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more time i'd like to

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now like to call on our brother

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brian luke to give us the fourth session

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of the day which he entitles

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i had rather be a doorkeeper in the

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house of my god

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brother brian

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thanks brother ron i'd like us to come

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back to an earlier chapter in chronicles

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the first chronicles chapter 6.

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now as you know

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there were three main branches of the

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levites

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and verse one tells us their names the

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sons of levi

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the gershon kohath and marari

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and this chapter is about

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the

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sons of levi and their divisions and the

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line of the priests and the line of the

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singers

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it's an interesting chapter in that

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regard

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so we have the three branches of them in

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verse 1

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and then it gives to us

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of the sons of kohath

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and in verse 4

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it gives us the lineage

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of the priesthood

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eliezer was a son of aaron

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and his son was finias and so down the

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line it goes right through

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to verse 14

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and verse 15 azariah begat serea and

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syria get jehoshadak and so on

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under the time of nebuchadnezzar and his

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invasion so that's the line of the

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priesthood

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then in verses 16 to 30

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because the priests were of the greatest

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most important office

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it then gives to us the line of the

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principal person in each of the three

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divisions of levi

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so it repeats in verse 16 the sons of

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levi gershon

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kohath

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and marari

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and the lineage of gershon

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is given in verses 20

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to 21

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and the lineage of

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kohath is given in verses 22

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through to verse 28.

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all right

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and then still following the principle

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person in each of those three divisions

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we have the sons of marari in verse 29

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and that goes through to the end of

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verse

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30.

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so there's the

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three main branches of the levelites

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the priests are taken to one side and

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then we're given the line of the

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principles

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of those three main divisions of the

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levites

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and then it says

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in verse 31 these are they whom david

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set over the service of song

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in the house of the lord after that the

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ark had rest

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so from verses 31

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to 48 we have the genealogy

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of the three principal singers

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now i wonder if in our ecclesial life

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we would attribute that kind of

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importance

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to singing and praise and song

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i wonder

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i just suggest that the loveliest thing

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that you can do in ecclesial life

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is to combine

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your study of the word which inspires

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the heart

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with expressions of song and praise

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which involve

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the heart and the feelings of our

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community

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i think they've been some of the most

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happy times in our pleasure life

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where there's been a nice connection of

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those two things

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so often it's easy to have a brother get

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the first one

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but the second one involves us all and

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perhaps we we don't find it so easy time

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being like it is sometimes to get the

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practices in place

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and to be able to enjoy

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uh a multitude of people expressing

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themselves in joy to god it's like in

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bible school

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when somebody turns up with a piece of

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music and within about four days we get

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it all together don't we

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you never know how it was done

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even to the second last practice you

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sure will never work but you know there

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it is the night's put on it works

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and it's always a very very wonderful

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and happy night and that's done really

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in bible schools around the world same

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thing's done at wrath minds that

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everybody arrives and nobody has any

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idea what music we're going to be

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singing and yet by uh i think it's

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thursday night also that there's an

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evening put on and you'd think you know

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they've been working on it for weeks

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so

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that's something to remember in a

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collegial life if you're going to have

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an effort and bring

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joy into meeting and the understanding

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of the word of god see if we can combine

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that with something that involves more

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people more hearts open more giving

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expression to god singing and making

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melody in their hearts so that the

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ecclesial hall

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is

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filled with with people with exultant

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thoughts and expressions in their mind

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and you know david was great enough to

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always see that

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one of the things that comes down

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through history about david is that

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isn't it wasn't he an amazing man

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a man of so many parts he could write

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he could fight

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he could bring together he could revive

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he could inspire he could write psalms

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he could find the music made instruments

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organized

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what an incredible man he was

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men of all parts

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absolutely amazing man of god

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well after the and these are they whom

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david set over you see in verse 31

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when the ark had rest

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and they ministered before the dwelling

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place the tabernacle the congregation

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with singing

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didn't wait until the temple note

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this got underway before the temple

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where there's just a tabernacle there

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tabernacle of david that he had set up

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it was just a tense structure

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didn't have any

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they had yet to come with with the art

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when the art was brought in he actually

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constructed this tabernacle for them

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and never i either had the other um

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furniture that never came into the the

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tabernacle of david

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the ark came in and then these things

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began to happen he didn't wait until the

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building of the temple he got underway

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when as soon as that ark had arrived he

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then instituted these things they

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ministered before the dwelling place of

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the tabernacle of the congregation

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with singing until solomon had built the

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house of yahweh in jerusalem and then

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they waited on their office according to

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their order now we're beginning to

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already understand that aren't they

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because the order was made we saw that

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in those other references in our last

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it was an order established under david

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by the writing of the spirit upon his

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hand and then that went down for

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hundreds of years

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all right

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did you notice this is all about the

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levites

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pretty important people these singers

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weren't they

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we've only just been told who were the

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principal people down the line of the

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three main branches the next people

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we're told about are the principal

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singers

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i don't know that we attribute

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that degree of importance

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upon that office in our pleasure life so

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there's something to take back home

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isn't it

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and here we go verse 33. three branches

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of the levites well there was a

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principle from each

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and these are they that waited with

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their children

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that's interesting thing

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we're going to see how that develops

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with their children

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of the sons of the koaths

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he-man a singer

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now he we he's the one that had 14 sons

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that we read about

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in first chronicles chapter 25. and

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you'll see this little reference there

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across in the margin

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he-man a singer

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now he was in the koathoutes

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gershon kohath and marari

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so he comes down that line

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and if you look back just a couple of

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you'll see it says the son of joel

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who had a boy called john

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samuel somebody said

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and that's where it says in the next

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little statement the son of shemuel

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and that should be

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samuel

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and he was the son of elkanah and that's

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what it says in verse 34.

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so that's our samuel isn't that

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interesting

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was a grandson of samuel

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this is a lot more interesting this

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record than what we suspected isn't it

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samuel

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elkanah

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and then back the other way to he-man

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well where does the lineage go back to

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verse 37 we're still going back to koha

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and it says the son of tahat the son of

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asa the son of ebi asaph the son of

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korah

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the son of isha the son of coeth the son

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of levi the son of israel

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well that's a very interesting genealogy

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isn't it

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it starts from kohath

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to is ha

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to korra and we all know who koro was

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don't we

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korra

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dathan and abyram

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in numbers chapter

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16 they arose didn't they and rebelled

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against the authority

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of moses and an aaron

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and cora lost his life

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and yet here's a genealogy

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that continues on after him and runs

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right down to samuel

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and to his grandson

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who was he-man now that's an interesting

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thing because joel didn't go too well

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did he didn't he didn't go too good

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there was two sons of samuel and they

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were not as their father

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but nevertheless joel had a son whose

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name was he-man and he became a

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remarkably wonderful person

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so there's some inspiration too isn't it

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and sometimes you'll see that in the

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truth somebody can come back the next

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generation

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they can be quite uh inspirational in a

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closer life whereas in fact their their

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parent was you know a bit hazy about

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things sometimes

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verse 39

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and it says and his brother asaph

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who stood on his right hand even asap

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the son of verikaya and then the

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genealogy runs down until we get to

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gershon verse 43 who was the son of levi

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gershon kohat and mirari

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so asaph is from gershom

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and he-man is from kohat what about

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marari

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verse 44

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and their brethren the sons of marari

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stood on the left hand

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ethan

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the son of kishi

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and he goes right back that says to

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murari verse 47 the son of levi three

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branches of the levites from each branch

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there were singers taken

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and their names were he-man from kohath

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verse 33

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asaph

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from

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gershon verse 39

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and ethan

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verse 44 from the sons of marari

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so we can see that the singers were

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taken from the three main branches of

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the levites there was a component of

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each

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and that's what our chapter has outlined

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for us

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and verse 31 and 32 illustrate that they

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were brought into their office when the

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ark came in to the tabernacle of david

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when the ark came to rest then the

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singers

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voiced their their praise in continuous

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rounds

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of service in song

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and obviously they were very very

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important as far as

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david was concerned and that's why their

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names are given after such an auspicious

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people before that if we come back to

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our chapter

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in chronicles

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the 1st of chronicles

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chapter 25

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we note

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firstly in verse 1 what we noted in the

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previous study

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that david was going to induct them into

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office

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in the company of very auspicious people

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there was the king and the captains of

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the host

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and it says that they separated to the

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service of the sons of asap

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and of he-man

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and of juduthan now we understand that

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now don't we

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the three branches of the levites all

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represented

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except that where as he was called ethan

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in first chronicles 6

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here he is called the jeduthen

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why then did david bring in these

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captains of the host

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why couldn't if you want him princes

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or priests or other things

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well i think there's a reason for that

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and the reason is seen very beautifully

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in second chronicles chapter 20.

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what david was saying

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was that these men with their

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instruments and their praise to god

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are greater than military generals

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a hundred years later

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there is a threat from edem and moab and

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the children of ammon against the judah

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in the days of king jehoshaphat

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then upon j'hazil verse 14

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the son of zechariah the son of ben aye

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this is second chronicles 20 verse 14.

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upon j haziel

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the son of zechariah the son of ben aye

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the son of jehel the son of matani

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a levite of the sons of asaph

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came the spirit of the lord in the midst

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of the congregation and he said

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hearken ye all judah in the inhabitants

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of jerusalem and thou king jehoshaphat

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thus saith the lord unto you be not

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afraid nor nor dismayed by reason of

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this great battle

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for the battle is not yours but gods

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tomorrow go you down against them behold

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they come up by the cliff of ziz and you

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shall find them at the end of the brook

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before the wilderness of jericho ye

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shall not need to fight in this battle

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set yourselves stand ye still and see

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the salvation of the lord

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with you o judah and jerusalem fear not

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nor be dismayed

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tomorrow go out against them for the

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lord

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will be with you

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and jehoshaphat accepted that he bowed

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his head with his face to the ground and

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all judah and the inhabitants of

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jerusalem fell before yahweh worshipping

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him

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and the levites of the children of the

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coethites

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and of the children of the korites

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stood up to praise yahweh god of israel

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with a loud voice on high now you can

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understand what's saying that in verse

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19 because the three branches of the

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levites were involved

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in the singing

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and they haven't lost their id their

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their customs and their

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their abilities and their knowledge of

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the music and of the words and and how

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to do it

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because here just in this sudden instant

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when they they're brought to this crisis

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in israel they know what to do

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and they're not they're not concerned

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about the about the enemy

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it's one of their number in verse 14

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that stood up and said to the king don't

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fear o king

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this matter is of god and god will

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deliver us

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so when they should be preparing for war

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and sharpening their knives and getting

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their spears ready this group is

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standing up to praise yahweh god of

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israel with a loud voice on high

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and they rose early in the morning and

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went forth into the wilderness of tekoa

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as they went forth jehoshaphat stood and

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said hear me o judah and the inhabitants

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of jerusalem believe in yahweh your god

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so shall you be established believe his

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prophets so shall you prosper imagine

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that the armies marching out the king's

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saying to them these things who inspired

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him those singers they were not ordinary

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men were they

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they were leaders in faith that he kept

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up a practicing culture

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through persistence

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there was ingrained into their minds

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from very young ages in such a way that

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they would never let it go

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so that hundreds of years later this is

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a hundred years in the days of david

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a hundred years down the track they knew

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exactly what to do at the right moment

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and you think of your own children

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or your own grandchildren or

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great-grandchildren

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great-great-grandchildren

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and what confidence would you have my

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dear and sisters

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that they would have in their hearts the

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same strength of belief

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that you have

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or that your parents have

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so you're looking at something very

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great very wonderful

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that that same

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strength of feeling

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is in those were at a moment's crisis

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they went out into the street so to

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speak and they led the army and they did

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when he had consulted with the people

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verse 21 he appointed singers unto

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yahweh

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and it should praise the beauty of

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holiness as they went out before the

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army and to say praise the lord for his

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mercy endureth forever and when they

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began to sing into praise

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yahweh said ambushments against the

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children of amen when they got there

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there wasn't a living man to contend

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with them

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what did it the song

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who's greater ben ayer or joab

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or asaph

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juduthan and he-man

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it was the note of praise to god that

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brought god onto their side

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and so

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those great generals were learning as

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much as what the the singers ever learnt

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and they had to come and see the

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importance of the induction of that

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office and i can imagine them standing

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there with all their generals uniforms

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and thinking you know this is kid stuff

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what am i being brought into this for

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but david was teaching them and all the

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nation

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that there's more strength than the

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voice of song and praise

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than there is in the training of

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military might

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what amazing man david was

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you look at all in verse one

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what a unexpected

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bringing together of facts

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david and the captains of the host

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separated to the service of the sons of

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asath he managed to then who should

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prophesy with harps what's different

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what's the more contrasting

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than a man of military might and a heart

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but that's what david had come to learn

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that

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the songs of god and the praise of god

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brought the great god of heaven on your

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side and it was stronger than still

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and so

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these men

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are enumerated for us

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that said that they prophesied with

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harps with sultries and with symbols

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and the number of the workmen according

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to their service was

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it tells us in fact

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of the sons that each one had

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asap is mentioned first in verse 2

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he becomes the principle of them

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then it mentions juduthan in verse six

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in verse three and he had

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six sons

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and then it mentions he-man in verse

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four and he had

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14 sons add that up

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6

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4

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and 14 yes it makes 24 again doesn't it

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so from each one of these principal

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families

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of the singers

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there are

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key boys that are chosen

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four in asats

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six introducings

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and fourteen in he-mans

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they are chosen to be these

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these leaders of song

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you know

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it really is an incredibly interesting

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record isn't it

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it says that they were under the hands

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verse two

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of asaph

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and then it says who prophesied

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according to the order of the king

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but the av is just hiding something

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there a little because

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under the hands is the same expression

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as according to the order

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so what that's really saying is that

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there was their father's hands upon them

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my sons this is how you're going to do

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it

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and upon his hands

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was the hands of the king so to speak

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so who was the

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the prime

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initiator

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00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:01.029
and conceiver of the concept it was

566
00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:03.270
david wasn't it

567
00:22:03.280 --> 00:22:04.070
and

568
00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:06.470
asap he-man and the jedu them were going

569
00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:09.590
to do exactly as the king said

570
00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:11.990
and their boys

571
00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:15.990
were going to do exactly what dad said

572
00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:21.830
there's a miracle isn't it

573
00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:23.190
now isn't that an amazing thing my

574
00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.750
difference i i do find this this whole

575
00:22:25.760 --> 00:22:27.029
study just

576
00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:30.070
just absolutely amazing

577
00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:32.470
and there were 24 boys

578
00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:35.909
and in verses 9 to 31 there were 24

579
00:22:35.919 --> 00:22:37.669
courses

580
00:22:37.679 --> 00:22:39.430
now let's let's pick up the idea and

581
00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.789
we'll come back to some of those words

582
00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.750
and

583
00:22:41.760 --> 00:22:44.549
pull out some of the beautiful things

584
00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:46.630
but to see in verse 8 it says they cast

585
00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:48.149
lots

586
00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:51.190
ward against ward course against course

587
00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:53.029
as well the small as the great the

588
00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:55.190
teacher as the scholar they weren't all

589
00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:58.070
as skillful as each other

590
00:22:58.080 --> 00:23:00.470
now the first lot came forth for asaph

591
00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:03.110
to joseph

592
00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:06.230
and if you swing across to asaph's names

593
00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:09.029
in verse 2 you'll see that his second

594
00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:12.390
boy was called joseph singh

595
00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:14.230
got that

596
00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:16.630
joseph mentioned in verse 9

597
00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:18.870
the first lot came for him

598
00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:22.310
and he was the second son of asa

599
00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:25.990
now the second lot came to get along

600
00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:28.710
and if you look across again to verse

601
00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.990
three

602
00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:32.149
you'll see that get a lie is the first

603
00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:36.789
mention of jeducin's sons all right

604
00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:39.909
so it follows that pattern right through

605
00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:43.029
and we have from verse 9 to 31

606
00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:46.789
we have 24 of these boys

607
00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:51.909
and with each of them there were twelve

608
00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:54.149
so we've got three principles

609
00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:56.390
we've got their 24 sons

610
00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:59.669
and each one of those 24 has got 12

611
00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:01.510
associated with him

612
00:24:01.520 --> 00:24:03.510
12 times 24

613
00:24:03.520 --> 00:24:06.390
is 288

614
00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:08.390
so we have a male choir

615
00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.710
of 288

616
00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.070
boys

617
00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:14.549
skillful with instruments

618
00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:18.070
under the hands of their fathers

619
00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:21.510
and the king's hands his authority

620
00:24:21.520 --> 00:24:23.029
upon them

621
00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.310
now doesn't that tell you something

622
00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:27.029
about david again

623
00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:29.190
it really shows there's some great

624
00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:31.029
things in these things my dear insist

625
00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.789
you know when you've got a something

626
00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:34.549
coming up in a closure life and you and

627
00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.909
you're busy

628
00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:38.390
the event can come and go and think oh i

629
00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:40.470
really never got into that i know there

630
00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:42.630
must be many people that feel that way i

631
00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.510
never

632
00:24:43.520 --> 00:24:45.110
never really got involved in that and

633
00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:48.070
you know we could have done so much more

634
00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:49.510
we could have turned that occasion into

635
00:24:49.520 --> 00:24:51.110
a really wonderful thing if we hadn't

636
00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:53.029
done this you know if that had worked in

637
00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.549
with that

638
00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:56.549
and if we had gone on to do it this way

639
00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.909
oh wouldn't that have been marvelous if

640
00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.710
we'd

641
00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.549
seen the whole picture and developed it

642
00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:02.310
all had those feelings

643
00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:03.990
many times they

644
00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.909
well the event came and went was okay

645
00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:07.750
but it could have been special

646
00:25:07.760 --> 00:25:09.510
you know david was the type of person

647
00:25:09.520 --> 00:25:11.909
who wouldn't let it just be ordinary

648
00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:13.830
it would be special

649
00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:15.669
because he came right down from his

650
00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:17.190
throne and all the things he had to

651
00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:19.669
worry about and his ill health and

652
00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:22.310
38 thousand levites and and a kingdom

653
00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:23.750
that didn't want him or half them didn't

654
00:25:23.760 --> 00:25:25.350
and so on

655
00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:28.310
training his son david jonathan sullivan

656
00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:30.549
to take over all of those issues that he

657
00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:32.070
had

658
00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:34.070
he came down from all of that

659
00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:35.510
and he saw that they were making the

660
00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:37.029
instruments the exact way that he had

661
00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.310
said they should

662
00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:39.990
in fact he designed them

663
00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.269
what did he know about designing of

664
00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.710
instruments could you make a an

665
00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.950
instrument well david did

666
00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.230
the king

667
00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:48.630
the shepherd boy the warrior the

668
00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:51.830
scientist the writer

669
00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:53.750
the inspiring administrator he could

670
00:25:53.760 --> 00:25:56.230
also design instruments

671
00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.590
and make sure that they were made

672
00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:59.350
according to that pattern oh what an

673
00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:01.190
amazing man

674
00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:03.110
truly a great man

675
00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:05.029
and these boys then had to learn from

676
00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:07.029
their father exactly how they should

677
00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.470
play those parts

678
00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.909
what things should be said on this

679
00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:11.990
particular day and what psalms should be

680
00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.750
said on that particular day how they

681
00:26:13.760 --> 00:26:14.870
should sing it

682
00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:16.230
and the parts no doubt that they would

683
00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:18.789
have

684
00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:21.430
what an inspiration arranging brethren

685
00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.630
others that are associated with the

686
00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.950
collegial administration

687
00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.950
to not say i'm too busy i'll just let

688
00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.789
the thing pass but say i've got to make

689
00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.669
my

690
00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:32.310
my contribution if i possibly can to

691
00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:34.470
this this occasion that's coming because

692
00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:36.789
when it comes up it must be special

693
00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:38.549
because it's to god

694
00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.390
not just another thing ticked off their

695
00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:42.870
closure program but something special

696
00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:44.710
that's going to involve everybody lift

697
00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:46.149
up the hearts

698
00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:47.830
unto yahweh

699
00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:49.909
well that's what he was like

700
00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:51.990
and because you see god had seen in the

701
00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.510
in the in this that there's going to be

702
00:26:53.520 --> 00:26:55.990
24 elders in the future which are going

703
00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:58.070
to be typical of jew and gentile of the

704
00:26:58.080 --> 00:27:00.549
saints who'll be king priests

705
00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:02.070
and singers

706
00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.830
revelation 5 they've lifted up their

707
00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.630
voice

708
00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:07.029
that's made us kings and priests they're

709
00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:09.269
singers too aren't they

710
00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.950
and there's jew and gentiles so there's

711
00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:13.190
12 of each for both israel

712
00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:15.350
and there's thousands of them not 288

713
00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:17.909
but there's thousands upon thousands but

714
00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:19.669
because that's the pattern of the future

715
00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:21.590
therefore there was

716
00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:24.310
two times twelve back here

717
00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:25.510
and they were gathered out of all of

718
00:27:25.520 --> 00:27:27.190
these families because god had that

719
00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:29.350
pattern in mind it's a beautiful thing

720
00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:31.830
bible is a wonderful book nothing else

721
00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:34.230
like it isn't it absolutely nothing else

722
00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.190
like it

723
00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:38.149
so these boys are going to give in the

724
00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:41.029
lowly circumstances of israel 3000 years

725
00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.950
ago they're going to give a pattern of

726
00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.230
things that are going to expand out

727
00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.510
until they'll be seen in all their

728
00:27:45.520 --> 00:27:48.549
beauty in the kingdom of god

729
00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:50.630
let's come back to asap then it says

730
00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:54.310
that he prophesied

731
00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:56.950
verse one it said they prophesy with

732
00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:59.590
harps

733
00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:01.830
he was definitely the leading individual

734
00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:04.389
12 psalms were written by this

735
00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:06.389
this asaph

736
00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:08.950
a wonderful man indeed and probably he

737
00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:11.510
was the chief musician almost certainly

738
00:28:11.520 --> 00:28:14.950
that you have referred to in the psalms

739
00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:18.710
it says juduthan prophesied with harps

740
00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.230
see verse 3

741
00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:23.029
who prophesied with a half

742
00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:26.310
to give thanks and to praise yahweh

743
00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:29.510
he man is spoken of as the king's seer

744
00:28:29.520 --> 00:28:31.669
verse 5

745
00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:33.350
these were the sons of him and the

746
00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:35.110
king's seer

747
00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:37.990
in the words of god to lift up the horn

748
00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:40.389
he was one of the the prophets around

749
00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:41.830
david remember gad

750
00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:43.990
that we had in second samuel 24 well

751
00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.430
there was other prophets nathan was

752
00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.149
another one he-man was another one

753
00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:50.070
david had a group of different prophets

754
00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:54.870
around him because he was a man of god

755
00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:57.029
saul who didn't know the prophets was he

756
00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.549
he came to samuel and he said you know

757
00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:00.149
where samuel lives and samuel said on

758
00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.950
him

759
00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:03.029
you're at his doorstep

760
00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.789
so i didn't know who he was but david

761
00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.669
did

762
00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.950
he had all these

763
00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:09.430
prophets around him

764
00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.389
and

765
00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:13.830
he now was instituting this

766
00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:15.990
so all these singers were

767
00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:18.549
prophets

768
00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:20.149
and that too was instructive my dear

769
00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:21.750
brothers and sisters is it in our

770
00:29:21.760 --> 00:29:24.310
ecclesial life because

771
00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:25.510
when we do

772
00:29:25.520 --> 00:29:27.430
make song to god there's got to be a

773
00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.430
content to it

774
00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.269
we don't just want tunes that are happy

775
00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:33.350
and nice and light and easy that's not

776
00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:35.110
really the point of it is it

777
00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:37.430
it is a praise unto god and it's a very

778
00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:39.990
good thing so beautifully illustrated in

779
00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.669
a lot of our hymns

780
00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:44.470
where the the content evidences that

781
00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:46.870
there's a rich mind in the things of god

782
00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:48.950
they are our best hymns

783
00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.230
you know we think about a hymnbook now

784
00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:52.830
aren't we a new hymn book a new new hymn

785
00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:54.870
book well you know the best thing you

786
00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:57.110
can do for that hymn book is to write a

787
00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.950
good solid hymn

788
00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:00.230
if you've got the ability you know

789
00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:02.070
someone has that and do it do it now

790
00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:04.230
because the time we do it is now

791
00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:06.710
but our most beautiful hymns are those

792
00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:09.669
in which there's a real content

793
00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:12.549
these men were not found you know

794
00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:15.110
reading comics in their spare time

795
00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:16.549
you wouldn't find them caught on the

796
00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.389
internet

797
00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:19.510
you wouldn't find them dribbling their

798
00:30:19.520 --> 00:30:21.269
nights away with novels they were men of

799
00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.389
god

800
00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:24.389
men of the word of god

801
00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:26.549
so therefore they had a mind that made

802
00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.430
sure

803
00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:30.630
that the praise to god had content in it

804
00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:32.470
there was power in what they were doing

805
00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.909
and that's what we need in our pleasure

806
00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:37.190
life not just sweet songs

807
00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.870
that sometimes seem to almost echo what

808
00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:40.549
you hear outside

809
00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:43.029
but something's got content

810
00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:44.789
so the mind is touched as the heart is

811
00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:46.470
touched that's important thing very

812
00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.909
important thing

813
00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:50.070
and i'm sure that that is becoming to

814
00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:51.909
our god

815
00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:54.149
they prophesied with harps how do you do

816
00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:56.310
that

817
00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:57.590
you're playing an instrument how do you

818
00:30:57.600 --> 00:31:00.549
prophesy with a heart

819
00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:05.430
where did that idea come from

820
00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:07.350
it's samuel isn't it

821
00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:14.789
first samuel chapter 10

822
00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:17.669
in first samuel chapter 10

823
00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:19.269
saul is

824
00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:26.549
trying to find his asses

825
00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:30.230
and he has stumbled across the prophet

826
00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:33.190
and the prophet anoints him with oil

827
00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:35.509
and he is given direction and this is

828
00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:38.710
what it says in verse 5 first samuel 10

829
00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:40.710
verse 5

830
00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:42.789
after that thou shalt come to the hill

831
00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.750
of god

832
00:31:43.760 --> 00:31:45.750
where is the garrison of the philistines

833
00:31:45.760 --> 00:31:47.990
and it shall come to pass when thou art

834
00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:50.310
come thither to the city that thou shalt

835
00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:53.909
meet a company of prophets

836
00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:56.870
coming down from the high place with a

837
00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:00.070
sultry and a tabrae and a pipe and a

838
00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:01.190
half

839
00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:03.269
before them

840
00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:05.830
and they show prophecy that's where it

841
00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:08.149
comes from

842
00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:09.830
it's a samuel

843
00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:11.669
piece of culture

844
00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:15.029
he has linked together the praise of god

845
00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:17.190
with the knowledge of god

846
00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.950
the study of the word to put it in our

847
00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.230
terms with

848
00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:22.710
singing and praise unto god

849
00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:24.789
samuels brought that

850
00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:27.190
and it says in verse 6 and the spirit of

851
00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:29.269
the lord will come upon thee saw and

852
00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.590
thou shalt prophesy with them and shall

853
00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:35.830
be turned into another man

854
00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:38.710
saul stumbled up to the house of samuel

855
00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.269
and didn't even know where he was and he

856
00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:43.909
lived just round the corner so to speak

857
00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:45.269
if you look at the map and have a look

858
00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.830
where gibba was and where naoth was

859
00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:49.269
you'll find look it was just down the

860
00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:50.389
road

861
00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:52.389
and he didn't have a blue clue who the

862
00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:54.310
prophet was

863
00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:57.830
and he lived alongside him

864
00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:59.110
and he thought you'd go to the prophet

865
00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:02.070
to find out where your asses were

866
00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:04.070
that's how much he knew

867
00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:05.750
in fact his servant knew more about the

868
00:33:05.760 --> 00:33:07.190
prophet than he did he said at least you

869
00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.310
take a gift

870
00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:11.269
paul so was very happy to take a gift

871
00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.630
but really he knew nothing of the

872
00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.830
prophet that lived down the road now

873
00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:16.870
that's his oceans about saul

874
00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:19.190
david was an entirely different person

875
00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.870
but in the mercy of god and isn't it

876
00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.430
great he brought saul into that company

877
00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.950
said saul i want you to experience

878
00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:27.029
something you've never known

879
00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.630
when you get involved in that company

880
00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:30.149
that are coming down the hill singing

881
00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:32.149
praise to god with their instruments

882
00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:33.830
this company in prophecy you'll be

883
00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:36.789
turned into another man

884
00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:39.110
it's like coming away for study weekend

885
00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:40.710
isn't it all the other things that were

886
00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:42.549
worrying us back home they sort of drop

887
00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.789
off after a while and we begin to see

888
00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:46.870
what's really important

889
00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:48.470
and let it be when these signs have come

890
00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:50.070
unto thee that they'll do it as

891
00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:52.149
occasions serve thee for god is with

892
00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:53.029
thee

893
00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:55.430
and god gave him another heart it says

894
00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.870
in verse 10

895
00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:59.509
when he came isn't that beautiful

896
00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:03.909
saul saw that and forgot it

897
00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:05.750
but david didn't

898
00:34:05.760 --> 00:34:08.629
in first samuel 19

899
00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:11.190
it's david's turn now

900
00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:14.230
he's going to go to samuel's house

901
00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:16.629
and he's an extremity he didn't live

902
00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:19.349
close to samuel but he knew absolutely

903
00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:21.109
all about him

904
00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:24.629
there was a kindred spirit in this man

905
00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:27.990
and the first samuel 19 verse 18 it says

906
00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:30.790
when saul was seeking to destroy david

907
00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:32.950
what a crazy man

908
00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.550
and there was david playing with the

909
00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:35.990
heart

910
00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.030
you know it was though he was in the

911
00:34:37.040 --> 00:34:39.030
company of the prophets again

912
00:34:39.040 --> 00:34:40.470
there was a young man in front of him

913
00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.950
playing with all the skill that he could

914
00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:45.030
and endeavoring to turn that melancholy

915
00:34:45.040 --> 00:34:47.190
spirit away from the king and you can

916
00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:49.349
imagine my dear brother says with what

917
00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:51.270
feeling he would have done that with

918
00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:53.669
what sincerity he would have done that

919
00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:55.510
to try and turn his father and glory to

920
00:34:55.520 --> 00:34:57.190
another man and to take away that

921
00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:59.430
melancholy feeling that he had and

922
00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.190
disposition that everything was against

923
00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:04.310
him and to convey to him a sense of

924
00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:05.910
positive

925
00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:08.069
well-being as he was he was ruler of

926
00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:09.829
israel david would have done that with

927
00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:12.069
all the skill of his heart and of his

928
00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:14.470
fingers

929
00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:16.390
and soul through a store sword at him in

930
00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:18.390
the middle of it he'd forgotten entirely

931
00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.750
what he had learned in the company of

932
00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:22.069
the prophets hadn't he

933
00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.670
but david escaped

934
00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:25.750
escaped from his own house

935
00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:28.230
micah michael letting him over the wall

936
00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:30.069
and he fled verse 18 and escaped and

937
00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:32.390
came to samuel to rhema and told him all

938
00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:34.310
that saul had done to him

939
00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:36.470
he knew where to go didn't he

940
00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.630
and he he and samuel went and dwelt in

941
00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:39.990
nayoff

942
00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.750
which must have been just outside of

943
00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.950
rhema aye

944
00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:45.589
rainbow was the village and naoth

945
00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:47.990
naoth means a dwelling

946
00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.950
and i

947
00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.630
i think it's a lovely word isn't it in

948
00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:54.310
the context because it was the dwelling

949
00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:56.069
it was where the god of israel was

950
00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:59.829
dwelling wasn't he really in samuel

951
00:35:59.839 --> 00:36:01.589
in that house was the spirit of god

952
00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.870
dwelling

953
00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:04.390
so there was rhema but he was the

954
00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:06.790
dwelling people called it

955
00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.870
and samuel went straight to it he didn't

956
00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:12.470
need to tell him where it was

957
00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:14.950
and all his troubles vanished

958
00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:17.030
there's told saul saying behold david is

959
00:36:17.040 --> 00:36:19.670
at naoth in rhema

960
00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:21.349
and saul sent messengers to take that

961
00:36:21.359 --> 00:36:26.069
why didn't he go himself

962
00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.829
and when they saw the company of the

963
00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:30.230
prophets prophesying and samuel standing

964
00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:32.550
as appointed over them the spirit of god

965
00:36:32.560 --> 00:36:34.630
was upon the messages of saul and they

966
00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:39.190
also prophesied they never went home

967
00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:40.630
and saul got to know

968
00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:42.470
so he said other messengers verse two

969
00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:44.950
how silly can you be

970
00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.470
and they also didn't come home they

971
00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:48.470
prophesied likewise

972
00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:50.870
and saul sent messages again the third

973
00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:53.589
time and they prophesied also hadn't had

974
00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:55.430
any vestige of memory about what

975
00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.750
happened when he first met them in rhema

976
00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:59.910
and he was turned into another man did

977
00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:01.510
he think that he could resist the power

978
00:37:01.520 --> 00:37:02.550
of god

979
00:37:02.560 --> 00:37:05.430
the company of the prophets and mingling

980
00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:07.510
that with the the praise of god and the

981
00:37:07.520 --> 00:37:09.589
hearts up to god there was no power in

982
00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:12.069
israel that could be controlled by that

983
00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:14.630
that couldn't be controlled by that

984
00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:16.710
and so the great man comes up and all of

985
00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:18.710
his towering strength

986
00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:20.950
he went also to rhema and came to a

987
00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:23.910
great well that is in session

988
00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.589
and asked and said

989
00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:28.310
where are samuel and david oh foolish

990
00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:30.470
man

991
00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.230
it's a terrible thing to read that my

992
00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:34.950
dear friends he knew where they were

993
00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:37.270
what was he asking for

994
00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.710
because he knew what he was doing was

995
00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:40.470
wrong

996
00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:44.150
and one said behold where you'd expect

997
00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:45.990
they're perfectly at home

998
00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:47.750
they're not fleeing they're just staying

999
00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:49.109
still

1000
00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:51.270
they're in the dwelling

1001
00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:54.069
in nail

1002
00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:57.589
and he went there to nail in rhema

1003
00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:01.750
and the spirit of god was upon him also

1004
00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:03.510
look at the mercy of god in that my dear

1005
00:38:03.520 --> 00:38:05.190
and sisters

1006
00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:07.750
wouldn't saul begin to feel

1007
00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:11.589
that he was tracking along an old path

1008
00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:15.670
the spirit of god was upon him also

1009
00:38:15.680 --> 00:38:18.710
and he went on and prophesied

1010
00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.990
as it happened to him in the very

1011
00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:21.270
beginning

1012
00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:24.150
god was giving him another chance

1013
00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:26.310
until he came to the dwelling in rhema

1014
00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:28.230
and he stripped off his clothes also and

1015
00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:31.030
prophesied before samuel in like manner

1016
00:38:31.040 --> 00:38:32.790
and lay down naked all that day and all

1017
00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:35.270
that night wherefore they say it's souls

1018
00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.870
among the prophets

1019
00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:39.910
it was never seen there

1020
00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.910
david never forgot that occasion you

1021
00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.670
couldn't forget it could you well you

1022
00:38:43.680 --> 00:38:46.790
could saul forgot it

1023
00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:48.069
but there was

1024
00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:50.710
david's enemy so to speak

1025
00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:52.710
there was saul's enemies and they were

1026
00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:55.109
brought together in fellowship together

1027
00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:57.430
in the company of

1028
00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:00.550
the prophet who prophesied with heart

1029
00:39:00.560 --> 00:39:01.990
what a beautiful thing my dear brother

1030
00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:04.710
and sisters

1031
00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:07.270
when david left that house

1032
00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:09.109
it says verse one that david fled from

1033
00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:12.069
naoth in rhema and came to jonathan

1034
00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:14.230
when he fled that house he remembered

1035
00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:16.310
the power of that room

1036
00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:18.390
there was big soul there was his three

1037
00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:20.390
groups of messengers how many were there

1038
00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:22.069
in total we don't know

1039
00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.230
there's a lot of men in that room

1040
00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:27.349
and they were completely dis-powered

1041
00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:30.069
by the presence of samuel and the

1042
00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:32.310
prophets in that room

1043
00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.829
and one young man remembered that and

1044
00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:36.630
that was david and i can imagine

1045
00:39:36.640 --> 00:39:38.390
because you know he didn't know a lot

1046
00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:40.069
about samuel before that because it's

1047
00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:42.069
not that many pages back is it that he

1048
00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:43.750
was anointed

1049
00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:46.230
right

1050
00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:48.870
it's not that many pages back

1051
00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:50.950
so he didn't know samuel in his early

1052
00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:52.069
youth

1053
00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:53.829
before samuel came to bethlehem it's

1054
00:39:53.839 --> 00:39:55.829
clear he had had no association with

1055
00:39:55.839 --> 00:39:58.150
samuel

1056
00:39:58.160 --> 00:40:00.790
yet in that brief time there has been

1057
00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:02.870
some associations which are very

1058
00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:05.109
beautiful and important to this whole

1059
00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:06.710
record

1060
00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:09.030
and david has had experiences there that

1061
00:40:09.040 --> 00:40:10.950
he will never forget

1062
00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:12.950
and what he's going to do is take what

1063
00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.190
he learned in that little room

1064
00:40:15.200 --> 00:40:16.950
and he's going to take that out of naoth

1065
00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:18.870
and rhema and he's going to take that up

1066
00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:22.550
to jerusalem and he's going to

1067
00:40:22.560 --> 00:40:24.870
concrete that whole concern and that

1068
00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.829
power

1069
00:40:25.839 --> 00:40:27.829
in an institution

1070
00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:30.870
that will last in israel for 400 plus

1071
00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:33.109
years

1072
00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:35.670
what an amazing boy he was

1073
00:40:35.680 --> 00:40:37.670
one man saw it and forgot it within

1074
00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:39.349
years

1075
00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:41.270
and the other man saw it and he'd never

1076
00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:43.430
let it go and he put that in a high

1077
00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:45.510
position in israel

1078
00:40:45.520 --> 00:40:47.349
he had seen that the singers that

1079
00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:49.829
prophesied with harps were stronger than

1080
00:40:49.839 --> 00:40:52.390
the greatest of the men and he said you

1081
00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:54.309
generals you come out and you see these

1082
00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:56.550
men inducted into office

1083
00:40:56.560 --> 00:40:57.670
believe that my dear brothers and

1084
00:40:57.680 --> 00:41:00.309
sisters

1085
00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:02.550
not theory is it

1086
00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:05.990
when the greatest pressures are upon us

1087
00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:08.150
the release of our feelings in praise to

1088
00:41:08.160 --> 00:41:09.109
god and

1089
00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:11.589
finding him in the word of god is the

1090
00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:13.829
way through whatever the problem might

1091
00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:14.710
be

1092
00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:17.270
that is the way

1093
00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:19.349
david saw that what he must have felt

1094
00:41:19.359 --> 00:41:22.550
like with saul what inches away

1095
00:41:22.560 --> 00:41:23.829
saul could have just pulled out his

1096
00:41:23.839 --> 00:41:24.790
sword

1097
00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:27.109
and killed him perhaps

1098
00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:29.030
but he was involved in the things of god

1099
00:41:29.040 --> 00:41:31.349
as david was saul that wanted to throw a

1100
00:41:31.359 --> 00:41:33.109
javelin tried three times already to do

1101
00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:35.109
it and there they were together in

1102
00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:37.910
samuel's house david never forgot that

1103
00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:39.349
and he took that little thing that

1104
00:41:39.359 --> 00:41:41.430
happened in life he took that to great

1105
00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.309
things

1106
00:41:42.319 --> 00:41:43.750
in the kingdom

1107
00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:47.750
very very beautiful person he was

1108
00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:50.150
samuel had been involved in teaching him

1109
00:41:50.160 --> 00:41:52.390
great things he never forgot that now

1110
00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:54.390
let's come back to our chronicles

1111
00:41:54.400 --> 00:42:01.270
chapter first chronicles 25

1112
00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:03.829
these young men that were

1113
00:42:03.839 --> 00:42:05.910
so carefully instructed

1114
00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:07.589
were going to be involved in some of the

1115
00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:10.630
greatest events in israel's history

1116
00:42:10.640 --> 00:42:12.950
when the temple was opened

1117
00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:14.950
these 288

1118
00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:18.550
the sons of asaph he-man and juduthan

1119
00:42:18.560 --> 00:42:20.309
they were brought together for this

1120
00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:23.349
auspicious occasion

1121
00:42:23.359 --> 00:42:25.030
just think my dear princesses of the

1122
00:42:25.040 --> 00:42:26.870
power of what we're actually reading

1123
00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:31.270
you've got 14 sons

1124
00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:32.870
just imagine

1125
00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:34.870
14 sons

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00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:37.430
i've got a daughter that's got four sons

1127
00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:39.670
just four sons and you know she's

1128
00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:42.470
finding a handful

1129
00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:44.470
i had four sons

1130
00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:46.790
and uh you know

1131
00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:50.550
they were a fair bit to deal with

1132
00:42:50.560 --> 00:42:53.430
14 sons

1133
00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:55.030
imagine the table here we are near the

1134
00:42:55.040 --> 00:42:59.910
table that size wouldn't be 14 sons

1135
00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:01.430
it's not that many years ago that people

1136
00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:02.950
did have that i remember being down at

1137
00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:04.150
riverton

1138
00:43:04.160 --> 00:43:05.589
in new

1139
00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:08.470
invercargill rather in new zealand

1140
00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:10.630
and i was asked how many children i had

1141
00:43:10.640 --> 00:43:12.710
and i said i have seven children

1142
00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:14.230
and i'm used to people sort of going on

1143
00:43:14.240 --> 00:43:16.309
a bit so i thought oh here they go it

1144
00:43:16.319 --> 00:43:18.870
was an old couple

1145
00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:20.710
and they never said a word not at all

1146
00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:25.589
how refreshing

1147
00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:28.390
and then i knew why because this old

1148
00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:31.190
brother he quietly said brian he said

1149
00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:34.390
i was one of twelve

1150
00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.910
and then a little bit later not to be

1151
00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:37.589
outdone she quietly said from the other

1152
00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:39.030
corner of the room

1153
00:43:39.040 --> 00:43:42.309
brian i was one of 14.

1154
00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:44.550
so there we were he-man

1155
00:43:44.560 --> 00:43:46.710
might have been early in time but he

1156
00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:49.589
wasn't the last

1157
00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:51.510
14 sons

1158
00:43:51.520 --> 00:43:53.990
how are you going to get those sons to

1159
00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:56.790
learn to play together

1160
00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:58.630
and to want to play

1161
00:43:58.640 --> 00:44:02.150
and to learn their parts

1162
00:44:02.160 --> 00:44:03.990
and to work together

1163
00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:07.589
and to listen to what dad says

1164
00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:09.589
because they've got to do it properly

1165
00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:11.109
these boys are going to be there when

1166
00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:12.870
the temple

1167
00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:14.550
is going to be open and the glory of god

1168
00:44:14.560 --> 00:44:16.470
will fill the temple

1169
00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:18.230
these boys are going to be there there

1170
00:44:18.240 --> 00:44:20.470
are only young lads many of them

1171
00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:22.150
and they've got to learn to do it

1172
00:44:22.160 --> 00:44:23.990
properly

1173
00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:25.990
that's the most inspirational picture

1174
00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:27.829
for family life

1175
00:44:27.839 --> 00:44:30.309
you know one of the saddest things

1176
00:44:30.319 --> 00:44:32.230
in our ecclesial life is the loss of our

1177
00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:33.670
children

1178
00:44:33.680 --> 00:44:34.550
you know

1179
00:44:34.560 --> 00:44:36.630
it's a pretty universal thing it's

1180
00:44:36.640 --> 00:44:38.710
something we as a body need to really

1181
00:44:38.720 --> 00:44:40.950
think about really think about

1182
00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:44.390
we are losing our children

1183
00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:46.790
our children are being influenced more

1184
00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:48.790
and more

1185
00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:51.190
by the world that we're living in

1186
00:44:51.200 --> 00:44:54.470
sometimes we are to blame

1187
00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:55.829
i mean that

1188
00:44:55.839 --> 00:44:58.150
we bring into our homes things

1189
00:44:58.160 --> 00:45:01.750
that destroy our children's minds we do

1190
00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:03.829
and we know we are and we won't do

1191
00:45:03.839 --> 00:45:06.069
something about it

1192
00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:07.910
and we're losing our children

1193
00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:09.510
you can go through a large areas of

1194
00:45:09.520 --> 00:45:10.790
ecclesial life my dear brothers and

1195
00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:13.750
sisters and see an increasingly less

1196
00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:16.150
number of children

1197
00:45:16.160 --> 00:45:18.069
sometimes very clear holes are going to

1198
00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:20.069
be closed and because they've got no

1199
00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:23.030
future generation

1200
00:45:23.040 --> 00:45:24.870
i believe that our heavenly father will

1201
00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:28.470
hold us responsible for that

1202
00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:30.790
because we are not prepared to make the

1203
00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:33.349
commitment we should to save our

1204
00:45:33.359 --> 00:45:35.270
children's lives

1205
00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:37.349
we have said their course that they have

1206
00:45:37.359 --> 00:45:39.589
to do to be a whatever

1207
00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:41.190
dentist if you like

1208
00:45:41.200 --> 00:45:43.750
whatever it might be is more important

1209
00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:49.270
than them being in my home and it's not

1210
00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:51.270
he will hold us responsible if we are

1211
00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:53.670
prepared to allow the world to influence

1212
00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:57.270
our children against the things of god

1213
00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:59.030
i can't put it any other way i can't see

1214
00:45:59.040 --> 00:46:00.950
it any other way

1215
00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:02.390
i don't want to be judgmental upon

1216
00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.309
anyone we've all got our sadness we've

1217
00:46:04.319 --> 00:46:05.910
all got our failures

1218
00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:10.230
but we are losing our children

1219
00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:11.990
and that means we've got to get together

1220
00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:14.069
love the truth we've got to get together

1221
00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:15.910
and say how we're going to stop that

1222
00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:17.349
happening

1223
00:46:17.359 --> 00:46:19.270
because it's got to stop

1224
00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:21.750
or we're going to increasingly dilute

1225
00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:23.670
arrogations

1226
00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:25.670
here were children that only knew one

1227
00:46:25.680 --> 00:46:28.630
thing 14 boys

1228
00:46:28.640 --> 00:46:30.230
and the whole lot of them learnt to do

1229
00:46:30.240 --> 00:46:31.510
that properly

1230
00:46:31.520 --> 00:46:33.510
this institution went right through

1231
00:46:33.520 --> 00:46:37.589
israel and 350 400 years later after the

1232
00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:39.430
exile these boys came out of the

1233
00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:41.510
woodwork and they were able to produce

1234
00:46:41.520 --> 00:46:44.630
exactly the songs the way that david

1235
00:46:44.640 --> 00:46:46.710
first ordained for them

1236
00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:49.829
think about that how was that done

1237
00:46:49.839 --> 00:46:51.430
the only thing i can think of my dear

1238
00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:53.270
and sisters is that in the training of

1239
00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:55.349
those children there was such an

1240
00:46:55.359 --> 00:46:58.390
ingrained consistency

1241
00:46:58.400 --> 00:46:59.990
that those children were taught that

1242
00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:02.150
when they had children they had to

1243
00:47:02.160 --> 00:47:04.710
maintain that exactly as it had been

1244
00:47:04.720 --> 00:47:07.030
that there'd be no deterioration

1245
00:47:07.040 --> 00:47:08.790
otherwise gradually gradually it would

1246
00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:10.390
be lost wouldn't it

1247
00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:11.910
how was it that they were able to come

1248
00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:13.510
out of babylon

1249
00:47:13.520 --> 00:47:15.270
and still have the same costumes the

1250
00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:17.750
same instruments the same music the same

1251
00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:20.630
harmonies on the same days

1252
00:47:20.640 --> 00:47:22.710
and working with the priests

1253
00:47:22.720 --> 00:47:25.190
what an incredible wonder that is

1254
00:47:25.200 --> 00:47:28.230
and it goes down to good parenthood

1255
00:47:28.240 --> 00:47:29.589
and i think we've got to help each other

1256
00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:30.950
in that regard my dear friends we've got

1257
00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:32.790
to be serious about it though we love

1258
00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:35.190
our children i love my children i love

1259
00:47:35.200 --> 00:47:36.870
my grandchildren

1260
00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:38.950
i remember my mother saying to me once

1261
00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:40.309
you know i never thought i could love

1262
00:47:40.319 --> 00:47:42.950
anything like my own children

1263
00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:44.230
and we were just sort of leaving the

1264
00:47:44.240 --> 00:47:45.750
place but she said when your children

1265
00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:47.910
come around she said i don't know

1266
00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:49.589
that was the grandchildren we do love

1267
00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:51.349
our grandchildren and we love our

1268
00:47:51.359 --> 00:47:53.109
children we love all our children in our

1269
00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:54.950
meetings

1270
00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:57.270
whether ours or not ours we love every

1271
00:47:57.280 --> 00:47:59.190
one of them and we do not want to lose

1272
00:47:59.200 --> 00:48:00.870
any of them

1273
00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:03.190
and we've got to do something about that

1274
00:48:03.200 --> 00:48:05.589
because we are as a body

1275
00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:07.750
losing our children

1276
00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:09.270
we must have to look at that problem

1277
00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:25.829
more and more thank you

1278
00:48:25.839 --> 00:48:27.920
you