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Welcome to the Kingdom School. This is
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lesson nine and I am very excited to be
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with you today. I just want to uh share
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some testimonies and a small clip of a
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video or maybe two videos where one of
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them I think you have seen that before.
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First I want to start with this picture
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I took the other day. This is people
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from Puerto Rico who was here in Mexico
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and uh they have been traveling many
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nations and Jesus king of the nations
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and there's all the
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flags they came to be with us and now I
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gave out a video with them and their
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testimony and the thumbnail of the video
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is
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this. God is moving many countries where
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we talk about Puerto Rico also Norway
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where I'm going
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soon. But then there's a picture there.
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Some of you remember that. That was 11
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years ago when I was in New York City
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and I met some boys on the street and I
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prayed for them and they got
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healed. when those people from Puerto
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Rico, some of them saw this video on
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YouTube and this video started something
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in them and now they have a work in
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Puerto Rico. They have connection in
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Panama where we also have been and met
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some of the people. We're talking about
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Colombia. We're talking about Brazil and
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we are talking about many many places.
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And for many people, this video on
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YouTube with me in New York City
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started a new journey for them. And I
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just want to show a little clip for this
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video here. If we make disciples and
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everybody is encrypted to do the
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ministry, everybody see people get
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healed and saved, then we can change a
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big city like this.
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You don't you have not seen this before
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and you don't know. Hey, God is real,
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man.
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How long had
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that feel now?
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Yeah, it's loose. Where's the pain?
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Now it's gone.
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Now it's pain. Where do you have Where
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do you have pain? Right here. that you
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have right now the healing thing because
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the pain is going to go. Try to feel the
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head.
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Now the pain is gone. Now the pain is
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gone. Yes. So this was New York City and
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if you want to see the whole video I can
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link to it in the text together with
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this
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video. We can see something like that
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and it can
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just be experience or oh it was good. It
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was powerful. God did something, but we
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also take it and run with it and then
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start to live it ourself and start to
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see a lot of fruit and and we see right
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now God is doing something many many
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nations and it's not only Mexico where
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we are. God is doing amazing things here
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but many nations. I just gave out this
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video from France and I want you to just
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see the intro here where this woman got
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baptized a demon manifest. She got
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filled with Holy Spirit. She experienced
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freedom. And I want you to see this also
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freedom. Come on.
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So I want to start with this to say
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let's do it together. Let let's connect.
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come and join a kickstart we are myself
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I'm going to Norway here I'm going to
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Netherlands I'm going to UK there's a
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working France we're talking about Latin
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America we're talking about many places
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all over the world where there's people
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who don't just want to sit and see a
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video on YouTube don't just want to hear
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about this life but actually want to
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live it and as I go on in this kingdom
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school I I really encourage you to see
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the lessons not be somebody who just
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listen be somebody who really do it, who
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experience it and see how God is
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transforming your life because this is
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the life we are called to live. Yes, we
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are called to preach the kingdom of God
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as I'm going to talk about today. But we
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are going to live the kingdom of God. We
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are going to experience the power of the
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kingdom of God through healing, through
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deliverance, through preaching about the
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kingdom and see people truly born again.
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But I'm excited to be with you today.
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And uh today is lesson nine in the
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kingdom school. And it's the covenant of
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David. The diabetic covenants or David's
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covenant. Cut to the heart. You need
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this. When I write cut to the heart is
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out of Acts 2:37.
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And I want to say that probably you have
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heard this many
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times. The when they heard that they
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were caught to the heart and said to
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Peter and the other apostle brothers
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what shall we do? And Peter replied
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repent and be baptized every one of you
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in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ for
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the forgiveness of your sins and you
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will receive the gift of the Holy
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Spirit. I myself have been preaching out
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of those verses for many many many
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years.
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When they heard this, they were caught
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to the heart. When they heard
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what what did they hear and what was it
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that caught them to the heart and when
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this lesson is over today, you will know
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what it was they heard. You know why
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they were cut to the heart. And after
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today, you never read this famous words
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the same way again because you have an
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understanding of it. When they heard
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this, what was that? That was the
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covenant of David. That was David they
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heard about and what we're going to look
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at today. So I hope you are ready. So
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why is this important for us who live
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today? Why? Because what I'm going to
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share is the truth. And the truth is
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what will set us free. And if we don't
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have the right foundation, again, as I
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said, we will not stand when the storm
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is coming. So, I hope you are ready for
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this lesson nine, the covenant of David,
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where we are going to start with looking
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at the covenant of David and and go back
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from book of acts and and and and go
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back to the covenant of David and back
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and forth. And then we have a break at
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one time and after the break we are
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going to start in Acts again and then we
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will uh put it all together. So I'm
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excited and uh let me pray here. God we
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thank you for this day. I thank you for
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everyone who's who's seen this video.
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God pray that you open the eyes and the
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ears today. Help them God to receive
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this truth. Help them to understand this
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God. The truth that set them free and
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make them strong God. Let them get a
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good foundation, God, and let this cut
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them to the heart, God, in a new way,
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God. Come with your Holy Spirit, as help
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me to share this in the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Let's start here.
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Acts 14, we read this here. It was about
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Paul and and Paul, he had been
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traveling. Now, he was in uh Lististra,
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Iconium, and and Antioch. and he saw
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revival. On the way back, he traveled
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back to those same cities again. And we
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read here that when he returns there, he
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strengthened the disciples and encourage
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them to
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remain true to the faith. And we must go
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through many hardship to enter into the
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kingdom of God. So Paul encouraged
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them, strengthened them to be what do
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you read? true to the faith and let them
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understand that is through many
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hardships we are going to enter into the
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kingdom of God. When you read the
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kingdom of
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God, they knew that that lead back to
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David. Every time you say kingdom, it
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leads back to David. Yes, it leads to
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Christ. And we say Christ is our
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foundation. He is. But Jesus, he's the
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son of
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David. And to really understand who
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Christ is and why Christ came and what
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he did and what he's going to come back
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and do, we need to go further back. We
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should not start in Matthew 1:1. We have
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to go back to David and see who David is
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and see what the promise is. And without
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David, without understand the covenant
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of David and the promise to David, you
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cannot understand who Jesus is and why
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he he did what he did and say what he
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said and going to come back and do what
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he want to do. So this is important. So
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we are going to go back to
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Samuel and we have first Samuel where
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Saul he he tried to king kill David
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again and again many times out of
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jealousy and all of that that open up
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for evil spirit. God gave him an evil
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spirit and I encourage you as always go
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in and read the whole story yourself.
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Get it in. That is 1 Samuel some of the
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things we read there. Second Samuel
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there David is
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anointed as king over
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Judah and in chapter
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five he conquer
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Jerusalem which become known as Zion or
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the city of David. I want to start with
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this verse because this is very very
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important. So here 2 Samuel 5:7 we read
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here David captured the for fortress of
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Zion which is the city of
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David.
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Zion the city of
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David later called
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Jerusalem the is very very important. We
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need to understand this because again
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again we are going to read in the Bible
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about Zion. What is Zion? Zion is the
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city of David. But what is the city of
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David? That is Jerusalem. And and if you
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look at this city, so we have Zion, the
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city of David later called Jerusalem.
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That is where what where the ark of the
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covenant was brought. So if you go back
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and read the Old Testament, first 2
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Samuel and so on, we read about the ark
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of the covenant. That is where the
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present of God was. And it was brought
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there to where
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Zion, city of David, Jerusalem. And that
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was where the temple of Salmon was
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built. That was where Jesus died later.
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That was where the Holy Spirit was
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poured out. That is where the holy new
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testament church was born on Pentecost
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and that is where one day Jesus would
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return and that is where after the
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millennium after thousand years reign
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that is where the heavenly Jerusalem
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will come down from heaven. So there
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right there on that hill on that city in
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in that region that is that is God chose
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God chose that and that's why if you
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look at world news
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today everything is pointing to
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Jerusalem like like there's so much
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fight over that small little area the
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enemy love hate it God's people should
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love it and there's that
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So all of this is important. So and
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again is is pictures like the ark of the
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covenant was brought there. There was
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God's present was brought there. It
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point to one day where God's presence
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will be there. God will walk there. The
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temple of Solomon was built there. That
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that is the temple of Salmon that but in
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the new heaven earth there will be no
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temple because God will be is light. He
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will be there. But but it all point to
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that day. Jesus died there. But he did
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not only die there. He will return
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there. The Holy Spirit was poured out
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there.
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Everything is pointing to that place.
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But let's read the covenant of David in
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2 Samuel 7. We read here.
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So we read here after the kings was
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settled in his palace and the Lord had
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given him rest from all his
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enemies he said to Nathan the prophet.
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So this is the end of of of David's
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life. He said here I am living in a
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house of cedar while the ark of God
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remains in a tent. Like I'm here but the
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ark is still in a tent.
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David replied to the king, "Whatever you
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have in mind, go ahead and do it, for
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the Lord is with
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you." But that night, the word of the
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Lord came to Nathan the prophet and
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said, "Go and send my servant David,
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this is what the Lord said. Are you the
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one to build me a house to dwell in?"
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And he continues and God says,"I have
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not dwell in a house from the day I
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brought the Israelite up from Egypt to
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this day. I have been moving from place
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to place with a tent as my dwelling.
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Whatever I have, whenever I have moved
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with all the Israelite, I did I ever say
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to any of the rulers who I've commanded
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to shepherd my people, why have you not
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built me a house of cedar? And he
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continues, but now then tell my servant
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David, this is what the Lord Almighty
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said. I took you from the pasture from
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tending the sheep and appointed you to
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ruler over my people Israel. I have been
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with you wherever you have gone and I
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have cut off your enemy before
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you. Now I will make your name great
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like the names of the greatest man on
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earth. And I will provide a place for my
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people Israel. and I will plant
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them that they can have a place of their
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own and no longer be
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disturbed. Wicked people will not
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oppress them anymore as they did in the
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beginning. And then he move on and say
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something here. And I have do uh and
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have done since that time. I appointed
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leader over
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Israel. I will also give you rest from
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all your enemies.
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The Lord declared to you that the Lord
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himself would establish a house for
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you. When your days is over and you rest
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with your ancestors, I will raise up
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your offspring to succeed you, your own
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flesh and blood, and I will establish
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his kingdom. And then he comes, he is
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the one. So it's not David. He is the
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one who will build a house for my name.
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And I will establish the throne of his
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kingdom forever. This is very very
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important. I know when we read it seems
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so far
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away. David come I want to build a
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house. Nathan he starts to prophesy
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about the story and what is happening.
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But then he said this, "I will give you
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rest from your enemy. When your days is
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over, I will raise somebody up of your
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offspring to succeed you and I will
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establish his kingdom and he's the one
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who will build a house for
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me." And then we think of Solomon who
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built the
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temple but it have two meanings. this
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son of David who built the temple. But
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we also have Jesus, the son of David who
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built a house for God, the
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temple by living stones, you and me, a
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place where God can drill. So, so he had
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different meanings here. And he
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continues, I will be his father and he
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will be my
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son. And it this is the word of our Lord
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Jesus Christ. But then we read here when
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he does wrong I will punish him with a
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robe by human hands. So but when he do
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wrong like Jesus did not got punished
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because he was doing wrong but Jesus was
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flocked by man. Jesus was punished by
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man. So it have a double
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meaning is talk about Saleomon but it
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also talk about Christ. But my love will
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never be taken away from him as I took
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it away from Saul who I removed from
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before
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me. Your house and your kingdom will
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endure forever before me. Your throne
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will be established forever. But if you
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look at Solomon, Solomon sinned. Solomon
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went wrong and he lost the kingdom.
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But this son he's talking about is
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Jesus. This
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is the promise God gave to David. And
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this is it was not fulfilled in
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Solomon the son of David. It was
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fulfilled in Jesus the son of David. And
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this is important. So so what is the
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promise to
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David? God will provide a place for his
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people. a place of rest from their
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enemies. That is the promise to David
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and that is given to his son Jesus. And
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when we are born again, we can enter
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into this place, enter into this
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kingdom. This is what God have for us.
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God is providing a place for us for rest
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for our enemies. And I'll come back to
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this. God will raise up offspring of
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David, one of his own flesh and blood
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and establish his kingdom forever. So
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there's going to be a
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kingdom that will be established
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forever. What is that? That is the
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kingdom of God. That is what we are
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praying about. Oh our father who's in
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heaven, hallowed be your name. Your
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kingdom
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come. Your will be done. When we pray
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the Lord's
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prayer, what are we praying for? We are
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praying for what God promised to David
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in second Samuel. We just read about
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that is where it started. That is the
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kingdom forever. God will be his father
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and he will be God's son.
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So as we read here and we see that in
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Acts 7 where he talk about how Solomon
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he built a house for God the temple.
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However the most high does not live in
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houses made by human hands as the
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prophet said. Heaven is my throne and
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the earth is my footstep foottool. What
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kind of house will you build for me?
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said the Lord. So, so the house God
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don't live in a temple in a building. He
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live like come on heaven is his throne.
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So, so it it's very very interesting
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you. So, we have 1
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Samuel or 2 Samuel where we read what we
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just read here about what God promised
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to David.
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years later, 350 years
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later, the pro prophet Isaiah, he also
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prophesied
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about that offspring of David uh and
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prophesied about who he is. And there we
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get some more details to the covenant of
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David and who this is. So that is Isaiah
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9. For to us a child is
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born. To us a son is given and the
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government will be on his shoulder. This
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is important. So the child that is born,
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the government will be on his shoulder
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and he will be called wonderful
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counselor, mighty God, everlasting
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father, prince of peace. Of the
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greatness of his government and peace
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there will be no end.
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He will reign on David's throne. So
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Isaiah 350 years later is prophesying
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about a child that will be born and that
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child will have the
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government on his
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shoulder and he will reign on David's
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throne. That is the son that will build
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the house. That is the the the
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everlasting kingdom of God. That was
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what God spoke about through Nathan the
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prophet to David and this is what Isaiah
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spoke about. So there's a son that be
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born and the greatness like no nothing
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we have seen before and he will reign on
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David's throne and over his
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kingdom. And then we talk about that he
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will be upholding with justice and
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righteous from that time and forever. So
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what do we read? We read here a child is
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born the government shall be on his
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shoulder. The greatest of his government
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and peace will have no end. And he will
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reign on David's throne with justice and
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righteousness. And his reign will never
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end.
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So if you look at it, let's go through
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it again and and and then I want you to
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to think of
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this. So we had that promise to David.
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What was that? God will provide a place
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for his people, a place of rest for the
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enemies. Place of rest for the enemy.
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God will raise up offspring of David,
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one of their own flesh and blood, and
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establish his kingdom forever. God will
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be his father and he will be God's son.
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And then a child is born. The government
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will be on his shoulder. The grace is
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his government and peace have no end.
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And he will reign on David's throne and
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justice forever and just rises and his
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reign will be forever. What you need to
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understand that what we just read
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here was what they was at the time of
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Jesus was fed with daily. That was their
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food. That was what they read. That was
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what they was waiting for. That was what
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they was longing for. That was what they
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have heard. It was part of them. And it
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is so important to understand. If you
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don't understand this, you you you not
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understand the New Testament. You not
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understand what happened in the New
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Testament. So what we just read here was
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what they were being fed with. It's so
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important. All right. This this
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important. So again, they were fed with
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this from the time they were born. They
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were fed with this week after week. They
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knew it like we know the alphabet. A B
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CDE E F G like we know the alphabet.
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They knew what that one
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day one day they will find rest from the
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enemy.
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But but how how would that
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happen? They knew that God will raise up
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offspring of
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David. But who who is that son of
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David that that that where the
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government will be on his shoulder.
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Where is that kingdom? We are longing
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for that kingdom. And a child will be
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born. Oh, and he will reign of David's
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on David's throne.
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Is it this child? Is it that
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child? Who is that
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child? So this was what they were fed
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with. We as Gentiles believer, we who
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come to faith today, we are not fed with
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that. We have not heard this. We just
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jump in in the end of the story or
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middle of the story and say, "Hey,
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Jesus, he's the savior. You need to be
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saved."
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But but you don't see a movie by
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starting in the end middle of the movie
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or the end of the movie. You don't
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understand the movie if you don't start
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in the beginning. The same way when you
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read a book like like I have my book
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here. If you start in the middle of this
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book to read there, there's things you
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will not understand. You still get
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something out of it, but there's things
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you will not understand. Why? because
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you start in the middle and when I talk
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about something you're like but but I I
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don't understand what he's talking
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about. But if you start in the beginning
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you will know what was been spoken
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about. The same with the Bible. So
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understand the context. Let's go back to
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the time of Jesus' birth or even before
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in beginning of the New Testament the
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gospels Mary the mother of
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Jesus she she knew those things. She
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have heard those things spoken about to
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spoke about over the coffee table, over
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the
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dinner. Oh, we are oppressed by our
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enemies. When will that day
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come where a child is born? Who reign on
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the throne of David? Who give us rest
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for our enemies? Who will have the
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government of his shoulder, a government
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on his shoulder, who establish the
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kingdom
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forever? When when is that moment
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coming? And then one day Mary the mother
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of Jesus he had the angel Gabriel coming
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to her and there we read here don't be
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afraid Mary you have found favor for
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God you will
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conceive and give birth to a son and you
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will call him Jesus. He will be great
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and he will be called the son of the
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most high. And then they come, the Lord
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God will give him the throne of his
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father, Joseph. No, no, Joseph is not
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the father. Jes David was the
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father. It was by the Holy Spirit. He's
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the son of God, but he's in the line of
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David. So his father, Jesus father is
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David. And he will reign over Jacob's
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descendants. That is Israel. is the
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kingdom of God is the kingdom of Israel
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we are Gentiles are invited into and his
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kingdom will never end.
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Mary understood it like whoa we have
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been waiting for this child. Who is this
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child Isaiah spoke about? Who is the son
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of David? The offspring of David. Nathan
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the prophet spoke about to David. And
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then the angel spoke to her and said is
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from you is here. This is the son. This
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is the child. And so and and it was not
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only Marius. Everyone in the New
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Testament, everyone at the time of
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Jesus, they they they live with an
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expectation. They live with a longing on
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of that day, that child, that son, that
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kingdom. And therefore, the gospel was
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so much stronger to them than it is for
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many of us today.
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But it's not only Nathan. It's not only
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um Nathan and Isaiah who spoke about it.
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Daniel, he spoke about this kingdom. We
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looked about Daniel before, but there
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was things Daniel said that really give
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a a more more filling to what this is
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about. And we talked about the rock of
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that David last time. And this is what
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we read here. In the time of those
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kings, the God of heaven will set up a
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kingdom. So in that time, and we're
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going to look at that another time, God
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will set up a kingdom that will never be
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destroyed or will be left to another
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people. It will cross all those kingdom
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and bring them to an end, but it will
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endure forever. So when this time of the
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kingdom will come, there will be a
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judgment over the other kingdoms. They
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will be destroyed in that sense. And
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then we read on here in Daniel 7 and
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there he
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said look in a vision in the night I saw
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and before me was one like um son of man
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coming with the clouds of heaven. Then
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we read on. He was given
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authority, glory and ser power. All
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nations and people and every language
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worship him. So there will be a a a time
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Jesus come
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back. There will be a destruction
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somehow of the kingdoms. But there will
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be a time where all nations, all
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countries will worship him. His dominion
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is a everlasting dominion. and you will
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not pass away. And his kingdom is one
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that will never be
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destroyed. So all of this I'm reading
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here, the Jews read it again and again
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and again. It was their longing. That
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was their hope. That was what they spoke
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about how this day would come and who
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this man will be.
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But what we read here in Daniel 7, he
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will come from the
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clouds with power and glory and set up
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that
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kingdom. It was not what happened the
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first time Jesus came. First time he
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came, he did not come in the clouds with
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glory and power to set up the kingdom.
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No, first time he came, he came as the
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child
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born without glory, without power. There
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was some wise man who saw it, but other
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people did not know about it that that
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child was already
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born. So, so there's many prophecies
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lead to the first coming, but even more
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lead to the second coming. and and now
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we are living after Christ. So we should
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focus not only on the first coming and
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him as as the child who was born but we
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should get our focus on him who's coming
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in the
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clouds to set up his
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kingdom. But Matthew 1 starts with this
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and now we understand why Matthew one
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starts with this. This is the chronology
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of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David.
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Matthew 1
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starts
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with defining who Jesus
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is. And Jesus, yes, was born by Mary,
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but Jesus is not the son of Joseph. He's
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the son of God, but he's the son of
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David. He's in the line of David. Jesus
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is the one.
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And for a Jew to read this to understand
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that hey that who who's that Jesus the
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the the the son of Joseph Mary who who's
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that Jesus of Nazar who's that Jesus
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when Jew understood
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that don't you know who this is no it's
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the son of David for you to hear this
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the son of
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David, is is he the
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one? Yeah. Is is he the
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one the the child was born? Is is he the
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one who have the government on his
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shoulders? Is he the one who will build
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the house of God? Who will establish the
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kingdom? Is he the one who will give us
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rest from our enemies? Is he the one
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where his kingdom will have no end?
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Is he the one? And then it just explode
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in them when they understood those three
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four words here that Jesus is the son of
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David. It don't do the same in us as
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gentile believers. Like for years I read
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that Jesus is the son of David. Yeah,
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he's the son of David. But in jail,
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things happened in me with the kingdom
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teacher I'm giving to you now. It
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exploded in me in a way I've never
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experienced
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before. In jail, I had a time where, as
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I said, where God I saw revival. I saw
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people come to faith. A lot of things
-
happened. I start to do Bible studies
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every day. One time had three teaching
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per day and suddenly I did not know what
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to teach anymore. And it was like God
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said, "Now you go back to the beginning.
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Start from the beginning." As I said
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before, don't start a read a start a
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book in the middle of the book or in the
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end of book. You're not understand. You
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start in the beginning. And I went back
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to the beginning. And I read and I study
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and I studied
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Abraham, son of Abra. I studied
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David, understood the covenant of
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David. And then when I came to Matthew
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1:1, I got the Jewish awakening. Wow.
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Jesus is the son of David. He is the
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child of he is this and this and this
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and this and suddenly just exploded in
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me and I hope that this would explode in
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you. I want to read something from my
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book. This is my book 412 days and I
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want to read something from that
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here. How it how I wrote it in my book
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when they exploded in me. Suddenly I
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understood the big picture before when I
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read Matthew 1:1 with start with this is
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the generality of Jesus the Messiah the
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son of David the son of Abraham I did
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not put much into it but now when I read
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it read that the Lord our Lord is the
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son of Abraham the son of David it just
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exploded in me Jesus is the son Jesus is
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the son of David who will sit on the
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throne on forever and ever. And he will
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there and we will therefore reign with
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him. Yes, he is the son of Abraham, the
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heir to the promise. And when we are in
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Christ, we are therefore also heirs to
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the same
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promise. Before when I read those
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verses, I did not understand them. But
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now they just make the Bible come alive
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in a new way.
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and and it was really like getting a new
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Bible and and and I really encourage you
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to get the 412 days because there I talk
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also about the kingdom and give you some
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teaching but but it just exploded in me
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and and we need to have a foundation. We
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cannot just preach New Testament. We
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cannot just start in Matthew 1:1. We
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need to understand what it means that
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Jesus is son of Abraham. what it means
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that Jesus is the son of David. We need
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to let this explode in us. Why? Because
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this is truth and it will make us
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strong. So it it was really special and
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and and it was in that time I I did this
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teaching. I am now teaching with to you
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and and I'm excited to uh to continue.
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And ju just like the last words from
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Jesus in Revelation 22. The last word we
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hear there in the Bible is yes I am
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coming soon. Amen. Come Lord Jesus is
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what we read. But there's other words
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the last words here before that look I'm
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coming soon. My reward is with me. So
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Jesus will come back soon and he have
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his reward with him. And I will give
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each person according to what they have
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done. I'm also and omega, the first and
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the last, the beginning and the end. And
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then he said this, blessed are those who
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wash the robes. Why? Because they may
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have the right to the tree of life and
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may go through the garden into the city.
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And what city is that? That is the
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heavenly Jerusalem. That is talking
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about the city. that is talking about
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lead back again to David outside those
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who will not be able to enter those
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doors those who live in sin and practice
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magic ar sexual immoral moral people
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murders and so on and then he said this
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I Jesus have sent my angels to give you
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this testimony from the churches and
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then he said this about himself I am the
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root and the offspring of David and the
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bright morning star. So one of the last
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words we talking about after that he
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said what we look I'm coming soon. The
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last words of Jesus the last testimony
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is what? I am the root and the offspring
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of
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David. What do that
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mean? We read it here. I am the
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root and the offspring of David. So he's
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the source of David. the root he's the
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root is first and David come later he's
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the source of David and the reason David
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is alive if Jesus had not been there
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have been no
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David but at the same time he's the son
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of David how can he be before David and
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after David because he's alpha and omega
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he's the beginning and the end how can
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he be before David and after David
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because everything was created by
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Jesus but in the flesh as the child
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born. He's the son of man, the son of
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David. So everything was created by
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Christ. But as Jesus came, he came as
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the son of David. So therefore Jesus
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testify, I am the root and the offspring
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of David. So who is
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Jesus? He have many names. He have many
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things. But one thing we can say about
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it is that he is the root of
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David. He's the source of David, but
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he's also the offspring of David. And
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it's so beautiful just how it is. And
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and and and at the time of Jesus when
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Jesus ra rode in in
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Jerusalem, we read the crowds, they came
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together and they were shouted. What
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what a shouting? How did they worship
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Jesus?
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Hosana the son of David. Blessed is he
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who comes in the name of our Lord.
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Hosana in the
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highest. Hosana the son of David. That
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was how they
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worshiped Christ or
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Jesus. They knew who he
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was. Who was he? He was the son of
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David. And we as Gentiles, believers, we
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often don't understand that. In my next
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lesson in the kingdom school, we are
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going to look at Jesus as more as as
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what it means with him as the king. We
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often don't look we we look at Jesus as
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the savior. Oh, he's the savior. No,
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he's the king. Yeah, but he's the
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savior. Yeah, but he's the
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king. He's the king. He's it's not just
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the savior who will save us from hell so
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we can go to heaven. We preach salvation
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heaven and hell and there's no talk
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about the kingdom. But Jesus is the
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king where we can be born again and come
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enter into his kingdom. Your kingdom
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come. Your will be done here on earth.
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He's the king. He was foretold to be a
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king. He was born as a king. He
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was worshiped as a king. He was crowned
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as a king with
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thorns. He was he died as a king. He
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rose up as a king and he will return as
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a king. Jesus is the king. And you
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cannot say that Jesus is the king
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without going back to the kingdom and
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back to and back to David because the
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Bible onto David there was no talk about
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a kingdom. It was about a nation. It was
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about a people. It was about Abraham and
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what we have looked at onto now. So next
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time I'm going to look at David as in
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Jesus as a king. And and when you see
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that like the rock of David we talked
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about last time the covenant of David we
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are going to look at this time and then
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they teach as the king we're going to
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look at next time and this time next
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time it's it's it's just beautiful it's
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it's just beautiful when it all come
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together. We want to do a a break now at
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this time here. We have a small break
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here and after the break we will go in
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and and look at at what pre Peter really
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preached on
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Pentecost and why they were cut to the
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heart and and you're going to see again
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it leads to David and then I'll end up
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and and again why is this important for
-
us? Why do we need this? Because we love
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Jesus and we want to know who Jesus is.
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We want to know what he he came to do
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first time and we want to know what he's
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going to come back and do next time. We
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want to be ready prepared so when he
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come we know what it is otherwise we
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will not survive this journey and and be
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a faithful servant and be ready. So uh
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see you after the break.
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[Music]
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We are back again here and we are going
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to look at Peter's sermon at Pentecost.
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And you know I'm a preacher. I have been
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reading the Bible and preacher of the
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Bible many many many years now soon
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going on 30 years with God. and and Acts
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2, I read it so many times. Uh I've been
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preaching out of it, but again in jail
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when when I really understood David and
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the kingdom, it it just and understood
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the
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context. We we are in the context now of
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of
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Pentecost. The Jews all over the world
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came to celebrate Sud, the giving of the
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law
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uh and the first fruit. And that was
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where the Holy Spirit was poured out.
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And and and there was Jews who was still
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waiting the Messiah, the Savior, the
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one, the son of David, the kingdom of
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Israel. They were waiting for this
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moment to come. And and that was why
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Peter was preaching what he was
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preaching. And that was why they were
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caught to the heart. And we're going to
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look at that. So Acts
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2:22 and and and I like the boldness
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Peter have. That is what happened when
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the Holy Spirit is really coming. Fellow
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Israeli listen to me. Jesus of Nazareth
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was a man accredited by God to you by
-
miracles, wonder and signs which God did
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amongst you through him as you yourself
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know. This man was handed
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over to you by God's plan and
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fornowledge and you with help of wicked
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man put him to death by nailing him to
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the cross. So he's like just going
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through it. This is Jesus what he did.
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You know it and you crucified him. God
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God raised him from the
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dead freeing him from the agony of death
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because it was impossible for death to
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keep it hold on him and he move on and
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who how do he move on he move on with
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David said about him so try to see this
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here Peter is preaching Jesus came with
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signs and
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wonders you crucify ied him. But death
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could not hold him. Why? Because David
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said about
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him. But did David speak about Jesus?
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Yes. The David spoke about
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Jesus. It's all about Jesus. All point
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to him. David said about Jesus. David
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said about him, "I saw the Lord always
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before me. Because he is at my right
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hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore,
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my heart is glad and my tongues
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rejoice. My body also will rest in hope
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because you will
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not abandon me to the round of the dead.
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You will not let your holy one see the
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clay. He's actually
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quoting a psalm here. This is what let's
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say like that. David said this. This is
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what Peter said. And he's quoting Psalm
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16. So David said this, "My heart be
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glad and my tongue rejoice. My body also
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will rest in sure because you will not
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abandon me to the round of the dead nor
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you will let your faithful one see the
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clay decllay. This is
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what David said. Psalm 16. And that was
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what Peter quoted when he said David
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said. And he continues, "Fellow
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Israelite, I can tell you confidently
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that the patriarch David died and was
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buried. And his tomb is here with us
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today." And I've seen the tomb of David
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in Jerusalem. He was a prophet and
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known and knew that God have promised
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him on a oath that he will place one of
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his descendants on his
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throne. Seeing what was to come, he
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spoke of the resurrection of the
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Messiah. So when David spoke what we
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read here, Psalm
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16, he he spoke, he
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prophesied not just about himself. It's
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not about himself. Why? Because he's
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dead and
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buried. David's body saw the clay. David
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died and his tomb is with us today. But
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when he spoke Psalm 16, what did he do?
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He saw in the future
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Christ. He spoke about not himself but
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the son of him the offspring of him
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Christ the one who will not see the
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clay. He spoke about the Messiah that he
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was not abandoned in the round of the
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dead or his body will see the clay. God
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have raised this Jesus to life and we
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are witness of this. So so he he he he
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preached the gospel to them but he do
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not just start and say hey Jesus died on
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a cross and he rose up again. He points
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back to David and say that Jesus is the
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one David spoke about when he said Psalm
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16. a psalm they all knew. They were
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singing Psalm 16. They knew it. They
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grew up with Psalm
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16. And suddenly they understood that
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whoa Jesus is the one. David were not
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speaking about himself because he's dead
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and buried this day. But Jesus was the
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one who rose up
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again. And then he continue exalted him
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to the right hand of God.
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He has received from God the promise of
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the Holy Spirit and has poured out what
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you now see and hear. And then we read,
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"For David did not ascend to
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heaven." And yet he said, "The Lord said
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to my Lord, sit on my right hand until I
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make your enemy a foot stool for my
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feet." Again, he's quoting the Psalms.
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But David was not the one who went to
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heaven. David is not the one who sit on
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the right hand of
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God waiting until the enemies is a
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foottool for
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defeat. David is not the one but Jesus
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is the one. Jesus is the one who is
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sitting on the right hand of God and
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he's waiting because one day the enemies
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will be like a foottool under his feet.
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He will come and he will reign and he
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will rule and he will destroy every
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other kingdom and he will set up the
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kingdom of Israel here on earth at it is
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promised. So he read this is what he's
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saying. Therefore, let all Israel be
-
assured of this. God have made this
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Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and
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Messiah, King and
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Savior. So they heard this and and and
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one of the things you know that they
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heard was this again, sit on my right
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hand until I make the enemies a foot on
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a foottool on your feet. This is very
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very important. This is Psalm 110.
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So in Peter's preaching he pre he start
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with Psalm 16 and then he go to Psalm
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110 a psalm of David and and what what
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is 110? What do you read here? The Lord
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says to my Lord sit on my right hand
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until I make your enemy a foottool for
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your feet.
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Again, the Lord said to my Lord, the
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word Lord, one of the Lords here is
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Lord, but the other Lord here is Jehovah
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is Yah Yahweh is God. So, so the Lord
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that is
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Yahweh Yahwh Jehovah Yahweh said to my
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Lord Jesus, "Sit at my right hand until
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I make your enemies a foot stool for
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your feet." Where is Jesus right now?
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He's sitting on the right hand of God.
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What is going to happen soon? God is
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going to make all the enemies a foottool
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for the feet of Jesus Christ. He will be
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kings of kings, lords of lord. He's not
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just a child born in Bethlehem anymore.
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He is the king who will come back in
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dominion in the clouds, destroy all
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other kingdoms, and set up a everlasting
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kingdom here on earth.
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The Lord will extend your mighty scepter
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from Zion that is Jerusalem saying rule
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in the midst of your enemies. This is
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talking about the day of the Lord. It's
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talking about the return of our Lord
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Jesus Christ. And he continues where
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where he said this in the same psalm.
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The Lord is at your right hand. He will
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cross kings on the day of his
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wrath. He will judge the nation, heaping
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up the dead and crossing the rulers of
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the whole earth. That was what they what
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he preached. That was what he quoted. He
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was quoting two Psalms of David, 16 and
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110.
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And then we
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read when the people heard
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this, heard
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what? Heard
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this. Sit on the right hand. I make your
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enemies on the foot stool or make your
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enemy as a foottool under your feet.
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That he will rule in the midst of the
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enemies. That there will be a day of
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wrath. that he will judge the nations.
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When the people heard
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this, they were caught to the heart. Why
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were they caught to the heart? Because
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they understood that they have just
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crucified the
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one. They have crucified that one. They
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have and or this is the one God spoke
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about. This is the one who is right now
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sitting at God's right hand, but the one
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who will come back
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soon in the day of wrath, in the day of
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the Lord, and he will let the scepter go
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out all over the world and he will cross
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the nation and he will sing of the
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kingdom of David and he will rule with
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justice and righteousness. He is the one
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that will judge all
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people. When they heard
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this, what have we
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done? We have killed the Messiah. We
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have killed the one, the one who will
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judge
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us. When they heard this, they were cut
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to their
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heart. Jesus is the one. He's coming
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back soon. And they said, "What shall we
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do?" And then Peter said, "Repent and be
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baptized, every one of you, in the name
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of Lord Jesus for the forgiveness of
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your sins, and you shall receive the
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Holy Spirit, the gift of the Holy
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Spirit." I've been preaching these
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verses hund thousand of
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times. Often they don't don't go a week
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between me quoting
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this, but I never really understood the
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context of it. When they heard
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this Psalm
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110, Psalm
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16, he is the one, the son of
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David. Of course, today if you go out on
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the
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street in a different context and quote
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some Psalm 110, oh, the Lord said to my
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Lord, sit on the right hand until I put
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the on enemy under a foottool. Put the
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enemy as a foottool under your feet.
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People were not like be caught to the
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heart but they were caught to the heart
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because they have the understanding they
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understood what it is and I want to say
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everyone who understand this will be
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caught to the
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heart. I would say as a Jew who come to
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faith, I think when they hear some when
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they know that Jesus is the one, the son
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of David, when their eyes are open,
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suddenly all pieces would fall in place
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and they'll be cut to the heart and they
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will just have a foundation that so
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deep. We as Gentiles, it would be a
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different order. I think us we will hear
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we have sinned Jesus the savior we need
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to be born again and we can hear the
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gospel still in a way where we are cut
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to the heart but for many of us we first
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repent we are baptized in the name of
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Jesus for the forgiven receive the holy
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spirit and then the holy spirit start to
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teach us the whole truth and maybe this
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cut into the heart in connection with
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psalm 110 come later in our life I know
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with me when I came to faith I did not
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understand all of this. I understood I
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was sinner. I understood I need
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forgiveness. I repented. God, he he
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changed my life. I got baptized. I got
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filled with the Holy Spirit. But
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according to my heart first came later
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later in my life, the Holy Spirit really
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reveals sin. And I would say according
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to the heart is is still coming. So, I'm
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not saying that that we need to preach
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exactly the same as Peter did in Acts
-
two to Gentiles because they don't know
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anything about David. We can lead people
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to God without this in the beginning,
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but then we need to preach it. They need
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to have this foundation. It's part of
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the teaching. Yeah, they can know about
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Jesus. is a savior and he's the son of
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god
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and born of a virgin and people need to
-
repent and be baptized receive the holy
-
spirit and they can come to faith and
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they can re be baptized they can receive
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the holy spirit without knowing what I
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was preaching here but then when they
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have come to
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faith we need to continue preaching the
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gospel we need to continue preach the
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gospel of the kingdom they need to
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understand
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this because this is the foundation
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is deeper than hey a child is born in
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Bethlehem but who is that child he will
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come back on the clouds but what do that
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mean so so I don't say everyone needs to
-
change everything I preach but try to
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get as much in as you can but for some
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people they never heard this before and
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we still need to keep it simple so this
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is why they are caught to the heart they
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understood that Jesus is the rock of
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David who will cross all kingdoms as we
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saw for last time and set up the kingdom
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of God here on earth. And we need to be
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born again or we cannot first see that
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kingdom and later enter into that
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kingdom. This is the gospel of the
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kingom. I want to read one more text
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from my book here 412
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days. when I was in jail and all of this
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was exploding me and and it really I got
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caught to the heart in in a way like I
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had the Holy Spirit already. I was born
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again. I have it all. But when I
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understood it, it just it just went so
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much deeper than I've ever experienced
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before. I'm like, "Wow, I I didn't know
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that about my Lord and Savior." Not not
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in this way. Now, now I start to see
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more. I understand
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more. And it really exploded in me as I
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said
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before. But I also want to say I I in
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jail I got a prophetic word. God spoke
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to me a very strong
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word about revival and what he want to
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do. And we looked at some of it. He want
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to one of the things he wants to do he
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want to restore the gospel back to the
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church. Restore the gospel. And and that
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is my heart. And you who know me, you
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know I love the gospel. I I love the
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gospel. I love the cross. Jesus died. He
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got buried. He rose up again. Now we
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need to die to sin. We need to be buried
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in the water and we need to rise up in
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the power of the Holy Spirit. I love the
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gospel. Hey, you need to repent and be
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baptized and receive the Holy Spirit. I
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love the gospel. I I love it. I I love
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to talk about Jesus. And I've seen many
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many people born again. I'm so thankful
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for that. And I know the gospel. I know
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the gospel. I've been preaching. I've
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been starting it. I I know the gospel.
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I'm I'm I have a foundation. I I know
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what the gospel is about. But what
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happened was
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that when I got the prophetic word, it
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was around day
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100. I prayed every day, God, you want
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to restore the gospel back to the
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church. Restore the gospel back to the
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church. Because I I'm I'm sad in my
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heart that pre people are just
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preaching. Oh, ask Jesus into a heart of
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sinners prayer without repentance or
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baptism just a symbol or or the Holy
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Spirit is only for a few. I'm sad in my
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heart over so many people in the church
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who don't know the gospel of Christ who
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is not born
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again. They think they will enter one
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day but they will
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not. And I was praying daily, God, the
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gospel, the gospel, bring the gospel
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back to church. bring the gospel back to
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church. Bring the gospel back to church.
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But then as all of this was going on,
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one day God
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spoke about the
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gospel of the kingdom. Listen here. I
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cried to God. Oh God, we need this so
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much. And there I'm talking about the
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king, the gospel back to the church. The
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gospel, God, people need to be born
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again. We need this so much. We need it,
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God. We need it all, God. God, we need
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the gospel to come back to the church.
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People need to be born again and set
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free from their sins. Many are deceived.
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They are still in their sins. They are
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not free. They need the gospel. So that
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was my prayer and I'm reading from my
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book here. and then amidst my prayer for
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the church and that the gospel will come
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back to it
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suddenly suddenly like lightning it came
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to me God spoke to me God told
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him this is the gospel he said this word
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this is the
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gospel I want you to help restore back
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to the
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And this is why I needed to bring you
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here to reveal this gospel to you. And
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then it came those words, the gospel of
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the
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kingdom. And I continue reading. I will
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never forget when he
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said, "This is the gospel, the gospel of
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the kingdom.
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This is what I have been learning the
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last few weeks and month. This is what
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I've been sharing with the inmates. This
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is the gospel that have been lost in the
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church. Repentance, baptism, water, and
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receiving the Holy Spirit is the proper
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response and what we must do to enter
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into his kingdom.
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I saw that I often have been preaching
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the gospel, the good news, without
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preaching the
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kingdom. As I saw so clearly in that
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moment that God wanted me to help
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restore the gospel of the kingdom back
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to the church, the gospel of his kingdom
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that one day will come. This is what he
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promised Abraham and David and
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throughout the whole Bible. It just
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exploded in me. It was like, God, the
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gospel, the gospel, the
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gospel. God, you want to restore the
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gospel back to the church. And then it
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was almost like when I was praying, God,
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you want to restore the gospel of the
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kingom.
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It just those word the gospel and then
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the words were like of the
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kingdom. This is the gospel. Not that
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gospel without the kingdom or that
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gospel or that gospel. That gospel.
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There's many gospels. But this gospel,
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the gospel of the kingdom, Jesus the
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Messiah, the son of David, the son of
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Abraham, the kingdom of God. Come on. It
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just exploded in me like I never ever
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experienced anything before. And that's
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why this this book is called 412 days
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persecuted for Christ. A journey of
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hope, freedom and revival. The hope is
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related to the kingdom. The freedom came
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with understanding the kingdom. Revival
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had to do with the kingdom also. And the
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next book is going
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to call the kingdom book and we are
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working on that right now. So, so this
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is the thing as I've said it before. So,
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why
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repent? Because the kingdom is
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near. Why be born again of water and
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spirit to one day enter into this
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kingdom? Why live holy? Because one day
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Christ will return. He's sitting on the
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right hand on God waiting for that day.
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And he will return for his bride, us who
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are ready, the
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church. Why lead other people to
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righteousness? Because he have his
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reward with
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him. The answer is is
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is more than just because we need
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to. Why lead other people to
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righteousness? Well, I've always had a
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longing for that. But as shown before,
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Daniel 7 is saying this. I never thought
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about this before.
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The multitude who sleep in the dust of
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the earth will awake. Some to
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everlasting life and some to shame and
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everlasting condemn. When is that? We
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talking about the the the day of the
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Lord, the return of our Lord Jesus. We
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also talking about the great white
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throne. We talking about the judgment.
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We are talking about the last few
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chapters in
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Revelation. Those who are wise will
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shine like the brightness of the
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heavens. And those who lead many to
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righteousness like the stars forever and
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ever. Those who are wise will shine like
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the
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brightness of heavens. What do you mean
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shine like the brightness of heaven and
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those who leave many
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will shine like the stars forever? Paul
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he said this when he talking about the
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resurrection. He said not all flesh are
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the same. People have one kind of flesh,
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animals have another, birds another, and
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fish another. So every species have
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different flesh. There are also heavenly
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bodies and they have earthly bodies. But
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the splendor of the heavenly bodies is
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one kind and the splendor of the earthly
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body is another kind. So there's
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different splendor of different bodies.
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And the sun have one kind of splendor
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and the moon another and the stars. So
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will it be with the resurrection of the
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dead. There will be different kind of
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splendor. The moon have one. The sun
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have one. The sh star stars have
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different. The body that sown is parable
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is raised in parable. Is sorn with
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dishonor is raised with glory. Is sorn
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in weakness is raised with power. Is
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sworn a natural body is raised a
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spiritual body. He's talking about this.
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Listen
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here. The sun have one kind of splendor,
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the moon another, and the
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stars have another, and the the the
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different kind of splendor. So it will
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be with the resurrection of the
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dead. When
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Jesus on the mount of triigration, he
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pull away his body and he was shining.
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You saw Jesus' glory and he will one day
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return in that glory. That would
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be like the sun coming down and everyone
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will see him. The glory of Christ. When
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we are raised from the dead, we are not
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just getting a new earthly body. We are
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getting a heavenly body. And like
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there's different splendor from star to
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star. The same it will be for us. And we
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read that those who are wise, they will
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shine like the brightness of heavens,
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like the stars, there will be so much
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glory in this resurrection body. And
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those who lead many to righteousness
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will shine like the stars forever and
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ever. It is going to be so
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glorious. And and this is the thing. We
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are going to reign here on earth with
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Christ, but we are going to receive
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those who are faithful, our resurrection
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body, not this tent. We are saw in this
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tent in in dishonor, in weakness, but we
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are going to be raised up in strength,
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in glory, in power. And and when you
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understand all of this, it
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just change you.
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you you let's read let's lead many
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people to righteousness. Why? Because
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see I'm coming soon. I have my reward
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with me. He
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says he will repay for everything we are
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done here on earth. We are living for
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that day. We are waiting for that
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day. But many Christians are not there.
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They are just don't understand who we
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are. Like like we read here, we are the
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people called out. We should not live
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like this world. We are called out. We
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should be a holy nation. We are in this
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world, but we are not of this world. And
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then we read, we are longing for a
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country that can be called our own like
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we read here in Hebrews. And this is the
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thing here when we read about the people
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in the Old Testament, the the Hebrews,
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the Jewish people who was
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pilgrims, we are the same here. We read
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here that all of these people were still
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living in faith when they died. But they
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did not receive at that time what the
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the things promised. What is that? That
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is what we are going to read here. They
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only saw it and welcome it in the
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distance. That is when you are born
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again, you see the kingdom of God in the
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distance is out there. The heavenly
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Jerusalem. They were walking with that
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focus. But many of them died and did not
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see that day because that day have not
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arrived yet. Now they're sleeping in the
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dust. But when Jesus will return, they
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will rise up and they will receive it
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with us. They will not go before us.
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They will meet with us in the cloud in
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the in the sky and we will see our Lord
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Jesus together. So they saw it in the
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distance welcome it and they admitted
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that they are foreigner and strangers
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here on earth like we are today. People
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who say such thing shows that they are
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looking for a country of their own. And
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then we read on here if they'll be
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thinking of the country they have left
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they could have opportunity to return.
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Instead, they were longing for a better
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country. What is that? A heavenly one.
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Therefore, God is not ashamed to be
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called their God because he have been
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prepared a city for them. Are we Are
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you waiting for the kingdom? Are you
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longing for the kingdom? Are you longing
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for a time of rest from your enemies,
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for a country of your own? For all of
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this I've been talking about? because
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it's it's all
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about the kingdom of God and and and
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it's it's not just all
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about heaven in that sense. It's like
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heaven. No, it's the kingdom of God is
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the kingdom of Israel is the promise.
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Let's read some of those words in in
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Matthew 5. There's so many warnings in
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Matthew. There's so many warnings and
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notice these warnings. Different kind of
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warnings, but they all have one common
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element. And what is that?
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the kingdom. So Matthew 5 Jesus say I
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tell you unless your righteousness
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perceive that of the Pharisees and
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teacher of the law you will certainly
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not enter the kingdom of
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heaven that's not a way to say the
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kingdom of God the kingdom of heaven you
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will not enter if your righteousness is
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not pro pre surpassing that of the
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Pharisees he
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continues another place not everyone who
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say Lord Lord God to me will enter into
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the kingdom of heaven but only the one
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who does the will of my father who's in
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heaven. Another place truly I tell you
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unless you change and become like a
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little child you will never enter into
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the kingdom of heaven. Another place he
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said I tell you it is hard for someone
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who's rich to enter into the kingdom of
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heaven. He has warnings. The warnings is
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if your righteousness is not
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pursuing surpassing this, you will not
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answer. It's not everyone who say Lord
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Lord if you don't become like a child
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and it's hard for a rich man. There's
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warning, warning, warning, warning. But
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what is the coming element here? You
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will not enter the kingdom. You will not
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enter the kingdom. You will not enter
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the kingdom. You will not enter the
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kingdom. It's all about entering into
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that kingdom. We are born again and in
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in the new birth we see the kingdom in
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the distance. We welcome it. We see it
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like we read before but we are not
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there. And the people in the old days
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they died without really receiving it
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that but they died in
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faith waiting for that day and they are
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now sleeping in the dust but one day
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they'll be raised up with
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us. So so that is the thing we
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Are we living for that day? Are we
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living for the kingdom? Are we living
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for the
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promise? Do we understand who Christ
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really
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is? Let's end up here. The David of the
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Davidic
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covenant that is to you and me. That was
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to David and his son, the son of David.
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And he's not Solomon's. What Saleommon
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built was a shadow and a picture of of
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the real
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thing. What is the covenant about?
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Promise a place of rest from our
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enemies. Often you don't think about
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that so much. Oh, I don't need rest of
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my enemies. I'm living the good American
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dream. I'm living a good
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life. But we are going to go through
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some very hard times in the future and
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we are going to be persecuted. When I
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was in
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jail, it just sounds good. When I was in
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jail, that like rest from my enemies,
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I'm like,
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"Oh, it really sounds good. It it it
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brought me joy." When I'm living a good
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American life and there's no problem,
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you don't long for a time where there's
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rest from the enemies. But when the
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enemy is standing at your door and
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knocking and they're p pursuing you and
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you are fighting with them, it's really
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good news. And I guarantee you the way
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the where we are going as a church, you
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want to understand this because when
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persecution come, you need to have this
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hope otherwise you will not endure. You
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need to know that this is just a short
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time of trials and testing. But one day,
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if I'm faithful to the end and endure,
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God will bring me the rest for my
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enemies. Because this is what promised
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to David. And that is the covenant. And
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that is what Jesus came with. He will
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establish everlasting
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kingdom. That is also good news. raise
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up offspring and put all enemies under
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his foot and feed. God will be his
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father and he will be his son and he
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will cross all other kingdoms and he
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will judge the
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nations. It is so
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beautiful. Again, next lesson when we
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talk about
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this put the enemies under his feet.
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Next lesson we're going to look at that
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Jesus when he rose up again he say I
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have all power in heaven and earth. So
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he came first time he took the power
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back. But what you need to understand is
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that Satan is still the prince of this
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world. Jesus is not ruling here right
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now. He's even not ruling from heaven
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right now. Look at this world. This is
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not a perfect world. But he have the
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authority and he giving us authority.
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But one day he will come down here say
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mine mine mine mine mine and he will sit
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up the throne here in the city of
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Jerusalem the de city the Zion and he
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will rule and we will rule and reign
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with him he have all authority it's been
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given to him but he's right now sitting
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at God's right hand and the enemy have
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not yet been put as an enemy under his
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feet but it is going to happen and that
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is what we are going to look at next
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time what it means to have authority and
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how it works so it goes like this all
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thing point to Jesus and there was the
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last word he said look I'm coming soon
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and I have my reward with me hallelujah
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I am the root and the offspring of
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David he's the source of David he's the
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creator he's the beginning of David and
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he's the son of David How can that be?
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Because he's both the beginning and the
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end. So this is what I wanted to share
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this time. I want to really encourage
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you if this
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seems for me it's just life. Now when I
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started and and listen to all of this or
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read it in the Bible, there was a lot of
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things that I I didn't put it all
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together. But the more I go into it, the
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more clear I become. If you feel this is
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difficult to understand, go back and see
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lesson one again in the kingdom school.
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Go through it again from lesson 1 2 3 4
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5. Go through all the lessons. I'm going
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to do the next lesson next time. Then we
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are going to have a break for two months
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because I'm going to travel. I'm going
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to Europe and do meetings in in
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different place in Europe in in do two
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months. Go back and see it all again.
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See all the lessons again. Take the
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Bible. Read about Abraham. Read about
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David. Get a foundation. Get your eyes
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on the heavenly city, the new Jerusalem,
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the day of the Lord, the day of wrath
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for some, but the day of reward for
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others. Be ready for that. Get that
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understanding foundation. Why? Because
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then you will endure when the enemy
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comes after you. You will stand firm and
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you'll be able to preach a gospel where
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it's not just, oh, pray this prayer, go
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to church, and and one day you die and
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go to heaven. like you will understand
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that is through many trials and
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hardships we are going to enter into the
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kingdom of god and we need to strengthen
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our brothers and we read here in the
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first verse in acts 17 today we we need
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to be a people who is focused because we
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are going to go through many trials and
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hardships and I just see a church who's
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not ready for it I see a church great
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church the big part of the church they
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fall away why because they don't have
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foundation, they don't have
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understanding. So God bless you. See it
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and subscribe to the YouTube. Share it.
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Get it out to other people and talk
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about it because this is the kingdom
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gospel of the kingdom. God want to come
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out to all people. Let me pray for you.
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God, I pray for everyone here who sees
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this. Pray that you will speak to them.
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Open their eyes and their ears, God.
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That they will know the truth and the
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truth will set them free, God. And that
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this will give them foundation in their
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life, God. and help them to to
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prioritize correctly, God. Help them to
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to to take up the cross daily and follow
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you and and not be deceived by by by
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this world and what this world have to
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offer, God. But they will finish the
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race and run strong, God, and they will
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be victorious and they will inherit all
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of this, God. Come with your Holy
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Spirit, God, and speak to everyone right
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now in the name of Jesus. Amen. God
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bless you. See you next time. Bye-bye.