{"id":1091,"date":"2024-04-07T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/ryan-king-geography-of-the-holy-land-class-5-jericho-to-jerusalem\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:57:23","slug":"ryan-king-geography-of-the-holy-land-class-5-jericho-to-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/ryan-king-geography-of-the-holy-land-class-5-jericho-to-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan King – Geography Of The Holy Land – Class 5 – Jericho To Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Class 2 from this series was used in GCT Episode 290.<\/p>\n

Slides from this class can be found \u2060HERE\u2060<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nThank you, Brother David for
\nthat reading. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’ll now proceed into our
\nClass 5 Jericho to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nCall upon Brother Ryan.
\nThanks, Brother Joe, and good <\/p>\n

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\nmorning my dear brothers and
\nsisters in the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nWe come then to the conclusion <\/p>\n

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\nof our studies on the geography
\nof the Holy Land by examining <\/p>\n

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\nwhat is probably one of the most
\nfamous features of that land, <\/p>\n

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\nthat being the journey that is
\ntaken from Jericho to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve seen in our studies,
\nbrothers and sisters, how that <\/p>\n

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\nthe principles of the truth are
\nreinforced and re emphasized by <\/p>\n

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\nthe features of the land.
\nAnd one of the great principles <\/p>\n

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\nof the truth of which we have
\njust sang, is through much <\/p>\n

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\ntribulation we do enter the
\nKingdom of God, and as we make <\/p>\n

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\nour way from Jericho from the
\nbottom to Jerusalem the top, we <\/p>\n

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\nwill see indeed that there is
\nmuch tribulation that must be <\/p>\n

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\nexperienced much difficulty of
\nthe way if we were ever to make <\/p>\n

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\nour place in the city of God
\nwhere His Kingdom is to be <\/p>\n

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\nestablished.
\nLike to begin in Matthew Chapter<\/p>\n

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\n7 where we actually begin our
\nconsiderations a few days ago, <\/p>\n

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\nMatthew chapter seven we find
\nthose well known words of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ talking about
\nthe difficulties of the way the <\/p>\n

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\nfact that there are few that
\nfind it. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Matthew Chapter 7 and verse
\n13 we’re told enter ye in at the<\/p>\n

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\nStrait gate.
\nFor wide is the gate and broad <\/p>\n

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\nis the way that leadeth to
\ndestruction and many there be <\/p>\n

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\nwhich go in thereat.
\nBecause Strait is the gate and <\/p>\n

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\nnarrow is the way which leadeth
\nunto life and few there be that <\/p>\n

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\nfind it.
\nNow some of you will probably <\/p>\n

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\nknow that that word there
\nstraight does not refer to a <\/p>\n

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\nstraight line.
\nOK, it’s not a straight and <\/p>\n

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\nnarrow way like a straight line.
\nThe word straight is the very <\/p>\n

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\nsame word used in Acts chapter
\n14 and verse 22. <\/p>\n

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\nTribulation or pressure.
\nIt is through much pressure we <\/p>\n

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\nenter the Kingdom of God.
\nEnter you in at the pressure <\/p>\n

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\ngate, the narrow restricted
\ngate. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s straight in that sense.
\nAnd when you look at the way <\/p>\n

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\ngoing up to Jerusalem from
\nJericho, we’re going to see that<\/p>\n

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\nthat’s exactly what the land
\nwill do. <\/p>\n

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\nNot only is it a very, very
\nsteep ascent, Jericho’s down <\/p>\n

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\nhere on the floor where this
\ngreen is, right here, and you <\/p>\n

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\ncan see the journey that you
\nhave to go to get up to <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nNot only is it virtually <\/p>\n

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\nstraight up, but we’ll find that
\nthe hills actually close in and <\/p>\n

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\nthey get more and more narrow,
\nmore and more refined, so that <\/p>\n

45
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\nby the time, if you’re going
\nwith a family up to Jerusalem, <\/p>\n

46
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\nas you’re getting closer and
\ncloser, you’re practically <\/p>\n

47
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\nbumping shoulders because the
\nway is narrow and it’s tight. <\/p>\n

48
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\nNow isn’t that brothers and
\nsisters, a parable of our lives?<\/p>\n

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\nWe start down here in death at
\nJericho. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re making our way up to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the way is going to be
\ndifficult and it’s going to be <\/p>\n

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\nrough.
\nIt is through much tribulation <\/p>\n

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\nthat we will enter the Kingdom
\nof God. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the land brothers and
\nsisters, once again we see it <\/p>\n

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\nreinforces the principles that
\nwe all know are true both in our<\/p>\n

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\nlives and in the truth.
\nGod is just giving us one more <\/p>\n

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\nreminder of what it’s going to
\nbe like. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we want to get to the Kingdom
\nof God, why should we complain <\/p>\n

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\nof want or distress, Temptation
\nor pain? <\/p>\n

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\nLook at that.
\nThere’s no other way. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it doesn’t matter from which
\ndirection you’re coming, whether<\/p>\n

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\nyou’re coming from down here,
\nthe plain of Sharon or the <\/p>\n

63
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\nArabah.
\nIf you’re going to go to <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem, it’s going to be
\ndifficult. <\/p>\n

65
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\nSo why should we expect our
\nlives not to be difficult? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy should we run in the face of
\ndanger? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause the land teaches us no
\nless. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, we start, brothers and
\nsisters, at Jericho. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, Jericho, of course, has a
\nsignificance in the record of <\/p>\n

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\nScripture.
\nIt was the city of the curse in <\/p>\n

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\nthe days of the crossing in
\nJoshua. <\/p>\n

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\nJericho is way, way down here,
\n853 feet below sea level. <\/p>\n

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\nHere’s sea level, and Jericho is
\ndown here. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s as though we’re beneath the
\nground. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re in death, We’re in Adam,
\nand we’re going up here to <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem, which is about, well,
\nthe map says 2200 feet above sea<\/p>\n

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\nlevel.
\nI think it’s actually a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit more than that, but it’s
\njust about 10 to 15 miles <\/p>\n

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\nbetween there, Jericho and
\nthere. <\/p>\n

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\nThe land has a steep ascent as
\nit goes up to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nWe want to see that.
\nThe Bible has quite a lot to say<\/p>\n

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\nabout this particular ascent,
\nbut this is where we all begin, <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nWe begin down here on the floor <\/p>\n

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\nof the valley of the Arabah at
\nJericho. <\/p>\n

85
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\nNow, for what does Jericho stand
\nin the record of scripture? <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s turn to Joshua chapter 24.
\nYou know, the critics of the <\/p>\n

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\nBible had a bit of a field day
\nwhen they first discovered the <\/p>\n

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\nancient city of Jericho.
\nNow you read the record of <\/p>\n

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\nJoshua and you think, well,
\nhere’s this mighty city. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, they’ve got to go
\naround 7 times before they <\/p>\n

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\nconquer it.
\nIt seems to be this important <\/p>\n

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\nand mighty place.
\nAnd and then when the <\/p>\n

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\narchaeologist got in there, they
\nactually found that it’s only a <\/p>\n

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\nfew square miles Jericho.
\nIt’s not very big. <\/p>\n

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\nBut here’s what they also found
\nout. <\/p>\n

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\nThey found out that Jericho was
\nactually the storehouse for the <\/p>\n

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\nwhole land of Canaan, so that
\nthat when danger came, the men <\/p>\n

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\nof the land of Canaan would run
\ninto Jericho, lock the gates, <\/p>\n

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\nand then thumb their noses at
\nanybody who tried to get in. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s the principle of
\nJericho represented the land of <\/p>\n

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\nCanaan.
\nLook at Joshua, Chapter 24 and <\/p>\n

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\nverse 11.
\nHere is Joshua at Shechem <\/p>\n

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\nrecounting the history of which
\nthey had just experienced. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 11.
\nAnd you went over Jordan and <\/p>\n

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\ncame unto Jericho.
\nAnd the men of Jericho fought <\/p>\n

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\nagainst you, the Amorites and
\nthe parasites, and the <\/p>\n

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\nCanaanites, and the Hittites and
\nthe Girgashites and the Hiveites<\/p>\n

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\nand the Jebusites.
\nAnd I’ve delivered them into <\/p>\n

109
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\nyour hand.
\nNow, did you read that verse <\/p>\n

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\ncarefully?
\nWho were the men of Jericho in <\/p>\n

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\nthat verse?
\nThe Amorites, the Parasites, the<\/p>\n

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\nCanaanites, the Hittites, the
\nGirgashites, the Hiveites and <\/p>\n

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\nthe Jebusites.
\nNow, where were the Jebusites? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, the Jebusites were in
\nJerusalem, but they’re called in<\/p>\n

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\nthis verse, the men of Jericho.
\nSo Jericho, you see, represented<\/p>\n

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\nthe whole of the land of Canaan,
\nthat land which that was so <\/p>\n

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\nabominable in God’s eyes that he
\ndeclared Israel that they should<\/p>\n

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\nslay everything that breathed,
\nbecause so polluted were they in<\/p>\n

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\ntheir ways.
\nSo Jericho typified the whole <\/p>\n

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\nland of Canaan.
\nIt represents the world in all <\/p>\n

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\nits ugliness, and because of
\nthat, God placed a curse upon <\/p>\n

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\nthat particular city.
\nIt was a devoted city, and it <\/p>\n

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\nwas given over to destruction,
\nand perhaps because it <\/p>\n

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\nrepresented the whole of the
\nland of Canaan. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there were seven nations of
\nCanaan. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why they went around
\nJericho seven times. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s many other reasons, of
\ncourse, but if they went around <\/p>\n

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\nJericho 7 * 1 for each of the
\nseven nations of Canaan, Jericho<\/p>\n

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\never stood for the flesh it
\nrepresents or signifies a <\/p>\n

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\nfragrance.
\nIt’s like the flesh. <\/p>\n

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\nIt smells good.
\nIt has some appeal, like the <\/p>\n

132
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\nAcacia would, but it brings only
\nthorns and thistles with it. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll trace this idea a little
\nbit later on. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was noted for palm trees, and
\nthe palm tree in scripture <\/p>\n

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\nrepresents the Gentiles.
\nWe’ll develop that idea in a <\/p>\n

136
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\nmoment.
\nSo it’s a city of the <\/p>\n

137
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\nCanaanites.
\nIt’s a city of the Gentiles, the<\/p>\n

138
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\nplace where bitter waters had to
\nbe made sweet by Elisha. <\/p>\n

139
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\nSo it represents the flesh in
\nall of its bitterness and its <\/p>\n

140
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\ninsipidity.
\nAnd lastly, it was a place where<\/p>\n

141
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\nwe meet a blind man come to mark
\nchapter 10, where the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n

142
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\nChrist came to Jericho for the
\nlast time. <\/p>\n

143
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\nHe had steadfastly set his face
\ntowards Jerusalem, and he met a <\/p>\n

144
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\nblind man on his way out of the
\ntown. <\/p>\n

145
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\nHis name was Blind Bartimaeus in
\nMark chapter 10 and in verse 46 <\/p>\n

146
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\nwe read and they came to
\nJericho. <\/p>\n

147
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\nAnd as he went out of Jericho
\nwith his disciples and a great <\/p>\n

148
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\nnumber of people blind,
\nBartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, <\/p>\n

149
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\nsat by the highway side begging.
\nNow again careful reading <\/p>\n

150
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\nBartimaeus.
\nThe name Bartimaeus means, of <\/p>\n

151
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\ncourse, the son of Timaeus.
\nWell, verse 46 then says the son<\/p>\n

152
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\nof Timaeus.
\nYou see how that’s repeated? <\/p>\n

153
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\nIt’s the son of Timaeus, the son
\nof Timaeus. <\/p>\n

154
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\nAnd the word Timaeus, brothers
\nand sisters, means uncleanness. <\/p>\n

155
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\nSo he’s the son of the unclean.
\nThe son of the unclean. <\/p>\n

156
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\nAnd he’s standing just on the
\noutskirts of Jericho, the city <\/p>\n

157
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\nof the cursed.
\nYou know, that word there, <\/p>\n

158
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\nTimaeus, is not just used of the
\nunclean, It’s used in the Old <\/p>\n

159
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\nTestament of the very unclean.
\nIt’s rendered in the prophecy of<\/p>\n

160
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\nEzekiel, infamous.
\nAnd so this is the type of <\/p>\n

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\npeople for which Jericho stood.
\nBut Bartimaeus was a man who <\/p>\n

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\nrecognized his need.
\nHe knew that he needed help. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:25,640 –> 00:10:28,520
\nAnd he hears that Jesus of
\nNazareth, verse 47, you see, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:28,520 –> 00:10:31,960
\nit’s Jesus of Nazareth.
\nIt’s a man he can identify with <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:31,960 –> 00:10:34,920
\none of the despised little
\nvillages in Galilee. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:35,280 –> 00:10:37,920
\nHe identifies with that man, and
\nhe begins to cry out. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:38,560 –> 00:10:42,840
\nThou, son of David, have mercy
\non me and the Greek there is He <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:42,840 –> 00:10:47,640
\ncontinually cried out, son of
\nDavid, have mercy on me, Son of <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:47,640 –> 00:10:51,720
\nDavid, have mercy on me.
\nUntil the time that Jesus <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:51,720 –> 00:10:56,760
\nactually stopped, he had
\nsteadfastly set his face towards<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:56,760 –> 00:11:01,400
\nJerusalem.
\nHe’s going there awaiting the <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:01,400 –> 00:11:02,760
\ntime when he shall be received
\nup. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:02,760 –> 00:11:05,840
\nAnd he hears this voice.
\nSon of David, have mercy on me. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:06,040 –> 00:11:08,800
\nSon of David, have mercy on me.
\nYou know Bartimaeus kept <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:08,800 –> 00:11:16,800
\nrepeating that meaning the Lord
\nwas testing him because you know<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:16,800 –> 00:11:21,480
\nthe Lord heard him the first
\ntime, which meant the first time<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:21,480 –> 00:11:23,200
\nthat the Lord heard Bartimaeus
\nsay. <\/p>\n

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\nSon of David, have mercy on me.
\nHe didn’t respond. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:27,920 –> 00:11:30,520
\nBartimaeus had to keep saying it
\nand keep saying it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:30,760 –> 00:11:33,520
\nHave mercy on me.
\nHave mercy on me, until fondly <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:33,720 –> 00:11:36,960
\nin verse 49 it says, And the
\nLord stood still. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:38,640 –> 00:11:42,760
\nHe stopped in his work to heal
\nthat man. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:44,720 –> 00:11:47,600
\nHe was rewarded, brothers and
\nsisters, for his persistence. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:48,000 –> 00:11:51,120
\nAnd so in verse 52 Jesus tells
\nhim, Go thy way. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:51,840 –> 00:11:54,760
\nThy faith hath made thee whole.
\nAnd immediately he received his <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:54,760 –> 00:11:59,680
\nsight.
\nAnd he followed Jesus in the <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:59,680 –> 00:12:02,240
\nway.
\nWould like to examine that way <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:02,480 –> 00:12:04,640
\nthis morning.
\nBecause Bartimaeus didn’t just <\/p>\n

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\nget healed and then go his own
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:07,880 –> 00:12:09,840
\nNo, he went the way that we all
\nmust go. <\/p>\n

191
\n00:12:10,480 –> 00:12:14,200
\nWhere was Jesus going in Mark
\nchapter 10 and verse 52? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:14,200 –> 00:12:17,360
\nWell, he was on his way to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:17,360 –> 00:12:20,920
\nIf you just back up to verse 32
\nof this 10th chapter of Mark, <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re told.
\nAnd they were in the way going <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:25,480 –> 00:12:28,680
\nup to Jerusalem.
\nAnd the chapter finishes and he <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:28,680 –> 00:12:34,280
\nfollowed Jesus in the way he was
\ngoing to Jerusalem to die. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:34,680 –> 00:12:39,360
\nAnd Bartimaeus fell in line
\nbehind him on that way. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:40,360 –> 00:12:45,400
\nBut brothers and sisters, that
\nway to Jerusalem is not going to<\/p>\n

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\nbe easy.
\nThis is how it starts. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:49,120 –> 00:12:52,360
\nThis picture here on the left
\nhand side, it’s straight. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:52,680 –> 00:12:55,120
\nJerusalem is just beyond these
\nhills. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:55,760 –> 00:12:57,720
\nSo when you first get on the
\nroad and you make your way <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:57,720 –> 00:12:59,720
\ntowards Jerusalem, you think,
\noh, this is going to be easy. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:59,720 –> 00:13:02,040
\nIt’s going to be no problem.
\nIt’s flat, level ground. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:04,280 –> 00:13:08,560
\nThis picture is taken maybe
\nabout two miles past this one <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:09,280 –> 00:13:11,760
\nand you see what the terrain
\ngets like. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:12,840 –> 00:13:18,360
\nIt goes right up.
\nAnd this picture here is what <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:18,360 –> 00:13:21,120
\nthe earth around that road is
\nlike. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:21,760 –> 00:13:26,160
\nIt’s barren, it’s red.
\nWe’ll see the significance of <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:26,160 –> 00:13:28,480
\nthat in a moment.
\nIt’s lifeless. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:28,840 –> 00:13:31,240
\nThis is the way going up to the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:32,880 –> 00:13:37,160
\nYou look around and the world is
\nabsolutely barren, absolutely <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:37,160 –> 00:13:41,120
\nfruitless, and it’s almost
\nstraight uphill. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:41,120 –> 00:13:44,400
\nThe car is just straining as
\nyou’re going through these <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:44,400 –> 00:13:48,560
\nhills, trying to get up.
\nAnd that’s what our lives, <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:48,560 –> 00:13:51,120
\nbrothers and sisters, are going
\nto be like if we’re going to <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:51,120 –> 00:13:55,360
\never get to the Kingdom.
\nThe land reminds us of that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:56,000 –> 00:13:59,040
\nBartimaeus was following Jesus
\nin the way. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:59,360 –> 00:14:02,080
\nAnd you would think that after
\nthis wonderful manifestation of <\/p>\n

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\nfaith, that it would be an easy
\njourney then to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:04,600 –> 00:14:06,960
\nIt wasn’t.
\nHe was confronted with more <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:06,960 –> 00:14:11,680
\ntests and more difficulties, and
\nso also was our Lord. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:12,280 –> 00:14:16,040
\nIf you come back to Joshua
\nchapter 15, we’ll see that this <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:16,040 –> 00:14:23,320
\nway actually was to take on
\nanother idea, Joshua chapter 15.<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:25,040 –> 00:14:29,160
\nIt’s actually given a name in
\nthe record of the tribal <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:29,160 –> 00:14:39,960
\nallotment of Judah, Joshua
\nchapter 15, verse 6. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,960 –> 00:14:43,760
\nAnd the border went up to Beth
\nHoglaw and passed along by the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:43,760 –> 00:14:46,840
\nnorth of Bethabara.
\nAnd the border went up to the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:46,840 –> 00:14:48,680
\nstone of Bohan, the son of
\nReuben. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:49,440 –> 00:14:53,400
\nAnd the border went up toward
\nDebir from the valley of Acor, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:53,400 –> 00:14:58,680
\nand so northward looking towards
\nGilgal, that is before the going<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:58,680 –> 00:15:02,920
\nup to Adameem, which is on the
\nSouth side of the river, And the<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:02,920 –> 00:15:05,480
\nborder paths toward the waters
\nof Ensimish. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:05,800 –> 00:15:08,320
\nAnd the goings out thereof were
\nat in Rogue. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:08,400 –> 00:15:12,680
\nNow that, of course, is very
\nprecise language, the valley of <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:12,760 –> 00:15:14,880
\nAcor.
\nNow these pictures are taken not<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:14,880 –> 00:15:18,640
\nfar from the valley of Acor.
\nSo we’re in the general vicinity<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:18,920 –> 00:15:24,640
\nof Joshua, Chapter 15 and verse
\n7, and this particular journey <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:24,800 –> 00:15:27,200
\ntakes us at the end of verse 7
\nto Inrogal. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:27,520 –> 00:15:31,360
\nNow Inrogal is just a little bit
\nS, maybe about a kilometer South<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:31,760 –> 00:15:39,240
\nof Jerusalem, and that way from
\nthe valley of Acor up to Inrogal<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:39,240 –> 00:15:44,520
\nis given a name in that verse.
\nIt’s called the going up or the <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:44,520 –> 00:15:50,000
\nascent.
\nAs you can see, it goes up to <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:50,000 –> 00:15:54,400
\nadumim.
\nThe going up of the ascent of <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:54,400 –> 00:15:58,800
\nAdumim was what the road from
\nJericho to Jerusalem was called <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:58,960 –> 00:16:02,680
\nin ancient times, and adumim
\nmeans blood. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:04,520 –> 00:16:07,560
\nAs you can see, it’s from the
\nsame root as the word Adam, and <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:07,560 –> 00:16:11,480
\nit’s probably called that
\nbecause of the reddish tint of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:11,480 –> 00:16:15,880
\nthese hills.
\nThe word sand or soil in the <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:15,880 –> 00:16:18,200
\nHebrew is closely related to the
\nword Adam. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:18,600 –> 00:16:23,040
\nBecause Adam means rosy or red,
\nit also can mean blood. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:24,000 –> 00:16:27,000
\nAnd in the days of the Lord
\nJesus Christ, this particular <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:27,000 –> 00:16:31,640
\nRd. had a very dark and a very
\nsinister overtone. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:31,640 –> 00:16:34,200
\nI’d like you to come to Luke
\nchapter 10. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:36,200 –> 00:16:40,160
\nIt’s fitting that a road like
\nthis would be a dangerous place,<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:40,720 –> 00:16:43,800
\nnot only because of its
\ndifficulty, not only because of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:43,800 –> 00:16:48,480
\nits steep ascent, but as we
\nknow, this was a road in the <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:48,480 –> 00:16:52,040
\ndays of the Lord Jesus Christ
\nwas a dangerous place where <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:52,040 –> 00:16:56,400
\nthieves often lurk to try and
\npick off people who might be <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:56,400 –> 00:16:59,800
\ntravelling down this road, and
\nwe’re vulnerable. <\/p>\n

261
\n00:17:00,960 –> 00:17:04,079
\nWe know the parable of the Good
\nSamaritan and how the man came <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:04,079 –> 00:17:07,359
\nto him and said, Master, what
\nshall I do to inherit eternal <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:07,359 –> 00:17:10,040
\nlife?
\nAnd he gives the parable of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:10,040 –> 00:17:13,760
\nGood Samaritan as an answer to
\nthat Who is my neighbor? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:16,200 –> 00:17:19,680
\nAnd then he says in verse 36,
\nwhich now of these three <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:19,680 –> 00:17:23,200
\nthinkest thou was neighbor unto
\nhim that fell among thieves? <\/p>\n

267
\n00:17:23,200 –> 00:17:25,480
\nAnd he said, he that showed
\nmercy on him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:25,480 –> 00:17:28,440
\nAnd of course, that is the very
\nimportant meaning of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:28,440 –> 00:17:33,160
\nparable.
\nIf we want to be neighborly, we <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:33,160 –> 00:17:37,680
\nmust show mercy.
\nWe must identify those needs <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:37,680 –> 00:17:42,320
\nthat exist in the ecclesia and
\ndo whatever we can to fill those<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:42,320 –> 00:17:46,360
\nneeds.
\nThat’s one lesson, a very <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:46,360 –> 00:17:49,400
\nimportant lesson.
\nBut there was something else <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:49,400 –> 00:17:52,280
\nthat the Lord was saying in this
\nparable that went far beyond the<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:52,280 –> 00:17:55,920
\nactual care that we ought to
\nshow for our brothers and <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:55,920 –> 00:17:58,520
\nsisters.
\nThe Lord was doing far more in <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:58,520 –> 00:18:00,440
\nthis parable, brothers and
\nsisters, than answering the <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:00,440 –> 00:18:03,840
\nlawyer.
\nHe was giving a description of <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:03,840 –> 00:18:07,760
\nhis own sacrificial work.
\nYou’ve probably often heard the <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:07,760 –> 00:18:12,080
\nidea that the Good Samaritan of
\nthis parable really is the Lord <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:12,080 –> 00:18:15,160
\nJesus Christ, and all the
\ndetails that we’ll find in this <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:15,160 –> 00:18:21,160
\nparticular parable Take us to
\nhis sacrificial offering, verse <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:21,720 –> 00:18:28,560
\n30, and Jesus answering said a
\ncertain man went down from <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:28,560 –> 00:18:32,440
\nJerusalem to Jericho.
\nNow Josephus tells us that that <\/p>\n

285
\n00:18:32,440 –> 00:18:36,880
\nparticular Rd. is the ascent of
\nAdumim. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:36,880 –> 00:18:39,280
\nAs a matter of fact, if you go
\nthere today, there’s this <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:39,400 –> 00:18:46,160
\nsettlement, quote UN quote,
\nsettlement called Mayal Adumim, <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:47,760 –> 00:18:50,320
\nwhich is a settlement just to
\nthe east of Jerusalem, and it’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:50,680 –> 00:18:55,880
\njust past the ascent of Adumim
\nfrom Bible times. <\/p>\n

290
\n00:18:56,160 –> 00:18:59,040
\nSo the name is still there
\ntoday. <\/p>\n

291
\n00:18:59,240 –> 00:19:01,840
\nAnd Josephus says that it was
\nthat particular Rd. that the <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:01,840 –> 00:19:05,960
\nLord had in mind when he talked
\nabout this man that went down <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:06,200 –> 00:19:09,400
\nand fell among thieves.
\nHere’s the road a little bit <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:09,400 –> 00:19:12,600
\nfurther along.
\nOK, Jerusalem is just beyond <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:12,600 –> 00:19:15,200
\nhere.
\nHere’s some of the settlements <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:15,200 –> 00:19:17,680
\nof May al Adumim that are there
\ntoday, which actually keep <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:17,680 –> 00:19:19,880
\nexpanding despite efforts to
\nstop them. <\/p>\n

298
\n00:19:20,840 –> 00:19:22,480
\nAnd you see how it’s almost
\nstraight down. <\/p>\n

299
\n00:19:23,400 –> 00:19:26,360
\nA certain man went down from
\nJerusalem to Jericho. <\/p>\n

300
\n00:19:27,200 –> 00:19:28,960
\nThat’s the way that that road
\ngoes. <\/p>\n

301
\n00:19:29,160 –> 00:19:33,880
\nIt has a very steep ascent, and
\npeople would often lurk in these<\/p>\n

302
\n00:19:33,880 –> 00:19:37,640
\nlittle waddies, as they call
\nthem, in these hills. <\/p>\n

303
\n00:19:37,840 –> 00:19:41,720
\nThey would often lurk to try and
\ncatch the UNSUC, the <\/p>\n

304
\n00:19:41,720 –> 00:19:44,960
\nunsuspecting traveller, and
\nseize their goods. <\/p>\n

305
\n00:19:45,680 –> 00:19:51,280
\nAnd so predominant was that that
\nit really became known as the <\/p>\n

306
\n00:19:51,280 –> 00:19:55,800
\nway of Blood, the ascent of
\nAdumim. <\/p>\n

307
\n00:19:57,160 –> 00:19:59,240
\nSo the Lord starts his parable
\nin verse 30. <\/p>\n

308
\n00:20:00,760 –> 00:20:03,240
\nCertain man went down from
\nJerusalem to Jericho and fell <\/p>\n

309
\n00:20:03,240 –> 00:20:06,000
\namong thieves, which stripped
\nhim of his raiment and wounded <\/p>\n

310
\n00:20:06,000 –> 00:20:08,480
\nhim and departed, leaving him
\nhalf dead. <\/p>\n

311
\n00:20:08,480 –> 00:20:10,480
\nYou know, this man represents
\nmankind. <\/p>\n

312
\n00:20:11,320 –> 00:20:15,880
\nYou know, from either end of
\nthis road we can see lessons. <\/p>\n

313
\n00:20:15,880 –> 00:20:18,280
\nWe start in Jericho, the city of
\nthe curse. <\/p>\n

314
\n00:20:18,520 –> 00:20:20,520
\nWe work our way up to the city
\nof God. <\/p>\n

315
\n00:20:20,520 –> 00:20:24,560
\nBut of course, there’s also a
\nlesson in going from Jerusalem <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:24,760 –> 00:20:27,160
\ndown to Jericho, because of
\ncourse that’s where we’re all <\/p>\n

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\ngoing.
\nEventually. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:29,080 –> 00:20:32,040
\nWe’re all heading down and down
\nand down into death. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:32,440 –> 00:20:35,000
\nAnd what happens to us is we’re
\ngoing down into death. <\/p>\n

320
\n00:20:36,440 –> 00:20:41,320
\nWe’re beset by thieves.
\nThe sin that thus so easily <\/p>\n

321
\n00:20:41,440 –> 00:20:47,600
\nbeset us strikes us and we’re
\nleft, as it were, for dead. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:49,040 –> 00:20:54,440
\nAnd what we need, brothers and
\nsisters, is a Good Samaritan to <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:54,440 –> 00:20:58,840
\ncome along and save us.
\nNow the Good Samaritan of this <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:58,840 –> 00:21:03,000
\nparable is the Lord Jesus Christ
\nand John chapter 8 and verse 48.<\/p>\n

325
\n00:21:03,400 –> 00:21:06,560
\nHe was accused by the Jews of
\nbeing a Samaritan. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:06,560 –> 00:21:10,800
\nWe we know who you are.
\nYou’re a Samaritan. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:12,320 –> 00:21:18,160
\nHe was despised and he is the
\none that is coming to help us, <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:18,160 –> 00:21:23,240
\nwho have been beset by sin,
\nbeset by the thieves and left <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:23,640 –> 00:21:26,080
\nfor dead.
\nHe’s travelling, as it were, the<\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:26,080 –> 00:21:28,760
\nsame Rd. as us.
\nAnd you know, we’ve often said <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:28,760 –> 00:21:32,360
\ngood Bible reading.
\nHave a look at the language of <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:32,800 –> 00:21:38,800
\nverses 3233.
\nWe’re told in verse 30 a certain<\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:38,800 –> 00:21:44,000
\nman went down from Jerusalem to
\nJericho and then verse 31 and by<\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:44,000 –> 00:21:50,800
\nchance there came down a certain
\npriest and likewise A Levite. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:50,800 –> 00:21:56,240
\nSo he’s also going down, but a
\ncertain Samaritan as he <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:56,240 –> 00:21:59,640
\njourneyed.
\nSo the man in verse 30 is going <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:59,640 –> 00:22:03,280
\ndown.
\nThe man of verse 31 is going <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:03,280 –> 00:22:06,840
\ndown.
\nThe man of verse 32 is going <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:06,840 –> 00:22:10,120
\ndown, and then along comes the
\nSamaritan. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:10,120 –> 00:22:13,360
\nAnd verse 33 says as he
\njourneyed. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:14,720 –> 00:22:17,560
\nYou see the Lord was on the same
\nRd. as us, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:18,400 –> 00:22:21,400
\nbut never could it be said of
\nhim that he was going down. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:24,520 –> 00:22:28,920
\nHe bore our nature to be sure he
\nwas on the same Rd. as us. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:28,920 –> 00:22:34,520
\nHe partook of the same, but He
\nwas just journeying. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:35,520 –> 00:22:39,600
\nNever could it be said of him
\nthat he was going down, because <\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:39,600 –> 00:22:43,360
\nhe always did those things that
\npleased his father. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:43,640 –> 00:22:50,080
\nAnd verse 33 says that when he
\nsaw him he had compassion on <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:50,080 –> 00:22:53,840
\nhim.
\nThe Lord was moved with <\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:53,840 –> 00:22:58,800
\ncompassion.
\nWhen he saw the plight of his <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:58,800 –> 00:23:03,400
\nbrothers and sisters at the tomb
\nof Lazarus, he wept, even though<\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:03,400 –> 00:23:06,040
\nhe knew he would raise Lazarus
\njust a few minutes later. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:07,000 –> 00:23:10,640
\nAnd he binds up his wounds, the
\nbinding up in Isaiah 61 and <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:10,640 –> 00:23:12,600
\nverse one relates to
\nforgiveness. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:12,840 –> 00:23:16,840
\nHe’s prepared to forgive us of
\nthe wounds that we have received<\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:16,840 –> 00:23:20,680
\nfrom the flesh as we make our
\nway down into death. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:21,040 –> 00:23:25,640
\nHe’s taking us to an end which
\nrepresents the ecclesia to which<\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:25,640 –> 00:23:28,880
\nwe all belong.
\nA hospital for sinners, not a <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:28,880 –> 00:23:31,800
\nmuseum for Saints.
\nA place where we can come and we<\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:31,800 –> 00:23:36,440
\ncan find refuge from those
\nthieves that may seek to afflict<\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:36,440 –> 00:23:38,720
\nus.
\nAnd verse 35 is very <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:38,720 –> 00:23:46,960
\ninteresting, it says and on the
\nMorrow when he departed. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:47,000 –> 00:23:50,800
\nNow what does that mean?
\nIt means that the Samaritans <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:50,800 –> 00:23:59,360
\nspent the night.
\nSo he laid down in sleep in <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:59,360 –> 00:24:06,640
\ndeath, and then He arose.
\nSo it’s through his death and <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:06,640 –> 00:24:10,080
\nthrough His resurrection that
\nthe forgiveness that the the <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:10,080 –> 00:24:14,520
\nbinding up of our wounds can be
\nreceived. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:16,040 –> 00:24:18,040
\nOh, he was doing much more in
\nthis parable, brothers and <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:18,040 –> 00:24:19,400
\nsisters, than answering the
\nlawyer. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:20,920 –> 00:24:24,120
\nOur Lord had a dynamic mind, and
\nHe could achieve many different <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:24,120 –> 00:24:28,120
\nthings through one parable.
\nHe was not only demonstrating <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:28,120 –> 00:24:30,680
\nwhat we ought to do when we see
\na brother or sister who needs <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:30,680 –> 00:24:35,640
\nhelp, he was talking about what
\nhe would do to save all of <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:35,640 –> 00:24:38,360
\nmankind.
\nIn verse 35, we’re told that he <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:38,360 –> 00:24:43,440
\ntook out 2 pence and gave them
\nto the host and said take care <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:43,440 –> 00:24:47,560
\nof him.
\nYou know, 2 pence is roughly the<\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:47,560 –> 00:24:53,720
\nequivalent of 1\/2 shekel.
\nThe half shekel, of course, was <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:53,720 –> 00:24:57,680
\nthe medal of redemption that
\nevery Israelite was required to <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:57,680 –> 00:25:01,760
\npay in Exodus chapter 30 and
\nverse 13. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:01,920 –> 00:25:07,200
\nSo we gave him the ransom, the
\nsilver, whereby that man’s <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:07,240 –> 00:25:11,360
\nredemption was secure and they
\nwere entrusted then with taking <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:11,360 –> 00:25:13,720
\ncare of that person.
\nJust as every person who gets <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:13,720 –> 00:25:17,680
\nbaptized and walks through our
\ndoors, the Lord has given to us <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:18,240 –> 00:25:22,280
\nthat we might take care of them
\nand provide the redemption that <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:22,280 –> 00:25:26,320
\nthe Lord has offered to us.
\nAnd then he says, when I come <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:26,320 –> 00:25:33,000
\nagain, I’ll pay you back.
\nAnd of course the coming again <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:33,000 –> 00:25:36,360
\nmust therefore relate to his
\nsecond coming. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:36,960 –> 00:25:40,680
\nWhen he will come again, he will
\nreward those according to their <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:40,680 –> 00:25:47,160
\nworks and that what will be the
\nmeasure, Inasmuch as you have <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:47,160 –> 00:25:51,680
\ndone it to the least of these,
\nmy brethren, you’ve done it to <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:51,680 –> 00:25:55,280
\nme.
\nWhen I come again, I will pay <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:55,280 –> 00:25:58,680
\nyou and he will pay us, brothers
\nand sisters, more than we ever <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:58,680 –> 00:26:01,000
\ndeserve.
\nMore than we ever deserve. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:01,120 –> 00:26:06,520
\nWe’re going to get eternal life
\nthrough His grace if we show the<\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:06,520 –> 00:26:10,840
\ncare that the Lord has
\ndemonstrated in this well known <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:10,840 –> 00:26:14,520
\nparable.
\nBut that was all based upon the <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:14,520 –> 00:26:25,720
\ngeography of the land and the
\ngoing up of Adamine. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:26,520 –> 00:26:27,880
\nWe’re getting a little closer
\nnow. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:28,560 –> 00:26:30,320
\nWe’re making our way towards
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:30,320 –> 00:26:31,800
\nAnd as you can see, we’re still
\ngoing up. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:32,920 –> 00:26:38,480
\nThis is maybe about 5 miles
\noutside of Jerusalem, and it’s <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:38,480 –> 00:26:42,320
\ngetting a little greener.
\nYou know, the barren limestone <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:42,320 –> 00:26:45,400
\nhills are past.
\nThe Kingdom is near. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:45,680 –> 00:26:48,080
\nThe signs are getting more and
\nmore apparent, but you know, <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:48,080 –> 00:26:54,520
\nwe’re still going up, the car is
\nstill straining, the gas is <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:54,520 –> 00:26:58,560
\ngoing like that.
\nAnd the Lord and Bartimaeus and <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:58,640 –> 00:27:00,720
\nthe group that were with him are
\nstill going up. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:01,560 –> 00:27:07,200
\nAnd he came after he had left
\nthat place to Mark, chapter 12. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:07,640 –> 00:27:12,160
\nAnd this is the place as you’ll
\nknow, Mark 12, Matthew 21, Luke <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:12,160 –> 00:27:15,680
\n19 and John 12 are where all
\nfour Gospels come together and <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:15,680 –> 00:27:18,640
\nconverge their thoughts and
\ntheir ideas. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:18,920 –> 00:27:22,600
\nWhen the Lord makes His way for
\nthe last time into that <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:22,600 –> 00:27:27,920
\nparticular city, and the Lord is
\nfully committed now to repairing<\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:27,920 –> 00:27:32,200
\nthose wounds that mankind has
\nreceived, he desires now to <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:32,200 –> 00:27:36,920
\nbring all together into one.
\nIn Mark Chapter 11. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:36,960 –> 00:27:42,320
\nIt is Mark Chapter 11, when they
\nwere come nigh to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:42,320 –> 00:27:45,080
\nSo they’re in this, this general
\nterritory here. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:45,160 –> 00:27:49,280
\nWe’re not far from the city
\nwhere this particular particular<\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:49,280 –> 00:27:52,800
\nphotograph was taken.
\nAnd the Lord did something very,<\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:52,800 –> 00:27:57,320
\nvery significant in this section
\nin Mark Chapter 11 it says, And <\/p>\n

420
\n00:27:57,320 –> 00:28:03,040
\nwhen he was come nigh to
\nJerusalem, unto Bethany and unto<\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:03,040 –> 00:28:08,400
\nBeth Phage, sorry, unto Beth
\nPhage and Bethany at the Mount <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:08,400 –> 00:28:11,680
\nof Olives, he sendeth forth two
\nof his disciples. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:11,680 –> 00:28:14,520
\nNow again, brothers and sisters,
\nthat’s a very careful language. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:15,440 –> 00:28:17,720
\nI mean, you can’t come to two
\nplaces at once. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:19,520 –> 00:28:22,600
\nSo what we must take the record
\nof verse one to mean then is, is<\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:22,600 –> 00:28:29,440
\nthat the Lord came to Bethpage
\n1st and then He came to Bethany.<\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:30,280 –> 00:28:32,800
\nNow the Lord must be doing
\nsomething significant here for <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:32,800 –> 00:28:36,640
\nthe record of scripture to to to
\nbe phrased like that. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:37,280 –> 00:28:42,160
\nFirst of all, where was he?
\nWell, we’re here’s the Temple <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:42,160 –> 00:28:47,120
\nMount right here, Jerusalem, the
\nKedron Valley, the Mount of <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:47,120 –> 00:28:49,200
\nOlives.
\nNow when you swing around this <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:49,200 –> 00:28:54,880
\nlittle Rd. here, there are two
\nlittle villages, one’s called <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:54,880 –> 00:28:59,160
\nBethpage and the other one’s
\ncalled Bethany. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:01,000 –> 00:29:05,840
\nNow, so close is this whole area
\nthat you know the record of Act <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:06,080 –> 00:29:08,600
\nof Luke, sorry, that talks about
\nthe Lord’s ascension into <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:08,600 –> 00:29:10,440
\nheaven.
\nWe know that Acts says it was <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:10,440 –> 00:29:13,840
\nthe Mount of Olives.
\nLuke actually says he ascended <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:13,840 –> 00:29:17,800
\nfrom Bethany because they’re
\nthat they’re that close. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:17,800 –> 00:29:20,320
\nThey’re pretty much the same
\nvicinity. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:20,560 –> 00:29:26,440
\nSo the Lord comes here to
\nBethpage 1st and then He comes <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:27,240 –> 00:29:31,120
\nto Bethany.
\nAnd this is all highly <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:31,240 –> 00:29:34,720
\nsignificant.
\nThe Lord was bringing together <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:34,720 –> 00:29:39,120
\nall men in his one great
\nsacrifice which he would achieve<\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:39,400 –> 00:29:42,920
\nat Jerusalem.
\nNow Bethpage means the House of <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:42,920 –> 00:29:50,560
\nFigs, and he came there first.
\nThe way that I remember this is <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:50,560 –> 00:29:54,040
\nBeth Phage Sounds a lot like
\nBeth Figs. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:54,040 –> 00:29:57,000
\nBeth Phage, Beth Phigs.
\nAnd we all know the fig tree is <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:57,000 –> 00:30:02,880
\na symbol of Israel.
\nHe came to Beth Phage first and <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:02,880 –> 00:30:07,920
\nthen he went to Bethany.
\nNow Bethany means the House of <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:08,040 –> 00:30:11,920
\ndates, and a date comes from a
\npalm tree. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:14,560 –> 00:30:17,720
\nJericho, of course, was the city
\nof palm trees. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:17,720 –> 00:30:22,560
\nIt’s a symbol of the Gentiles.
\nSo he comes to Bethpage 1st, and<\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:22,560 –> 00:30:26,320
\nthen he comes to Bethany to
\nthose two places, because he was<\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:26,320 –> 00:30:29,360
\nbringing together the great
\nfamily of mankind, first to the <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:29,360 –> 00:30:32,240
\nJew, then to the Gentile.
\nAnd it’s interesting when you <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:32,240 –> 00:30:36,200
\nlook at Grimm Thayer’s lexicon.
\nHe says that Bethany signifies <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:36,200 –> 00:30:43,280
\nthe House of Depression and
\nMisery, an app meaning for the <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:43,280 –> 00:30:46,320
\nHouse of the Gentiles that we
\nall know by bitter experience <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:46,320 –> 00:30:52,400
\nreally is a House of depression
\nand misery. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:54,560 –> 00:30:56,880
\nSo here he is.
\nHe’s come up from Jericho just a<\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:56,880 –> 00:31:00,960
\nshort way, and he comes to Beth
\nPhage first. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:03,120 –> 00:31:08,280
\nIn his final week, as he set his
\nface towards Jerusalem, he <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:08,280 –> 00:31:12,240
\nsought to unite all men on the
\nbasis of his covenant sacrifice,<\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:12,920 –> 00:31:19,360
\ncoming first to Bethpage, the
\nHouse of Figs, then to Bethany, <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:19,360 –> 00:31:23,680
\nthe House of Dates, the Gentiles
\nthat by that he might bring <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:23,680 –> 00:31:28,320
\ntogether into one the family of
\nman that had been previously <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:28,440 –> 00:31:31,920
\ndivided.
\nAnd you know then it says at the<\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:31,920 –> 00:31:42,440
\nend of verse one, he sent forth
\ntwo of his disciples. 2 Why 2? <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:42,840 –> 00:31:46,160
\nBecause these were to get 2
\nanimals. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:46,160 –> 00:31:48,640
\nNow like you just keep your hand
\nin Mark 11 and come back to <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:48,640 –> 00:31:52,440
\nMatthew 21 because you got to
\nput all four gospels here <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:52,560 –> 00:31:55,280
\ntogether just to get a complete
\npicture. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:55,600 –> 00:32:00,960
\nKeep a marker or something in in
\nMark Chapter 11 and just look at<\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:00,960 –> 00:32:08,000
\nMatthew chapter 21.
\nVery interesting how the gospels<\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:08,000 –> 00:32:11,520
\nrecord this last week.
\nSome of them record certain <\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:11,520 –> 00:32:14,120
\ndetails and others do not.
\nMatthew 21. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:14,120 –> 00:32:17,520
\nNow Matthew of course is writing
\nto the Jews verse one and they <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:17,520 –> 00:32:22,440
\ndrew nigh unto Jerusalem and
\nwere come to Beth Phage. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:23,120 –> 00:32:25,200
\nSo he doesn’t even mention
\nBethany because he’s writing to <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:25,240 –> 00:32:27,960
\nJews.
\nBeth, Phage the House of Jews <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:29,480 –> 00:32:32,920
\nunto the mount of Olives, Then
\nsent Jesus 2 disciples saying <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:32,920 –> 00:32:35,880
\nunto them, Go into a village
\nover against you, That’s <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:35,880 –> 00:32:39,000
\nBethany.
\nAnd straightway you shall find <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:39,000 –> 00:32:44,400
\nan ass tide and a colt with her.
\nLoose them, and bring them to <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:44,400 –> 00:32:47,040
\nme.
\nAnd if any man ought say unto <\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:47,640 –> 00:32:50,560
\nyou, and or shall ask why you’re
\ndoing this, say the Lord hath <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:50,560 –> 00:32:53,920
\nneeded them, and straightway he
\nwill send them. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:54,200 –> 00:33:00,360
\nSo he then goes sending forth 2
\ndisciples to get 2 animals. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:00,360 –> 00:33:07,600
\nOne was an ass symbol of Israel,
\nExodus chapter 13 and the other <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:07,600 –> 00:33:10,280
\nwas a cult.
\nNow if we come back to Mark <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:10,280 –> 00:33:15,280
\nChapter 11, Mark says something
\nvery interesting about that <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:15,280 –> 00:33:26,400
\ncult.
\nWe learned from one of the <\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:26,400 –> 00:33:29,200
\nrecords of the Gospels that it
\nhad never borne a burden. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:29,200 –> 00:33:32,160
\nIt was like the Gentiles that
\nhadn’t been burdened by law. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:32,160 –> 00:33:34,840
\nAnd this cult was in a very
\nspecial place. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:35,120 –> 00:33:40,920
\nMark Chapter 11 and verse four.
\nAnd they went their way and <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:40,920 –> 00:33:47,160
\nfound the cult tied by the door
\nwithout in a place where two <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:47,400 –> 00:33:51,600
\nways met.
\nSo the Lord in this particular <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:51,600 –> 00:33:56,840
\nchapter comes to two places,
\nBethpage and then to Bethany, <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:57,040 –> 00:34:01,720
\nand then sends forth two of his
\ndisciples to find 2 animals, <\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:02,800 –> 00:34:06,720
\neach representing Jew and
\nGentile in a place where two <\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:06,960 –> 00:34:15,560
\nways met, and it’s the geography
\nof the land that emphasize <\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:16,159 –> 00:34:21,679
\nemphasizes that lesson.
\nBethpage then Bethany, ass then <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:21,679 –> 00:34:25,360
\nColt in a place where two ways
\nmet. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:30,280 –> 00:34:33,159
\nThis was all, of course, in
\nfulfillment of the prophecy of <\/p>\n

506
\n00:34:33,159 –> 00:34:37,280
\nZechariah Chapter 9.
\nHe will speak peace to the <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:37,280 –> 00:34:40,600
\nheathen, and he’s bringing
\ntogether into one, which is what<\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:40,600 –> 00:34:44,280
\nthe word peace means in the
\nHebrew into one, the family of <\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:44,280 –> 00:34:51,760
\nmankind that had been scattered
\nwell down in verse 8. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:53,840 –> 00:35:00,080
\nSomething else was done here in
\nthis last week of our Lord’s <\/p>\n

511
\n00:35:00,080 –> 00:35:01,600
\nlife.
\nYou know that everything that <\/p>\n

512
\n00:35:01,600 –> 00:35:03,960
\nhe’s going to do is going to be
\nabsolutely charged with <\/p>\n

513
\n00:35:03,960 –> 00:35:06,320
\nsignificance.
\nWe have a look at verse eight. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:06,880 –> 00:35:10,200
\nIt says that many spread their
\ngarments in the way. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:10,200 –> 00:35:13,800
\nThis is Mark Chapter 11 and
\nverse 8, and many spread their <\/p>\n

516
\n00:35:13,800 –> 00:35:16,920
\ngarments in the way, and others
\ncut down branches off the trees <\/p>\n

517
\n00:35:17,120 –> 00:35:20,960
\nand strawed them in the way.
\nNow it’s the record of John <\/p>\n

518
\n00:35:20,960 –> 00:35:24,960
\nchapter 12 that tells us what
\nthose branches were. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:26,680 –> 00:35:33,640
\nWe know they were palm branches
\nand palm. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:33,840 –> 00:35:38,000
\nThe palm branch, of course, was
\nprominent in the Feast of <\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:38,120 –> 00:35:43,240
\nTabernacles, which Zechariah
\nchapter 14 says that the nations<\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:43,520 –> 00:35:48,920
\nwill come up to Jerusalem to
\nkeep the Feast of Tabernacles, <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:49,720 –> 00:35:53,320
\nwhere Jew and Gentile will be
\nbrought together into one. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:53,680 –> 00:35:59,840
\nAnd when there will be no more
\nthe Canaanite in the land, we <\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:59,840 –> 00:36:01,400
\ncould develop this idea a little
\nbit more. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:36:01,400 –> 00:36:06,000
\nBut for lack of time we’ll just
\nmake a note of verse 17. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:06,480 –> 00:36:09,280
\nThis was how this great incident
\nall concluded. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:10,400 –> 00:36:15,600
\nIs it not written?
\nMy house shall be called a House<\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:15,600 –> 00:36:21,160
\nof prayer for all nations.
\nAnd so the geography of the land<\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:21,160 –> 00:36:25,000
\nhere reminds us of the great
\nprinciple that our Lord was <\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:25,000 –> 00:36:28,680
\nstanding for in his last week,
\nbringing together Jews and <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:28,680 –> 00:36:31,560
\nGentiles together.
\nThey’ve come up the ascent of <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:31,560 –> 00:36:33,400
\nAdam Meme.
\nThey’ve left Jericho. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:33,680 –> 00:36:35,200
\nThey’re going to the House of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:35,600 –> 00:36:42,000
\nAnd here he’s emphasizing the
\nsaving power of His sacrifice, <\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:42,200 –> 00:36:46,120
\nbeing able to unite all men
\ntogether into one. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:46,680 –> 00:36:50,040
\nAnd we are the Gentiles.
\nWe are the Bethany who have been<\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:50,040 –> 00:36:54,000
\ncalled out of the House of
\ndepression and misery to come up<\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:54,000 –> 00:36:57,360
\nto the city of God with our Lord
\nJesus Christ, that we might <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:57,360 –> 00:37:03,280
\ndwell in that city forever.
\nI’d like to just finish our <\/p>\n

541
\n00:37:03,280 –> 00:37:05,720
\nstudies, brothers and sisters,
\nwith some thoughts from Psalm <\/p>\n

542
\n00:37:05,720 –> 00:37:10,880
\n122, because we’re all going up
\nto Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:14,640 –> 00:37:20,520
\nWe’re all on that road, that
\nascent, going to the House of <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:20,520 –> 00:37:23,680
\nGod.
\nAnd the words of this Psalm <\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:25,280 –> 00:37:31,120
\nought to rest in our hearts as
\nwe go forward from this place in<\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:31,120 –> 00:37:39,200
\nPsalm 122 and verse one.
\nI was glad when they said unto <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:39,200 –> 00:37:42,840
\nme, let us go into the House of
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:42,840 –> 00:37:44,800
\nYou know, I don’t know about you
\nbrothers and sisters, but I’m <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:44,800 –> 00:37:50,080
\nglad to be here, even with
\nhaving to speak. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:50,080 –> 00:37:51,520
\nI’m.
\nI’m glad to be here. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:51,520 –> 00:37:57,160
\nI don’t want to go home and go
\nback to work and experience all <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:57,160 –> 00:37:58,440
\nthe difficulties that come with
\nthat. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:58,440 –> 00:38:00,000
\nI’m.
\nI’m glad I’m here. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:38:01,240 –> 00:38:03,400
\nYou know, you hear people
\nsometimes say, well, you know, <\/p>\n

555
\n00:38:03,400 –> 00:38:05,520
\nif it wasn’t for the kids, we
\nwouldn’t be at Bible school. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:38:06,600 –> 00:38:09,320
\nHow sad.
\nHow sad. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:38:09,920 –> 00:38:14,000
\nI’m glad that we’re here.
\nI’m glad that we’re going to <\/p>\n

558
\n00:38:14,000 –> 00:38:17,920
\nthat higher place.
\nI was glad when they said unto <\/p>\n

559
\n00:38:17,920 –> 00:38:20,000
\nme, let us go into the House of
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:38:20,440 –> 00:38:23,720
\nOur feet shall stand within thy
\ngates. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:38:24,120 –> 00:38:26,200
\nOh, Jerusalem.
\nAnd the Hebrew there, brothers <\/p>\n

562
\n00:38:26,200 –> 00:38:28,120
\nand sisters, is in the present
\ntense. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:28,600 –> 00:38:34,600
\nOur feet have always stood in
\nthis place. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:35,120 –> 00:38:39,880
\nThey’ve never left.
\nWe might live in other places, <\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:40,120 –> 00:38:44,000
\nbut mentally and morally, our
\nfeet have always been in that <\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:44,000 –> 00:38:46,240
\nland.
\nThey’ve never left. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:47,760 –> 00:38:50,880
\nThey’ve always been in the city
\nof Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:51,080 –> 00:38:54,560
\nWhere are our feet, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:57,000 –> 00:38:59,440
\nWell, they can either be in the
\nHouse of depression and misery, <\/p>\n

570
\n00:39:01,320 –> 00:39:02,720
\nor they can be in the city of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:39:02,720 –> 00:39:06,400
\nI’d like to just trace that idea
\nof the feet. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:39:06,400 –> 00:39:09,000
\nCome back to to Joshua Chapter
\none. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:39:13,320 –> 00:39:16,600
\nLet us resolve as we go forth
\nfrom this place that our feet <\/p>\n

574
\n00:39:17,160 –> 00:39:20,240
\nwill always stand within the
\ngates of the house. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:39:21,120 –> 00:39:24,120
\nAnd brothers and sisters, we
\ndon’t do that by literally being<\/p>\n

576
\n00:39:24,120 –> 00:39:26,640
\nin the land, although that’s
\nwonderful. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:39:27,240 –> 00:39:30,280
\nWe show that our feet are in
\nthat place by working in the <\/p>\n

578
\n00:39:30,280 –> 00:39:35,000
\necclesia, by showing care, by
\nbinding up the wounds of those <\/p>\n

579
\n00:39:35,280 –> 00:39:38,600
\nwho are afflicted by that, we
\ndemonstrate that our feet are <\/p>\n

580
\n00:39:38,600 –> 00:39:41,840
\nreally in another place.
\nThey’re in the land. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:39:42,280 –> 00:39:46,040
\nJust look at some references
\nhere in in Joshua, Joshua <\/p>\n

582
\n00:39:46,040 –> 00:39:49,680
\nchapter one and verse 3.
\nEvery place that the sole of <\/p>\n

583
\n00:39:49,680 –> 00:39:53,960
\nyour foot shall tread upon that
\nI have given unto you. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:39:55,480 –> 00:39:58,480
\nIt’s all based, of course, upon
\nwhat God said to Abraham in <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:58,480 –> 00:40:02,320
\nGenesis chapter 13.
\nArise, walk through the land and<\/p>\n

586
\n00:40:02,320 –> 00:40:05,680
\nevery place where the sole of
\nyour foot goes, I will give it <\/p>\n

587
\n00:40:05,680 –> 00:40:08,960
\nto you.
\nAnd Abraham and his enthusiasm <\/p>\n

588
\n00:40:08,960 –> 00:40:12,600
\nput his feet all over that land
\nduring the course of his life. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:40:13,800 –> 00:40:17,080
\nBecause he was so excited with
\nthe promise that God had given <\/p>\n

590
\n00:40:17,080 –> 00:40:19,120
\nto him.
\nAnd God tells Joshua here the <\/p>\n

591
\n00:40:19,120 –> 00:40:21,080
\nsame thing.
\nEvery place that the sole of <\/p>\n

592
\n00:40:21,080 –> 00:40:23,320
\nyour foot goes, I’m going to
\ngive it to you. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:40:24,320 –> 00:40:26,760
\nCome over a few pages to Joshua
\nchapter 14. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:40:26,760 –> 00:40:33,160
\nYou know there was a man named
\nCaleb who also put his feet all <\/p>\n

595
\n00:40:33,160 –> 00:40:37,760
\nover that land.
\nHe had to wait 40-5 years for <\/p>\n

596
\n00:40:37,760 –> 00:40:41,760
\nit.
\nHe was one of the faithful spies<\/p>\n

597
\n00:40:41,760 –> 00:40:47,320
\nthat went in at age 40 and walk
\nthrough that land, and he set <\/p>\n

598
\n00:40:47,320 –> 00:40:51,400
\nhis sights upon that land, and
\nnotice the words that he uses <\/p>\n

599
\n00:40:52,840 –> 00:40:55,040
\nwhen speaking to Joshua.
\nHe says, Remember what Moses <\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:55,040 –> 00:40:58,280
\nsaid, Joshua chapter 14 and
\nverse 9. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:59,480 –> 00:41:02,920
\nAnd Moses swear on that day
\nsaying, Surely the land wherein <\/p>\n

602
\n00:41:02,920 –> 00:41:07,680
\nthy feet have trodden shall be
\nthine inheritance, and thy <\/p>\n

603
\n00:41:07,680 –> 00:41:11,760
\nchildren’s forever, because thou
\nhast wholly followed Yahweh, my <\/p>\n

604
\n00:41:11,760 –> 00:41:15,320
\nGod, verse 13.
\nAnd Joshua blessed him, and gave<\/p>\n

605
\n00:41:15,320 –> 00:41:19,920
\nunto Caleb the son of Jephana
\nHebron, for an inheritance. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:41:20,120 –> 00:41:23,400
\nYou see, Caleb set his sights
\nupon that place. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:41:23,640 –> 00:41:26,000
\nHis feet walked all up and down
\nthat land. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:41:26,160 –> 00:41:28,880
\nHe loved it.
\nHe desired it above all else in <\/p>\n

609
\n00:41:28,880 –> 00:41:33,080
\nlife.
\nAnd Joshua gave him the place <\/p>\n

610
\n00:41:33,080 –> 00:41:38,120
\nthat he desired, the place where
\nupon his feet had been. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:41:39,960 –> 00:41:41,520
\nAnd what about us, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

612
\n00:41:41,800 –> 00:41:46,280
\nRomans chapter 4.
\nRomans, chapter 4. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:41:47,920 –> 00:41:51,800
\nWhere are our feet going?
\nWell, they’ve got to be where <\/p>\n

614
\n00:41:51,800 –> 00:41:57,040
\nAbraham’s were, where Caleb’s
\nwere in that land, so that it <\/p>\n

615
\n00:41:57,040 –> 00:42:02,200
\ncan be said of us in that great
\nday our feet have always been <\/p>\n

616
\n00:42:02,200 –> 00:42:07,760
\nhere.
\nRomans chapter 4 and verse 12 <\/p>\n

617
\n00:42:09,160 –> 00:42:12,240
\nspeaking about Abraham, that
\nhe’s the father of circumcision.<\/p>\n

618
\n00:42:12,240 –> 00:42:15,520
\nTo them who are not of the
\ncircumcision only Caleb of <\/p>\n

619
\n00:42:15,520 –> 00:42:23,680
\ncourse was a Gentile, but who
\nalso walk in the steps of that <\/p>\n

620
\n00:42:23,680 –> 00:42:27,520
\nfaith of our father Abraham.
\nAnd where were those steps, <\/p>\n

621
\n00:42:27,520 –> 00:42:29,920
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nThey were all up and down that <\/p>\n

622
\n00:42:29,920 –> 00:42:32,520
\nland.
\nHe walked by faith in the length<\/p>\n

623
\n00:42:32,520 –> 00:42:36,040
\nand the breadth of it, and one
\nday it will be his for an <\/p>\n

624
\n00:42:36,040 –> 00:42:40,680
\neverlasting possession.
\nAs we go forth from this Bible <\/p>\n

625
\n00:42:40,680 –> 00:42:46,280
\nconference, let us resolve that
\nour feet will always be in that <\/p>\n

626
\n00:42:46,280 –> 00:42:49,760
\nplace, that they will never,
\never stray from the boundaries <\/p>\n

627
\n00:42:49,760 –> 00:42:53,800
\nof that promised land, that one
\nday it might be ours for <\/p>\n

628
\n00:42:53,800 –> 00:42:56,360
\npossession.
\nCome back to Psalm 122. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:42:58,440 –> 00:43:00,800
\nThis is what we must do
\ntogether, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:43:00,800 –> 00:43:04,720
\nWe’re all going to that place.
\nAnd you know, as one makes their<\/p>\n

631
\n00:43:04,720 –> 00:43:10,080
\nway up to Jerusalem, the hills
\nget more and more narrow, more <\/p>\n

632
\n00:43:10,080 –> 00:43:14,240
\nand more constricted, so that by
\nthe time you get close to <\/p>\n

633
\n00:43:14,240 –> 00:43:16,600
\nJerusalem, you’re practically
\nbumping into each other. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:43:18,080 –> 00:43:20,800
\nThose who go ahead are having to
\ncast the stumbling blocks out of<\/p>\n

635
\n00:43:20,800 –> 00:43:24,920
\nthe way to make it easier.
\nAnd so Psalm 122 and verse three<\/p>\n

636
\n00:43:24,920 –> 00:43:30,000
\nsays Jerusalem is building as a
\ncity that is compact together. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:43:30,000 –> 00:43:32,720
\nYou see, as you get nearer and
\nnearer to Jerusalem, it gets <\/p>\n

638
\n00:43:32,720 –> 00:43:36,600
\nmore and more pressed in.
\nIt gets more and more compact. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:43:37,000 –> 00:43:39,920
\nYou know, that phrase, they’re
\ncompact together, has been <\/p>\n

640
\n00:43:39,920 –> 00:43:44,760
\nrendered in other parts of
\nScripture to have fellowship, to<\/p>\n

641
\n00:43:44,760 –> 00:43:47,480
\nhave fellowship.
\nAnd how is it that we can have <\/p>\n

642
\n00:43:47,480 –> 00:43:48,760
\nfellowship, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

643
\n00:43:49,080 –> 00:43:54,360
\nIt’s by walking together to that
\nplace, because the hills will <\/p>\n

644
\n00:43:54,360 –> 00:43:57,040
\nprocess in closer and closer and
\ncloser. <\/p>\n

645
\n00:43:57,200 –> 00:43:59,800
\nAnd as we all get closer and
\ncloser to that Kingdom, as a <\/p>\n

646
\n00:43:59,800 –> 00:44:03,360
\ncommunity, as a body, we get
\ntighter and tighter and tighter.<\/p>\n

647
\n00:44:05,200 –> 00:44:11,240
\nIf we leave that place, if we go
\nthe opposite direction, we’ll <\/p>\n

648
\n00:44:11,240 –> 00:44:13,960
\nget further and further away.
\nIt’s only by going towards <\/p>\n

649
\n00:44:13,960 –> 00:44:17,000
\nJerusalem that we have an
\naffinity, that we are a <\/p>\n

650
\n00:44:17,000 –> 00:44:21,560
\nharmonious band of kindred
\nspirits walking in unison to <\/p>\n

651
\n00:44:21,560 –> 00:44:24,200
\nthat place.
\nAnd what is the prayer of the <\/p>\n

652
\n00:44:24,240 –> 00:44:31,280
\nPilgrim here in Psalm 122?
\nPray for the peace of Jerusalem,<\/p>\n

653
\n00:44:31,360 –> 00:44:35,080
\nverse six.
\nThey shall prosper that love <\/p>\n

654
\n00:44:35,080 –> 00:44:39,760
\nthee, peace be within thy walls,
\nand prosperity within thy <\/p>\n

655
\n00:44:39,760 –> 00:44:41,760
\npalaces.
\nYou know, there’s a marvelous <\/p>\n

656
\n00:44:41,960 –> 00:44:44,640
\nhymn that’s actually here in
\nthese verses. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:44:44,880 –> 00:44:50,280
\nThe Hebrew verses 6 and 7 uses
\nvery, very similar words. <\/p>\n

658
\n00:44:50,280 –> 00:44:53,760
\nYou can clearly see that it was
\nset to a hymn because the word <\/p>\n

659
\n00:44:53,760 –> 00:44:59,600
\npray is shaya, the word prosper
\nis shala, the word peace is <\/p>\n

660
\n00:44:59,600 –> 00:45:04,840
\nShalom and the word prosperity
\nis Shalom, Shayel, Shalom, <\/p>\n

661
\n00:45:04,840 –> 00:45:08,360
\nShalom, shava.
\nThey said together this <\/p>\n

662
\n00:45:08,360 –> 00:45:13,200
\nharmonious band of kindred
\nspirits, shayel, shalah, Shalom,<\/p>\n

663
\n00:45:13,200 –> 00:45:17,720
\nshavah, they were all united
\ntogether in those words of <\/p>\n

664
\n00:45:17,720 –> 00:45:20,720
\npraying for the peace of
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

665
\n00:45:20,720 –> 00:45:26,960
\nYou know, brothers and sisters,
\nthat doesn’t mean that we pray <\/p>\n

666
\n00:45:26,960 –> 00:45:29,120
\nfor the time when Jerusalem will
\nbe at peace. <\/p>\n

667
\n00:45:31,720 –> 00:45:37,760
\nThat means we pray for the peace
\nof Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:45:38,120 –> 00:45:44,480
\nIt’s a particular brand of peace
\nthat only belongs to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:45:45,320 –> 00:45:47,360
\nIt’s not that we’re praying for
\nthe time when Jerusalem is at <\/p>\n

670
\n00:45:47,360 –> 00:45:50,520
\npeace, it’s that we’re praying
\nfor the peace to come that <\/p>\n

671
\n00:45:50,520 –> 00:45:55,480
\nbelongs only to Jerusalem.
\nWhen the Lord Jesus Christ made <\/p>\n

672
\n00:45:55,480 –> 00:46:00,160
\nhis way into the city here, when
\nhe was doing all of this, he <\/p>\n

673
\n00:46:00,160 –> 00:46:06,920
\nsaid, if only you knew the
\nthings concerning your peace. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:46:07,680 –> 00:46:09,880
\nSee, it’s a peace that belongs
\nto Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:46:09,880 –> 00:46:15,680
\nThat’s what they’re praying for,
\nthe peace of Jerusalem, not for <\/p>\n

676
\n00:46:15,680 –> 00:46:20,200
\nthe time when Jerusalem is at
\npeace, for brand of peace, a <\/p>\n

677
\n00:46:20,200 –> 00:46:24,240
\nbrand which only people like
\nthis understand, that belongs to<\/p>\n

678
\n00:46:24,520 –> 00:46:27,120
\nJerusalem.
\nSo that Haggai the Prophet could<\/p>\n

679
\n00:46:27,120 –> 00:46:34,080
\nsay in this place, in this place
\nwill I give peace nowhere else <\/p>\n

680
\n00:46:34,360 –> 00:46:38,280
\nin this place because it belongs
\nto Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:46:39,120 –> 00:46:41,960
\nAnd that’s what we’re praying
\nfor, brothers and sisters, for <\/p>\n

682
\n00:46:41,960 –> 00:46:45,840
\nthe Kingdom to come, for the
\nredemption of these Jericho <\/p>\n

683
\n00:46:45,840 –> 00:46:50,760
\nbodies that are only subject to
\ndeath when we’ll finally be <\/p>\n

684
\n00:46:50,760 –> 00:46:53,640
\nbrought together into peace.
\nAnd I want you to notice the <\/p>\n

685
\n00:46:53,640 –> 00:46:59,680
\nemphasis of the Psalm is there
\nis no peace outside of those <\/p>\n

686
\n00:46:59,680 –> 00:47:01,520
\nwalls.
\nLook at verse one. <\/p>\n

687
\n00:47:02,080 –> 00:47:09,080
\nIt’s into the House of Yahweh.
\nIt’s verse 2 within thy gates. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:47:09,360 –> 00:47:14,480
\nVerse 7 within thy walls, within
\nthy palaces. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:47:14,800 –> 00:47:16,240
\nVerse 8.
\nFor my brethren and my <\/p>\n

690
\n00:47:16,240 –> 00:47:20,560
\ncompanions sakes, I will now say
\npeace within thee. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:47:20,680 –> 00:47:22,400
\nThere is no peace, both and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

692
\n00:47:22,400 –> 00:47:27,800
\nOutside those walls, outside
\nthat city, there can be no peace<\/p>\n

693
\n00:47:27,800 –> 00:47:34,440
\nfor us both and sisters.
\nSo we’ve got to put our hearts <\/p>\n

694
\n00:47:34,440 –> 00:47:42,000
\nthere now that when the time
\ncomes for our Lord to be <\/p>\n

695
\n00:47:42,000 –> 00:47:48,080
\nrevealed in all the earth, it
\nmight be said of us who have <\/p>\n

696
\n00:47:48,080 –> 00:47:50,360
\nbenefited from these studies
\nthis week and have now gone <\/p>\n

697
\n00:47:50,360 –> 00:47:52,800
\nhome, resolved to work our way
\ntowards Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:47:53,680 –> 00:47:58,680
\nMay it be said of us, our feet
\nhave always been here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Ryan King – Geography Of The Holy Land – Class 5 – Jericho To Jerusalem<\/a><\/blockquote>