Ryan King – Geography Of The Holy Land – Class 5 – Jericho To Jerusalem

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Thank you, Brother David for
that reading.

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And we’ll now proceed into our
Class 5 Jericho to Jerusalem.

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Call upon Brother Ryan.
Thanks, Brother Joe, and good

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morning my dear brothers and
sisters in the Lord Jesus

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Christ.
We come then to the conclusion

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of our studies on the geography
of the Holy Land by examining

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what is probably one of the most
famous features of that land,

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that being the journey that is
taken from Jericho to Jerusalem.

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We’ve seen in our studies,
brothers and sisters, how that

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the principles of the truth are
reinforced and re emphasized by

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the features of the land.
And one of the great principles

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of the truth of which we have
just sang, is through much

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tribulation we do enter the
Kingdom of God, and as we make

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our way from Jericho from the
bottom to Jerusalem the top, we

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will see indeed that there is
much tribulation that must be

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experienced much difficulty of
the way if we were ever to make

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our place in the city of God
where His Kingdom is to be

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established.
Like to begin in Matthew Chapter

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7 where we actually begin our
considerations a few days ago,

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Matthew chapter seven we find
those well known words of the

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Lord Jesus Christ talking about
the difficulties of the way the

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fact that there are few that
find it.

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In Matthew Chapter 7 and verse
13 we’re told enter ye in at the

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Strait gate.
For wide is the gate and broad

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is the way that leadeth to
destruction and many there be

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which go in thereat.
Because Strait is the gate and

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narrow is the way which leadeth
unto life and few there be that

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find it.
Now some of you will probably

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know that that word there
straight does not refer to a

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straight line.
OK, it’s not a straight and

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narrow way like a straight line.
The word straight is the very

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same word used in Acts chapter
14 and verse 22.

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Tribulation or pressure.
It is through much pressure we

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enter the Kingdom of God.
Enter you in at the pressure

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gate, the narrow restricted
gate.

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It’s straight in that sense.
And when you look at the way

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going up to Jerusalem from
Jericho, we’re going to see that

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that’s exactly what the land
will do.

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Not only is it a very, very
steep ascent, Jericho’s down

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here on the floor where this
green is, right here, and you

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can see the journey that you
have to go to get up to

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Jerusalem.
Not only is it virtually

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straight up, but we’ll find that
the hills actually close in and

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they get more and more narrow,
more and more refined, so that

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by the time, if you’re going
with a family up to Jerusalem,

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as you’re getting closer and
closer, you’re practically

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bumping shoulders because the
way is narrow and it’s tight.

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Now isn’t that brothers and
sisters, a parable of our lives?

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We start down here in death at
Jericho.

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We’re making our way up to
Jerusalem.

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But the way is going to be
difficult and it’s going to be

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rough.
It is through much tribulation

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that we will enter the Kingdom
of God.

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So the land brothers and
sisters, once again we see it

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reinforces the principles that
we all know are true both in our

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lives and in the truth.
God is just giving us one more

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reminder of what it’s going to
be like.

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If we want to get to the Kingdom
of God, why should we complain

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of want or distress, Temptation
or pain?

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Look at that.
There’s no other way.

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And it doesn’t matter from which
direction you’re coming, whether

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you’re coming from down here,
the plain of Sharon or the

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Arabah.
If you’re going to go to

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Jerusalem, it’s going to be
difficult.

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So why should we expect our
lives not to be difficult?

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Why should we run in the face of
danger?

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Because the land teaches us no
less.

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Well, we start, brothers and
sisters, at Jericho.

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Now, Jericho, of course, has a
significance in the record of

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Scripture.
It was the city of the curse in

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the days of the crossing in
Joshua.

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Jericho is way, way down here,
853 feet below sea level.

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Here’s sea level, and Jericho is
down here.

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It’s as though we’re beneath the
ground.

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We’re in death, We’re in Adam,
and we’re going up here to

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Jerusalem, which is about, well,
the map says 2200 feet above sea

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level.
I think it’s actually a little

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bit more than that, but it’s
just about 10 to 15 miles

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between there, Jericho and
there.

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The land has a steep ascent as
it goes up to Jerusalem.

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We want to see that.
The Bible has quite a lot to say

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about this particular ascent,
but this is where we all begin,

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brothers and sisters.
We begin down here on the floor

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of the valley of the Arabah at
Jericho.

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Now, for what does Jericho stand
in the record of scripture?

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Let’s turn to Joshua chapter 24.
You know, the critics of the

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Bible had a bit of a field day
when they first discovered the

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ancient city of Jericho.
Now you read the record of

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Joshua and you think, well,
here’s this mighty city.

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You know, they’ve got to go
around 7 times before they

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conquer it.
It seems to be this important

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and mighty place.
And and then when the

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archaeologist got in there, they
actually found that it’s only a

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few square miles Jericho.
It’s not very big.

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But here’s what they also found
out.

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They found out that Jericho was
actually the storehouse for the

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whole land of Canaan, so that
that when danger came, the men

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of the land of Canaan would run
into Jericho, lock the gates,

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and then thumb their noses at
anybody who tried to get in.

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And that’s the principle of
Jericho represented the land of

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Canaan.
Look at Joshua, Chapter 24 and

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verse 11.
Here is Joshua at Shechem

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recounting the history of which
they had just experienced.

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Verse 11.
And you went over Jordan and

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came unto Jericho.
And the men of Jericho fought

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against you, the Amorites and
the parasites, and the

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Canaanites, and the Hittites and
the Girgashites and the Hiveites

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and the Jebusites.
And I’ve delivered them into

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your hand.
Now, did you read that verse

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carefully?
Who were the men of Jericho in

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that verse?
The Amorites, the Parasites, the

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Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Girgashites, the Hiveites and

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the Jebusites.
Now, where were the Jebusites?

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Well, the Jebusites were in
Jerusalem, but they’re called in

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this verse, the men of Jericho.
So Jericho, you see, represented

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the whole of the land of Canaan,
that land which that was so

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abominable in God’s eyes that he
declared Israel that they should

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slay everything that breathed,
because so polluted were they in

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their ways.
So Jericho typified the whole

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land of Canaan.
It represents the world in all

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its ugliness, and because of
that, God placed a curse upon

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that particular city.
It was a devoted city, and it

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was given over to destruction,
and perhaps because it

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represented the whole of the
land of Canaan.

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And there were seven nations of
Canaan.

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That’s why they went around
Jericho seven times.

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There’s many other reasons, of
course, but if they went around

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Jericho 7 * 1 for each of the
seven nations of Canaan, Jericho

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ever stood for the flesh it
represents or signifies a

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fragrance.
It’s like the flesh.

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It smells good.
It has some appeal, like the

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Acacia would, but it brings only
thorns and thistles with it.

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We’ll trace this idea a little
bit later on.

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It was noted for palm trees, and
the palm tree in scripture

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represents the Gentiles.
We’ll develop that idea in a

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moment.
So it’s a city of the

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Canaanites.
It’s a city of the Gentiles, the

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place where bitter waters had to
be made sweet by Elisha.

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So it represents the flesh in
all of its bitterness and its

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insipidity.
And lastly, it was a place where

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we meet a blind man come to mark
chapter 10, where the Lord Jesus

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Christ came to Jericho for the
last time.

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He had steadfastly set his face
towards Jerusalem, and he met a

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blind man on his way out of the
town.

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His name was Blind Bartimaeus in
Mark chapter 10 and in verse 46

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we read and they came to
Jericho.

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And as he went out of Jericho
with his disciples and a great

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number of people blind,
Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus,

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sat by the highway side begging.
Now again careful reading

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Bartimaeus.
The name Bartimaeus means, of

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course, the son of Timaeus.
Well, verse 46 then says the son

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of Timaeus.
You see how that’s repeated?

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It’s the son of Timaeus, the son
of Timaeus.

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And the word Timaeus, brothers
and sisters, means uncleanness.

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So he’s the son of the unclean.
The son of the unclean.

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And he’s standing just on the
outskirts of Jericho, the city

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of the cursed.
You know, that word there,

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Timaeus, is not just used of the
unclean, It’s used in the Old

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Testament of the very unclean.
It’s rendered in the prophecy of

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Ezekiel, infamous.
And so this is the type of

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people for which Jericho stood.
But Bartimaeus was a man who

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recognized his need.
He knew that he needed help.

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And he hears that Jesus of
Nazareth, verse 47, you see,

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it’s Jesus of Nazareth.
It’s a man he can identify with

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one of the despised little
villages in Galilee.

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He identifies with that man, and
he begins to cry out.

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Thou, son of David, have mercy
on me and the Greek there is He

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continually cried out, son of
David, have mercy on me, Son of

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David, have mercy on me.
Until the time that Jesus

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actually stopped, he had
steadfastly set his face towards

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Jerusalem.
He’s going there awaiting the

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time when he shall be received
up.

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And he hears this voice.
Son of David, have mercy on me.

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Son of David, have mercy on me.
You know Bartimaeus kept

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repeating that meaning the Lord
was testing him because you know

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the Lord heard him the first
time, which meant the first time

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that the Lord heard Bartimaeus
say.

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Son of David, have mercy on me.
He didn’t respond.

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Bartimaeus had to keep saying it
and keep saying it.

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Have mercy on me.
Have mercy on me, until fondly

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in verse 49 it says, And the
Lord stood still.

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He stopped in his work to heal
that man.

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He was rewarded, brothers and
sisters, for his persistence.

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And so in verse 52 Jesus tells
him, Go thy way.

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Thy faith hath made thee whole.
And immediately he received his

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sight.
And he followed Jesus in the

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way.
Would like to examine that way

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this morning.
Because Bartimaeus didn’t just

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get healed and then go his own
way.

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No, he went the way that we all
must go.

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Where was Jesus going in Mark
chapter 10 and verse 52?

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Well, he was on his way to
Jerusalem.

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If you just back up to verse 32
of this 10th chapter of Mark,

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we’re told.
And they were in the way going

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up to Jerusalem.
And the chapter finishes and he

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followed Jesus in the way he was
going to Jerusalem to die.

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And Bartimaeus fell in line
behind him on that way.

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But brothers and sisters, that
way to Jerusalem is not going to

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be easy.
This is how it starts.

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This picture here on the left
hand side, it’s straight.

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Jerusalem is just beyond these
hills.

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So when you first get on the
road and you make your way

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towards Jerusalem, you think,
oh, this is going to be easy.

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It’s going to be no problem.
It’s flat, level ground.

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This picture is taken maybe
about two miles past this one

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and you see what the terrain
gets like.

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It goes right up.
And this picture here is what

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the earth around that road is
like.

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It’s barren, it’s red.
We’ll see the significance of

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that in a moment.
It’s lifeless.

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This is the way going up to the
Kingdom.

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You look around and the world is
absolutely barren, absolutely

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fruitless, and it’s almost
straight uphill.

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The car is just straining as
you’re going through these

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hills, trying to get up.
And that’s what our lives,

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brothers and sisters, are going
to be like if we’re going to

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ever get to the Kingdom.
The land reminds us of that.

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Bartimaeus was following Jesus
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And you would think that after
this wonderful manifestation of

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faith, that it would be an easy
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It wasn’t.
He was confronted with more

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tests and more difficulties, and
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If you come back to Joshua
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way actually was to take on
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It’s actually given a name in
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allotment of Judah, Joshua
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And the border went up to Beth
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north of Bethabara.
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stone of Bohan, the son of
Reuben.

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And the border went up toward
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and so northward looking towards
Gilgal, that is before the going

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up to Adameem, which is on the
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border paths toward the waters
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And the goings out thereof were
at in Rogue.

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Now that, of course, is very
precise language, the valley of

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Acor.
Now these pictures are taken not

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far from the valley of Acor.
So we’re in the general vicinity

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of Joshua, Chapter 15 and verse
7, and this particular journey

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takes us at the end of verse 7
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Now Inrogal is just a little bit
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of Jerusalem, and that way from
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is given a name in that verse.
It’s called the going up or the

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ascent.
As you can see, it goes up to

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adumim.
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Adumim was what the road from
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in ancient times, and adumim
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As you can see, it’s from the
same root as the word Adam, and

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it’s probably called that
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these hills.
The word sand or soil in the

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Hebrew is closely related to the
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Because Adam means rosy or red,
it also can mean blood.

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And in the days of the Lord
Jesus Christ, this particular

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Rd. had a very dark and a very
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I’d like you to come to Luke
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It’s fitting that a road like
this would be a dangerous place,

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not only because of its
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its steep ascent, but as we
know, this was a road in the

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days of the Lord Jesus Christ
was a dangerous place where

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thieves often lurk to try and
pick off people who might be

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travelling down this road, and
we’re vulnerable.

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We know the parable of the Good
Samaritan and how the man came

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to him and said, Master, what
shall I do to inherit eternal

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life?
And he gives the parable of the

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Good Samaritan as an answer to
that Who is my neighbor?

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And then he says in verse 36,
which now of these three

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thinkest thou was neighbor unto
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And he said, he that showed
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And of course, that is the very
important meaning of the

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parable.
If we want to be neighborly, we

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must show mercy.
We must identify those needs

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that exist in the ecclesia and
do whatever we can to fill those

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needs.
That’s one lesson, a very

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important lesson.
But there was something else

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that the Lord was saying in this
parable that went far beyond the

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actual care that we ought to
show for our brothers and

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sisters.
The Lord was doing far more in

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this parable, brothers and
sisters, than answering the

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lawyer.
He was giving a description of

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his own sacrificial work.
You’ve probably often heard the

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idea that the Good Samaritan of
this parable really is the Lord

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Jesus Christ, and all the
details that we’ll find in this

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particular parable Take us to
his sacrificial offering, verse

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30, and Jesus answering said a
certain man went down from

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Jerusalem to Jericho.
Now Josephus tells us that that

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particular Rd. is the ascent of
Adumim.

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As a matter of fact, if you go
there today, there’s this

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settlement, quote UN quote,
settlement called Mayal Adumim,

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which is a settlement just to
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just past the ascent of Adumim
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So the name is still there
today.

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And Josephus says that it was
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Lord had in mind when he talked
about this man that went down

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and fell among thieves.
Here’s the road a little bit

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further along.
OK, Jerusalem is just beyond

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here.
Here’s some of the settlements

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of May al Adumim that are there
today, which actually keep

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expanding despite efforts to
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And you see how it’s almost
straight down.

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A certain man went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho.

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That’s the way that that road
goes.

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It has a very steep ascent, and
people would often lurk in these

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little waddies, as they call
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They would often lurk to try and
catch the UNSUC, the

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unsuspecting traveller, and
seize their goods.

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And so predominant was that that
it really became known as the

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way of Blood, the ascent of
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So the Lord starts his parable
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Certain man went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho and fell

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among thieves, which stripped
him of his raiment and wounded

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him and departed, leaving him
half dead.

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You know, this man represents
mankind.

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You know, from either end of
this road we can see lessons.

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We start in Jericho, the city of
the curse.

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We work our way up to the city
of God.

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But of course, there’s also a
lesson in going from Jerusalem

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down to Jericho, because of
course that’s where we’re all

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going.
Eventually.

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We’re all heading down and down
and down into death.

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And what happens to us is we’re
going down into death.

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We’re beset by thieves.
The sin that thus so easily

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beset us strikes us and we’re
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And what we need, brothers and
sisters, is a Good Samaritan to

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come along and save us.
Now the Good Samaritan of this

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parable is the Lord Jesus Christ
and John chapter 8 and verse 48.

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He was accused by the Jews of
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We we know who you are.
You’re a Samaritan.

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He was despised and he is the
one that is coming to help us,

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who have been beset by sin,
beset by the thieves and left

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for dead.
He’s travelling, as it were, the

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same Rd. as us.
And you know, we’ve often said

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good Bible reading.
Have a look at the language of

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verses 3233.
We’re told in verse 30 a certain

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man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho and then verse 31 and by

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chance there came down a certain
priest and likewise A Levite.

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So he’s also going down, but a
certain Samaritan as he

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journeyed.
So the man in verse 30 is going

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down.
The man of verse 31 is going

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down.
The man of verse 32 is going

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down, and then along comes the
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And verse 33 says as he
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You see the Lord was on the same
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but never could it be said of
him that he was going down.

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He bore our nature to be sure he
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He partook of the same, but He
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Never could it be said of him
that he was going down, because

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he always did those things that
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And verse 33 says that when he
saw him he had compassion on

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him.
The Lord was moved with

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compassion.
When he saw the plight of his

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brothers and sisters at the tomb
of Lazarus, he wept, even though

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he knew he would raise Lazarus
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And he binds up his wounds, the
binding up in Isaiah 61 and

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verse one relates to
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He’s prepared to forgive us of
the wounds that we have received

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from the flesh as we make our
way down into death.

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He’s taking us to an end which
represents the ecclesia to which

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we all belong.
A hospital for sinners, not a

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museum for Saints.
A place where we can come and we

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can find refuge from those
thieves that may seek to afflict

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us.
And verse 35 is very

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interesting, it says and on the
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Now what does that mean?
It means that the Samaritans

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spent the night.
So he laid down in sleep in

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death, and then He arose.
So it’s through his death and

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through His resurrection that
the forgiveness that the the

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binding up of our wounds can be
received.

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Oh, he was doing much more in
this parable, brothers and

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sisters, than answering the
lawyer.

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Our Lord had a dynamic mind, and
He could achieve many different

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things through one parable.
He was not only demonstrating

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what we ought to do when we see
a brother or sister who needs

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help, he was talking about what
he would do to save all of

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mankind.
In verse 35, we’re told that he

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took out 2 pence and gave them
to the host and said take care

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of him.
You know, 2 pence is roughly the

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equivalent of 1/2 shekel.
The half shekel, of course, was

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the medal of redemption that
every Israelite was required to

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pay in Exodus chapter 30 and
verse 13.

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So we gave him the ransom, the
silver, whereby that man’s

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redemption was secure and they
were entrusted then with taking

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care of that person.
Just as every person who gets

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baptized and walks through our
doors, the Lord has given to us

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that we might take care of them
and provide the redemption that

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the Lord has offered to us.
And then he says, when I come

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again, I’ll pay you back.
And of course the coming again

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must therefore relate to his
second coming.

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When he will come again, he will
reward those according to their

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works and that what will be the
measure, Inasmuch as you have

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done it to the least of these,
my brethren, you’ve done it to

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me.
When I come again, I will pay

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you and he will pay us, brothers
and sisters, more than we ever

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deserve.
More than we ever deserve.

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We’re going to get eternal life
through His grace if we show the

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care that the Lord has
demonstrated in this well known

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parable.
But that was all based upon the

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geography of the land and the
going up of Adamine.

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We’re getting a little closer
now.

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We’re making our way towards
Jerusalem.

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And as you can see, we’re still
going up.

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This is maybe about 5 miles
outside of Jerusalem, and it’s

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getting a little greener.
You know, the barren limestone

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hills are past.
The Kingdom is near.

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The signs are getting more and
more apparent, but you know,

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we’re still going up, the car is
still straining, the gas is

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going like that.
And the Lord and Bartimaeus and

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the group that were with him are
still going up.

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And he came after he had left
that place to Mark, chapter 12.

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And this is the place as you’ll
know, Mark 12, Matthew 21, Luke

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19 and John 12 are where all
four Gospels come together and

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converge their thoughts and
their ideas.

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When the Lord makes His way for
the last time into that

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particular city, and the Lord is
fully committed now to repairing

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those wounds that mankind has
received, he desires now to

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bring all together into one.
In Mark Chapter 11.

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It is Mark Chapter 11, when they
were come nigh to Jerusalem.

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So they’re in this, this general
territory here.

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We’re not far from the city
where this particular particular

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photograph was taken.
And the Lord did something very,

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very significant in this section
in Mark Chapter 11 it says, And

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when he was come nigh to
Jerusalem, unto Bethany and unto

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Beth Phage, sorry, unto Beth
Phage and Bethany at the Mount

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of Olives, he sendeth forth two
of his disciples.

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Now again, brothers and sisters,
that’s a very careful language.

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I mean, you can’t come to two
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So what we must take the record
of verse one to mean then is, is

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that the Lord came to Bethpage
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Now the Lord must be doing
something significant here for

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the record of scripture to to to
be phrased like that.

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First of all, where was he?
Well, we’re here’s the Temple

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Mount right here, Jerusalem, the
Kedron Valley, the Mount of

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Olives.
Now when you swing around this

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little Rd. here, there are two
little villages, one’s called

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Bethpage and the other one’s
called Bethany.

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Now, so close is this whole area
that you know the record of Act

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of Luke, sorry, that talks about
the Lord’s ascension into

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heaven.
We know that Acts says it was

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the Mount of Olives.
Luke actually says he ascended

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from Bethany because they’re
that they’re that close.

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They’re pretty much the same
vicinity.

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So the Lord comes here to
Bethpage 1st and then He comes

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to Bethany.
And this is all highly

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significant.
The Lord was bringing together

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all men in his one great
sacrifice which he would achieve

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at Jerusalem.
Now Bethpage means the House of

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Figs, and he came there first.
The way that I remember this is

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Beth Phage Sounds a lot like
Beth Figs.

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Beth Phage, Beth Phigs.
And we all know the fig tree is

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a symbol of Israel.
He came to Beth Phage first and

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then he went to Bethany.
Now Bethany means the House of

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dates, and a date comes from a
palm tree.

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Jericho, of course, was the city
of palm trees.

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It’s a symbol of the Gentiles.
So he comes to Bethpage 1st, and

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then he comes to Bethany to
those two places, because he was

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bringing together the great
family of mankind, first to the

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Jew, then to the Gentile.
And it’s interesting when you

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look at Grimm Thayer’s lexicon.
He says that Bethany signifies

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the House of Depression and
Misery, an app meaning for the

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House of the Gentiles that we
all know by bitter experience

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really is a House of depression
and misery.

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So here he is.
He’s come up from Jericho just a

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short way, and he comes to Beth
Phage first.

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In his final week, as he set his
face towards Jerusalem, he

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sought to unite all men on the
basis of his covenant sacrifice,

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coming first to Bethpage, the
House of Figs, then to Bethany,

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the House of Dates, the Gentiles
that by that he might bring

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together into one the family of
man that had been previously

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divided.
And you know then it says at the

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end of verse one, he sent forth
two of his disciples. 2 Why 2?

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Because these were to get 2
animals.

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Now like you just keep your hand
in Mark 11 and come back to

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Matthew 21 because you got to
put all four gospels here

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together just to get a complete
picture.

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Keep a marker or something in in
Mark Chapter 11 and just look at

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Matthew chapter 21.
Very interesting how the gospels

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record this last week.
Some of them record certain

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details and others do not.
Matthew 21.

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Now Matthew of course is writing
to the Jews verse one and they

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drew nigh unto Jerusalem and
were come to Beth Phage.

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So he doesn’t even mention
Bethany because he’s writing to

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Jews.
Beth, Phage the House of Jews

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unto the mount of Olives, Then
sent Jesus 2 disciples saying

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unto them, Go into a village
over against you, That’s

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Bethany.
And straightway you shall find

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an ass tide and a colt with her.
Loose them, and bring them to

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me.
And if any man ought say unto

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you, and or shall ask why you’re
doing this, say the Lord hath

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needed them, and straightway he
will send them.

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So he then goes sending forth 2
disciples to get 2 animals.

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One was an ass symbol of Israel,
Exodus chapter 13 and the other

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was a cult.
Now if we come back to Mark

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Chapter 11, Mark says something
very interesting about that

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cult.
We learned from one of the

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records of the Gospels that it
had never borne a burden.

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It was like the Gentiles that
hadn’t been burdened by law.

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And this cult was in a very
special place.

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Mark Chapter 11 and verse four.
And they went their way and

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00:33:40,920 –> 00:33:47,160
found the cult tied by the door
without in a place where two

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ways met.
So the Lord in this particular

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chapter comes to two places,
Bethpage and then to Bethany,

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and then sends forth two of his
disciples to find 2 animals,

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each representing Jew and
Gentile in a place where two

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00:34:06,960 –> 00:34:15,560
ways met, and it’s the geography
of the land that emphasize

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00:34:16,159 –> 00:34:21,679
emphasizes that lesson.
Bethpage then Bethany, ass then

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Colt in a place where two ways
met.

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This was all, of course, in
fulfillment of the prophecy of

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00:34:33,159 –> 00:34:37,280
Zechariah Chapter 9.
He will speak peace to the

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heathen, and he’s bringing
together into one, which is what

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the word peace means in the
Hebrew into one, the family of

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mankind that had been scattered
well down in verse 8.

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Something else was done here in
this last week of our Lord’s

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life.
You know that everything that

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he’s going to do is going to be
absolutely charged with

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significance.
We have a look at verse eight.

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It says that many spread their
garments in the way.

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This is Mark Chapter 11 and
verse 8, and many spread their

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garments in the way, and others
cut down branches off the trees

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and strawed them in the way.
Now it’s the record of John

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00:35:20,960 –> 00:35:24,960
chapter 12 that tells us what
those branches were.

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00:35:26,680 –> 00:35:33,640
We know they were palm branches
and palm.

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00:35:33,840 –> 00:35:38,000
The palm branch, of course, was
prominent in the Feast of

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00:35:38,120 –> 00:35:43,240
Tabernacles, which Zechariah
chapter 14 says that the nations

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00:35:43,520 –> 00:35:48,920
will come up to Jerusalem to
keep the Feast of Tabernacles,

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where Jew and Gentile will be
brought together into one.

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And when there will be no more
the Canaanite in the land, we

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could develop this idea a little
bit more.

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But for lack of time we’ll just
make a note of verse 17.

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This was how this great incident
all concluded.

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Is it not written?
My house shall be called a House

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of prayer for all nations.
And so the geography of the land

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here reminds us of the great
principle that our Lord was

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standing for in his last week,
bringing together Jews and

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00:36:28,680 –> 00:36:31,560
Gentiles together.
They’ve come up the ascent of

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00:36:31,560 –> 00:36:33,400
Adam Meme.
They’ve left Jericho.

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They’re going to the House of
God.

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And here he’s emphasizing the
saving power of His sacrifice,

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00:36:42,200 –> 00:36:46,120
being able to unite all men
together into one.

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And we are the Gentiles.
We are the Bethany who have been

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00:36:50,040 –> 00:36:54,000
called out of the House of
depression and misery to come up

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00:36:54,000 –> 00:36:57,360
to the city of God with our Lord
Jesus Christ, that we might

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dwell in that city forever.
I’d like to just finish our

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studies, brothers and sisters,
with some thoughts from Psalm

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122, because we’re all going up
to Jerusalem.

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00:37:14,640 –> 00:37:20,520
We’re all on that road, that
ascent, going to the House of

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00:37:20,520 –> 00:37:23,680
God.
And the words of this Psalm

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00:37:25,280 –> 00:37:31,120
ought to rest in our hearts as
we go forward from this place in

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00:37:31,120 –> 00:37:39,200
Psalm 122 and verse one.
I was glad when they said unto

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me, let us go into the House of
Yahweh.

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You know, I don’t know about you
brothers and sisters, but I’m

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glad to be here, even with
having to speak.

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00:37:50,080 –> 00:37:51,520
I’m.
I’m glad to be here.

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00:37:51,520 –> 00:37:57,160
I don’t want to go home and go
back to work and experience all

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00:37:57,160 –> 00:37:58,440
the difficulties that come with
that.

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I’m.
I’m glad I’m here.

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You know, you hear people
sometimes say, well, you know,

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if it wasn’t for the kids, we
wouldn’t be at Bible school.

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How sad.
How sad.

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00:38:09,920 –> 00:38:14,000
I’m glad that we’re here.
I’m glad that we’re going to

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00:38:14,000 –> 00:38:17,920
that higher place.
I was glad when they said unto

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me, let us go into the House of
Yahweh.

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Our feet shall stand within thy
gates.

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Oh, Jerusalem.
And the Hebrew there, brothers

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and sisters, is in the present
tense.

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Our feet have always stood in
this place.

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They’ve never left.
We might live in other places,

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00:38:40,120 –> 00:38:44,000
but mentally and morally, our
feet have always been in that

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land.
They’ve never left.

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They’ve always been in the city
of Jerusalem.

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Where are our feet, brothers and
sisters?

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Well, they can either be in the
House of depression and misery,

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or they can be in the city of
God.

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I’d like to just trace that idea
of the feet.

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Come back to to Joshua Chapter
one.

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Let us resolve as we go forth
from this place that our feet

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will always stand within the
gates of the house.

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And brothers and sisters, we
don’t do that by literally being

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00:39:24,120 –> 00:39:26,640
in the land, although that’s
wonderful.

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We show that our feet are in
that place by working in the

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ecclesia, by showing care, by
binding up the wounds of those

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who are afflicted by that, we
demonstrate that our feet are

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really in another place.
They’re in the land.

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Just look at some references
here in in Joshua, Joshua

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chapter one and verse 3.
Every place that the sole of

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your foot shall tread upon that
I have given unto you.

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It’s all based, of course, upon
what God said to Abraham in

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Genesis chapter 13.
Arise, walk through the land and

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every place where the sole of
your foot goes, I will give it

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00:40:05,680 –> 00:40:08,960
to you.
And Abraham and his enthusiasm

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00:40:08,960 –> 00:40:12,600
put his feet all over that land
during the course of his life.

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Because he was so excited with
the promise that God had given

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to him.
And God tells Joshua here the

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00:40:19,120 –> 00:40:21,080
same thing.
Every place that the sole of

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your foot goes, I’m going to
give it to you.

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Come over a few pages to Joshua
chapter 14.

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You know there was a man named
Caleb who also put his feet all

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over that land.
He had to wait 40-5 years for

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00:40:37,760 –> 00:40:41,760
it.
He was one of the faithful spies

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00:40:41,760 –> 00:40:47,320
that went in at age 40 and walk
through that land, and he set

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00:40:47,320 –> 00:40:51,400
his sights upon that land, and
notice the words that he uses

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when speaking to Joshua.
He says, Remember what Moses

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00:40:55,040 –> 00:40:58,280
said, Joshua chapter 14 and
verse 9.

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And Moses swear on that day
saying, Surely the land wherein

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00:41:02,920 –> 00:41:07,680
thy feet have trodden shall be
thine inheritance, and thy

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00:41:07,680 –> 00:41:11,760
children’s forever, because thou
hast wholly followed Yahweh, my

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00:41:11,760 –> 00:41:15,320
God, verse 13.
And Joshua blessed him, and gave

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00:41:15,320 –> 00:41:19,920
unto Caleb the son of Jephana
Hebron, for an inheritance.

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You see, Caleb set his sights
upon that place.

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His feet walked all up and down
that land.

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He loved it.
He desired it above all else in

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00:41:28,880 –> 00:41:33,080
life.
And Joshua gave him the place

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00:41:33,080 –> 00:41:38,120
that he desired, the place where
upon his feet had been.

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And what about us, brothers and
sisters?

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00:41:41,800 –> 00:41:46,280
Romans chapter 4.
Romans, chapter 4.

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Where are our feet going?
Well, they’ve got to be where

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00:41:51,800 –> 00:41:57,040
Abraham’s were, where Caleb’s
were in that land, so that it

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00:41:57,040 –> 00:42:02,200
can be said of us in that great
day our feet have always been

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here.
Romans chapter 4 and verse 12

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speaking about Abraham, that
he’s the father of circumcision.

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To them who are not of the
circumcision only Caleb of

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course was a Gentile, but who
also walk in the steps of that

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00:42:23,680 –> 00:42:27,520
faith of our father Abraham.
And where were those steps,

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brothers and sisters?
They were all up and down that

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00:42:29,920 –> 00:42:32,520
land.
He walked by faith in the length

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and the breadth of it, and one
day it will be his for an

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everlasting possession.
As we go forth from this Bible

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conference, let us resolve that
our feet will always be in that

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00:42:46,280 –> 00:42:49,760
place, that they will never,
ever stray from the boundaries

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00:42:49,760 –> 00:42:53,800
of that promised land, that one
day it might be ours for

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00:42:53,800 –> 00:42:56,360
possession.
Come back to Psalm 122.

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This is what we must do
together, brothers and sisters.

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We’re all going to that place.
And you know, as one makes their

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way up to Jerusalem, the hills
get more and more narrow, more

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00:43:10,080 –> 00:43:14,240
and more constricted, so that by
the time you get close to

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00:43:14,240 –> 00:43:16,600
Jerusalem, you’re practically
bumping into each other.

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00:43:18,080 –> 00:43:20,800
Those who go ahead are having to
cast the stumbling blocks out of

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00:43:20,800 –> 00:43:24,920
the way to make it easier.
And so Psalm 122 and verse three

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00:43:24,920 –> 00:43:30,000
says Jerusalem is building as a
city that is compact together.

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00:43:30,000 –> 00:43:32,720
You see, as you get nearer and
nearer to Jerusalem, it gets

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00:43:32,720 –> 00:43:36,600
more and more pressed in.
It gets more and more compact.

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00:43:37,000 –> 00:43:39,920
You know, that phrase, they’re
compact together, has been

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00:43:39,920 –> 00:43:44,760
rendered in other parts of
Scripture to have fellowship, to

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00:43:44,760 –> 00:43:47,480
have fellowship.
And how is it that we can have

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00:43:47,480 –> 00:43:48,760
fellowship, brothers and
sisters?

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00:43:49,080 –> 00:43:54,360
It’s by walking together to that
place, because the hills will

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00:43:54,360 –> 00:43:57,040
process in closer and closer and
closer.

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00:43:57,200 –> 00:43:59,800
And as we all get closer and
closer to that Kingdom, as a

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community, as a body, we get
tighter and tighter and tighter.

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If we leave that place, if we go
the opposite direction, we’ll

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get further and further away.
It’s only by going towards

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Jerusalem that we have an
affinity, that we are a

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harmonious band of kindred
spirits walking in unison to

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that place.
And what is the prayer of the

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Pilgrim here in Psalm 122?
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem,

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verse six.
They shall prosper that love

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thee, peace be within thy walls,
and prosperity within thy

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palaces.
You know, there’s a marvelous

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hymn that’s actually here in
these verses.

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The Hebrew verses 6 and 7 uses
very, very similar words.

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You can clearly see that it was
set to a hymn because the word

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pray is shaya, the word prosper
is shala, the word peace is

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Shalom and the word prosperity
is Shalom, Shayel, Shalom,

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Shalom, shava.
They said together this

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harmonious band of kindred
spirits, shayel, shalah, Shalom,

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shavah, they were all united
together in those words of

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praying for the peace of
Jerusalem.

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You know, brothers and sisters,
that doesn’t mean that we pray

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for the time when Jerusalem will
be at peace.

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That means we pray for the peace
of Jerusalem.

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It’s a particular brand of peace
that only belongs to Jerusalem.

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It’s not that we’re praying for
the time when Jerusalem is at

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peace, it’s that we’re praying
for the peace to come that

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belongs only to Jerusalem.
When the Lord Jesus Christ made

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his way into the city here, when
he was doing all of this, he

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said, if only you knew the
things concerning your peace.

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See, it’s a peace that belongs
to Jerusalem.

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That’s what they’re praying for,
the peace of Jerusalem, not for

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the time when Jerusalem is at
peace, for brand of peace, a

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brand which only people like
this understand, that belongs to

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Jerusalem.
So that Haggai the Prophet could

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say in this place, in this place
will I give peace nowhere else

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in this place because it belongs
to Jerusalem.

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And that’s what we’re praying
for, brothers and sisters, for

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the Kingdom to come, for the
redemption of these Jericho

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bodies that are only subject to
death when we’ll finally be

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brought together into peace.
And I want you to notice the

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emphasis of the Psalm is there
is no peace outside of those

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walls.
Look at verse one.

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It’s into the House of Yahweh.
It’s verse 2 within thy gates.

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Verse 7 within thy walls, within
thy palaces.

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Verse 8.
For my brethren and my

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companions sakes, I will now say
peace within thee.

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There is no peace, both and
sisters.

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Outside those walls, outside
that city, there can be no peace

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for us both and sisters.
So we’ve got to put our hearts

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there now that when the time
comes for our Lord to be

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revealed in all the earth, it
might be said of us who have

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benefited from these studies
this week and have now gone

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home, resolved to work our way
towards Jerusalem.

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May it be said of us, our feet
have always been here.