</c> 00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:50.359 They<00:24:48.680><c> serve</c><00:24:49.160><c> he</c><00:24:49.539><c> ravens.</c> 00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:56.259 Verse<00:24:51.160><c> 7,</c><00:24:52.299><c> verse</c><00:24:52.559><c> 8,</c><00:24:53.519><c> the</c><00:24:53.619><c> Son</c><00:24:53.839><c> of</c><00:24:54.079><c> God,</c><00:24:54.640><c> our</c><00:24:54.819><c> immortal</c><00:24:55.279><c> King.</c> 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:59.559 Verse<00:24:57.539><c> 10</c><00:24:57.819><c> to</c><00:24:58.000><c> 12,</c><00:24:58.400><c> there's</c><00:24:58.599><c> a</c><00:24:58.819><c> problem</c><00:24:59.059><c> verse,</c><00:24:59.319><c> and</c><00:24:59.440><c> this</c> 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:01.160 comes<00:24:59.759><c> from</c><00:25:00.059><c> Psalm</c><00:25:00.299><c> 102,</c> 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:03.059 and<00:25:01.640><c> we're</c><00:25:01.880><c> going</c><00:25:01.880><c> to</c><00:25:02.019><c> deal</c><00:25:02.140><c> with</c><00:25:02.319><c> that</c><00:25:02.559><c> in</c><00:25:02.700><c> a</c><00:25:02.779><c> little</c><00:25:02.900><c> bit</c> 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.660 more<00:25:03.259><c> detail</c><00:25:03.619><c> later.</c> 00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:07.220 And<00:25:04.960><c> then</c><00:25:05.119><c> in</c><00:25:05.299><c> verse</c><00:25:05.480><c> 13,</c><00:25:05.859><c> the</c><00:25:06.019><c> Lord</c><00:25:06.200><c> Jesus</c><00:25:06.480><c> Christ</c><00:25:06.799><c> sits</c><00:25:07.059><c> at</c> 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.839 the<00:25:07.400><c> right</c><00:25:07.619><c> hand</c><00:25:07.799><c> of</c><00:25:08.019><c> God.</c> 00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:13.599 So<00:25:10.480><c> let's</c><00:25:10.819><c> just</c><00:25:10.980><c> take</c><00:25:11.119><c> those</c><00:25:11.440><c> Psalms</c><00:25:11.799><c> one</c><00:25:12.039><c> at</c><00:25:12.220><c> a</c><00:25:12.400><c> time.</c> 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:18.980 We<00:25:15.160><c> come</c><00:25:15.380><c> to</c><00:25:15.559><c> verse</c><00:25:15.759><c> 5,</c><00:25:16.880><c> and</c><00:25:17.619><c> this</c><00:25:17.799><c> is</c><00:25:17.940><c> the</c><00:25:18.099><c> first</c><00:25:18.380><c> Psalm</c><00:25:18.700><c> that</c> 00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:20.460 he<00:25:19.220><c> quotes</c><00:25:19.460><c> from.</c> 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:25.140 For<00:25:22.160><c> unto</c><00:25:22.420><c> which</c><00:25:22.779><c> of</c><00:25:22.900><c> the</c><00:25:23.200><c> angels</c><00:25:23.640><c> said</c><00:25:23.940><c> he</c><00:25:24.039><c> at</c><00:25:24.220><c> any</c><00:25:24.480><c> time,</c><00:25:24.859><c> Thou</c><00:25:24.940><c> art</c> 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:27.000 my<00:25:25.359><c> son,</c><00:25:25.680><c> this</c><00:25:25.859><c> day</c><00:25:26.059><c> have</c><00:25:26.240><c> I</c><00:25:26.400><c> begotten</c><00:25:26.759><c> thee.</c> 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:29.500 God<00:25:27.640><c> never</c><00:25:27.900><c> said</c><00:25:28.079><c> that</c><00:25:28.259><c> of</c><00:25:28.420><c> any</c><00:25:28.660><c> angel.</c> 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:32.539 Search<00:25:30.140><c> the</c><00:25:30.359><c> scriptures</c><00:25:30.759><c> and</c><00:25:31.099><c> see</c><00:25:31.259><c> for</c><00:25:31.440><c> yourself.</c> 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:36.400 This<00:25:34.140><c> day</c><00:25:34.480><c> have</c><00:25:34.640><c> I</c><00:25:34.759><c> begotten</c><00:25:35.099><c> thee,</c><00:25:35.220><c> what</c><00:25:35.359><c> does</c><00:25:35.500><c> that</c><00:25:35.700><c> relate</c><00:25:36.019><c> to?</c> 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.920 Does<00:25:36.900><c> it</c><00:25:37.119><c> relate</c><00:25:37.339><c> to</c><00:25:37.559><c> his</c><00:25:37.900><c> conception?</c> 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:41.140 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this</c><00:25:51.480><c> day</c><00:25:51.660><c> have</c><00:25:51.779><c> I</c><00:25:51.920><c> begotten</c><00:25:52.319><c> thee.</c> 00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:55.759 And<00:25:53.259><c> there</c><00:25:53.660><c> it</c><00:25:53.799><c> is</c><00:25:54.059><c> clearly</c><00:25:54.339><c> referring</c><00:25:54.740><c> to</c><00:25:54.960><c> the</c><00:25:55.039><c> Lord</c><00:25:55.220><c> Jesus</c><00:25:55.519><c> Christ.</c> 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:59.140 In<00:25:56.000><c> fact,</c><00:25:56.740><c> in</c><00:25:56.859><c> Acts</c><00:25:57.079><c> 13,</c><00:25:57.500><c> if</c><00:25:57.579><c> you'd</c><00:25:57.799><c> like</c><00:25:57.859><c> to</c><00:25:58.039><c> make</c><00:25:58.180><c> a</c><00:25:58.299><c> note,</c><00:25:58.460><c> and</c><00:25:58.539><c> I'll</c><00:25:58.619><c> just</c><00:25:58.819><c> read</c><00:25:58.980><c> it</c> 00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.180 for<00:25:59.339><c> you,</c> 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:04.000 we<00:26:00.480><c> have</c><00:26:00.660><c> a</c><00:26:00.799><c> quotation</c><00:26:01.160><c> directly</c><00:26:01.680><c> from</c><00:26:02.240><c> Psalm</c><00:26:02.539><c> 2,</c><00:26:03.759><c> and</c><00:26:03.779><c> we're</c> 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.279 under<00:26:04.279><c> divine</c><00:26:04.559><c> inspiration,</c> 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:08.700 we<00:26:05.380><c> are</c><00:26:05.579><c> told</c><00:26:05.880><c> that</c><00:26:06.319><c> God</c><00:26:06.599><c> hath</c><00:26:06.819><c> fulfilled</c><00:26:07.240><c> the</c><00:26:07.539><c> same</c><00:26:07.680><c> unto</c><00:26:07.859><c> our</c><00:26:08.240><c> children,</c> 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:12.759 in<00:26:09.059><c> that</c><00:26:09.200><c> he</c><00:26:09.339><c> hath</c><00:26:09.519><c> raised</c><00:26:09.839><c> up</c><00:26:10.099><c> Jesus</c><00:26:10.740><c> as</c><00:26:12.140><c> it</c><00:26:12.299><c> is</c><00:26:12.420><c> written</c><00:26:12.579><c> in</c> 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.180 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up</c><00:26:28.180><c> at</c><00:26:28.420><c> the</c><00:26:28.559><c> end</c><00:26:28.759><c> of</c><00:26:28.900><c> verse</c><00:26:29.099><c> 5.</c> 00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:34.420 I<00:26:30.240><c> will</c><00:26:30.440><c> be</c><00:26:30.920><c> to</c><00:26:31.180><c> him</c><00:26:31.339><c> a</c><00:26:31.579><c> father,</c><00:26:32.380><c> and</c><00:26:32.559><c> he</c><00:26:32.799><c> shall</c><00:26:32.960><c> be</c><00:26:33.480><c> a</c><00:26:33.720><c> son.</c> 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:37.859 This<00:26:34.819><c> tells</c><00:26:35.319><c> us</c><00:26:35.559><c> what</c><00:26:35.779><c> God</c><00:26:36.140><c> intends</c><00:26:36.759><c> to</c><00:26:37.019><c> do.</c> 00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:41.420 This<00:26:38.460><c> is</c><00:26:38.660><c> the</c><00:26:38.880><c> plan</c><00:26:39.119><c> that</c><00:26:39.279><c> he</c><00:26:39.400><c> has,</c><00:26:39.700><c> I'm</c><00:26:40.000><c> going</c><00:26:40.180><c> to</c><00:26:40.359><c> have</c><00:26:40.500><c> a</c><00:26:40.680><c> son.</c> 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:44.440 And<00:26:41.700><c> of</c><00:26:41.859><c> course</c><00:26:41.960><c> this</c><00:26:42.119><c> is</c><00:26:42.299><c> backed</c><00:26:42.480><c> up</c><00:26:42.920><c> by</c><00:26:43.220><c> the</c><00:26:43.420><c> promises</c><00:26:43.660><c> to</c><00:26:43.920><c> David</c><00:26:44.160><c> in</c> 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:46.019 2<00:26:44.640><c> Samuel</c><00:26:45.000><c> 7.</c> 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:49.839 We<00:26:46.799><c> come</c><00:26:47.019><c> to</c><00:26:47.180><c> the</c><00:26:47.259><c> third</c><00:26:47.640><c> Psalm</c><00:26:48.079><c> in</c><00:26:48.619><c> verse</c><00:26:48.859><c> 6.</c> 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:53.880 And<00:26:49.980><c> again,</c><00:26:51.400><c> when</c><00:26:51.400><c> he</c><00:26:51.660><c> bringeth</c><00:26:51.980><c> the</c><00:26:52.240><c> firstborn</c><00:26:52.700><c> into</c><00:26:52.940><c> the</c><00:26:53.140><c> world,</c><00:26:53.400><c> he</c><00:26:53.519><c> saith,</c> 00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:56.859 Let<00:26:54.220><c> all</c><00:26:54.539><c> the</c><00:26:54.779><c> angels</c><00:26:55.140><c> of</c><00:26:55.319><c> God</c><00:26:55.599><c> worship</c><00:26:56.019><c> him.</c> 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:58.680 And<00:26:57.079><c> if</c><00:26:57.160><c> you</c><00:26:57.220><c> look</c><00:26:57.359><c> at</c><00:26:57.460><c> your</c><00:26:57.660><c> margin,</c><00:26:58.039><c> we'll</c><00:26:58.160><c> see</c><00:26:58.240><c> that</c><00:26:58.440><c> comes</c> 00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:02.160 straight<00:26:58.940><c> out</c><00:26:59.180><c> of</c><00:26:59.299><c> Psalm</c><00:26:59.680><c> 97</c><00:27:00.480><c> and</c><00:27:00.720><c> in</c><00:27:00.859><c> verse</c><00:27:01.099><c> 7.</c> 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:05.240 Let<00:27:02.579><c> all</c><00:27:02.960><c> the</c><00:27:03.200><c> angels</c><00:27:03.700><c> of</c><00:27:04.180><c> God</c><00:27:04.539><c> worship</c><00:27:04.900><c> him.</c> 00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:08.259 Here's<00:27:06.160><c> the</c><00:27:06.440><c> focal</c><00:27:06.720><c> point,</c><00:27:07.019><c> and</c><00:27:07.180><c> we</c><00:27:07.279><c> looked</c><00:27:07.420><c> yesterday</c><00:27:07.839><c> at</c> 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:11.019 that<00:27:08.500><c> magnificent</c><00:27:09.339><c> picture,</c> 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:15.579 that<00:27:11.460><c> magnificent</c><00:27:12.500><c> vision</c><00:27:14.019><c> that</c><00:27:14.500><c> John</c><00:27:14.700><c> had</c><00:27:14.859><c> on</c><00:27:15.039><c> the</c><00:27:15.220><c> Isle</c><00:27:15.339><c> that</c><00:27:15.460><c> is</c> 00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.819 called<00:27:15.740><c> Patmos,</c> 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:19.519 of<00:27:17.740><c> heaven</c><00:27:18.000><c> itself</c><00:27:18.380><c> when</c><00:27:18.519><c> the</c><00:27:18.740><c> door</c><00:27:18.920><c> was</c><00:27:19.140><c> opened.</c> 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:23.000 And<00:27:20.079><c> there,</c><00:27:20.500><c> the</c><00:27:20.779><c> focal</c><00:27:21.059><c> point,</c><00:27:21.420><c> we'll</c><00:27:21.619><c> see,</c><00:27:22.259><c> was</c><00:27:22.539><c> the</c><00:27:22.819><c> Lord</c> 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:24.440 Jesus<00:27:23.380><c> Christ.</c> 00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:29.380 Just<00:27:25.880><c> reminding</c><00:27:26.259><c> you</c><00:27:26.599><c> of</c><00:27:27.160><c> words</c><00:27:27.500><c> from</c><00:27:27.839><c> the</c><00:27:28.000><c> Apostle</c><00:27:28.400><c> Paul,</c> 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:31.640 the<00:27:29.519><c> letter</c><00:27:29.660><c> to</c><00:27:29.940><c> the</c><00:27:30.059><c> Philippians,</c><00:27:30.559><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.819><c> 2</c><00:27:31.019><c> and</c><00:27:31.119><c> verse</c><00:27:31.380><c> 9,</c> 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.960 and<00:27:31.740><c> I'll</c><00:27:31.940><c> read</c><00:27:32.099><c> these</c><00:27:32.299><c> for</c><00:27:32.539><c> you.</c> 00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:36.180 God<00:27:33.599><c> hath</c><00:27:33.940><c> highly</c><00:27:34.420><c> exalted</c><00:27:34.799><c> him</c><00:27:35.000><c> and</c><00:27:35.180><c> given</c><00:27:35.339><c> him</c><00:27:35.559><c> a</c><00:27:35.660><c> name</c><00:27:35.819><c> which</c><00:27:36.000><c> is</c> 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.539 above<00:27:36.359><c> every</c><00:27:36.720><c> name,</c> 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:41.819 that<00:27:38.339><c> at</c><00:27:38.480><c> the</c><00:27:38.660><c> name</c><00:27:38.819><c> of</c><00:27:39.079><c> Jesus,</c><00:27:39.900><c> every</c><00:27:40.400><c> knee</c><00:27:40.619><c> should</c><00:27:40.880><c> bow.</c> 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:46.640 Of<00:27:43.220><c> things</c><00:27:43.440><c> in</c><00:27:43.640><c> heaven,</c><00:27:45.259><c> that's</c><00:27:45.539><c> the</c><00:27:45.740><c> angels.</c> 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:52.420 Of<00:27:48.319><c> things</c><00:27:48.480><c> on</c><00:27:48.700><c> the</c><00:27:48.880><c> earth,</c><00:27:50.640><c> that's</c><00:27:50.819><c> you</c><00:27:51.000><c> and</c><00:27:51.119><c> me.</c> 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:58.480 And<00:27:52.960><c> of</c><00:27:53.119><c> things</c><00:27:53.319><c> under</c><00:27:53.559><c> the</c><00:27:53.759><c> earth,</c><00:27:55.640><c> all</c><00:27:56.019><c> dead</c><00:27:56.599><c> brethren</c><00:27:56.940><c> and</c><00:27:57.180><c> sisters.</c> 00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:07.519 That<00:28:00.380><c> at</c><00:28:00.559><c> the</c><00:28:00.720><c> name</c><00:28:00.900><c> of</c><00:28:01.259><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:05.279><c> that's</c><00:28:06.299><c> the</c><00:28:06.480><c> focal</c><00:28:06.779><c> point.</c> 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:11.519 That<00:28:08.240><c> every</c><00:28:08.740><c> tongue</c><00:28:08.920><c> should</c><00:28:09.160><c> confess</c><00:28:09.599><c> that</c><00:28:09.880><c> Jesus</c><00:28:10.279><c> Christ</c><00:28:10.799><c> is</c> 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:13.740 Lord<00:28:11.779><c> to</c><00:28:12.000><c> the</c><00:28:12.240><c> glory</c><00:28:12.740><c> of</c><00:28:13.339><c> the</c><00:28:13.500><c> Father.</c> 00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:17.059 Jesus<00:28:14.059><c> does</c><00:28:14.319><c> nothing</c><00:28:14.700><c> to</c><00:28:15.079><c> the</c><00:28:15.220><c> glory</c><00:28:15.420><c> of</c><00:28:15.579><c> himself,</c><00:28:15.960><c> always</c><00:28:16.460><c> to</c> 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.599 the<00:28:17.299><c> glory</c><00:28:17.740><c> of</c><00:28:18.220><c> his</c><00:28:18.400><c> Father.</c> 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:21.799 Again,<00:28:18.880><c> I</c><00:28:19.019><c> leave</c><00:28:19.160><c> you</c><00:28:19.299><c> with</c><00:28:19.420><c> this</c><00:28:19.599><c> question</c><00:28:20.180><c> as</c><00:28:21.400><c> we're</c><00:28:21.619><c> going</c> 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:23.079 through<00:28:22.079><c> this</c><00:28:22.339><c> talk.</c> 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:28.789 How<00:28:23.619><c> many</c><00:28:23.940><c> times</c><00:28:24.259><c> in</c><00:28:24.460><c> your</c><00:28:24.660><c> life</c><00:28:25.460><c> do</c><00:28:26.240><c> you</c><00:28:26.519><c> speak</c><00:28:27.119><c> to</c><00:28:28.019><c> Jesus?</c> 00:28:33.069 --> 00:28:36.849 The<00:28:33.670><c> fourth</c><00:28:33.970><c> Psalm</c><00:28:34.250><c> in</c><00:28:34.470><c> verse</c><00:28:34.750><c> 7.</c> 00:28:38.730 --> 00:28:41.549 And<00:28:38.730><c> this</c><00:28:39.009><c> is</c><00:28:39.170><c> a</c><00:28:39.230><c> quote</c><00:28:39.349><c> from</c><00:28:40.049><c> Psalm</c><00:28:40.230><c> 104.</c> 00:28:42.150 --> 00:28:46.029 And<00:28:42.250><c> of</c><00:28:42.450><c> the</c><00:28:42.710><c> angels</c><00:28:43.150><c> he</c><00:28:43.390><c> saith,</c><00:28:43.730><c> who</c><00:28:43.890><c> maketh</c><00:28:44.190><c> his</c><00:28:44.450><c> angels</c><00:28:44.930><c> spirits,</c><00:28:45.890><c> and</c> 00:28:46.029 --> 00:28:48.670 his<00:28:46.250><c> ministers</c><00:28:46.730><c> a</c><00:28:47.150><c> flame</c><00:28:47.349><c> of</c><00:28:47.670><c> fire.</c> 00:28:50.849 --> 00:28:53.650 The<00:28:51.450><c> word</c><00:28:51.670><c> minister</c><00:28:52.009><c> there</c><00:28:52.250><c> is</c><00:28:52.390><c> very</c><00:28:52.630><c> interesting.</c> 00:28:54.609 --> 00:28:58.730 It<00:28:54.869><c> actually</c><00:28:55.250><c> literally</c><00:28:55.750><c> means,</c><00:28:56.210><c> in</c><00:28:56.470><c> Greek,</c><00:28:57.230><c> a</c><00:28:57.450><c> public</c><00:28:57.849><c> servant.</c> 00:29:00.450 --> 00:29:03.869 Are<00:29:01.049><c> they</c><00:29:01.250><c> not</c><00:29:01.450><c> all</c><00:29:01.829><c> ministering</c><00:29:02.410><c> spirits</c><00:29:02.710><c> sent</c><00:29:03.009><c> forth</c><00:29:03.470><c> unto</c> 00:29:03.869 --> 00:29:06.190 those<00:29:04.230><c> who</c><00:29:04.349><c> are</c><00:29:04.490><c> to</c><00:29:04.490><c> be</c><00:29:04.609><c> areas</c><00:29:04.769><c> of</c><00:29:04.970><c> salvation?</c> 00:29:07.950 --> 00:29:11.630 But<00:29:08.069><c> perhaps</c><00:29:08.369><c> the</c><00:29:08.509><c> most</c><00:29:08.750><c> important</c><00:29:09.210><c> point</c><00:29:09.470><c> to</c><00:29:09.670><c> notice</c><00:29:09.890><c> at</c><00:29:10.529><c> this</c><00:29:10.769><c> point</c><00:29:11.089><c> is</c> 00:29:11.630 --> 00:29:14.029 that<00:29:11.910><c> they</c><00:29:12.369><c> serve</c><00:29:12.829><c> while</c><00:29:13.230><c> he</c><00:29:13.569><c> reigns.</c> 00:29:14.029 --> 00:29:19.390 He<00:29:14.190><c> is</c><00:29:14.589><c> king.</c><00:29:16.630><c> He</c><00:29:16.829><c> has</c><00:29:17.029><c> inherited</c><00:29:17.529><c> a</c><00:29:17.809><c> position</c><00:29:18.150><c> of</c><00:29:18.430><c> authority.</c> 00:29:19.650 --> 00:29:23.289 He<00:29:19.809><c> sits</c><00:29:20.069><c> at</c><00:29:20.230><c> the</c><00:29:20.410><c> right</c><00:29:20.670><c> hand</c><00:29:21.170><c> of</c><00:29:21.589><c> his</c><00:29:21.789><c> Father</c><00:29:22.089><c> in</c><00:29:22.289><c> heaven.</c> 00:29:24.150 --> 00:29:27.150 And<00:29:24.289><c> coming</c><00:29:24.430><c> to</c><00:29:24.630><c> the</c><00:29:24.769><c> fifth</c><00:29:24.970><c> Psalm</c><00:29:25.269><c> now</c><00:29:25.650><c> in</c><00:29:26.130><c> verse</c><00:29:26.509><c> 8.</c> 00:29:27.150 --> 00:29:32.349 But<00:29:27.470><c> unto</c><00:29:27.750><c> the</c><00:29:28.069><c> Son</c><00:29:28.329><c> he</c><00:29:28.650><c> saith,</c><00:29:28.950><c> and</c><00:29:29.029><c> this</c><00:29:29.210><c> is</c><00:29:29.390><c> a</c><00:29:29.509><c> quote</c><00:29:29.650><c> from</c><00:29:29.990><c> Psalm</c><00:29:30.470><c> 45</c><00:29:31.490><c> verses</c><00:29:31.930><c> 6</c> 00:29:32.349 --> 00:29:33.009 through<00:29:32.589><c> 7.</c> 00:29:33.269 --> 00:29:35.269 All<00:29:33.470><c> of</c><00:29:33.630><c> these</c><00:29:33.769><c> will</c><00:29:33.950><c> be</c><00:29:34.210><c> found</c><00:29:34.430><c> in</c><00:29:34.609><c> your</c><00:29:34.890><c> margin.</c> 00:29:35.670 --> 00:29:38.869 But<00:29:35.750><c> unto</c><00:29:36.089><c> the</c><00:29:36.410><c> Son</c><00:29:36.569><c> he</c><00:29:36.829><c> saith,</c><00:29:37.230><c> thy</c><00:29:37.430><c> throne,</c><00:29:37.789><c> O</c><00:29:37.990><c> God,</c><00:29:38.450><c> is</c><00:29:38.609><c> for</c> 00:29:38.869 --> 00:29:39.529 ever<00:29:39.150><c> and</c><00:29:39.289><c> ever.</c> 00:29:39.869 --> 00:29:42.910 A<00:29:40.130><c> scepter</c><00:29:40.410><c> of</c><00:29:40.670><c> righteousness</c><00:29:41.130><c> is</c><00:29:41.630><c> the</c><00:29:41.869><c> scepter</c><00:29:42.130><c> of</c><00:29:42.309><c> thy</c><00:29:42.490><c> kingdom.</c> 00:29:43.349 --> 00:29:46.730 Thou<00:29:43.589><c> hast</c><00:29:43.910><c> loved</c><00:29:44.650><c> righteousness,</c><00:29:45.569><c> but</c><00:29:45.769><c> hated</c><00:29:46.069><c> iniquity.</c> 00:29:47.230 --> 00:29:52.349 Therefore<00:29:47.670><c> God,</c><00:29:49.029><c> thy</c><00:29:49.349><c> God,</c><00:29:50.269><c> hath</c><00:29:50.430><c> anointed</c><00:29:50.869><c> thee</c><00:29:51.609><c> with</c><00:29:52.089><c> oil</c> 00:29:52.349 --> 00:29:54.609 of<00:29:52.690><c> gladness</c><00:29:53.089><c> above</c><00:29:53.369><c> thy</c><00:29:53.710><c> fellows.</c> 00:29:55.269 --> 00:30:00.230 So<00:29:55.910><c> here</c><00:29:56.089><c> we</c><00:29:56.269><c> see</c><00:29:57.009><c> a</c><00:29:57.430><c> picture</c><00:29:57.769><c> of</c><00:29:58.730><c> the</c><00:29:58.829><c> Lord</c><00:29:58.970><c> Jesus</c><00:29:59.329><c> Christ</c><00:29:59.549><c> sitting</c><00:29:59.809><c> down</c><00:30:00.069><c> at</c> 00:30:00.230 --> 00:30:03.190 the<00:30:00.390><c> right</c><00:30:00.650><c> hand</c><00:30:01.029><c> of</c><00:30:01.430><c> the</c><00:30:01.589><c> Majesty</c><00:30:01.950><c> on</c><00:30:02.210><c> high.</c> 00:30:03.750 --> 00:30:07.410 And<00:30:03.869><c> Jesus</c><00:30:04.250><c> rightfully</c><00:30:04.769><c> takes</c><00:30:05.390><c> the</c><00:30:05.769><c> name</c><00:30:06.009><c> here</c><00:30:06.569><c> of</c><00:30:06.970><c> Elohim.</c> 00:30:07.630 --> 00:30:11.569 No<00:30:07.869><c> problem</c><00:30:08.170><c> at</c><00:30:08.369><c> all.</c><00:30:08.750><c> And</c><00:30:08.890><c> we</c><00:30:09.049><c> know</c><00:30:09.210><c> that</c><00:30:09.430><c> from</c><00:30:09.910><c> Psalm</c><00:30:10.210><c> 78.</c> 00:30:13.410 --> 00:30:16.670 The<00:30:13.529><c> judges</c><00:30:13.849><c> of</c><00:30:14.049><c> Israel</c><00:30:14.430><c> were</c><00:30:14.750><c> called</c><00:30:14.950><c> Elohim.</c> 00:30:17.970 --> 00:30:22.750 Elohim,<00:30:18.589><c> referring</c><00:30:19.089><c> to</c><00:30:19.349><c> God,</c><00:30:20.029><c> doesn't</c><00:30:20.289><c> make</c><00:30:20.690><c> it</c><00:30:20.849><c> a</c><00:30:20.950><c> God</c><00:30:21.349><c> per</c><00:30:21.829><c> se.</c> 00:30:22.950 --> 00:30:25.109 Elohim<00:30:23.390><c> just</c><00:30:23.750><c> simply</c><00:30:24.109><c> means</c><00:30:24.470><c> mighty</c><00:30:24.849><c> one.</c> 00:30:25.349 --> 00:30:27.789 And<00:30:25.430><c> it</c><00:30:25.509><c> can</c><00:30:25.789><c> be</c><00:30:25.990><c> used</c><00:30:26.150><c> of</c><00:30:26.329><c> angels,</c><00:30:26.690><c> but</c><00:30:26.789><c> it</c><00:30:26.910><c> can</c><00:30:27.069><c> also</c><00:30:27.329><c> be</c><00:30:27.569><c> used</c> 00:30:27.789 --> 00:30:29.549 of<00:30:28.069><c> the</c><00:30:28.230><c> judges</c><00:30:28.450><c> of</c><00:30:28.609><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:30.190 --> 00:30:34.890 And<00:30:30.309><c> so</c><00:30:30.410><c> we</c><00:30:30.490><c> shouldn't</c><00:30:30.670><c> have</c><00:30:30.849><c> any</c><00:30:31.109><c> kind</c><00:30:31.250><c> of</c><00:30:31.470><c> problem</c><00:30:31.910><c> when</c><00:30:33.410><c> we</c> 00:30:34.890 --> 00:30:36.630 find<00:30:35.150><c> people</c><00:30:35.490><c> worshipping</c><00:30:35.950><c> Jesus</c><00:30:36.289><c> and</c><00:30:36.509><c> saying,</c> 00:30:36.690 --> 00:30:41.549 My<00:30:36.890><c> Lord</c><00:30:37.069><c> and</c><00:30:37.230><c> my</c><00:30:37.410><c> God,</c><00:30:38.450><c> as</c><00:30:38.529><c> in</c><00:30:38.670><c> the</c><00:30:38.750><c> case</c><00:30:39.769><c> of</c><00:30:40.250><c> Thomas.</c> 00:30:45.289 --> 00:30:48.130 Notice<00:30:45.650><c> that</c><00:30:45.829><c> it</c><00:30:45.970><c> is</c><00:30:46.210><c> a</c><00:30:46.349><c> scepter</c><00:30:46.769><c> of</c><00:30:47.109><c> righteousness.</c> 00:30:48.789 --> 00:30:50.970 That<00:30:48.950><c> is</c><00:30:49.049><c> what</c><00:30:49.170><c> the</c><00:30:49.369><c> Lord</c><00:30:49.490><c> holds</c><00:30:49.789><c> in</c><00:30:49.970><c> His</c><00:30:50.130><c> hand.</c> 00:30:51.109 --> 00:30:53.970 What<00:30:51.609><c> does</c><00:30:51.849><c> righteousness</c><00:30:52.210><c> mean</c><00:30:52.509><c> to</c><00:30:52.670><c> you?</c> 00:30:55.910 --> 00:30:59.109 I'm<00:30:56.109><c> going</c><00:30:56.210><c> to</c><00:30:56.309><c> just</c><00:30:56.490><c> offer</c><00:30:56.630><c> you</c><00:30:56.809><c> a</c><00:30:56.809><c> very</c><00:30:57.109><c> simple</c><00:30:57.329><c> equation,</c><00:30:58.750><c> because</c><00:30:58.809><c> I'm</c><00:30:59.009><c> a</c> 00:30:59.109 --> 00:31:00.549 simple<00:30:59.349><c> person.</c> 00:31:01.230 --> 00:31:05.089 Righteousness<00:31:01.690><c> for</c><00:31:01.849><c> me</c><00:31:02.089><c> is</c><00:31:02.710><c> yes</c><00:31:03.089><c> to</c><00:31:03.289><c> God's</c><00:31:03.750><c> yes,</c><00:31:04.529><c> and</c><00:31:04.750><c> no</c><00:31:04.910><c> to</c> 00:31:05.089 --> 00:31:07.109 God's<00:31:05.450><c> no.</c> 00:31:07.509 --> 00:31:12.470 Simple.<00:31:08.630><c> If</c><00:31:08.750><c> God</c><00:31:08.990><c> says</c><00:31:09.289><c> yes,</c><00:31:10.730><c> yes</c><00:31:10.990><c> it</c><00:31:11.109><c> is.</c><00:31:11.369><c> If</c><00:31:11.509><c> God</c><00:31:11.730><c> says</c><00:31:11.990><c> no,</c> 00:31:12.730 --> 00:31:13.250 no<00:31:12.930><c> it</c><00:31:13.049><c> is.</c> 00:31:13.490 --> 00:31:17.630 And<00:31:13.630><c> that</c><00:31:13.750><c> for</c><00:31:13.890><c> me</c><00:31:14.250><c> is</c><00:31:14.430><c> a</c><00:31:14.509><c> very</c><00:31:14.789><c> simple</c><00:31:15.309><c> definition</c><00:31:15.930><c> of</c><00:31:17.150><c> righteousness.</c> 00:31:17.630 --> 00:31:22.410 Loving<00:31:18.349><c> what</c><00:31:18.569><c> is</c><00:31:18.730><c> right,</c><00:31:20.130><c> hating</c><00:31:20.509><c> what</c><00:31:20.990><c> is</c><00:31:21.210><c> wrong.</c> 00:31:23.390 --> 00:31:27.750 And<00:31:23.390><c> so</c><00:31:23.609><c> just</c><00:31:23.849><c> to</c><00:31:24.609><c> paraphrase</c><00:31:25.490><c> the</c><00:31:25.910><c> end</c><00:31:26.109><c> of</c><00:31:26.250><c> that</c><00:31:26.450><c> verse</c><00:31:26.710><c> there.</c> 00:31:28.650 --> 00:31:31.589 Therefore,<00:31:29.309><c> the</c><00:31:29.369><c> God</c><00:31:29.589><c> of</c><00:31:29.769><c> Israel,</c><00:31:30.750><c> who</c><00:31:30.849><c> is</c><00:31:31.029><c> the</c><00:31:31.230><c> God</c><00:31:31.369><c> of</c><00:31:31.529><c> the</c> 00:31:31.589 --> 00:31:32.509 Lord<00:31:31.789><c> Jesus</c><00:31:32.150><c> Christ,</c> 00:31:32.789 --> 00:31:35.990 has<00:31:33.029><c> anointed</c><00:31:33.509><c> Jesus</c><00:31:34.009><c> Christ</c><00:31:34.369><c> with</c><00:31:34.690><c> the</c><00:31:34.970><c> oil</c><00:31:35.210><c> of</c><00:31:35.589><c> gladness</c> 00:31:35.990 --> 00:31:36.769 above<00:31:36.269><c> His</c><00:31:36.529><c> fellows.</c> 00:31:36.849 --> 00:31:38.849 And<00:31:36.970><c> of</c><00:31:37.130><c> course</c><00:31:37.230><c> that</c><00:31:37.730><c> fits</c><00:31:37.990><c> with</c><00:31:38.210><c> the</c><00:31:38.289><c> rest</c><00:31:38.450><c> of</c><00:31:38.670><c> scripture,</c> 00:31:38.910 --> 00:31:39.589 doesn't<00:31:39.150><c> it?</c> 00:31:39.589 --> 00:31:43.029 In<00:31:40.269><c> the</c><00:31:40.509><c> Acts</c><00:31:40.630><c> we</c><00:31:40.789><c> find</c><00:31:41.049><c> how</c><00:31:41.329><c> God</c><00:31:41.829><c> anointed</c><00:31:42.250><c> the</c><00:31:42.410><c> Lord</c><00:31:42.609><c> Jesus</c> 00:31:43.029 --> 00:31:49.829 Christ<00:31:43.990><c> with</c><00:31:46.450><c> the</c><00:31:47.089><c> Holy</c><00:31:47.369><c> Spirit</c><00:31:48.210><c> and</c><00:31:48.549><c> with</c><00:31:48.829><c> power.</c> 00:31:50.309 --> 00:31:52.829 And<00:31:50.309><c> of</c><00:31:50.450><c> course</c><00:31:50.589><c> on</c><00:31:50.769><c> the</c><00:31:50.849><c> negative</c><00:31:51.150><c> side,</c><00:31:51.650><c> again</c><00:31:51.650><c> when</c><00:31:51.829><c> we're</c> 00:31:52.829 --> 00:31:54.670 talking<00:31:53.029><c> to</c><00:31:53.490><c> friends</c><00:31:53.829><c> who</c><00:31:54.009><c> believe</c><00:31:54.190><c> the</c><00:31:54.369><c> Trinity,</c> 00:31:54.990 --> 00:31:58.930 we<00:31:55.150><c> often</c><00:31:55.410><c> ask</c><00:31:55.809><c> them,</c><00:31:56.710><c> how</c><00:31:56.829><c> can</c><00:31:57.130><c> one</c><00:31:57.410><c> God</c><00:31:57.769><c> anoint</c><00:31:58.309><c> another</c><00:31:58.670><c> God</c> 00:31:58.930 --> 00:32:00.490 with<00:31:59.210><c> a</c><00:31:59.390><c> third</c><00:31:59.609><c> God?</c> 00:32:01.390 --> 00:32:04.289 And<00:32:01.529><c> that's</c><00:32:02.250><c> Acts</c><00:32:02.470><c> 10</c><00:32:02.750><c> and</c><00:32:02.869><c> verse</c><00:32:03.130><c> 38.</c> 00:32:04.630 --> 00:32:08.829 But<00:32:04.970><c> let's</c><00:32:05.609><c> just</c><00:32:06.109><c> skip</c><00:32:07.369><c> the</c><00:32:07.569><c> negatives.</c><00:32:07.910><c> Let's</c><00:32:08.150><c> just</c><00:32:08.589><c> talk</c> 00:32:08.829 --> 00:32:09.910 about<00:32:09.250><c> the</c><00:32:09.509><c> positives.</c> 00:32:10.230 --> 00:32:12.309 The<00:32:10.589><c> positives</c><00:32:10.589><c> always</c><00:32:11.190><c> outweigh</c><00:32:11.690><c> the</c><00:32:11.890><c> negatives.</c> 00:32:12.690 --> 00:32:15.829 And<00:32:12.789><c> the</c><00:32:12.869><c> most</c><00:32:13.130><c> positive</c><00:32:13.509><c> exhortation</c><00:32:14.150><c> here</c><00:32:14.609><c> is</c><00:32:15.069><c> very</c><00:32:15.410><c> simply</c> 00:32:15.829 --> 00:32:19.490 that<00:32:16.630><c> the</c><00:32:16.789><c> Messiah</c><00:32:17.309><c> of</c><00:32:17.589><c> Israel</c><00:32:18.089><c> is</c><00:32:18.710><c> the</c><00:32:18.829><c> Son</c><00:32:19.029><c> of</c><00:32:19.170><c> God.</c> 00:32:19.710 --> 00:32:24.509 He<00:32:19.809><c> is</c><00:32:20.009><c> the</c><00:32:20.150><c> righteous</c><00:32:20.470><c> King.</c><00:32:21.109><c> He</c><00:32:21.289><c> lives</c><00:32:21.529><c> forever.</c><00:32:22.849><c> His</c><00:32:23.069><c> kingdom</c><00:32:23.390><c> is</c><00:32:23.630><c> forever.</c> 00:32:24.690 --> 00:32:29.670 And<00:32:24.829><c> God</c><00:32:25.109><c> has</c><00:32:25.450><c> anointed</c><00:32:25.769><c> Him</c><00:32:26.309><c> with</c><00:32:26.769><c> the</c><00:32:26.910><c> oil</c><00:32:27.089><c> of</c><00:32:27.410><c> gladness</c><00:32:27.950><c> above</c><00:32:28.390><c> His</c><00:32:28.769><c> fellows.</c> 00:32:30.869 --> 00:32:35.089 We<00:32:31.430><c> come</c><00:32:31.990><c> then</c><00:32:32.329><c> to</c><00:32:32.650><c> the</c><00:32:32.809><c> sixth</c><00:32:33.289><c> quotation,</c><00:32:34.130><c> the</c><00:32:34.329><c> sixth</c><00:32:34.750><c> psalm,</c> 00:32:35.109 --> 00:32:37.450 which<00:32:35.250><c> is</c><00:32:35.529><c> Psalm</c><00:32:35.910><c> 102,</c> 00:32:38.490 --> 00:32:43.109 which<00:32:38.609><c> is</c><00:32:38.869><c> a</c><00:32:39.049><c> problematical</c><00:32:41.130><c> section</c><00:32:41.950><c> of</c><00:32:42.150><c> scripture.</c> 00:32:43.230 --> 00:32:45.650 And<00:32:43.349><c> I'm</c><00:32:43.490><c> going</c><00:32:43.609><c> to</c><00:32:43.750><c> just</c><00:32:43.910><c> make</c><00:32:44.069><c> an</c><00:32:44.349><c> offering</c><00:32:44.750><c> at</c><00:32:45.109><c> this</c><00:32:45.329><c> point.</c> 00:32:46.029 --> 00:32:49.869 And<00:32:46.190><c> I'm</c><00:32:46.349><c> sure</c><00:32:46.589><c> you</c><00:32:46.789><c> have</c><00:32:46.950><c> your</c><00:32:47.250><c> own</c><00:32:47.529><c> ideas</c><00:32:48.029><c> on</c><00:32:48.250><c> this</c><00:32:48.490><c> particular</c><00:32:49.089><c> psalm,</c> 00:32:49.990 --> 00:32:52.809 a<00:32:50.130><c> passage</c><00:32:50.390><c> that</c><00:32:50.630><c> has</c><00:32:50.869><c> caused</c><00:32:51.529><c> many</c><00:32:51.930><c> a</c><00:32:52.069><c> brother</c><00:32:52.250><c> and</c><00:32:52.490><c> sister</c> 00:32:52.809 --> 00:32:57.789 some<00:32:53.569><c> consternation</c><00:32:54.569><c> when</c><00:32:55.029><c> trying</c><00:32:55.329><c> to</c><00:32:56.970><c> unravel</c><00:32:57.390><c> it.</c> 00:32:57.789 --> 00:33:00.150 I<00:32:58.109><c> think</c><00:32:58.309><c> this</c><00:32:58.490><c> kind</c><00:32:58.630><c> of</c><00:32:58.829><c> standard</c><00:32:59.089><c> interpretation</c><00:32:59.769><c> of</c><00:32:59.950><c> this</c> 00:33:00.150 --> 00:33:01.309 psalm<00:33:00.349><c> goes,</c><00:33:01.130><c> well,</c> 00:33:01.529 --> 00:33:04.950 the<00:33:01.630><c> heavens</c><00:33:01.849><c> and</c><00:33:02.049><c> earth</c><00:33:02.190><c> refer</c><00:33:02.769><c> to</c><00:33:03.150><c> here.</c><00:33:03.809><c> In</c><00:33:03.970><c> fact,</c><00:33:04.490><c> the</c><00:33:04.589><c> heavens</c><00:33:04.769><c> and</c> 00:33:04.950 --> 00:33:07.089 earth<00:33:05.269><c> refer</c><00:33:05.750><c> to</c><00:33:06.130><c> the</c><00:33:06.390><c> law</c><00:33:06.549><c> of</c><00:33:06.750><c> Moses.</c> 00:33:07.369 --> 00:33:10.829 The<00:33:07.490><c> law</c><00:33:07.630><c> of</c><00:33:07.789><c> Moses</c><00:33:07.990><c> is</c><00:33:08.150><c> going</c><00:33:08.250><c> to</c><00:33:08.450><c> perish.</c><00:33:09.130><c> It's</c><00:33:09.250><c> going</c><00:33:09.470><c> to</c><00:33:10.089><c> wax</c><00:33:10.329><c> old</c><00:33:10.609><c> as</c> 00:33:10.829 --> 00:33:13.609 does<00:33:11.009><c> a</c><00:33:11.190><c> garment,</c><00:33:11.849><c> but</c><00:33:11.990><c> God</c><00:33:12.170><c> is</c><00:33:12.410><c> going</c><00:33:12.630><c> to</c><00:33:12.809><c> endure.</c> 00:33:14.690 --> 00:33:16.730 The<00:33:14.869><c> problem</c><00:33:15.009><c> with</c><00:33:15.230><c> that</c><00:33:15.430><c> interpretation</c><00:33:16.009><c> is</c><00:33:16.309><c> that</c><00:33:16.450><c> it</c><00:33:16.609><c> kind</c> 00:33:16.730 --> 00:33:17.450 of<00:33:16.869><c> misses</c><00:33:17.049><c> the</c><00:33:17.269><c> point,</c> 00:33:17.509 --> 00:33:20.369 because<00:33:17.809><c> Jesus</c><00:33:18.170><c> is</c><00:33:18.390><c> the</c><00:33:18.549><c> focal</c><00:33:18.750><c> point</c><00:33:19.029><c> here,</c><00:33:19.410><c> not</c><00:33:19.650><c> God.</c> 00:33:22.410 --> 00:33:25.730 Psalm<00:33:22.630><c> 102,</c><00:33:23.250><c> if</c><00:33:23.349><c> you'd</c><00:33:23.869><c> turn</c><00:33:24.029><c> that</c><00:33:24.690><c> up,</c><00:33:24.990><c> please,</c><00:33:25.230><c> if</c><00:33:25.390><c> you</c><00:33:25.509><c> will.</c> 00:33:25.730 --> 00:33:31.529 Psalm<00:33:26.730><c> 102,</c><00:33:28.450><c> and</c><00:33:28.450><c> we</c><00:33:28.549><c> need</c><00:33:28.769><c> to</c><00:33:28.869><c> read</c><00:33:29.130><c> the</c><00:33:29.230><c> words</c><00:33:29.490><c> from</c><00:33:30.130><c> the</c><00:33:30.410><c> Psalms</c><00:33:31.069><c> before</c><00:33:31.369><c> we</c> 00:33:31.529 --> 00:33:32.529 come<00:33:31.710><c> back</c><00:33:31.970><c> to</c><00:33:32.109><c> 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of</c><00:34:29.349><c> thy</c><00:34:29.650><c> servants</c><00:34:30.030><c> shall</c><00:34:30.269><c> continue,</c><00:34:31.409><c> and</c><00:34:31.610><c> their</c><00:34:31.889><c> seed</c> 00:34:32.170 --> 00:34:35.000 shall<00:34:32.409><c> be</c><00:34:32.630><c> established</c><00:34:33.250><c> forever</c><00:34:33.789><c> before</c><00:34:34.210><c> thee.</c> 00:34:36.610 --> 00:34:39.550 The<00:34:36.829><c> problem</c><00:34:37.150><c> with</c><00:34:37.369><c> our</c><00:34:37.570><c> standard</c><00:34:37.869><c> interpretation,</c><00:34:38.650><c> brothers</c><00:34:38.829><c> and</c><00:34:38.949><c> sisters,</c><00:34:39.389><c> of</c> 00:34:39.550 --> 00:34:40.650 this<00:34:39.750><c> verse,</c> 00:34:40.750 --> 00:34:45.150 is<00:34:40.929><c> that</c><00:34:41.150><c> they</c><00:34:41.289><c> are</c><00:34:41.489><c> out</c><00:34:41.710><c> of</c><00:34:41.929><c> context</c><00:34:42.449><c> with</c><00:34:42.989><c> Paul's</c><00:34:43.909><c> argument.</c> 00:34:49.489 --> 00:34:53.289 So<00:34:49.969><c> Psalm</c><00:34:50.449><c> 102,</c><00:34:51.750><c> and</c><00:34:51.789><c> verse</c><00:34:51.989><c> 24</c><00:34:52.550><c> reads,</c> 00:34:53.909 --> 00:34:57.070 I<00:34:53.909><c> said,</c><00:34:54.369><c> O</c><00:34:54.369><c> my</c><00:34:54.550><c> God,</c><00:34:54.909><c> take</c><00:34:55.110><c> me</c><00:34:55.530><c> not</c><00:34:55.730><c> away</c><00:34:56.030><c> in</c><00:34:56.269><c> the</c><00:34:56.429><c> midst</c><00:34:56.610><c> of</c><00:34:56.829><c> my</c> 00:34:57.070 --> 00:35:00.630 days,<00:34:57.909><c> thy</c><00:34:58.090><c> years</c><00:34:58.530><c> or</c><00:34:58.809><c> throughout</c><00:34:59.070><c> all</c><00:34:59.449><c> generations.</c> 00:35:00.789 --> 00:35:03.210 Of<00:35:00.949><c> old</c><00:35:01.210><c> thou</c><00:35:01.449><c> hast</c><00:35:01.650><c> laid</c><00:35:01.849><c> the</c><00:35:02.090><c> foundations</c><00:35:02.610><c> of</c><00:35:02.849><c> the</c><00:35:03.010><c> earth,</c> 00:35:03.690 --> 00:35:06.070 and<00:35:03.829><c> the</c><00:35:03.969><c> heavens</c><00:35:04.269><c> are</c><00:35:04.449><c> the</c><00:35:04.590><c> work</c><00:35:04.750><c> of</c><00:35:04.969><c> thy</c><00:35:05.090><c> hands.</c> 00:35:06.329 --> 00:35:09.130 So<00:35:06.590><c> if</c><00:35:06.730><c> we're</c><00:35:07.010><c> wanting</c><00:35:07.250><c> to</c><00:35:07.630><c> draw</c><00:35:07.849><c> a</c><00:35:08.150><c> direct</c><00:35:08.469><c> connection</c><00:35:08.909><c> to</c> 00:35:09.130 --> 00:35:10.190 the<00:35:09.230><c> Lord</c><00:35:09.389><c> Jesus</c><00:35:09.750><c> Christ,</c> 00:35:10.489 --> 00:35:12.869 again,<00:35:10.670><c> we</c><00:35:10.769><c> don't</c><00:35:10.909><c> have</c><00:35:11.050><c> to</c><00:35:11.150><c> be</c><00:35:11.269><c> a</c><00:35:11.449><c> rocket</c><00:35:11.670><c> scientist</c><00:35:12.030><c> to</c><00:35:12.329><c> do</c><00:35:12.530><c> this,</c> 00:35:12.869 --> 00:35:15.250 because<00:35:13.329><c> there</c><00:35:13.550><c> are</c><00:35:13.829><c> a</c><00:35:13.829><c> number</c><00:35:14.130><c> of</c><00:35:14.389><c> references</c><00:35:14.769><c> in</c><00:35:14.989><c> the</c><00:35:15.070><c> New</c> 00:35:15.250 --> 00:35:18.530 Testament<00:35:15.690><c> which</c><00:35:16.130><c> refer</c><00:35:16.550><c> to</c><00:35:17.150><c> the</c><00:35:17.349><c> foundation</c><00:35:17.969><c> as</c><00:35:18.269><c> being</c> 00:35:18.530 --> 00:35:19.429 Jesus<00:35:18.909><c> Christ.</c> 00:35:19.829 --> 00:35:22.389 For<00:35:19.829><c> other</c><00:35:20.230><c> foundation</c><00:35:20.789><c> can</c><00:35:21.150><c> no</c><00:35:21.429><c> man</c><00:35:21.650><c> lay</c><00:35:21.869><c> than</c><00:35:22.030><c> that</c><00:35:22.269><c> which</c> 00:35:22.389 --> 00:35:23.929 is<00:35:22.590><c> laid,</c><00:35:23.090><c> which</c><00:35:23.170><c> is</c><00:35:23.369><c> Jesus</c><00:35:23.750><c> Christ.</c> 00:35:23.949 --> 00:35:26.150 So<00:35:24.070><c> that's</c><00:35:24.469><c> the</c><00:35:24.690><c> first</c><00:35:24.929><c> little</c><00:35:25.190><c> link</c><00:35:25.409><c> that</c><00:35:25.590><c> I</c><00:35:25.670><c> would</c><00:35:25.809><c> like</c><00:35:25.969><c> to</c> 00:35:26.150 --> 00:35:28.510 make<00:35:26.389><c> in</c><00:35:26.670><c> terms</c><00:35:26.909><c> of</c><00:35:27.090><c> taking</c><00:35:27.429><c> the</c><00:35:27.730><c> psalm</c> 00:35:28.849 --> 00:35:32.929 and<00:35:29.409><c> focusing</c><00:35:29.969><c> it</c><00:35:30.429><c> on</c><00:35:31.010><c> the</c><00:35:31.369><c> life</c><00:35:31.670><c> and</c><00:35:32.050><c> work</c><00:35:32.409><c> of</c><00:35:32.670><c> the</c><00:35:32.789><c> Lord</c> 00:35:32.929 --> 00:35:34.369 Jesus<00:35:33.349><c> Christ.</c> 00:35:34.889 --> 00:35:38.110 Now<00:35:35.449><c> we're</c><00:35:35.750><c> going</c><00:35:35.750><c> to</c><00:35:35.829><c> come</c><00:35:36.090><c> back</c><00:35:36.409><c> to</c><00:35:37.190><c> Hebrews.</c> 00:35:38.510 --> 00:35:40.590 Come<00:35:38.789><c> back</c><00:35:38.989><c> to</c><00:35:39.170><c> Hebrews,</c><00:35:39.469><c> if</c><00:35:39.630><c> you</c><00:35:39.809><c> will.</c> 00:35:42.190 --> 00:35:47.389 And<00:35:42.789><c> we're</c><00:35:43.010><c> looking</c><00:35:43.250><c> at</c><00:35:43.510><c> this</c><00:35:43.909><c> sixth</c><00:35:44.949><c> psalm</c><00:35:46.309><c> from</c><00:35:46.989><c> which</c><00:35:47.130><c> he</c> 00:35:47.389 --> 00:35:51.590 quotes<00:35:47.929><c> in</c><00:35:49.409><c> verses</c><00:35:49.769><c> 10</c><00:35:50.090><c> and</c><00:35:50.309><c> 12.</c> 00:35:51.929 --> 00:35:56.469 So<00:35:52.289><c> come</c><00:35:52.889><c> to</c><00:35:53.230><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:54.190><c> chapter</c><00:35:55.030><c> 1</c><00:35:55.329><c> and</c><00:35:55.510><c> verse</c><00:35:55.789><c> 10.</c> 00:35:56.949 --> 00:35:59.269 And<00:35:57.130><c> what</c><00:35:57.289><c> I've</c><00:35:57.449><c> done</c><00:35:57.630><c> now</c><00:35:57.869><c> is</c><00:35:57.989><c> I've</c><00:35:58.130><c> put</c><00:35:58.289><c> up</c><00:35:58.550><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:58.909><c> chapter</c> 00:35:59.269 --> 00:36:00.869 1<00:35:59.550><c> and</c><00:35:59.690><c> verse</c><00:35:59.989><c> 10</c><00:36:00.329><c> there,</c> 00:36:01.110 --> 00:36:04.550 and<00:36:01.510><c> in</c><00:36:01.769><c> brackets</c><00:36:02.150><c> I've</c><00:36:02.469><c> taken</c><00:36:02.710><c> the</c><00:36:03.010><c> words</c><00:36:03.389><c> from</c><00:36:03.929><c> psalms.</c> 00:36:04.550 --> 00:36:07.849 So<00:36:04.829><c> the</c><00:36:05.010><c> only</c><00:36:05.409><c> difference</c><00:36:05.869><c> that</c><00:36:06.050><c> you</c><00:36:06.289><c> see</c><00:36:06.730><c> with</c><00:36:07.210><c> the</c><00:36:07.409><c> text</c><00:36:07.610><c> in</c> 00:36:07.849 --> 00:36:08.130 front<00:36:07.969><c> of</c><00:36:08.070><c> you,</c> 00:36:08.130 --> 00:36:11.289 the<00:36:08.550><c> only</c><00:36:08.550><c> difference</c><00:36:09.010><c> between</c><00:36:09.409><c> the</c><00:36:09.650><c> Old</c><00:36:09.829><c> Testament</c><00:36:10.349><c> and</c><00:36:10.809><c> what</c><00:36:11.010><c> we</c> 00:36:11.289 --> 00:36:15.269 find<00:36:11.610><c> here</c><00:36:12.010><c> is</c><00:36:12.489><c> just</c><00:36:12.869><c> those</c><00:36:13.150><c> words</c><00:36:13.570><c> in</c><00:36:14.230><c> the</c><00:36:14.389><c> brackets.</c> 00:36:15.650 --> 00:36:17.889 So<00:36:15.750><c> in</c><00:36:15.949><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:16.230><c> 1,</c><00:36:17.010><c> 10,</c><00:36:17.409><c> it</c><00:36:17.409><c> says,</c> 00:36:18.250 --> 00:36:22.949 And<00:36:18.250><c> thou,</c><00:36:19.070><c> Lord,</c><00:36:19.750><c> in</c><00:36:19.989><c> the</c><00:36:20.170><c> beginning</c><00:36:20.829><c> hast</c><00:36:21.469><c> laid</c><00:36:21.849><c> the</c><00:36:22.010><c> foundation</c><00:36:22.510><c> of</c><00:36:22.690><c> the</c><00:36:22.809><c> earth.</c> 00:36:23.210 --> 00:36:25.150 And<00:36:23.289><c> so</c><00:36:23.849><c> psalm</c><00:36:24.130><c> 102</c><00:36:24.570><c> would</c><00:36:24.889><c> read,</c> 00:36:25.510 --> 00:36:27.510 And<00:36:25.590><c> thou,</c><00:36:25.849><c> Lord,</c><00:36:26.170><c> in</c><00:36:26.170><c> the</c><00:36:26.389><c> beginning,</c><00:36:27.130><c> or</c><00:36:27.130><c> rather,</c> 00:36:27.769 --> 00:36:30.630 And<00:36:27.849><c> thou,</c><00:36:28.090><c> O</c><00:36:28.230><c> Lord,</c><00:36:28.869><c> of</c><00:36:29.070><c> old</c><00:36:29.349><c> hast</c><00:36:29.670><c> laid</c><00:36:29.909><c> the</c><00:36:30.090><c> foundation</c><00:36:30.469><c> of</c> 00:36:30.630 --> 00:36:30.710 the<00:36:30.670><c> earth.</c> 00:36:30.730 --> 00:36:32.090 So<00:36:31.110><c> you</c><00:36:31.449><c> get</c><00:36:31.590><c> the</c><00:36:31.769><c> picture?</c> 00:36:32.449 --> 00:36:35.429 Just<00:36:32.670><c> the</c><00:36:32.829><c> little</c><00:36:33.010><c> brackets</c><00:36:33.389><c> refer</c><00:36:33.829><c> to</c><00:36:34.449><c> psalm</c><00:36:34.849><c> 102,</c> 00:36:35.429 --> 00:36:40.309 but<00:36:36.409><c> the</c><00:36:36.710><c> rest</c><00:36:36.889><c> of</c><00:36:37.150><c> the</c><00:36:37.230><c> verses</c><00:36:37.510><c> here</c><00:36:37.969><c> are</c><00:36:38.369><c> carried</c><00:36:38.610><c> across</c><00:36:38.929><c> very</c><00:36:39.289><c> faithfully</c><00:36:39.949><c> by</c> 00:36:40.309 --> 00:36:42.409 the<00:36:40.510><c> Apostle.</c> 00:36:43.829 --> 00:36:47.550 So<00:36:44.349><c> what</c><00:36:44.869><c> we</c><00:36:45.010><c> are</c><00:36:45.070><c> talking</c><00:36:45.329><c> about</c><00:36:45.590><c> here</c><00:36:45.809><c> is</c><00:36:46.510><c> the</c><00:36:46.989><c> heavens</c><00:36:47.329><c> and</c> 00:36:47.550 --> 00:36:48.570 the<00:36:47.730><c> earth.</c> 00:36:49.269 --> 00:36:51.510 The<00:36:49.369><c> foundations</c><00:36:49.989><c> of</c><00:36:50.230><c> the</c><00:36:50.389><c> earth</c><00:36:50.570><c> and</c><00:36:50.829><c> the</c><00:36:51.010><c> heavens</c><00:36:51.250><c> are</c><00:36:51.449><c> the</c> 00:36:51.510 --> 00:36:53.110 works<00:36:51.750><c> of</c><00:36:51.949><c> thy</c><00:36:52.070><c> hands.</c> 00:36:53.690 --> 00:36:57.090 They,<00:36:54.210><c> that's</c><00:36:54.730><c> the</c><00:36:54.969><c> heavens</c><00:36:55.170><c> and</c><00:36:55.409><c> earth,</c><00:36:56.030><c> shall</c><00:36:56.210><c> perish,</c><00:36:56.989><c> but</c> 00:36:57.090 --> 00:37:00.530 thou<00:36:57.369><c> remainest,</c><00:36:58.489><c> or</c><00:36:58.650><c> thou</c><00:36:59.170><c> shalt</c><00:36:59.489><c> endure.</c> 00:37:01.170 --> 00:37:05.110 And<00:37:01.690><c> they</c><00:37:02.150><c> shall</c><00:37:02.389><c> wax</c><00:37:02.670><c> old</c><00:37:03.070><c> as</c><00:37:03.929><c> doth</c><00:37:04.090><c> a</c><00:37:04.250><c> garment.</c> 00:37:05.789 --> 00:37:09.409 And<00:37:05.929><c> as</c><00:37:06.150><c> a</c><00:37:06.309><c> vesture</c><00:37:06.730><c> shalt</c><00:37:06.969><c> thou</c><00:37:07.170><c> fold</c><00:37:07.489><c> them</c><00:37:07.650><c> up,</c><00:37:09.110><c> or</c><00:37:09.230><c> thou</c> 00:37:09.409 --> 00:37:10.750 shalt<00:37:09.610><c> change</c><00:37:09.989><c> them.</c> 00:37:10.889 --> 00:37:14.309 And<00:37:11.050><c> they</c><00:37:11.269><c> shall</c><00:37:11.510><c> be</c><00:37:11.750><c> changed,</c><00:37:13.010><c> but</c><00:37:13.170><c> thou</c><00:37:13.349><c> art</c><00:37:13.489><c> the</c><00:37:13.730><c> same,</c><00:37:14.130><c> and</c> 00:37:14.309 --> 00:37:20.090 thy<00:37:14.489><c> years</c><00:37:14.969><c> shall</c><00:37:15.710><c> have</c><00:37:16.250><c> no</c><00:37:16.590><c> end,</c><00:37:17.670><c> or</c><00:37:17.929><c> thy</c><00:37:18.150><c> years</c><00:37:18.570><c> shall</c><00:37:18.829><c> not</c><00:37:19.110><c> fail.</c> 00:37:21.710 --> 00:37:25.670 How<00:37:22.230><c> does</c><00:37:22.489><c> this</c><00:37:22.710><c> psalm</c><00:37:22.969><c> focus</c><00:37:23.550><c> on</c><00:37:24.070><c> the</c><00:37:24.170><c> Lord</c><00:37:24.349><c> Jesus</c><00:37:24.750><c> Christ?</c> 00:37:25.710 --> 00:37:28.650 Now<00:37:26.030><c> I'm</c><00:37:26.570><c> only</c><00:37:26.769><c> going</c><00:37:26.949><c> to</c><00:37:27.250><c> present</c><00:37:27.510><c> this</c><00:37:27.769><c> to</c><00:37:27.829><c> you</c><00:37:27.969><c> as</c><00:37:28.130><c> a</c><00:37:28.250><c> suggestion.</c> 00:37:28.650 --> 00:37:32.349 The<00:37:29.349><c> last</c><00:37:29.590><c> time</c><00:37:29.750><c> I</c><00:37:29.809><c> gave</c><00:37:30.030><c> this</c><00:37:30.230><c> many</c><00:37:30.409><c> years</c><00:37:30.710><c> ago</c><00:37:30.929><c> down</c><00:37:31.869><c> in,</c><00:37:31.869><c> at</c> 00:37:32.349 --> 00:37:33.929 least<00:37:32.750><c> down</c><00:37:33.010><c> in</c><00:37:33.469><c> Miami,</c> 00:37:34.389 --> 00:37:37.710 I<00:37:34.570><c> had</c><00:37:34.730><c> a</c><00:37:35.550><c> different</c><00:37:35.869><c> view</c><00:37:36.090><c> then,</c><00:37:36.329><c> and</c><00:37:36.489><c> I've</c><00:37:36.769><c> changed</c><00:37:37.130><c> my</c><00:37:37.389><c> view,</c> 00:37:38.110 --> 00:37:41.269 because<00:37:38.610><c> I've</c><00:37:39.070><c> looked</c><00:37:39.230><c> again</c><00:37:39.469><c> and</c><00:37:39.650><c> I've</c><00:37:40.010><c> thought,</c><00:37:40.849><c> I</c><00:37:41.070><c> don't</c> 00:37:41.269 --> 00:37:42.150 agree<00:37:41.489><c> with</c><00:37:41.630><c> that</c><00:37:41.789><c> anymore.</c> 00:37:42.650 --> 00:37:45.230 And<00:37:42.789><c> so,</c><00:37:43.130><c> you</c><00:37:43.269><c> know,</c><00:37:43.670><c> it's</c><00:37:43.909><c> part</c><00:37:44.070><c> of</c><00:37:44.230><c> my</c><00:37:44.409><c> growth.</c> 00:37:45.369 --> 00:37:48.190 So<00:37:45.449><c> again,</c><00:37:45.869><c> don't</c><00:37:46.090><c> stun</c><00:37:46.190><c> me,</c><00:37:46.389><c> I'm</c><00:37:46.489><c> only</c><00:37:46.730><c> the</c><00:37:47.010><c> messenger,</c><00:37:47.989><c> as</c> 00:37:48.190 --> 00:37:49.230 they<00:37:48.389><c> say.</c> 00:37:50.730 --> 00:37:53.730 I<00:37:50.849><c> find</c><00:37:51.130><c> 2</c><00:37:51.489><c> Peter</c><00:37:51.829><c> chapter</c><00:37:52.190><c> 3</c><00:37:52.409><c> very</c><00:37:52.710><c> helpful</c><00:37:53.010><c> in</c><00:37:53.190><c> this</c><00:37:53.369><c> regard,</c> 00:37:54.050 --> 00:37:56.650 because<00:37:54.349><c> he</c><00:37:54.570><c> talks</c><00:37:54.849><c> about</c><00:37:55.170><c> three</c><00:37:55.449><c> heavens</c><00:37:55.690><c> and</c><00:37:55.929><c> three</c><00:37:56.110><c> earths.</c> 00:37:56.650 --> 00:38:01.550 He<00:37:57.670><c> tells</c><00:37:57.909><c> us</c><00:37:58.150><c> that</c><00:37:58.309><c> the</c><00:37:58.510><c> first</c><00:37:58.750><c> heaven</c><00:37:59.030><c> and</c><00:37:59.309><c> first</c><00:37:59.690><c> earth</c><00:37:59.889><c> perished</c><00:38:00.230><c> by</c><00:38:00.489><c> water.</c> 00:38:02.110 --> 00:38:04.849 Now<00:38:02.389><c> primarily</c><00:38:02.690><c> we're</c><00:38:02.949><c> talking</c><00:38:03.170><c> about</c><00:38:03.429><c> the</c><00:38:03.630><c> political</c><00:38:04.210><c> heavens</c><00:38:04.590><c> and</c> 00:38:04.849 --> 00:38:05.130 the<00:38:05.010><c> earth,</c> 00:38:05.170 --> 00:38:07.130 but<00:38:05.329><c> we're</c><00:38:05.750><c> also</c><00:38:05.789><c> talking</c><00:38:06.090><c> in</c><00:38:06.230><c> a</c><00:38:06.389><c> sense</c><00:38:06.489><c> about</c><00:38:06.730><c> the</c><00:38:06.889><c> literal</c> 00:38:07.130 --> 00:38:07.710 heavens<00:38:07.369><c> and</c><00:38:07.570><c> earth.</c> 00:38:07.929 --> 00:38:11.110 Is<00:38:08.090><c> this</c><00:38:08.329><c> the</c><00:38:08.510><c> same</c><00:38:08.750><c> earth</c><00:38:09.250><c> that</c><00:38:09.590><c> Noah</c><00:38:09.949><c> lived</c><00:38:10.769><c> on?</c> 00:38:11.610 --> 00:38:13.269 And<00:38:11.809><c> the</c><00:38:11.929><c> answer</c><00:38:12.170><c> is</c><00:38:12.409><c> yes.</c> 00:38:13.469 --> 00:38:17.630 All<00:38:13.570><c> right,</c><00:38:13.690><c> so</c><00:38:13.909><c> the</c><00:38:14.170><c> first</c><00:38:14.449><c> heavens</c><00:38:14.730><c> and</c><00:38:15.050><c> first</c><00:38:15.449><c> earth</c><00:38:15.789><c> perished</c><00:38:16.289><c> by</c><00:38:16.630><c> water.</c> 00:38:17.710 --> 00:38:20.510 The<00:38:18.030><c> second</c><00:38:18.289><c> heavens</c><00:38:18.650><c> and</c><00:38:18.949><c> second</c><00:38:19.269><c> earth,</c><00:38:19.510><c> which</c><00:38:19.730><c> is</c><00:38:20.150><c> the</c> 00:38:20.510 --> 00:38:22.949 dispensation<00:38:21.130><c> which</c><00:38:21.489><c> exists</c><00:38:21.889><c> now,</c> 00:38:23.210 --> 00:38:25.510 are<00:38:23.389><c> reserved</c><00:38:23.670><c> for</c><00:38:23.929><c> judgment</c><00:38:24.269><c> by</c><00:38:24.610><c> fire.</c> 00:38:26.130 --> 00:38:29.630 The<00:38:26.690><c> third</c><00:38:26.989><c> heavens</c><00:38:27.369><c> and</c><00:38:27.750><c> third</c><00:38:28.070><c> earth,</c><00:38:28.429><c> we</c><00:38:28.670><c> are</c><00:38:28.869><c> told</c><00:38:29.150><c> in</c><00:38:29.369><c> 2</c> 00:38:29.630 --> 00:38:31.969 Peter,<00:38:30.289><c> will</c><00:38:30.630><c> last</c><00:38:30.969><c> forever.</c> 00:38:32.010 --> 00:38:34.710 That<00:38:32.170><c> is</c><00:38:32.389><c> the</c><00:38:32.570><c> kingdom</c><00:38:32.789><c> age,</c><00:38:33.130><c> that</c><00:38:33.230><c> is</c><00:38:33.710><c> our</c><00:38:33.989><c> hope</c><00:38:34.190><c> and</c><00:38:34.349><c> that</c><00:38:34.469><c> is</c> 00:38:34.710 --> 00:38:35.949 our<00:38:34.949><c> focus.</c> 00:38:36.489 --> 00:38:40.130 All<00:38:36.610><c> right,</c><00:38:36.949><c> so</c><00:38:37.150><c> he</c><00:38:37.289><c> deals</c><00:38:37.570><c> a</c><00:38:37.710><c> lot</c><00:38:37.869><c> here</c><00:38:38.329><c> in</c><00:38:38.530><c> 2</c><00:38:38.849><c> Peter</c><00:38:39.510><c> chapter</c> 00:38:40.130 --> 00:38:41.769 3<00:38:40.550><c> with</c><00:38:40.849><c> heavens</c><00:38:41.250><c> and</c><00:38:41.469><c> earth.</c> 00:38:42.269 --> 00:38:45.949 Three<00:38:42.570><c> dispensations</c><00:38:43.369><c> and</c><00:38:43.590><c> each</c><00:38:43.869><c> one</c><00:38:44.010><c> of</c><00:38:44.090><c> them</c><00:38:44.409><c> clearly</c><00:38:44.969><c> demarcated</c><00:38:45.670><c> by</c> 00:38:45.949 --> 00:38:49.510 using<00:38:46.469><c> this</c><00:38:47.010><c> phraseology,</c><00:38:47.969><c> heavens</c><00:38:48.309><c> and</c><00:38:48.550><c> earth.</c> 00:38:49.969 --> 00:38:53.269 Now<00:38:50.409><c> we</c><00:38:50.769><c> look</c><00:38:51.110><c> for,</c><00:38:51.590><c> that</c><00:38:51.789><c> which</c><00:38:51.909><c> is</c><00:38:52.170><c> everlasting,</c><00:38:52.829><c> we</c><00:38:53.010><c> look</c> 00:38:53.269 --> 00:38:56.409 for<00:38:53.690><c> the</c><00:38:54.090><c> new</c><00:38:54.269><c> heavens</c><00:38:54.690><c> and</c><00:38:55.210><c> the</c><00:38:55.369><c> new</c><00:38:55.530><c> earth.</c> 00:38:56.989 --> 00:39:00.690 The<00:38:57.090><c> kingdom</c><00:38:57.369><c> of</c><00:38:57.550><c> God</c><00:38:57.750><c> on</c><00:38:57.989><c> earth,</c><00:38:58.869><c> ruled</c><00:38:59.090><c> by</c><00:38:59.489><c> new</c><00:38:59.730><c> heavens,</c> 00:39:00.929 --> 00:39:04.789 ruled<00:39:01.150><c> by</c><00:39:01.630><c> new</c><00:39:01.909><c> rulers,</c><00:39:02.289><c> by</c><00:39:02.469><c> the</c><00:39:02.670><c> saints</c><00:39:02.909><c> and</c><00:39:03.070><c> the</c><00:39:03.150><c> Lord</c><00:39:03.309><c> Jesus</c><00:39:03.650><c> Christ,</c> 00:39:05.250 --> 00:39:08.429 in<00:39:05.530><c> order</c><00:39:05.730><c> to</c><00:39:06.030><c> create</c><00:39:06.269><c> a</c><00:39:06.570><c> new</c><00:39:06.730><c> earth,</c><00:39:07.670><c> which</c><00:39:07.809><c> is</c><00:39:08.090><c> filled</c><00:39:08.250><c> with</c> 00:39:08.429 --> 00:39:10.650 God's<00:39:08.829><c> glory</c><00:39:09.190><c> as</c><00:39:09.750><c> the</c><00:39:09.929><c> waters</c><00:39:10.130><c> cover</c><00:39:10.369><c> the</c><00:39:10.590><c> sea.</c> 00:39:10.710 --> 00:39:13.210 Now<00:39:10.829><c> I'm</c><00:39:10.909><c> just</c><00:39:11.110><c> going</c><00:39:11.250><c> to</c><00:39:11.389><c> offer</c><00:39:11.590><c> a</c><00:39:11.769><c> little</c><00:39:12.349><c> side</c><00:39:12.690><c> thing</c><00:39:12.949><c> over</c> 00:39:13.210 --> 00:39:13.869 here<00:39:13.369><c> for</c><00:39:13.550><c> a</c><00:39:13.690><c> minute.</c> 00:39:14.150 --> 00:39:16.210 When<00:39:14.250><c> did</c><00:39:14.349><c> myself</c><00:39:14.690><c> love</c><00:39:14.929><c> the</c><00:39:15.150><c> coast?</c><00:39:15.369><c> We</c><00:39:15.469><c> live</c><00:39:15.630><c> by</c><00:39:15.829><c> the</c><00:39:16.030><c> coast,</c> 00:39:16.210 --> 00:39:18.230 and<00:39:16.510><c> whenever</c><00:39:16.730><c> you've</c><00:39:16.949><c> got</c><00:39:17.050><c> five</c><00:39:17.349><c> minutes,</c><00:39:17.670><c> we</c><00:39:17.710><c> go</c><00:39:17.869><c> down</c><00:39:18.070><c> to</c> 00:39:18.230 --> 00:39:18.630 the<00:39:18.389><c> beach,</c> 00:39:18.929 --> 00:39:20.630 and<00:39:18.969><c> we</c><00:39:19.090><c> look</c><00:39:19.210><c> at</c><00:39:19.369><c> the</c><00:39:19.550><c> waves</c><00:39:19.730><c> rolling,</c><00:39:19.969><c> and</c><00:39:20.050><c> we</c><00:39:20.170><c> have</c><00:39:20.289><c> a</c><00:39:20.469><c> most</c> 00:39:20.630 --> 00:39:21.769 beautiful<00:39:21.090><c> coastline,</c> 00:39:22.010 --> 00:39:25.110 and<00:39:22.190><c> we</c><00:39:22.630><c> love</c><00:39:22.949><c> the</c><00:39:23.210><c> ocean.</c><00:39:23.769><c> We</c><00:39:23.969><c> are</c><00:39:24.309><c> ocean</c><00:39:24.710><c> mad.</c> 00:39:25.590 --> 00:39:27.909 If<00:39:25.710><c> we</c><00:39:25.949><c> had</c><00:39:26.329><c> our</c><00:39:26.670><c> way,</c><00:39:26.869><c> we'd</c><00:39:27.010><c> probably</c><00:39:27.210><c> have</c><00:39:27.329><c> all</c><00:39:27.489><c> our</c><00:39:27.690><c> barber</c> 00:39:27.909 --> 00:39:29.909 classes<00:39:28.230><c> on</c><00:39:28.869><c> the</c><00:39:29.050><c> beach,</c> 00:39:29.929 --> 00:39:31.949 because<00:39:30.130><c> we</c><00:39:30.269><c> are</c><00:39:30.449><c> that</c><00:39:31.090><c> mad</c><00:39:31.329><c> about</c><00:39:31.650><c> the</c><00:39:31.829><c> beach.</c> 00:39:32.010 --> 00:39:34.530 Now<00:39:32.170><c> I</c><00:39:32.210><c> always</c><00:39:32.449><c> have</c><00:39:32.570><c> this</c><00:39:32.769><c> problem</c><00:39:33.130><c> in</c><00:39:33.590><c> Revelation</c><00:39:34.030><c> 21,</c> 00:39:34.570 --> 00:39:36.349 where<00:39:34.730><c> it</c><00:39:34.789><c> tells</c><00:39:34.949><c> us</c><00:39:35.090><c> there's</c><00:39:35.309><c> going</c><00:39:35.389><c> to</c><00:39:35.489><c> be</c><00:39:35.650><c> no</c><00:39:35.849><c> more</c><00:39:36.110><c> sea.</c> 00:39:36.789 --> 00:39:38.710 And<00:39:36.929><c> everyone</c><00:39:37.090><c> says</c><00:39:37.250><c> there's</c><00:39:37.349><c> going</c><00:39:37.489><c> to</c><00:39:37.570><c> be</c><00:39:37.670><c> no</c><00:39:37.849><c> more</c><00:39:38.010><c> sea</c><00:39:38.190><c> of</c><00:39:38.369><c> nations,</c> 00:39:38.730 --> 00:39:40.150 and<00:39:38.889><c> they</c><00:39:39.070><c> give</c><00:39:39.150><c> me</c><00:39:39.289><c> all</c><00:39:39.449><c> these</c><00:39:39.630><c> things,</c><00:39:39.929><c> and</c><00:39:39.929><c> I</c><00:39:39.969><c> say,</c> 00:39:40.489 --> 00:39:42.650 I<00:39:40.789><c> have</c><00:39:41.130><c> a</c><00:39:41.170><c> real</c><00:39:41.409><c> problem</c><00:39:41.690><c> with</c><00:39:41.849><c> this,</c><00:39:42.070><c> an</c><00:39:42.150><c> earth</c><00:39:42.269><c> with</c><00:39:42.449><c> no</c> 00:39:42.650 --> 00:39:42.909 more<00:39:42.769><c> sea,</c> 00:39:42.909 --> 00:39:45.949 but<00:39:43.170><c> it's</c><00:39:43.489><c> quite</c><00:39:43.690><c> interesting</c><00:39:44.210><c> that</c><00:39:44.590><c> if</c><00:39:44.849><c> God's</c><00:39:45.269><c> glory</c><00:39:45.469><c> is</c><00:39:45.610><c> going</c><00:39:45.789><c> to</c> 00:39:45.949 --> 00:39:47.630 cover<00:39:46.110><c> the</c><00:39:46.289><c> earth</c><00:39:46.429><c> as</c><00:39:46.590><c> the</c><00:39:46.750><c> waters</c><00:39:46.929><c> cover</c><00:39:47.170><c> the</c><00:39:47.429><c> sea,</c> 00:39:47.750 --> 00:39:49.730 and<00:39:47.789><c> that</c><00:39:47.989><c> the</c><00:39:48.130><c> sea</c><00:39:48.289><c> is</c><00:39:48.469><c> really</c><00:39:48.730><c> there</c><00:39:48.869><c> just</c><00:39:49.010><c> to</c><00:39:49.269><c> teach</c><00:39:49.429><c> us</c> 00:39:49.730 --> 00:39:50.989 about<00:39:50.150><c> God's</c><00:39:50.630><c> glory,</c> 00:39:51.389 --> 00:39:54.969 then<00:39:51.550><c> perhaps</c><00:39:52.190><c> no</c><00:39:52.789><c> more</c><00:39:53.050><c> sea,</c><00:39:53.650><c> because</c><00:39:53.969><c> it's</c><00:39:54.210><c> all</c><00:39:54.570><c> filled</c> 00:39:54.969 --> 00:39:56.030 with<00:39:55.190><c> God's</c><00:39:55.650><c> glory.</c> 00:39:56.449 --> 00:39:58.730 And<00:39:56.750><c> perhaps</c><00:39:56.989><c> that's</c><00:39:57.309><c> the</c><00:39:57.449><c> only</c><00:39:57.570><c> way</c><00:39:57.789><c> that</c><00:39:58.010><c> I</c><00:39:58.150><c> can</c><00:39:58.409><c> kind</c><00:39:58.570><c> of</c> 00:39:58.730 --> 00:40:00.090 live<00:39:58.829><c> with</c><00:39:59.030><c> those</c><00:39:59.190><c> verses</c><00:39:59.449><c> for</c><00:39:59.670><c> the</c><00:39:59.829><c> time</c><00:39:59.989><c> being,</c> 00:40:00.110 --> 00:40:02.949 because<00:40:00.550><c> as</c><00:40:00.869><c> I</c><00:40:01.070><c> say,</c><00:40:01.230><c> it's</c><00:40:01.429><c> my</c><00:40:01.610><c> weakness.</c><00:40:02.449><c> I</c><00:40:02.449><c> have</c><00:40:02.489><c> a</c><00:40:02.650><c> weakness</c> 00:40:02.949 --> 00:40:05.670 for<00:40:03.730><c> the</c><00:40:03.989><c> beach</c><00:40:04.210><c> and</c><00:40:04.489><c> for</c><00:40:04.730><c> the</c><00:40:04.909><c> sea.</c> 00:40:06.030 --> 00:40:08.869 But<00:40:06.170><c> we</c><00:40:06.289><c> are</c><00:40:06.489><c> told</c><00:40:06.650><c> now</c><00:40:06.889><c> about</c><00:40:07.090><c> these</c><00:40:07.349><c> heavens</c><00:40:07.730><c> and</c><00:40:07.989><c> earth.</c> 00:40:09.469 --> 00:40:11.429 They<00:40:10.070><c> shall</c><00:40:10.449><c> perish.</c> 00:40:11.789 --> 00:40:14.389 The<00:40:11.969><c> first</c><00:40:12.269><c> heavens</c><00:40:12.510><c> and</c><00:40:12.829><c> first</c><00:40:13.230><c> earth</c><00:40:13.570><c> are</c><00:40:13.889><c> going</c><00:40:14.050><c> to</c><00:40:14.250><c> perish.</c> 00:40:14.530 --> 00:40:18.030 Now<00:40:14.829><c> go</c><00:40:14.969><c> back</c><00:40:15.230><c> to</c><00:40:15.929><c> 2</c><00:40:16.190><c> Peter,</c><00:40:16.610><c> it</c><00:40:16.610><c> says</c><00:40:16.889><c> the</c><00:40:17.130><c> first</c><00:40:17.449><c> heavens</c><00:40:17.730><c> and</c> 00:40:18.030 --> 00:40:20.550 first<00:40:18.329><c> earth</c><00:40:18.670><c> perished</c><00:40:19.269><c> by</c><00:40:19.530><c> water.</c> 00:40:21.150 --> 00:40:23.550 This<00:40:21.389><c> heavens</c><00:40:21.650><c> and</c><00:40:21.889><c> this</c><00:40:22.110><c> earth</c><00:40:22.250><c> are</c><00:40:22.489><c> reserved</c><00:40:22.789><c> for</c><00:40:23.170><c> judgment</c> 00:40:23.550 --> 00:40:26.210 by<00:40:23.869><c> fire,</c><00:40:24.489><c> but</c><00:40:24.610><c> equally</c><00:40:24.969><c> will</c><00:40:25.250><c> perish.</c> 00:40:26.510 --> 00:40:30.550 So<00:40:27.110><c> they</c><00:40:27.690><c> shall</c><00:40:27.969><c> perish,</c><00:40:28.349><c> the</c><00:40:28.550><c> first</c><00:40:28.789><c> heavens</c><00:40:29.050><c> and</c><00:40:29.730><c> earth,</c> 00:40:30.610 --> 00:40:33.070 the<00:40:30.869><c> second</c><00:40:31.070><c> heavens</c><00:40:31.369><c> and</c><00:40:31.590><c> earth.</c> 00:40:33.550 --> 00:40:38.289 Thou<00:40:34.230><c> singular</c><00:40:34.909><c> remainest,</c><00:40:36.570><c> or</c><00:40:36.690><c> thou</c><00:40:37.050><c> shalt</c><00:40:37.409><c> endure.</c> 00:40:38.510 --> 00:40:40.389 Third<00:40:38.710><c> heavens,</c><00:40:39.170><c> third</c><00:40:39.409><c> earth,</c><00:40:39.869><c> shall</c><00:40:39.969><c> remain.</c> 00:40:40.710 --> 00:40:44.510 And<00:40:41.050><c> why</c><00:40:41.269><c> is</c><00:40:41.429><c> it</c><00:40:41.590><c> singular?</c><00:40:42.329><c> Because</c><00:40:42.769><c> it</c><00:40:43.010><c> is</c><00:40:43.389><c> focusing</c><00:40:43.909><c> on</c><00:40:44.269><c> the</c> 00:40:44.510 --> 00:40:46.349 Lord<00:40:44.750><c> Jesus</c><00:40:45.190><c> Christ.</c> 00:40:47.510 --> 00:40:52.909 General,<00:40:48.750><c> but</c><00:40:48.949><c> now</c><00:40:49.389><c> specific,</c><00:40:50.929><c> focusing</c><00:40:51.389><c> on</c><00:40:51.750><c> the</c><00:40:51.909><c> Lord</c><00:40:52.130><c> Jesus</c><00:40:52.550><c> Christ.</c> 00:40:53.130 --> 00:40:56.269 They<00:40:53.809><c> shall</c><00:40:54.150><c> wax</c><00:40:54.489><c> old</c><00:40:54.849><c> at</c><00:40:55.170><c> the</c><00:40:55.289><c> garment.</c> 00:40:57.070 --> 00:41:00.610 That's<00:40:57.449><c> the</c><00:40:57.769><c> first</c><00:40:57.989><c> heavens</c><00:40:58.269><c> and</c><00:40:58.809><c> earth,</c><00:40:59.630><c> the</c><00:40:59.869><c> second</c><00:41:00.070><c> heavens</c><00:41:00.329><c> and</c> 00:41:00.610 --> 00:41:00.909 second<00:41:00.789><c> earth.</c> 00:41:00.909 --> 00:41:05.289 Are<00:41:00.909><c> they</c><00:41:01.090><c> going</c><00:41:01.349><c> to</c><00:41:02.889><c> be</c><00:41:03.110><c> waxed</c><00:41:03.429><c> old</c><00:41:03.550><c> like</c><00:41:04.269><c> a</c><00:41:04.429><c> garment?</c> 00:41:05.849 --> 00:41:08.809 As<00:41:06.010><c> old</c><00:41:06.269><c> garments,</c><00:41:06.769><c> shall</c><00:41:06.769><c> they</c><00:41:07.429><c> be</c><00:41:07.610><c> changed?</c> 00:41:09.230 --> 00:41:12.150 And<00:41:09.230><c> in</c><00:41:09.969><c> Psalm</c><00:41:10.170><c> 102,</c><00:41:10.650><c> it's</c><00:41:10.690><c> quite</c><00:41:10.909><c> interesting.</c><00:41:11.429><c> I'll</c><00:41:11.530><c> put</c><00:41:11.590><c> that</c><00:41:11.789><c> in</c><00:41:11.929><c> brackets.</c> 00:41:12.329 --> 00:41:16.530 In<00:41:12.349><c> Psalm</c><00:41:12.650><c> 102,</c><00:41:13.130><c> it</c><00:41:13.170><c> says,</c><00:41:13.949><c> they</c><00:41:14.110><c> shall</c><00:41:14.670><c> pass</c><00:41:15.130><c> away</c><00:41:15.449><c> quickly.</c> 00:41:17.010 --> 00:41:19.329 When<00:41:17.170><c> it</c><00:41:17.329><c> happens,</c><00:41:17.630><c> it</c><00:41:17.750><c> will</c><00:41:17.909><c> happen</c><00:41:18.190><c> quickly.</c> 00:41:19.510 --> 00:41:21.690 As<00:41:19.590><c> a</c><00:41:19.769><c> woman</c><00:41:19.969><c> in</c><00:41:20.130><c> travail</c><00:41:20.349><c> with</c><00:41:20.590><c> child,</c><00:41:20.969><c> shall</c><00:41:21.050><c> it</c><00:41:21.269><c> suddenly</c> 00:41:21.690 --> 00:41:23.829 come<00:41:21.889><c> on</c><00:41:21.989><c> them</c><00:41:22.110><c> that</c><00:41:22.289><c> dwell</c><00:41:22.389><c> in</c><00:41:22.550><c> the</c><00:41:22.650><c> face</c><00:41:22.809><c> of</c><00:41:22.969><c> the</c><00:41:23.070><c> earth?</c> 00:41:24.690 --> 00:41:27.949 Look<00:41:24.929><c> at</c><00:41:25.110><c> the</c><00:41:25.250><c> distance</c><00:41:25.550><c> between</c><00:41:25.929><c> the</c><00:41:26.710><c> second</c><00:41:27.010><c> woe</c><00:41:27.389><c> and</c><00:41:27.590><c> the</c> 00:41:27.949 --> 00:41:28.690 third<00:41:28.110><c> woe</c><00:41:28.489><c> angel.</c> 00:41:28.690 --> 00:41:31.769 Between<00:41:29.289><c> the</c><00:41:29.690><c> sixth</c><00:41:30.010><c> trumpet</c><00:41:30.329><c> and</c><00:41:30.530><c> the</c><00:41:30.690><c> seventh</c><00:41:30.909><c> trumpet,</c><00:41:31.710><c> it</c> 00:41:31.769 --> 00:41:32.510 happens<00:41:32.150><c> quickly.</c> 00:41:32.630 --> 00:41:37.389 Look<00:41:32.750><c> at</c><00:41:32.889><c> Revelation</c><00:41:34.070><c> chapter</c><00:41:34.690><c> 11,</c><00:41:36.050><c> verse</c><00:41:36.690><c> 14.</c> 00:41:37.389 --> 00:41:40.349 I<00:41:37.389><c> better</c><00:41:38.170><c> get</c><00:41:38.309><c> that</c><00:41:38.510><c> right.</c><00:41:38.869><c> Chapter</c><00:41:39.090><c> 11,</c><00:41:39.429><c> verse</c><00:41:39.590><c> 14.</c> 00:41:40.690 --> 00:41:43.349 Of<00:41:40.690><c> course,</c><00:41:41.650><c> in</c><00:41:41.650><c> chapter</c><00:41:42.150><c> 11,</c><00:41:42.429><c> verse</c><00:41:42.530><c> 15,</c><00:41:42.989><c> the</c><00:41:43.030><c> seventh</c> 00:41:43.349 --> 00:41:44.150 trumpet<00:41:43.730><c> sounds,</c> 00:41:44.329 --> 00:41:46.210 and<00:41:44.369><c> the</c><00:41:44.469><c> kingdoms</c><00:41:44.769><c> of</c><00:41:44.909><c> this</c><00:41:45.090><c> world</c><00:41:45.170><c> become</c><00:41:45.510><c> the</c><00:41:45.690><c> kingdoms</c><00:41:46.010><c> of</c> 00:41:46.210 --> 00:41:46.909 our<00:41:46.289><c> Lord</c><00:41:46.429><c> Jesus</c><00:41:46.610><c> Christ,</c> 00:41:47.110 --> 00:41:48.630 and<00:41:47.150><c> he</c><00:41:47.309><c> shall</c><00:41:47.510><c> reign</c><00:41:47.829><c> forever</c><00:41:48.250><c> and</c><00:41:48.389><c> ever.</c> 00:41:48.909 --> 00:41:50.889 But<00:41:49.110><c> just</c><00:41:49.250><c> look</c><00:41:49.429><c> at</c><00:41:49.550><c> the</c><00:41:49.710><c> previous</c><00:41:50.090><c> words.</c> 00:41:51.909 --> 00:41:55.070 The<00:41:52.110><c> second</c><00:41:52.449><c> woe</c><00:41:52.829><c> is</c><00:41:53.130><c> passed.</c><00:41:53.510><c> The</c><00:41:53.730><c> third</c><00:41:54.050><c> woe</c><00:41:54.269><c> comes</c><00:41:54.610><c> quickly.</c> 00:41:55.070 --> 00:41:57.889 When<00:41:55.429><c> it</c><00:41:55.550><c> happens,</c><00:41:55.889><c> it</c><00:41:55.909><c> will</c><00:41:56.110><c> come</c><00:41:56.389><c> quickly.</c> 00:41:58.670 --> 00:42:02.510 And<00:41:58.769><c> that's</c><00:41:59.090><c> exactly</c><00:41:59.650><c> what</c><00:42:00.030><c> you</c><00:42:00.210><c> find</c><00:42:00.610><c> in</c><00:42:00.949><c> Psalm</c><00:42:01.210><c> 102.</c> 00:42:03.190 --> 00:42:05.090 Old<00:42:03.449><c> garments,</c><00:42:03.849><c> they</c><00:42:04.210><c> shall</c><00:42:04.369><c> be</c><00:42:04.610><c> changed.</c> 00:42:05.389 --> 00:42:07.929 They<00:42:05.530><c> will</c><00:42:05.869><c> pass</c><00:42:06.150><c> away</c><00:42:06.789><c> quickly.</c> 00:42:08.530 --> 00:42:10.650 And<00:42:08.650><c> that's</c><00:42:08.909><c> in</c><00:42:09.070><c> keeping</c><00:42:09.269><c> with</c><00:42:09.469><c> Scripture.</c> 00:42:13.210 --> 00:42:16.170 But<00:42:13.409><c> thou</c><00:42:13.949><c> art</c><00:42:14.309><c> the</c><00:42:14.610><c> same,</c><00:42:14.989><c> and</c><00:42:15.010><c> thy</c><00:42:15.250><c> years</c><00:42:15.449><c> shall</c><00:42:15.730><c> not</c><00:42:15.989><c> fail.</c> 00:42:16.210 --> 00:42:18.130 They<00:42:16.389><c> will</c><00:42:16.610><c> have</c><00:42:16.889><c> no</c><00:42:17.210><c> end.</c> 00:42:18.289 --> 00:42:21.969 Because<00:42:18.650><c> the</c><00:42:19.030><c> third</c><00:42:19.269><c> heaven</c><00:42:19.570><c> and</c><00:42:19.909><c> third</c><00:42:20.150><c> earth</c><00:42:20.489><c> will</c><00:42:20.909><c> have</c><00:42:21.329><c> no</c><00:42:21.650><c> end.</c> 00:42:21.969 --> 00:42:25.510 Again,<00:42:22.869><c> singular,</c><00:42:23.650><c> because</c><00:42:24.210><c> throughout</c><00:42:24.769><c> all</c><00:42:25.050><c> these</c><00:42:25.309><c> Psalms</c> 00:42:25.510 --> 00:42:26.969 that<00:42:25.630><c> we've</c><00:42:25.849><c> looked</c><00:42:26.030><c> at,</c> 00:42:27.050 --> 00:42:31.949 all<00:42:27.329><c> these</c><00:42:27.670><c> Psalms</c><00:42:28.269><c> have</c><00:42:28.650><c> at</c><00:42:29.050><c> the</c><00:42:29.389><c> center</c><00:42:29.889><c> the</c><00:42:30.329><c> Lord</c><00:42:30.530><c> Jesus</c><00:42:30.909><c> Christ.</c> 00:42:32.170 --> 00:42:36.550 Again,<00:42:32.730><c> I</c><00:42:32.730><c> mentioned</c><00:42:32.969><c> before,</c><00:42:33.670><c> God</c><00:42:33.889><c> is</c><00:42:34.210><c> not</c><00:42:34.630><c> part</c><00:42:35.030><c> of</c><00:42:35.210><c> this</c><00:42:35.510><c> argument.</c> 00:42:36.590 --> 00:42:38.989 To<00:42:36.710><c> the</c><00:42:36.929><c> Jewish</c><00:42:37.130><c> mind,</c><00:42:37.829><c> there</c><00:42:37.929><c> was</c><00:42:38.110><c> no</c><00:42:38.349><c> problem</c><00:42:38.610><c> with</c><00:42:38.849><c> their</c> 00:42:38.989 --> 00:42:39.809 notion<00:42:39.309><c> of</c><00:42:39.530><c> God.</c> 00:42:40.070 --> 00:42:41.230 That<00:42:40.289><c> was</c><00:42:40.510><c> quite</c><00:42:40.809><c> comfortable.</c> 00:42:41.570 --> 00:42:44.730 They<00:42:41.750><c> had</c><00:42:41.929><c> a</c><00:42:42.170><c> problem</c><00:42:42.389><c> with</c><00:42:42.750><c> the</c><00:42:42.889><c> position</c><00:42:43.289><c> of</c><00:42:43.690><c> the</c><00:42:43.809><c> Lord</c><00:42:43.929><c> Jesus</c><00:42:44.309><c> Christ</c><00:42:44.570><c> in</c> 00:42:44.730 --> 00:42:46.510 terms<00:42:45.010><c> of</c><00:42:45.530><c> their</c><00:42:45.730><c> faith.</c> 00:42:46.989 --> 00:42:49.710 So<00:42:47.210><c> I</c><00:42:47.289><c> put</c><00:42:47.449><c> that</c><00:42:47.869><c> as</c><00:42:48.050><c> an</c><00:42:48.250><c> offering,</c><00:42:48.769><c> and</c><00:42:49.050><c> I'm</c><00:42:49.190><c> sure</c><00:42:49.389><c> you've</c><00:42:49.590><c> got</c> 00:42:49.710 --> 00:42:50.510 your<00:42:49.909><c> own</c><00:42:50.090><c> ideas,</c> 00:42:50.510 --> 00:42:52.489 and<00:42:50.889><c> afterwards</c><00:42:51.210><c> you're</c><00:42:51.429><c> going</c><00:42:51.510><c> to</c><00:42:51.550><c> come</c><00:42:51.730><c> and</c><00:42:51.869><c> give</c><00:42:51.949><c> me</c><00:42:52.130><c> the</c><00:42:52.289><c> gears.</c> 00:42:52.610 --> 00:42:55.869 That's<00:42:52.989><c> fine.</c><00:42:53.510><c> I'm</c><00:42:53.710><c> here</c><00:42:53.849><c> to</c><00:42:53.949><c> do</c><00:42:54.110><c> it,</c><00:42:54.309><c> because</c><00:42:54.909><c> we</c><00:42:55.409><c> all</c><00:42:55.630><c> have</c> 00:42:55.869 --> 00:42:58.250 our<00:42:56.050><c> own</c><00:42:56.590><c> ideas</c><00:42:57.050><c> on</c><00:42:57.570><c> these</c><00:42:57.849><c> things.</c> 00:42:58.630 --> 00:43:03.289 And<00:42:58.809><c> now</c><00:42:58.929><c> we</c><00:42:59.130><c> come</c><00:42:59.309><c> to</c><00:42:59.690><c> the</c><00:43:00.449><c> seventh</c><00:43:00.769><c> and</c><00:43:00.989><c> final</c><00:43:01.409><c> Psalm,</c><00:43:03.090><c> back</c> 00:43:03.289 --> 00:43:05.849 in<00:43:03.449><c> Hebrews</c><00:43:03.730><c> 1</c><00:43:04.369><c> and</c><00:43:04.550><c> in</c><00:43:04.670><c> verse</c><00:43:04.889><c> 13.</c> 00:43:06.329 --> 00:43:09.269 But<00:43:06.329><c> to</c><00:43:06.670><c> which</c><00:43:06.889><c> of</c><00:43:07.010><c> the</c><00:43:07.269><c> angels</c><00:43:07.630><c> said</c><00:43:07.849><c> he</c><00:43:07.989><c> at</c><00:43:08.110><c> any</c><00:43:08.389><c> time,</c><00:43:09.170><c> sit</c> 00:43:09.269 --> 00:43:10.349 thou<00:43:09.469><c> at</c><00:43:09.590><c> my</c><00:43:09.750><c> right</c><00:43:10.030><c> hand?</c> 00:43:10.650 --> 00:43:11.789 Never<00:43:10.789><c> to</c><00:43:10.989><c> any</c><00:43:11.210><c> other</c><00:43:11.469><c> angel.</c> 00:43:12.250 --> 00:43:13.670 Search<00:43:12.650><c> the</c><00:43:12.849><c> Scriptures</c><00:43:13.150><c> and</c><00:43:13.429><c> see.</c> 00:43:13.989 --> 00:43:17.429 Until<00:43:14.250><c> I</c><00:43:14.449><c> make</c><00:43:14.610><c> your</c><00:43:14.829><c> enemies</c><00:43:15.090><c> your</c><00:43:15.389><c> footstool,</c><00:43:17.050><c> are</c><00:43:17.230><c> they</c> 00:43:17.429 --> 00:43:19.369 not<00:43:17.750><c> all</c><00:43:18.250><c> ministering</c><00:43:18.829><c> spirits?</c> 00:43:19.369 --> 00:43:23.909 Every<00:43:20.150><c> single</c><00:43:20.570><c> one</c><00:43:20.789><c> of</c><00:43:20.849><c> them</c><00:43:21.389><c> sent</c><00:43:21.789><c> forth</c><00:43:22.250><c> unto</c><00:43:22.789><c> those</c><00:43:23.210><c> who</c><00:43:23.429><c> are</c><00:43:23.769><c> to</c> 00:43:23.909 --> 00:43:26.190 be<00:43:24.170><c> heirs</c><00:43:24.730><c> of</c><00:43:25.130><c> salvation.</c> 00:43:26.510 --> 00:43:29.230 And<00:43:26.590><c> here's</c><00:43:26.929><c> the</c><00:43:27.090><c> marvel</c><00:43:27.429><c> of</c><00:43:27.730><c> it</c><00:43:27.889><c> all,</c><00:43:28.349><c> brethren</c><00:43:28.570><c> and</c><00:43:28.829><c> sisters.</c> 00:43:29.730 --> 00:43:32.210 Here<00:43:29.989><c> is</c><00:43:30.449><c> the</c><00:43:30.650><c> marvel</c><00:43:31.010><c> of</c><00:43:31.269><c> it</c><00:43:31.409><c> all.</c> 00:43:32.230 --> 00:43:35.630 We<00:43:32.789><c> shall</c><00:43:33.369><c> be</c><00:43:34.610><c> like</c><00:43:35.329><c> him.</c> 00:43:35.889 --> 00:43:41.409 We<00:43:36.230><c> sing</c><00:43:36.769><c> that</c><00:43:37.230><c> hymn,</c><00:43:37.849><c> and</c><00:43:37.969><c> that</c><00:43:38.190><c> hymn</c><00:43:38.530><c> is</c><00:43:38.750><c> taken</c><00:43:39.110><c> directly</c><00:43:39.789><c> from</c><00:43:40.289><c> the</c><00:43:40.429><c> book</c><00:43:40.590><c> of</c><00:43:40.829><c> Philippians.</c> 00:43:41.750 --> 00:43:46.250 For<00:43:41.889><c> our</c><00:43:42.250><c> citizenship</c><00:43:42.789><c> is</c><00:43:43.730><c> in</c><00:43:43.969><c> heaven,</c><00:43:44.789><c> from</c><00:43:45.070><c> whence</c><00:43:45.590><c> we</c><00:43:45.789><c> also</c> 00:43:46.250 --> 00:43:47.409 look<00:43:46.570><c> for</c><00:43:46.849><c> the</c><00:43:47.030><c> Savior,</c> 00:43:47.409 --> 00:43:51.610 our<00:43:48.389><c> Savior,</c><00:43:49.269><c> the</c><00:43:49.369><c> Lord</c><00:43:49.590><c> Jesus</c><00:43:49.969><c> Christ,</c><00:43:50.710><c> who</c><00:43:50.829><c> shall</c><00:43:51.130><c> change</c> 00:43:51.610 --> 00:43:53.289 this<00:43:52.030><c> body</c><00:43:52.369><c> of</c><00:43:52.670><c> humiliation,</c> 00:43:53.789 --> 00:43:57.070 this<00:43:54.269><c> Barry</c><00:43:54.590><c> van</c><00:43:54.869><c> Heden,</c><00:43:55.429><c> this</c><00:43:55.650><c> person</c><00:43:56.010><c> that</c><00:43:56.170><c> I</c><00:43:56.309><c> have</c><00:43:56.530><c> such</c><00:43:56.809><c> a</c> 00:43:57.070 --> 00:43:57.590 problem<00:43:57.329><c> with,</c> 00:43:57.769 --> 00:44:01.670 when<00:43:57.909><c> I</c><00:43:58.110><c> look</c><00:43:58.250><c> at</c><00:43:58.409><c> myself</c><00:43:58.730><c> in</c><00:43:58.909><c> the</c><00:43:58.989><c> mirror</c><00:43:59.230><c> and</c><00:43:59.570><c> I</c><00:43:59.789><c> see</c><00:43:59.929><c> how</c><00:44:00.170><c> I</c><00:44:00.389><c> respond</c><00:44:00.690><c> so</c><00:44:01.090><c> easily</c><00:44:01.369><c> in</c><00:44:01.550><c> a</c> 00:44:01.670 --> 00:44:02.289 negative<00:44:01.929><c> way</c> 00:44:02.289 --> 00:44:04.269 to<00:44:02.670><c> the</c><00:44:02.889><c> different</c><00:44:03.130><c> things</c><00:44:03.409><c> that</c><00:44:03.650><c> surround</c><00:44:03.929><c> me.</c> 00:44:04.710 --> 00:44:08.110 This<00:44:05.190><c> body</c><00:44:05.710><c> is</c><00:44:06.250><c> going</c><00:44:06.329><c> to</c><00:44:06.429><c> be</c><00:44:06.690><c> fashioned</c><00:44:07.130><c> like</c><00:44:07.610><c> unto</c><00:44:07.829><c> his</c> 00:44:08.110 --> 00:44:09.170 glorious<00:44:08.650><c> body,</c> 00:44:09.429 --> 00:44:13.150 according<00:44:09.710><c> to</c><00:44:09.909><c> the</c><00:44:10.110><c> working</c><00:44:10.510><c> whereby</c><00:44:11.309><c> he</c><00:44:11.730><c> is</c><00:44:11.989><c> able</c><00:44:12.429><c> even</c><00:44:12.909><c> to</c> 00:44:13.150 --> 00:44:16.030 subdue<00:44:13.510><c> all</c><00:44:13.809><c> things</c><00:44:14.429><c> unto</c><00:44:14.989><c> himself.</c> 00:44:16.530 --> 00:44:20.630 Brethren<00:44:17.130><c> and</c><00:44:17.269><c> sisters,</c><00:44:18.210><c> this</c><00:44:18.230><c> whole</c><00:44:18.710><c> study</c><00:44:18.969><c> of</c><00:44:19.190><c> angels,</c><00:44:20.250><c> although</c><00:44:20.489><c> it</c> 00:44:20.630 --> 00:44:23.269 is<00:44:20.949><c> glorious</c><00:44:21.630><c> in</c><00:44:22.210><c> the</c><00:44:22.349><c> end</c><00:44:22.489><c> of</c><00:44:22.650><c> the</c><00:44:22.750><c> day,</c> 00:44:23.610 --> 00:44:27.929 by<00:44:23.829><c> God's</c><00:44:24.230><c> grace,</c><00:44:25.250><c> by</c><00:44:25.369><c> his</c><00:44:25.610><c> love</c><00:44:25.769><c> and</c><00:44:25.909><c> by</c><00:44:26.090><c> his</c><00:44:26.269><c> mercy,</c><00:44:27.530><c> we</c><00:44:27.710><c> will</c> 00:44:27.929 --> 00:44:29.150 be<00:44:28.329><c> like</c><00:44:28.570><c> Jesus.</c> 00:44:29.590 --> 00:44:33.469 We<00:44:29.909><c> too</c><00:44:30.449><c> will</c><00:44:30.929><c> be</c><00:44:31.150><c> greater</c><00:44:31.730><c> than</c><00:44:32.269><c> the</c><00:44:32.570><c> angels.</c> 00:44:33.630 --> 00:44:36.170 And<00:44:33.829><c> so</c><00:44:34.050><c> there's</c><00:44:34.429><c> that</c><00:44:34.750><c> final</c><00:44:34.989><c> chart,</c><00:44:35.309><c> God</c><00:44:35.530><c> Almighty,</c><00:44:36.050><c> the</c> 00:44:36.170 --> 00:44:37.050 Lord<00:44:36.329><c> Jesus</c><00:44:36.650><c> Christ,</c> 00:44:37.409 --> 00:44:41.590 and<00:44:37.809><c> that</c><00:44:38.289><c> position</c><00:44:38.869><c> that</c><00:44:39.190><c> we</c><00:44:39.349><c> see</c><00:44:39.590><c> there</c><00:44:39.789><c> is</c><00:44:39.909><c> ultimately</c><00:44:40.349><c> reserved</c><00:44:40.989><c> for</c><00:44:41.190><c> us.</c> 00:44:41.929 --> 00:44:44.010 If<00:44:42.170><c> we</c><00:44:42.369><c> are</c><00:44:42.449><c> to</c><00:44:42.570><c> be</c><00:44:42.730><c> the</c><00:44:43.070><c> bride</c><00:44:43.309><c> of</c><00:44:43.510><c> Christ,</c> 00:44:44.010 --> 00:44:47.269 if<00:44:44.489><c> we</c><00:44:44.670><c> are</c><00:44:44.789><c> to</c><00:44:44.869><c> have</c><00:44:45.030><c> that</c><00:44:45.389><c> intimate</c><00:44:45.750><c> relationship</c><00:44:46.369><c> with</c><00:44:46.590><c> him,</c><00:44:47.050><c> as</c> 00:44:47.269 --> 00:44:49.110 we<00:44:47.489><c> see</c><00:44:47.650><c> in</c><00:44:47.929><c> the</c><00:44:48.289><c> songs</c><00:44:48.550><c> of</c><00:44:48.829><c> Solomon,</c> 00:44:49.469 --> 00:44:53.070 that<00:44:49.909><c> intimate,</c><00:44:50.369><c> intimate</c><00:44:50.789><c> relationship</c><00:44:51.369><c> with</c><00:44:51.829><c> the</c><00:44:52.010><c> Lord</c><00:44:52.190><c> Jesus</c><00:44:52.590><c> Christ</c><00:44:52.869><c> in</c> 00:44:53.070 --> 00:44:54.170 its<00:44:53.289><c> fullness,</c> 00:44:54.250 --> 00:44:57.150 being<00:44:54.590><c> brought</c><00:44:55.010><c> ultimately</c><00:44:55.610><c> to</c><00:44:55.989><c> the</c><00:44:56.409><c> marriage</c><00:44:56.690><c> supper</c><00:44:56.929><c> of</c> 00:44:57.150 --> 00:44:58.170 the<00:44:57.289><c> Lamb,</c> 00:44:58.190 --> 00:45:01.750 when<00:44:58.329><c> we</c><00:44:58.469><c> have</c><00:44:58.650><c> made</c><00:44:58.829><c> ourselves</c><00:44:59.309><c> ready,</c><00:45:00.289><c> as</c><00:45:00.510><c> we</c><00:45:00.730><c> do</c><00:45:01.050><c> and</c><00:45:01.409><c> as</c><00:45:01.630><c> we</c> 00:45:01.750 --> 00:45:04.750 will<00:45:01.929><c> today</c><00:45:02.389><c> when</c><00:45:02.750><c> we</c><00:45:02.989><c> break</c><00:45:03.190><c> bread</c><00:45:03.650><c> together.</c> 00:45:04.849 --> 00:45:08.110 Even<00:45:05.190><c> so,</c><00:45:06.170><c> come</c><00:45:06.630><c> Lord</c><00:45:07.070><c> Jesus.</c>