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the</c><00:10:32.879><c> Lord</c><00:10:33.100><c> of</c><00:10:33.240><c> hosts</c><00:10:33.679><c> that</c><00:10:34.139><c> dwells</c><00:10:34.639><c> between</c><00:10:35.220><c> the</c> 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:37.740 Cherubim.<00:10:36.500><c> So</c><00:10:36.720><c> he</c><00:10:36.940><c> decides</c><00:10:37.419><c> that</c> 00:10:37.740 --> 00:10:44.320 it's<00:10:37.899><c> time</c><00:10:38.259><c> to</c><00:10:38.519><c> bring</c><00:10:38.759><c> the</c><00:10:39.039><c> Ark</c><00:10:39.279><c> of</c><00:10:39.480><c> God</c><00:10:39.860><c> to</c><00:10:40.360><c> this</c><00:10:40.620><c> capital</c><00:10:41.039><c> city</c><00:10:41.360><c> Jerusalem</c><00:10:41.980><c> that</c><00:10:42.360><c> he's</c><00:10:42.720><c> established.</c><00:10:44.019><c> And</c> 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:44.620 we<00:10:44.519><c> say,</c> 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:48.000 well,<00:10:45.480><c> why</c><00:10:45.679><c> did</c><00:10:45.799><c> he</c><00:10:46.340><c> want</c><00:10:46.539><c> to</c><00:10:46.740><c> do</c><00:10:46.879><c> this</c><00:10:47.059><c> at</c><00:10:47.259><c> this</c><00:10:47.460><c> particular</c> 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.320 point<00:10:48.220><c> in</c><00:10:48.440><c> time?</c><00:10:49.059><c> You've</c><00:10:49.360><c> got</c><00:10:49.440><c> to</c><00:10:49.580><c> read</c><00:10:49.740><c> carefully</c><00:10:50.100><c> here,</c> 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:55.279 because<00:10:50.679><c> once</c><00:10:50.940><c> again,</c><00:10:51.259><c> every</c><00:10:51.360><c> word</c><00:10:51.580><c> counts</c><00:10:52.000><c> as</c><00:10:52.720><c> we</c><00:10:53.240><c> heard</c><00:10:53.419><c> earlier</c><00:10:53.720><c> this</c><00:10:53.980><c> morning.</c><00:10:54.779><c> And</c> 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:56.159 you'll<00:10:55.620><c> see</c><00:10:55.759><c> it</c><00:10:55.879><c> there</c><00:10:56.000><c> in</c> 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:59.779 verse<00:10:56.440><c> 2.</c><00:10:57.399><c> He</c><00:10:57.460><c> went</c><00:10:57.740><c> forth</c><00:10:58.019><c> to</c><00:10:58.320><c> bring</c><00:10:58.500><c> the</c><00:10:58.840><c> Ark</c><00:10:59.120><c> of</c><00:10:59.399><c> God,</c><00:10:59.659><c> and</c> 00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:02.220 look<00:10:59.899><c> at</c><00:11:00.000><c> the</c><00:11:00.139><c> extra</c><00:11:00.360><c> given</c><00:11:00.539><c> to</c><00:11:00.779><c> us,</c><00:11:01.340><c> whose</c><00:11:01.580><c> name</c><00:11:01.899><c> is</c> 00:11:02.220 --> 00:11:05.759 called<00:11:02.379><c> by</c><00:11:02.620><c> the</c><00:11:02.860><c> name</c><00:11:03.159><c> of</c><00:11:03.539><c> the</c><00:11:03.740><c> Lord</c><00:11:04.000><c> of</c><00:11:04.220><c> hosts</c><00:11:04.539><c> that</c><00:11:05.000><c> dwells</c> 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.100 between<00:11:06.120><c> the</c><00:11:06.480><c> Cherubims.</c><00:11:07.240><c> And</c><00:11:07.460><c> in</c><00:11:07.620><c> the</c><00:11:07.940><c> New</c> 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:10.740 International<00:11:08.600><c> Version,</c><00:11:09.000><c> if</c><00:11:09.120><c> you</c><00:11:09.259><c> have</c><00:11:09.379><c> that</c><00:11:09.600><c> text,</c><00:11:09.860><c> it</c><00:11:10.019><c> says,</c><00:11:10.580><c> who</c> 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:13.419 is<00:11:11.100><c> enthroned</c><00:11:12.259><c> between</c><00:11:12.820><c> the</c><00:11:13.100><c> Cherubim.</c> 00:11:13.419 --> 00:11:19.039 There's<00:11:14.000><c> the</c><00:11:14.120><c> hint.</c><00:11:15.120><c> The</c><00:11:15.220><c> Ark</c><00:11:15.440><c> of</c><00:11:15.639><c> the</c><00:11:15.820><c> Covenant</c><00:11:16.179><c> represented,</c><00:11:17.480><c> in</c><00:11:17.659><c> one</c><00:11:17.980><c> sense,</c><00:11:18.860><c> the</c> 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:20.419 throne<00:11:19.259><c> of</c><00:11:19.480><c> God.</c> 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.500 It<00:11:20.960><c> represented</c><00:11:21.500><c> God</c><00:11:21.940><c> as</c><00:11:22.279><c> King.</c><00:11:22.519><c> And</c><00:11:22.600><c> we're</c><00:11:22.759><c> going</c><00:11:22.840><c> to</c><00:11:22.940><c> see</c><00:11:23.100><c> that</c><00:11:23.299><c> David</c><00:11:23.500><c> was</c><00:11:23.720><c> thinking</c><00:11:23.940><c> like</c><00:11:24.179><c> this</c><00:11:24.360><c> a</c> 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:24.919 bit<00:11:24.580><c> later</c><00:11:24.779><c> on</c> 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:29.600 when<00:11:25.019><c> we</c><00:11:25.100><c> look</c><00:11:25.220><c> at</c><00:11:25.360><c> some</c><00:11:25.580><c> Psalms.</c><00:11:26.559><c> It</c><00:11:26.799><c> represented</c><00:11:27.299><c> God</c><00:11:28.139><c> enthroned</c><00:11:29.019><c> between</c><00:11:29.340><c> the</c> 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:31.000 Cherubim.<00:11:30.559><c> Now</c><00:11:30.700><c> you</c><00:11:30.820><c> think</c> 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:34.679 about<00:11:31.220><c> this.</c><00:11:31.899><c> He</c><00:11:32.120><c> set</c><00:11:32.320><c> up</c><00:11:32.580><c> the</c><00:11:32.779><c> royal</c><00:11:33.059><c> city,</c><00:11:33.820><c> and</c><00:11:34.059><c> now</c><00:11:34.259><c> he's</c><00:11:34.460><c> going</c><00:11:34.559><c> to</c> 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.120 bring<00:11:34.779><c> the</c><00:11:35.039><c> King</c><00:11:35.440><c> back</c><00:11:36.240><c> from</c><00:11:36.480><c> wherever</c><00:11:36.759><c> the</c><00:11:36.960><c> King</c> 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:41.200 had<00:11:37.379><c> been.</c><00:11:37.519><c> And</c><00:11:37.639><c> we'll</c><00:11:37.820><c> talk</c><00:11:38.019><c> about</c><00:11:38.259><c> that</c><00:11:38.840><c> to</c><00:11:39.139><c> the</c><00:11:39.240><c> city</c><00:11:39.419><c> of</c><00:11:39.639><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:11:40.980><c> So</c> 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:42.879 where<00:11:41.360><c> had</c><00:11:41.480><c> the</c><00:11:41.659><c> Ark</c><00:11:41.799><c> been?</c><00:11:42.659><c> Well,</c> 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:45.659 remember<00:11:43.279><c> that</c><00:11:43.440><c> the</c><00:11:43.600><c> Philistines</c><00:11:44.000><c> had</c><00:11:44.240><c> taken</c><00:11:44.419><c> the</c><00:11:44.679><c> Ark,</c><00:11:45.580><c> and</c> 00:11:45.659 --> 00:11:47.480 eventually,<00:11:46.360><c> when</c><00:11:46.559><c> they'd</c><00:11:46.840><c> had</c><00:11:46.899><c> not</c><00:11:47.080><c> such</c><00:11:47.240><c> a</c><00:11:47.340><c> great</c> 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.039 time<00:11:47.720><c> with</c><00:11:47.899><c> it,</c><00:11:48.059><c> and</c><00:11:48.220><c> they'd</c><00:11:48.460><c> wanted</c><00:11:48.539><c> to</c><00:11:48.700><c> get</c><00:11:48.799><c> rid</c><00:11:48.940><c> of</c><00:11:49.039><c> it,</c><00:11:49.480><c> they</c><00:11:49.700><c> sent</c><00:11:49.919><c> it</c> 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.000 to<00:11:50.159><c> Bethshebash,</c><00:11:51.279><c> and</c><00:11:51.460><c> then</c><00:11:51.659><c> eventually</c> 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.320 off<00:11:52.240><c> to</c><00:11:52.480><c> Kerjath</c><00:11:52.919><c>-Jerem,</c><00:11:53.840><c> where</c><00:11:54.039><c> it</c><00:11:54.259><c> stayed</c><00:11:54.419><c> with</c><00:11:54.580><c> a</c><00:11:54.700><c> man</c><00:11:54.899><c> called</c><00:11:55.139><c> Abinadab.</c><00:11:56.059><c> For</c> 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:57.759 20<00:11:56.659><c> years,</c><00:11:57.039><c> he</c><00:11:57.159><c> had</c><00:11:57.299><c> the</c><00:11:57.480><c> Ark</c><00:11:57.639><c> of</c> 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:00.539 the<00:11:57.940><c> Covenant</c><00:11:58.320><c> near</c><00:11:58.620><c> his</c><00:11:58.799><c> house,</c><00:11:59.360><c> and</c><00:11:59.580><c> he</c><00:11:59.700><c> looked</c><00:11:59.860><c> after</c><00:12:00.200><c> it.</c> 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:03.179 And<00:12:01.100><c> now</c><00:12:01.299><c> David</c><00:12:01.679><c> wanted</c><00:12:02.039><c> to</c><00:12:02.320><c> return</c><00:12:02.600><c> the</c><00:12:02.820><c> Ark.</c><00:12:02.980><c> So</c><00:12:03.080><c> we</c> 00:12:03.179 --> 00:12:05.899 read<00:12:03.340><c> in</c><00:12:03.480><c> verse</c><00:12:03.639><c> 3.</c><00:12:04.279><c> And</c><00:12:04.360><c> they</c><00:12:04.559><c> set</c><00:12:04.779><c> the</c><00:12:05.000><c> Ark</c><00:12:05.200><c> of</c><00:12:05.299><c> God</c><00:12:05.480><c> upon</c><00:12:05.700><c> a</c> 00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:08.200 new<00:12:06.080><c> cot,</c><00:12:07.080><c> and</c><00:12:07.279><c> brought</c><00:12:07.399><c> it</c><00:12:07.559><c> out</c><00:12:07.659><c> of</c><00:12:07.759><c> the</c><00:12:07.879><c> house</c><00:12:08.059><c> of</c> 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:12.559 Abinadab<00:12:08.740><c> that</c><00:12:09.279><c> was</c><00:12:09.500><c> in</c><00:12:09.700><c> Gibeah,</c><00:12:10.840><c> and</c><00:12:11.019><c> Uzzah</c><00:12:11.559><c> and</c><00:12:11.879><c> Ahiah,</c><00:12:12.379><c> the</c> 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:14.860 sons<00:12:12.740><c> of</c><00:12:12.899><c> Abinadab,</c><00:12:13.580><c> drove</c><00:12:13.799><c> the</c><00:12:13.980><c> new</c><00:12:14.220><c> cot.</c><00:12:14.659><c> I</c><00:12:14.779><c> want</c> 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:16.559 you<00:12:15.000><c> to</c><00:12:15.039><c> just</c><00:12:15.220><c> remember</c><00:12:15.519><c> the</c><00:12:15.740><c> fact</c><00:12:15.860><c> that</c><00:12:15.940><c> it</c><00:12:16.019><c> was</c><00:12:16.139><c> on</c><00:12:16.259><c> a</c><00:12:16.360><c> new</c> 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:19.919 cot.<00:12:17.240><c> And</c><00:12:17.500><c> you</c><00:12:17.659><c> all</c><00:12:17.840><c> know</c><00:12:18.059><c> this</c><00:12:18.480><c> text.</c><00:12:19.360><c> Here</c><00:12:19.539><c> they</c><00:12:19.759><c> are,</c> 00:12:20.019 --> 00:12:23.539 and<00:12:20.159><c> everyone</c><00:12:20.440><c> is</c><00:12:20.799><c> absolutely</c><00:12:21.539><c> excited.</c><00:12:22.120><c> What</c><00:12:22.379><c> a</c><00:12:22.580><c> day!</c><00:12:23.379><c> The</c> 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:25.419 Ark<00:12:23.759><c> of</c><00:12:23.960><c> the</c><00:12:24.139><c> Covenant</c><00:12:24.360><c> is</c><00:12:24.580><c> coming</c><00:12:24.799><c> to</c><00:12:24.960><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:29.019 and<00:12:26.019><c> they're</c><00:12:26.320><c> dancing,</c><00:12:27.019><c> and</c><00:12:27.080><c> the</c><00:12:27.299><c> trumpets</c><00:12:27.679><c> are</c><00:12:27.899><c> going,</c><00:12:28.799><c> and</c> 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:31.759 all<00:12:29.159><c> of</c><00:12:29.340><c> a</c><00:12:29.419><c> sudden</c><00:12:30.299><c> the</c><00:12:31.039><c> oxen</c><00:12:31.379><c> stumble,</c> 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.360 and<00:12:32.679><c> the</c><00:12:32.860><c> Ark</c><00:12:33.019><c> is</c><00:12:33.200><c> about</c><00:12:33.419><c> to</c><00:12:33.659><c> fall</c><00:12:33.820><c> off.</c><00:12:34.399><c> And</c><00:12:34.580><c> Uzzah</c><00:12:34.679><c> puts</c><00:12:34.980><c> forth</c><00:12:35.200><c> 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cots,</c><00:15:57.759><c> the</c><00:15:58.100><c> Kohathites</c><00:15:58.460><c> weren't</c><00:15:58.659><c> given</c> 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:01.299 in<00:15:59.100><c> case</c><00:15:59.279><c> they</c><00:15:59.419><c> might</c><00:15:59.639><c> be</c><00:15:59.840><c> tempted.</c><00:16:00.620><c> So</c><00:16:00.700><c> they</c><00:16:00.799><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:00.980><c> even</c> 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:03.340 have<00:16:01.460><c> any</c><00:16:01.659><c> oxen,</c><00:16:02.299><c> so</c><00:16:02.419><c> they</c><00:16:02.519><c> would</c><00:16:02.700><c> have</c><00:16:02.919><c> to</c><00:16:03.100><c> carry</c> 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:06.840 the<00:16:03.580><c> Ark.</c><00:16:04.220><c> And</c><00:16:04.340><c> the</c><00:16:04.480><c> third</c><00:16:04.679><c> point</c><00:16:05.000><c> was</c><00:16:05.379><c> that</c><00:16:05.600><c> if</c><00:16:05.799><c> anybody</c><00:16:06.080><c> touched</c><00:16:06.620><c> a</c> 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:09.039 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Paris.</c><00:20:53.579><c> There's</c><00:20:54.019><c> a</c> 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.799 story<00:20:54.380><c> that</c><00:20:55.480><c> teaches</c> 00:20:55.799 --> 00:21:00.819 us<00:20:56.119><c> about</c><00:20:56.819><c> learning</c><00:20:57.299><c> through</c><00:20:58.940><c> a</c><00:20:59.619><c> disadvantage,</c><00:21:00.079><c> I</c><00:21:00.180><c> guess,</c><00:21:00.519><c> of</c> 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:03.160 a<00:21:00.960><c> man,</c><00:21:01.180><c> you</c><00:21:01.240><c> may</c><00:21:01.440><c> have</c><00:21:01.539><c> heard</c><00:21:01.680><c> it,</c><00:21:01.859><c> who</c><00:21:01.920><c> was</c><00:21:02.279><c> shipwrecked.</c> 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:06.700 And<00:21:03.539><c> he</c><00:21:03.880><c> managed</c><00:21:04.160><c> to</c><00:21:04.299><c> get</c><00:21:04.380><c> onto</c><00:21:04.660><c> an</c><00:21:04.920><c> island.</c><00:21:05.420><c> He</c><00:21:05.579><c> was</c><00:21:05.799><c> alone.</c> 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:09.519 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00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:32.660 had<00:21:30.980><c> happened.</c><00:21:31.420><c> Everything</c><00:21:31.819><c> that</c><00:21:32.019><c> he</c><00:21:32.200><c> had,</c><00:21:32.339><c> or</c><00:21:32.480><c> the</c> 00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:35.059 few<00:21:32.819><c> possessions</c><00:21:33.279><c> that</c><00:21:33.460><c> he</c><00:21:33.599><c> had</c><00:21:33.720><c> gathered</c><00:21:34.039><c> had</c><00:21:34.599><c> been</c><00:21:34.839><c> burnt</c> 00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:38.859 up.<00:21:35.740><c> And</c><00:21:35.900><c> he</c><00:21:35.940><c> was</c><00:21:36.259><c> devastated.</c><00:21:37.680><c> And</c><00:21:38.079><c> he</c><00:21:38.240><c> was</c><00:21:38.559><c> angry</c> 00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:41.420 with<00:21:39.019><c> God.</c><00:21:39.400><c> He</c><00:21:39.420><c> said,</c><00:21:40.000><c> after</c><00:21:40.140><c> all</c><00:21:40.579><c> that</c><00:21:40.680><c> has</c><00:21:40.819><c> happened</c><00:21:41.019><c> to</c><00:21:41.220><c> me,</c> 00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:43.900 do<00:21:41.660><c> you</c><00:21:41.779><c> have</c><00:21:41.980><c> to</c><00:21:42.119><c> do</c><00:21:42.279><c> this</c><00:21:42.539><c> as</c><00:21:42.720><c> well</c><00:21:42.920><c> to</c><00:21:43.119><c> me?</c> 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:46.359 And<00:21:44.299><c> he</c><00:21:44.339><c> went</c><00:21:44.539><c> to</c><00:21:44.700><c> bed</c><00:21:44.799><c> that</c><00:21:45.039><c> night</c><00:21:45.240><c> under</c><00:21:45.440><c> the</c><00:21:45.720><c> stars,</c><00:21:45.940><c> a</c><00:21:46.079><c> very</c> 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:50.200 angry<00:21:46.640><c> man.</c><00:21:47.880><c> The</c><00:21:48.019><c> next</c><00:21:48.220><c> morning,</c><00:21:49.400><c> he</c><00:21:49.519><c> was</c><00:21:49.740><c> woken</c><00:21:49.960><c> by</c> 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:54.619 the<00:21:50.299><c> noise</c><00:21:50.460><c> of</c><00:21:50.799><c> the</c><00:21:50.960><c> voices.</c><00:21:52.779><c> And</c><00:21:53.000><c> he</c><00:21:53.079><c> looked,</c><00:21:53.440><c> and</c><00:21:53.579><c> on</c><00:21:53.680><c> the</c><00:21:53.920><c> shore,</c><00:21:54.460><c> a</c> 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:57.480 ship<00:21:54.759><c> had</c><00:21:54.980><c> come.</c><00:21:55.880><c> And</c><00:21:56.279><c> when</c><00:21:56.440><c> the</c><00:21:56.539><c> men</c><00:21:56.660><c> came,</c> 00:21:57.579 --> 00:22:02.880 he<00:21:57.980><c> said,</c><00:21:58.539><c> why</c><00:21:58.759><c> are</c><00:21:58.900><c> you</c><00:21:59.019><c> here?</c><00:21:59.140><c> They</c><00:21:59.299><c> said,</c><00:21:59.380><c> we've</c><00:21:59.579><c> come</c><00:21:59.740><c> to</c><00:21:59.960><c> save</c><00:22:00.180><c> you.</c><00:22:01.140><c> He</c><00:22:01.279><c> said,</c><00:22:01.480><c> well,</c><00:22:01.720><c> how</c><00:22:01.900><c> did</c><00:22:02.099><c> you</c><00:22:02.400><c> know</c><00:22:02.539><c> I</c><00:22:02.700><c> was</c> 00:22:02.880 --> 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are</c> 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:22.019 going<00:22:18.279><c> wrong,</c><00:22:19.420><c> God's</c><00:22:19.819><c> hand</c><00:22:20.059><c> may</c><00:22:20.259><c> be</c><00:22:20.460><c> working</c><00:22:20.720><c> in</c><00:22:20.880><c> a</c><00:22:20.980><c> very</c><00:22:21.279><c> different</c><00:22:21.519><c> way</c> 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:25.019 to<00:22:22.640><c> save</c><00:22:22.880><c> us</c><00:22:23.339><c> and</c><00:22:23.720><c> to</c><00:22:23.980><c> bring</c><00:22:24.059><c> us</c><00:22:24.579><c> closer</c> 00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:31.980 to<00:22:25.339><c> him.</c><00:22:26.299><c> So</c><00:22:26.460><c> David</c><00:22:26.680><c> says</c><00:22:26.859><c> in</c><00:22:27.019><c> verse</c><00:22:27.200><c> 9,</c><00:22:27.619><c> 2</c><00:22:27.720><c> Samuel</c><00:22:28.039><c> 6,</c><00:22:29.019><c> how</c><00:22:29.240><c> shall</c><00:22:29.460><c> I</c><00:22:29.759><c> bring</c><00:22:30.019><c> the</c><00:22:30.400><c> ark</c><00:22:30.559><c> 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your</c><00:22:41.019><c> thoughts.</c><00:22:41.359><c> Neither</c><00:22:41.500><c> are</c><00:22:41.720><c> my</c><00:22:41.960><c> ways,</c><00:22:42.200><c> your</c><00:22:42.440><c> ways,</c> 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:45.039 said<00:22:43.140><c> the</c><00:22:43.380><c> Lord.</c><00:22:43.839><c> For</c><00:22:43.920><c> as</c><00:22:44.019><c> the</c><00:22:44.180><c> heavens</c><00:22:44.339><c> are</c><00:22:44.539><c> higher</c><00:22:44.740><c> than</c><00:22:44.880><c> the</c> 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:47.359 earth,<00:22:45.420><c> so</c><00:22:45.599><c> are</c><00:22:45.720><c> my</c><00:22:45.920><c> ways</c><00:22:46.180><c> higher</c><00:22:46.500><c> than</c><00:22:46.640><c> your</c><00:22:46.940><c> ways</c> 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:51.079 and<00:22:47.759><c> my</c><00:22:48.140><c> thoughts</c><00:22:48.380><c> than</c><00:22:48.539><c> your</c><00:22:48.819><c> thoughts.</c><00:22:49.359><c> You</c><00:22:49.619><c> have</c><00:22:49.839><c> to</c><00:22:50.119><c> 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are</c><00:23:11.200><c> his</c><00:23:11.380><c> ways.</c><00:23:12.900><c> So</c><00:23:13.319><c> they</c><00:23:14.039><c> begin</c><00:23:14.359><c> a</c> 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.720 different<00:23:14.940><c> way</c><00:23:15.460><c> and</c><00:23:15.920><c> look</c><00:23:16.079><c> at</c><00:23:16.180><c> it</c><00:23:16.359><c> here</c> 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:22.880 now<00:23:17.440><c> in</c><00:23:17.940><c> verse</c><00:23:18.759><c> 11.</c><00:23:20.480><c> So</c><00:23:20.660><c> verse</c><00:23:20.900><c> 10,</c><00:23:21.660><c> so</c><00:23:21.779><c> David</c><00:23:22.039><c> would</c><00:23:22.240><c> not</c><00:23:22.380><c> remove</c><00:23:22.640><c> the</c> 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.779 ark<00:23:23.039><c> of</c><00:23:23.299><c> the</c><00:23:23.480><c> Lord</c> 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:27.940 unto<00:23:24.079><c> the</c><00:23:24.259><c> city</c><00:23:24.480><c> of</c><00:23:24.680><c> David,</c><00:23:25.519><c> but</c><00:23:25.619><c> David</c><00:23:26.039><c> carried</c><00:23:26.339><c> it</c><00:23:26.619><c> aside</c><00:23:26.880><c> into</c><00:23:27.099><c> the</c><00:23:27.200><c> house</c><00:23:27.500><c> of</c> 00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:29.740 Obed<00:23:28.359><c>-Edom</c><00:23:28.720><c> the</c><00:23:29.119><c> Gittite,</c> 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:33.740 and<00:23:30.359><c> the</c><00:23:30.579><c> ark</c><00:23:30.799><c> of</c><00:23:31.299><c> the</c><00:23:31.460><c> Lord</c><00:23:31.799><c> continued</c><00:23:32.339><c> in</c><00:23:32.500><c> the</c><00:23:32.640><c> house</c><00:23:32.819><c> of</c><00:23:33.059><c> Obed</c><00:23:33.400><c>-Edom</c><00:23:33.599><c> the</c> 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.900 Gittite<00:23:34.180><c> three</c><00:23:34.440><c> months,</c> 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:38.599 and<00:23:35.400><c> the</c><00:23:35.500><c> Lord</c><00:23:35.680><c> blessed</c><00:23:36.079><c> Obed</c><00:23:36.480><c>-Edom</c><00:23:37.019><c> and</c><00:23:37.500><c> all</c><00:23:37.900><c> his</c><00:23:38.240><c> household.</c> 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:41.319 Isn't<00:23:39.059><c> that</c><00:23:39.259><c> amazing?</c><00:23:40.279><c> The</c><00:23:40.519><c> ark</c><00:23:40.700><c> was</c><00:23:40.960><c> 20</c> 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:44.480 years<00:23:42.039><c> in</c><00:23:42.579><c> the</c><00:23:42.779><c> house</c><00:23:42.980><c> of</c><00:23:43.140><c> Abinadab</c><00:23:43.519><c> and</c><00:23:43.660><c> we</c><00:23:43.839><c> have</c><00:23:44.039><c> no</c><00:23:44.259><c> record</c> 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:46.539 that<00:23:44.599><c> he</c><00:23:44.720><c> was</c><00:23:44.900><c> blessed.</c><00:23:45.460><c> In</c><00:23:45.680><c> fact,</c><00:23:46.099><c> the</c><00:23:46.240><c> only</c> 00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:49.380 result<00:23:46.880><c> that</c><00:23:47.039><c> he</c><00:23:47.180><c> got</c><00:23:47.339><c> was</c><00:23:47.500><c> that</c><00:23:47.619><c> his</c><00:23:47.779><c> son</c><00:23:48.039><c> died.</c><00:23:48.940><c> It</c><00:23:49.039><c> was</c><00:23:49.180><c> his</c> 00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:53.759 son<00:23:49.799><c> Uzep</c><00:23:50.200><c> who</c><00:23:50.420><c> died.</c><00:23:50.980><c> It's</c><00:23:51.319><c> three</c><00:23:51.680><c> months</c><00:23:52.099><c> in</c><00:23:52.319><c> the</c> 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.680 house<00:23:53.759><c> of</c><00:23:53.759><c> Obed</c><00:23:53.759><c>-Edom</c><00:23:53.759><c> and</c><00:23:53.759><c> he</c><00:23:53.759><c> was</c><00:23:53.859><c> blessed.</c><00:23:54.380><c> Why?</c><00:23:55.460><c> Because</c> 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:59.000 it<00:23:55.779><c> was</c><00:23:56.039><c> the</c><00:23:56.240><c> right</c><00:23:56.519><c> thing.</c><00:23:57.640><c> Look</c><00:23:57.740><c> at</c><00:23:57.859><c> this.</c><00:23:58.599><c> Obed</c><00:23:58.779><c>-Edom,</c> 00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:02.519 1st<00:23:59.440><c> Chronicles</c><00:23:59.859><c> chapter</c><00:24:00.200><c> 26.</c><00:24:01.619><c> A</c><00:24:01.660><c> couple</c><00:24:01.799><c> of</c><00:24:02.079><c> quick</c><00:24:02.180><c> verses</c> 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:05.460 to<00:24:02.720><c> look</c><00:24:02.839><c> up</c><00:24:02.980><c> here</c><00:24:03.200><c> to</c><00:24:03.740><c> to</c><00:24:03.940><c> show</c><00:24:04.000><c> you</c><00:24:04.119><c> the</c><00:24:04.259><c> point.</c> 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:09.140 Verse<00:24:08.119><c> one.</c> 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:15.519 Concerning<00:24:11.140><c> the</c><00:24:11.380><c> divisions</c><00:24:11.920><c> of</c><00:24:12.759><c> the</c><00:24:13.019><c> porters</c><00:24:13.559><c> of</c><00:24:14.759><c> the</c><00:24:15.140><c> Korah</c> 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:17.380 hearts<00:24:15.779><c> or</c><00:24:15.980><c> the</c><00:24:16.180><c> Kohats,</c> 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:22.180 the<00:24:19.720><c> first</c><00:24:19.720><c> born</c><00:24:19.720><c> was</c><00:24:19.720><c> Meshlamiah,</c><00:24:20.700><c> the</c><00:24:20.779><c> son</c><00:24:20.920><c> of</c><00:24:21.160><c> Korah,</c><00:24:22.039><c> the</c> 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:25.539 sons<00:24:22.359><c> of</c><00:24:22.579><c> Asaph,</c><00:24:23.660><c> and</c><00:24:23.839><c> the</c><00:24:23.940><c> sons</c><00:24:24.220><c> of</c><00:24:24.420><c> Meshlamiah</c> 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:29.619 were<00:24:26.559><c> Zechariah</c><00:24:27.039><c> the</c><00:24:27.180><c> firstborn,</c><00:24:27.720><c> Jidyal</c><00:24:28.220><c> the</c><00:24:28.420><c> second,</c><00:24:28.980><c> Zebediah</c><00:24:29.359><c> the</c> 00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:31.519 third,<00:24:30.079><c> Jathneel</c><00:24:30.440><c> the</c><00:24:30.599><c> fourth,</c><00:24:31.180><c> Elam</c><00:24:31.359><c> the</c> 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:35.880 fifth,<00:24:32.180><c> Jehanam</c><00:24:32.619><c> the</c><00:24:32.839><c> sixth,</c><00:24:33.759><c> Elioniah</c><00:24:34.259><c> the</c><00:24:34.539><c> seventh,</c><00:24:35.339><c> 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readings,<00:24:45.480><c> but</c><00:24:45.680><c> now</c><00:24:45.960><c> it's</c><00:24:46.220><c> important</c><00:24:46.500><c> to</c> 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:52.819 focus.<00:24:47.539><c> Obed</c><00:24:47.920><c>-Edom</c><00:24:48.220><c> was</c><00:24:48.900><c> one</c><00:24:49.140><c> of</c><00:24:49.259><c> the</c><00:24:49.339><c> sons</c><00:24:49.759><c> of</c><00:24:50.700><c> Korah.</c><00:24:52.200><c> You</c><00:24:52.299><c> might</c><00:24:52.480><c> say,</c><00:24:52.680><c> hang</c><00:24:52.680><c> on</c> 00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:54.880 a<00:24:52.920><c> moment.</c><00:24:53.799><c> It</c><00:24:53.900><c> was</c><00:24:54.140><c> the</c><00:24:54.480><c> Kohath</c> 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:59.799 hearts<00:24:55.200><c> who</c><00:24:55.799><c> were</c><00:24:56.099><c> able</c><00:24:56.400><c> to</c><00:24:56.759><c> carry</c><00:24:57.339><c> the</c><00:24:58.460><c> ark,</c><00:24:58.759><c> not</c><00:24:58.980><c> the</c><00:24:59.259><c> Kohats.</c><00:24:59.680><c> It's</c> 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.940 very<00:25:00.039><c> complex.</c><00:25:00.420><c> You've</c><00:25:00.619><c> got</c><00:25:00.660><c> to</c><00:25:00.779><c> watch</c> 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:04.079 your<00:25:01.140><c> words</c><00:25:01.400><c> here.</c><00:25:02.099><c> All</c><00:25:02.240><c> right.</c><00:25:02.900><c> So</c><00:25:03.079><c> we</c><00:25:03.220><c> know</c><00:25:03.359><c> that</c><00:25:03.579><c> Obed</c><00:25:03.839><c>-Edom</c> 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:08.599 was<00:25:04.400><c> a</c><00:25:04.640><c> part</c><00:25:05.220><c> of</c><00:25:05.960><c> the</c><00:25:07.000><c> Kohats,</c><00:25:07.940><c> but</c><00:25:08.200><c> we</c><00:25:08.400><c> don't</c> 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:11.220 know<00:25:08.720><c> that</c><00:25:08.839><c> he</c><00:25:08.980><c> was</c><00:25:09.160><c> a</c><00:25:09.279><c> part</c><00:25:09.460><c> of</c><00:25:09.660><c> the</c><00:25:09.880><c> Kohath</c><00:25:10.200><c> hearts.</c><00:25:10.940><c> So</c><00:25:11.099><c> if</c> 00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:15.539 you<00:25:11.339><c> come</c><00:25:11.519><c> with</c><00:25:11.680><c> me</c><00:25:11.960><c> to</c><00:25:12.940><c> Numbers</c><00:25:14.460><c> chapter</c><00:25:14.900><c> 16,</c> 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:20.279 we'll<00:25:16.420><c> start</c><00:25:16.680><c> seeing</c><00:25:16.900><c> that</c><00:25:17.039><c> this</c><00:25:17.200><c> is</c><00:25:17.519><c> the</c><00:25:17.640><c> case.</c><00:25:19.200><c> Quickly</c><00:25:19.500><c> just</c><00:25:19.779><c> slip</c><00:25:19.920><c> over</c><00:25:20.140><c> to</c> 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:25.319 Numbers<00:25:24.819><c> 16</c> 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:31.059 and<00:25:28.740><c> Numbers</c><00:25:29.259><c> chapter</c><00:25:29.539><c> 16,</c><00:25:30.160><c> and</c><00:25:30.359><c> we</c><00:25:30.480><c> just</c><00:25:30.640><c> need</c><00:25:30.740><c> to</c><00:25:30.839><c> look</c><00:25:30.920><c> at</c> 00:25:31.059 --> 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the</c><00:25:55.420><c> afternoon.</c><00:25:58.619><c> You</c><00:25:59.059><c> have</c><00:25:59.240><c> an</c><00:25:59.339><c> opportunity</c><00:25:59.799><c> here</c> 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.539 to<00:26:00.200><c> look</c><00:26:00.460><c> up</c><00:26:00.680><c> something</c><00:26:00.960><c> very</c><00:26:01.319><c> interesting.</c> 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:05.380 Remember,<00:26:02.539><c> where</c><00:26:02.759><c> else</c><00:26:02.920><c> have</c><00:26:03.059><c> you</c><00:26:03.200><c> heard</c><00:26:03.480><c> the</c><00:26:03.640><c> name</c><00:26:03.839><c> Korah?</c> 00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:08.019 Korah,<00:26:06.099><c> Dathan</c><00:26:06.259><c> and</c><00:26:06.339><c> Abiram</c><00:26:06.759><c> and</c><00:26:07.640><c> all</c><00:26:07.859><c> their</c> 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:13.640 families.<00:26:08.440><c> What</c><00:26:08.559><c> happened</c><00:26:08.779><c> to</c><00:26:08.859><c> them?</c><00:26:11.180><c> Dead.</c><00:26:12.539><c> But</c><00:26:12.980><c> here</c><00:26:13.539><c> we're</c> 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:15.200 reading<00:26:13.819><c> about</c><00:26:14.019><c> the</c><00:26:14.140><c> children</c><00:26:14.359><c> of</c><00:26:14.579><c> Korah.</c> 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:18.759 They<00:26:15.740><c> didn't</c><00:26:16.019><c> die,</c><00:26:16.279><c> did</c><00:26:16.319><c> they?</c><00:26:17.180><c> Numbers</c><00:26:17.440><c> 26</c><00:26:17.920><c> verse</c><00:26:18.140><c> 9</c><00:26:18.440><c> to</c><00:26:18.519><c> 11,</c> 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.400 Numbers<00:26:19.079><c> 16.</c><00:26:19.519><c> Look</c><00:26:19.619><c> it</c><00:26:19.720><c> up</c><00:26:19.799><c> in</c><00:26:19.900><c> your</c><00:26:20.019><c> own</c><00:26:20.220><c> time.</c> 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:24.220 They<00:26:21.000><c> survived.</c><00:26:22.279><c> Obed</c><00:26:22.400><c>-Edom</c><00:26:22.619><c> survived</c><00:26:23.259><c> because</c><00:26:23.519><c> at</c><00:26:23.700><c> the</c><00:26:23.880><c> last</c> 00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:26.559 minute<00:26:24.559><c> his</c><00:26:25.140><c> family,</c><00:26:25.579><c> the</c><00:26:25.740><c> children</c><00:26:25.960><c> of</c><00:26:26.119><c> Korah,</c> 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:29.359 turned<00:26:27.140><c> together</c><00:26:27.539><c> with</c><00:26:27.720><c> Moses,</c><00:26:28.079><c> it</c><00:26:28.240><c> would</c><00:26:28.440><c> seem.</c><00:26:29.059><c> You've</c><00:26:29.299><c> got</c> 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.960 to<00:26:29.480><c> read</c><00:26:29.579><c> between</c><00:26:29.859><c> the</c><00:26:30.039><c> lines.</c><00:26:30.299><c> You'll</c><00:26:30.460><c> see</c><00:26:30.599><c> it</c><00:26:30.740><c> there.</c> 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:35.460 Numbers<00:26:31.480><c> 26,</c><00:26:31.900><c> 9</c><00:26:32.160><c> to</c><00:26:32.240><c> 11</c><00:26:32.460><c> confirms</c><00:26:32.940><c> it.</c><00:26:34.160><c> And</c><00:26:34.319><c> here</c><00:26:34.380><c> was</c><00:26:34.559><c> Obed</c><00:26:34.839><c>-Edom,</c><00:26:35.200><c> one</c><00:26:35.339><c> of</c> 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.440 the<00:26:35.619><c> children</c><00:26:35.980><c> of</c><00:26:36.240><c> Kohath,</c> 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:38.500 one<00:26:36.599><c> of</c><00:26:36.680><c> the</c><00:26:36.839><c> few</c><00:26:36.960><c> that</c><00:26:37.099><c> were</c><00:26:37.279><c> left</c><00:26:37.619><c> because</c><00:26:37.960><c> the</c><00:26:38.140><c> others</c><00:26:38.279><c> were</c> 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:41.640 dead.<00:26:40.099><c> And</c><00:26:40.500><c> he</c><00:26:40.680><c> was</c><00:26:40.859><c> now</c><00:26:41.039><c> the</c><00:26:41.220><c> man</c><00:26:41.380><c> who</c> 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:44.279 receives<00:26:41.900><c> the</c><00:26:42.160><c> bearing</c><00:26:42.400><c> of</c><00:26:42.920><c> the</c><00:26:43.099><c> ark</c><00:26:43.240><c> of</c><00:26:43.380><c> the</c><00:26:43.559><c> covenant.</c><00:26:43.900><c> Just</c> 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:47.480 the<00:26:44.500><c> right</c><00:26:44.700><c> man.</c><00:26:45.819><c> So</c><00:26:45.880><c> back</c><00:26:46.039><c> in</c><00:26:46.240><c> 2</c><00:26:46.380><c> Samuel</c><00:26:46.720><c> chapter</c><00:26:47.059><c> 6,</c> 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:52.220 they<00:26:47.859><c> begin</c><00:26:48.059><c> the</c><00:26:48.319><c> procession</c><00:26:48.980><c> back</c><00:26:49.200><c> to</c><00:26:49.380><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:26:51.259><c> The</c><00:26:51.460><c> procession</c><00:26:51.980><c> back</c> 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:54.519 to<00:26:52.440><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:26:53.720><c> And</c><00:26:54.039><c> look</c><00:26:54.240><c> at</c><00:26:54.359><c> the</c> 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:57.039 difference.<00:26:55.400><c> There's</c><00:26:55.619><c> still</c><00:26:55.779><c> all</c><00:26:55.960><c> the</c><00:26:56.200><c> celebration.</c><00:26:56.940><c> David</c> 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.539 isn't<00:26:57.240><c> going</c><00:26:57.400><c> to</c><00:26:57.519><c> stop</c><00:26:57.700><c> celebrating</c><00:26:58.119><c> as</c><00:26:58.279><c> I</c><00:26:58.480><c> said,</c> 00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:03.599 he's<00:26:58.740><c> a</c><00:26:58.859><c> man</c><00:26:58.980><c> of</c><00:26:59.119><c> passion.</c><00:27:01.059><c> We</c><00:27:01.079><c> read</c><00:27:01.299><c> this,</c><00:27:02.119><c> verse</c><00:27:02.240><c> 13.</c><00:27:03.460><c> And</c><00:27:03.539><c> it</c> 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:06.619 was<00:27:03.839><c> so</c><00:27:04.259><c> that</c><00:27:04.759><c> when</c><00:27:05.019><c> they</c><00:27:05.339><c> bear</c><00:27:05.539><c> the</c><00:27:05.819><c> ark</c><00:27:06.039><c> of</c> 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:10.720 the<00:27:06.859><c> Lord</c><00:27:07.240><c> and</c><00:27:07.720><c> had</c><00:27:07.940><c> gone</c><00:27:08.160><c> six</c><00:27:08.539><c> paces,</c><00:27:09.440><c> he</c><00:27:09.700><c> sacrificed</c><00:27:10.240><c> oxen</c> 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:13.440 and<00:27:10.880><c> fatlings</c><00:27:11.319><c> and</c><00:27:11.779><c> David</c><00:27:12.220><c> danced</c><00:27:12.599><c> before</c><00:27:13.099><c> Yahweh</c> 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:16.859 with<00:27:13.700><c> all</c><00:27:13.920><c> his</c><00:27:14.200><c> might</c><00:27:14.460><c> and</c><00:27:14.900><c> David</c><00:27:15.299><c> was</c><00:27:15.640><c> girded</c><00:27:16.160><c> with</c><00:27:16.380><c> a</c><00:27:16.579><c> linen</c> 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:19.759 ephod.<00:27:18.059><c> This</c><00:27:18.279><c> was</c><00:27:18.440><c> a</c><00:27:18.759><c> great</c><00:27:19.039><c> time</c><00:27:19.240><c> of</c><00:27:19.420><c> celebration,</c> 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:24.099 but<00:27:20.019><c> the</c><00:27:20.319><c> difference</c><00:27:20.579><c> is</c><00:27:21.000><c> that</c><00:27:21.259><c> it's</c><00:27:21.400><c> been</c><00:27:21.740><c> carried.</c><00:27:22.779><c> It's</c><00:27:23.059><c> been</c><00:27:23.380><c> born</c><00:27:23.759><c> by</c> 00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:26.420 the<00:27:24.259><c> men</c><00:27:24.559><c> of</c><00:27:24.900><c> Obed</c><00:27:25.180><c>-Edom.</c><00:27:25.920><c> We</c><00:27:26.200><c> see</c> 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:30.380 in<00:27:26.660><c> verse</c><00:27:26.940><c> 13,</c><00:27:27.359><c> they</c><00:27:27.599><c> bear</c><00:27:28.000><c> the</c><00:27:28.319><c> ark.</c><00:27:29.039><c> And</c><00:27:29.160><c> the</c><00:27:29.259><c> other</c><00:27:29.420><c> difference</c><00:27:29.779><c> is</c><00:27:30.140><c> that</c> 00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.500 it's<00:27:30.539><c> happening</c><00:27:30.779><c> very</c><00:27:31.240><c> slowly</c> 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:36.279 now.<00:27:32.480><c> Everything's</c><00:27:32.940><c> happening</c><00:27:33.259><c> in</c><00:27:33.640><c> order.</c><00:27:35.220><c> There's</c><00:27:35.700><c> a</c><00:27:35.819><c> system</c><00:27:36.079><c> of</c> 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.039 order<00:27:36.440><c> taking</c><00:27:36.759><c> place.</c><00:27:37.500><c> Six</c><00:27:37.720><c> steps,</c> 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:44.180 sacrifice.<00:27:38.700><c> Six</c><00:27:38.859><c> steps,</c><00:27:39.539><c> sacrifice.</c><00:27:40.740><c> Wonderful</c><00:27:41.059><c> lessons</c><00:27:41.440><c> there.</c><00:27:42.859><c> It's</c><00:27:43.059><c> like</c><00:27:43.200><c> with</c><00:27:43.359><c> us,</c><00:27:43.539><c> six</c><00:27:43.740><c> days</c><00:27:44.000><c> of</c> 00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.440 the<00:27:44.299><c> week,</c> 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:47.140 we're<00:27:44.759><c> out</c><00:27:44.900><c> there</c><00:27:45.140><c> toiling</c><00:27:45.500><c> and</c><00:27:45.740><c> troubling.</c><00:27:46.480><c> Seventh</c><00:27:46.759><c> day,</c> 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:50.160 we<00:27:47.480><c> remember</c><00:27:47.740><c> the</c><00:27:48.039><c> sacrifice.</c><00:27:49.339><c> We</c><00:27:49.519><c> remember</c><00:27:49.880><c> what</c> 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:52.980 makes<00:27:50.579><c> this</c><00:27:51.000><c> ark</c><00:27:51.180><c> of</c><00:27:51.319><c> the</c><00:27:51.519><c> covenant</c><00:27:51.759><c> so</c><00:27:52.039><c> important</c><00:27:52.500><c> to</c><00:27:52.720><c> us.</c> 00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.819 And<00:27:53.319><c> that's</c><00:27:53.420><c> what</c><00:27:53.519><c> they</c><00:27:53.700><c> were</c><00:27:53.779><c> doing.</c><00:27:54.480><c> They</c><00:27:54.640><c> were</c> 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:58.740 continuously<00:27:55.380><c> reminded,</c><00:27:55.839><c> took</c><00:27:56.019><c> six</c><00:27:56.220><c> steps,</c><00:27:56.640><c> stop,</c><00:27:57.059><c> sacrifice.</c><00:27:58.279><c> Remember</c> 00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:00.559 why<00:27:59.079><c> this</c><00:27:59.359><c> is</c><00:27:59.619><c> such</c><00:27:59.839><c> an</c><00:28:00.160><c> important</c> 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.819 representation.<00:28:01.740><c> Six</c><00:28:01.960><c> steps,</c><00:28:02.180><c> stop,</c><00:28:02.940><c> sacrifice.</c><00:28:03.559><c> Must</c><00:28:03.700><c> have</c> 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:06.240 taken<00:28:04.039><c> some</c><00:28:04.339><c> time.</c><00:28:05.259><c> And</c><00:28:05.440><c> David</c><00:28:05.559><c> had</c><00:28:05.700><c> to</c><00:28:05.839><c> dance</c><00:28:06.079><c> the</c> 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:12.799 whole<00:28:06.460><c> time.</c><00:28:07.599><c> But</c><00:28:07.740><c> he</c><00:28:07.920><c> did.</c><00:28:08.779><c> He</c><00:28:08.980><c> was</c><00:28:09.180><c> full</c><00:28:09.359><c> of</c><00:28:09.619><c> passion.</c><00:28:11.000><c> And</c><00:28:11.279><c> you</c><00:28:11.420><c> know</c><00:28:11.559><c> what?</c><00:28:11.980><c> He</c><00:28:12.140><c> was</c><00:28:12.339><c> such</c><00:28:12.599><c> a</c> 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.380 great<00:28:12.960><c> leader</c><00:28:13.180><c> that</c> 00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:22.559 we<00:28:13.539><c> read</c><00:28:13.640><c> in</c><00:28:13.759><c> the</c><00:28:13.819><c> next</c><00:28:14.039><c> verse.</c><00:28:20.180><c> All</c><00:28:20.640><c> the</c><00:28:21.400><c> house</c><00:28:21.640><c> of</c><00:28:21.759><c> Israel</c><00:28:22.079><c> brought</c><00:28:22.380><c> up</c> 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:24.660 the<00:28:22.740><c> ark</c><00:28:22.920><c> of</c><00:28:23.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:23.599><c> with</c><00:28:23.920><c> shouting</c><00:28:24.180><c> and</c> 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:27.400 the<00:28:24.900><c> sound</c><00:28:25.119><c> of</c><00:28:25.259><c> the</c><00:28:25.400><c> trumpet.</c><00:28:26.240><c> But</c><00:28:26.420><c> it</c><00:28:26.480><c> wasn't</c><00:28:26.740><c> all</c><00:28:26.900><c> of</c><00:28:26.980><c> the</c><00:28:27.099><c> house</c><00:28:27.240><c> of</c> 00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.480 Israel<00:28:27.579><c> that</c><00:28:27.680><c> was</c><00:28:27.859><c> bringing</c><00:28:28.079><c> up</c><00:28:28.240><c> the</c><00:28:28.420><c> ark.</c> 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brought</c><00:28:39.039><c> the</c><00:28:39.279><c> ark</c><00:28:39.440><c> of</c><00:28:39.619><c> covenant</c><00:28:39.859><c> to</c><00:28:40.079><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:28:41.039><c> It</c><00:28:41.180><c> was</c><00:28:41.480><c> such</c><00:28:41.819><c> a</c> 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:44.660 day<00:28:42.160><c> of</c><00:28:42.440><c> celebration</c><00:28:43.099><c> for</c><00:28:43.640><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:50.440 And<00:28:45.180><c> they</c><00:28:45.380><c> come</c><00:28:45.599><c> into</c><00:28:46.319><c> the</c><00:28:46.799><c> holy</c><00:28:47.059><c> city</c><00:28:47.519><c> of</c><00:28:48.180><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:28:49.960><c> And</c><00:28:50.240><c> what</c><00:28:50.359><c> do</c> 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:54.359 we<00:28:50.559><c> read?</c><00:28:51.779><c> We</c><00:28:52.019><c> read</c><00:28:52.500><c> that</c><00:28:53.099><c> David</c><00:28:53.519><c> was</c><00:28:53.859><c> girdled</c> 00:28:54.660 --> 00:29:01.400 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00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:31.579 David's<00:29:28.980><c> mind</c><00:29:29.500><c> as</c><00:29:29.839><c> he</c><00:29:30.039><c> comes</c><00:29:30.319><c> into</c><00:29:30.619><c> the</c><00:29:30.839><c> gates</c><00:29:31.019><c> of</c><00:29:31.240><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.359 Keep<00:29:32.059><c> your</c><00:29:32.259><c> place</c><00:29:32.420><c> in</c><00:29:32.640><c> second</c><00:29:32.859><c> Samuel</c><00:29:33.200><c> and</c> 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:36.759 come<00:29:33.519><c> with</c><00:29:33.640><c> me</c><00:29:33.799><c> to</c><00:29:34.039><c> two</c><00:29:34.299><c> psalms.</c><00:29:35.059><c> Psalm</c><00:29:35.180><c> 24,</c><00:29:35.880><c> first</c><00:29:35.960><c> of</c><00:29:36.079><c> all,</c><00:29:36.619><c> a</c> 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.680 well<00:29:36.960><c>-known</c><00:29:37.099><c> psalm.</c><00:29:37.640><c> I</c><00:29:37.799><c> believe</c><00:29:38.000><c> the</c><00:29:38.259><c> psalm</c><00:29:38.480><c> was</c> 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up</c><00:29:55.180><c> your</c><00:29:55.279><c> heads.</c><00:29:57.059><c> O</c><00:29:57.059><c> ye</c><00:29:57.279><c> gates</c><00:29:57.839><c> and</c><00:29:58.660><c> be</c><00:29:58.920><c> ye</c><00:29:59.119><c> lift</c><00:29:59.279><c> up</c><00:29:59.519><c> ye</c> 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:02.539 everlasting<00:30:00.259><c> doors</c><00:30:00.900><c> and</c><00:30:01.400><c> the</c><00:30:01.579><c> king</c><00:30:01.700><c> of</c><00:30:01.980><c> glory</c><00:30:02.279><c> shall</c> 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:07.119 come<00:30:02.799><c> in.</c><00:30:03.480><c> Who</c><00:30:03.680><c> is</c><00:30:04.000><c> this</c><00:30:04.299><c> king</c><00:30:04.460><c> of</c><00:30:04.740><c> glory?</c><00:30:05.980><c> The</c><00:30:06.200><c> Lord</c><00:30:06.640><c> strong</c> 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:10.019 and<00:30:07.559><c> mighty.</c><00:30:08.279><c> The</c><00:30:08.440><c> Lord</c><00:30:08.779><c> mighty</c><00:30:09.240><c> in</c><00:30:09.579><c> battle.</c> 00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:13.000 Lift<00:30:10.599><c> up</c><00:30:10.799><c> your</c><00:30:10.940><c> heads.</c><00:30:11.299><c> O</c><00:30:11.400><c> you</c><00:30:11.599><c> gates</c><00:30:11.859><c> even</c><00:30:12.220><c> lift</c><00:30:12.440><c> them</c><00:30:12.640><c> up</c><00:30:12.759><c> ye</c> 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.920 everlasting<00:30:13.519><c> doors</c><00:30:13.900><c> and</c><00:30:14.039><c> the</c><00:30:14.140><c> king</c><00:30:14.259><c> of</c><00:30:14.480><c> glory</c><00:30:14.700><c> shall</c> 00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:19.259 come<00:30:15.119><c> in.</c><00:30:15.460><c> Who</c><00:30:15.640><c> is</c><00:30:15.900><c> this</c><00:30:16.099><c> king</c><00:30:16.220><c> of</c><00:30:16.480><c> glory?</c><00:30:17.099><c> The</c><00:30:17.279><c> Lord</c><00:30:17.480><c> of</c><00:30:17.660><c> hosts.</c><00:30:18.420><c> He</c><00:30:18.619><c> is</c> 00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:21.799 the<00:30:19.680><c> king</c><00:30:19.819><c> 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Israel.</c><00:30:32.180><c> Look</c><00:30:32.400><c> at</c><00:30:32.619><c> Psalm</c><00:30:32.859><c> 99.</c> 00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:38.640 Just<00:30:33.839><c> a</c><00:30:33.920><c> bit</c><00:30:34.039><c> further</c><00:30:34.339><c> on.</c><00:30:35.680><c> Also</c><00:30:35.940><c> I</c><00:30:36.099><c> think</c><00:30:36.319><c> a</c><00:30:36.480><c> psalm</c><00:30:36.680><c> of</c><00:30:36.779><c> David.</c> 00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:47.140 Psalm<00:30:41.960><c> 99</c><00:30:43.220><c> verse</c><00:30:46.339><c> 1.</c> 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:53.480 The<00:30:49.019><c> Lord</c><00:30:49.500><c> reigns.</c><00:30:50.480><c> Let</c><00:30:50.579><c> the</c><00:30:50.819><c> people</c><00:30:51.099><c> tremble.</c><00:30:52.339><c> He</c><00:30:52.599><c> sits</c><00:30:52.779><c> between</c><00:30:53.180><c> the</c> 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:55.579 carabines.<00:30:54.160><c> Let</c><00:30:54.359><c> the</c><00:30:54.579><c> earth</c><00:30:54.819><c> be</c><00:30:55.140><c> moved.</c> 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:59.599 The<00:30:56.160><c> Lord</c><00:30:56.480><c> is</c><00:30:56.859><c> great</c><00:30:57.240><c> in</c><00:30:57.660><c> Zion</c><00:30:57.960><c> and</c><00:30:58.380><c> he</c><00:30:58.640><c> is</c><00:30:58.920><c> high</c><00:30:59.160><c> above</c><00:30:59.380><c> all</c> 00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:02.119 the<00:30:59.799><c> people.</c><00:31:00.400><c> Let</c><00:31:00.579><c> them</c><00:31:00.839><c> praise</c><00:31:01.200><c> your</c><00:31:01.480><c> great</c><00:31:01.819><c> and</c> 00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:05.819 honorable<00:31:02.339><c> name</c><00:31:02.799><c> for</c><00:31:03.279><c> it</c><00:31:03.680><c> is</c><00:31:03.980><c> holy.</c><00:31:04.960><c> So</c><00:31:05.140><c> these</c><00:31:05.380><c> are</c><00:31:05.579><c> the</c><00:31:05.680><c> words</c> 00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:08.500 that<00:31:06.019><c> were</c><00:31:06.160><c> on</c><00:31:06.359><c> the</c><00:31:06.619><c> mind</c><00:31:06.900><c> 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