{"id":1095,"date":"2024-04-07T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/ryan-king-geography-of-the-holy-lands-class-1-the-glory-of-all-lands\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:55:41","slug":"ryan-king-geography-of-the-holy-lands-class-1-the-glory-of-all-lands","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/ryan-king-geography-of-the-holy-lands-class-1-the-glory-of-all-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan King – Geography of the Holy Lands – Class 1 – The Glory Of All Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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\nThe general heading of the
\ngeography of the Holy Land and <\/p>\n

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\ntoday’s topic being the glory of
\nall lands. <\/p>\n

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\nLook, good afternoon, dear
\nbrothers and sisters and young <\/p>\n

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\npeople.
\nIt was our brother Thomas who <\/p>\n

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\nsaid that the Deity delights in
\nstimulating the intellect of His<\/p>\n

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\ncreatures.
\nAnd our Heavenly Father, who <\/p>\n

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\nmade our minds, has taught us
\nthe same simple principles in a <\/p>\n

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\nvariety of ways.
\nHe knows that if His people are <\/p>\n

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\nto be successful in their battle
\nagainst sin that they will need <\/p>\n

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\nlots of power on their side,
\nlots of mental stimulation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so He has given us the same
\npack of lessons in His word, but<\/p>\n

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\nin many, many different ways.
\nJust think about some of the <\/p>\n

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\nways that our Heavenly Father
\nteaches us. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are just to name a few.
\nThere is proverb and parable. <\/p>\n

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\nHe does it by miracle and sign.
\nHe speaks through creation and <\/p>\n

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\nnature.
\nDoth not nature itself Teach <\/p>\n

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\nyou, said the Apostle, through
\nhistory and genealogy. <\/p>\n

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\nThe plant in the animal Kingdom
\ntells us about our nature <\/p>\n

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\nthrough prophecy and vision,
\nsong and praise, type and <\/p>\n

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\nshadow, law and commandment,
\nsacrifice and offering. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, when you think about
\nit, brothers and sisters, God <\/p>\n

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\ncould have recorded every
\nfundamental doctrine, all that <\/p>\n

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\nwe need for salvation in a small
\nbook. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he has given us a whole
\nBible of 66 books, whereby we <\/p>\n

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\ncan find many different ways,
\nmany different reminders as to <\/p>\n

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\nhow we can serve Him.
\nHe made our minds. <\/p>\n

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\nHe knows what we need.
\nAnd this week, we’d like to <\/p>\n

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\nconsider, God willing, a way
\nthat our Heavenly Father teaches<\/p>\n

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\nus that you might not have
\nconsidered, but one that I think<\/p>\n

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\nyou will find to be very, very
\npowerful, one that falls under <\/p>\n

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\nthis category here of creation
\nand nature. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause out of all God’s
\ncreation, which we know declares<\/p>\n

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\nHis glory, there is one
\nparticular creation that is <\/p>\n

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\nvery, very special, and that
\ncreation is the land of Israel <\/p>\n

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\nitself.
\nI’d like you to turn to Ezekiel <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 20 as we open our
\nstudies. <\/p>\n

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\nEzekiel Chapter 20 is where we
\nhave taken the theme for our <\/p>\n

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\nopening session, Ezekiel 20.
\nYou’ll notice that chapter that <\/p>\n

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\ndeals with the two great
\nexoduses of Israel, one past and<\/p>\n

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\none yet to come.
\nAnd in speaking about the past, <\/p>\n

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\nhe says in verse six of Ezekiel
\nChapter 20. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the day that I lifted up my
\nhand unto them to bring them <\/p>\n

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\nforth of the land of Egypt into
\na land that I aspired for them, <\/p>\n

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\nflowing with milk and honey,
\nwhich is the glory of all lands.<\/p>\n

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\nSo out of all the places upon
\nthe earth, there is one place <\/p>\n

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\nthat God has created that is
\nvery special, the land of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael, which is the glory of
\nall lands. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here’s the question we have
\nto ask ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is it the glory of all
\nlands? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it because it’s the biggest?
\nWe can fly over the breadth of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael in a jumbo jet in about 3
\nminutes. <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the glory of all lands
\nbecause it’s the prettiest? <\/p>\n

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\nNo, it can only be the glory of
\nall lands, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

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\nbecause there is a spiritual
\ndimension in that land that no <\/p>\n

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\nother land has.
\nThe land, as we will see, God <\/p>\n

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\nwilling, this week, was created
\nto teach lessons. <\/p>\n

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\nEven researchers who know
\nnothing about the Bible tell us <\/p>\n

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\nthat the Land of Israel is
\nunique. <\/p>\n

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\nIts topography is different from
\nmany other places that we find <\/p>\n

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\nin the earth.
\nIn one day it will become the <\/p>\n

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\ncenter of God’s Kingdom where
\nall the focus of the world will <\/p>\n

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\nbe turned.
\nSomething else that’s <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting about that land that
\nyou may know is that it really <\/p>\n

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\nsits in the center of the earth
\nitself. <\/p>\n

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\nYou have probably seen this
\npainting that sites or depicts <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem as being the center of
\nthe earth. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the very middle of Europe,
\nAsia and Africa is the land of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael.
\nSo in the midst of the whole <\/p>\n

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\nearth, you will know that the
\nMediterranean, the word <\/p>\n

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\nMediterranean means the middle
\nof the earth. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the middle of the earth there
\nsits this little jewel, this <\/p>\n

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\nglory of all lands.
\nAnd God willing, this week we <\/p>\n

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\nwant to see why it is the glory
\nof all lands and why one day the<\/p>\n

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\ndesire of all nations will come
\ninto that place. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s just look at a few
\nfacts about this land. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s small, not very large.
\nAgain, certainly not going to <\/p>\n

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\nrank amongst the largest
\ncountries of the earth. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s roughly the size of the
\nstate of New Jersey. <\/p>\n

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\nThese studies were kind of
\ndesigned for an American <\/p>\n

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\naudience, but although it was a
\nis a small country, brothers and<\/p>\n

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\nsisters, it’s a land that really
\nhas everything. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are snow capped mountains
\nin the north which we’ll see <\/p>\n

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\nwhen we go to Mount Hermon.
\nIn the very north there is the <\/p>\n

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\nNygev desert.
\nLying to the South. <\/p>\n

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\nRoughly 60% of the land is the
\nNygev desert. <\/p>\n

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\nThe word Nygev is the Hebrew
\nword for South. <\/p>\n

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\nSo most of the southern part of
\nIsrael is what’s known as the <\/p>\n

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\nNygev hills and valleys.
\nDown the middle we will see that<\/p>\n

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\nthere is a hump that really goes
\nright up the middle of the Land <\/p>\n

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\nof Israel.
\nWe will have a look at that hump<\/p>\n

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\nin a few minutes, and there are
\nthree great bodies of water, and<\/p>\n

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\nfor lack of a better phrase, we
\ncall them the Med, which is to <\/p>\n

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\nthe West, the large body of
\nwater. <\/p>\n

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\nTo the West, the dead, which
\nyou’ll see right there in the <\/p>\n

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\ncenter, the lowest point on the
\nEarth’s surface, and the red, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is the little tip that you
\nsee coming up at the bottom. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Med, the dead and the red. 3
\nGreat bodies of Water whereby <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael, a small country, is able
\nto have a pretty thriving <\/p>\n

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\neconomy because it has these
\ngreat natural advantages. <\/p>\n

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\nSo although it’s a small land,
\nbrothers and sisters, it’s a <\/p>\n

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\nland that really has everything.
\nIt’s as though God has packed <\/p>\n

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\ninto this little land all of
\nthese different facets of life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the land is now going to
\ntake all of those things and <\/p>\n

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\nteach spiritual lessons by them.
\nLet’s come to Deuteronomy <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 11, and to the to the
\nreading that we have where we <\/p>\n

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\nsee the uniqueness of the land
\nof Israel being highlighted to <\/p>\n

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\nthe new generation that was
\nleaving Egypt and was going into<\/p>\n

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\nthe land.
\nAnd this generation is going to <\/p>\n

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\nbe told straight away that
\nthere’s something different <\/p>\n

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\nabout the land that you’re going
\ninto. <\/p>\n

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\nThey had come from Egypt, and
\nEgypt was vastly different to <\/p>\n

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\nthe new land that they were
\nabout to enter. <\/p>\n

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\nDeuteronomy Chapter 11 and verse
\n10 tells us this. <\/p>\n

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\nFor the land whither thou goest
\nin to possess it is not as the <\/p>\n

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\nland of Egypt from whence you
\ncame out, where thou sowest thy <\/p>\n

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\nseed and waterist it with thy
\nfoot as a garden of herbs. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the first fact that we learn
\nabout the land of Israel is it’s<\/p>\n

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\nnot like the land of Egypt.
\nEgypt is a flat land. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s watered by the Nile.
\nThere are canals that run all <\/p>\n

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\nthe way through Egypt.
\nAnd so easy was it to water <\/p>\n

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\nEgypt that you could do it with
\nyour foot. <\/p>\n

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\nThere were these, what they call
\nsluice gates that you see now <\/p>\n

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\nthat they used to open dams of
\nwater. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd with these sluice gates,
\nthey were operated by a foot <\/p>\n

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\npedal.
\nAnd so when you wanted to water <\/p>\n

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\nyour field in Egypt, you just
\nkick the foot pedal open. <\/p>\n

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\nOut would come the water, and
\nthen when it was sufficiently <\/p>\n

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\nwatered, you would just kick it
\nclosed. <\/p>\n

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\nYou watered it with your foot,
\nno effort at all required <\/p>\n

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\nbecause Egypt was flat.
\nBut it’s not like that in the <\/p>\n

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\nland of Israel.
\nYou’re going to need something <\/p>\n

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\nmore powerful if you want to
\nsurvive in that land. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause verse 11 says the land,
\nwhether you go to possess it, is<\/p>\n

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\na land of hills and valleys and
\nshrinketh water of the rain of <\/p>\n

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\nheaven.
\nThis is a topographical map of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael.
\nIt’s a land of hills and <\/p>\n

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\nvalleys.
\nYou see, right down the center <\/p>\n

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\nis the hump that we just spoke
\nof. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ve got all these foothills
\nleading up to the central spine <\/p>\n

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\nof the Judean hills.
\nIt’s not like the land of Egypt.<\/p>\n

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\nYou’re going to need something
\nmore powerful. <\/p>\n

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\nAs a matter of fact, if you look
\nat the 12th verse, Deuteronomy <\/p>\n

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\n11 and verse 12 says it’s a land
\nwhich Yahweh thy God careth for <\/p>\n

144
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\nnow the word careth it, for
\nthere actually means to tread, <\/p>\n

145
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\nto tread.
\nIt’s the same word. <\/p>\n

146
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\nIf you look over at verse 24 of
\nthis chapter, every place where <\/p>\n

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\nthe soul of your feet shall
\ntread will be yours. <\/p>\n

148
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\nIt’s a land which Yahweh, your
\nGod treadeth for. <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, you could water
\nEgypt with your foot. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you’re going to survive in my
\nland, you’re going to need my <\/p>\n

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\nfoot.
\nThere’s nobody that can water <\/p>\n

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\nthat with their foot.
\nYou’ve got the hills of Judea, <\/p>\n

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\n3500 feet above sea level.
\nGo 10 miles east down to the <\/p>\n

154
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\nArabah, the depression of the
\nJordan Valley, 1000 feet below <\/p>\n

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\nsea level.
\nThere’s nobody that can water <\/p>\n

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\nthat with their foot.
\nGod says you’re going to need my<\/p>\n

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\nfoot.
\nI’m putting you in that land <\/p>\n

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\nthat you might learn to develop
\nfaith in me because in that land<\/p>\n

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\nyou have to rely upon me.
\nSo God put them in that land for<\/p>\n

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\na reason that they might learn
\nto trust and put their <\/p>\n

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\nconfidence in Him.
\nIn Isaiah Chapter 5, just to lay<\/p>\n

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\nsome foundations in our studies
\nwe’re told something else about <\/p>\n

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\nthe the land of Israel.
\nIsaiah chapter 5. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the song of the
\nvineyard. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know that Yahweh had a
\nvineyard Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nHe expected that vineyard to
\nproduce fruit, which is the one <\/p>\n

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\npurpose of a vineyard to produce
\nfruit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in order that vineyard might
\nproduce fruit. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gave it many, many
\nprivileges. <\/p>\n

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\nIsaiah chapter 5 and verse one
\nwhich reads, Now will I sing to <\/p>\n

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\nmy well beloved, That’s to God.
\nA song of my beloved touching <\/p>\n

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\nhis vineyard.
\nWe know the vineyard is Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nFrom verse seven my beloved hath
\na vineyard in a very fruitful <\/p>\n

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\nhill.
\nWhat did he do for this <\/p>\n

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\necclesia?
\nWell, verse two says he fenced <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nHe gathered out the stones <\/p>\n

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\nthereof.
\nHe planted it with the choicest <\/p>\n

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\nvine.
\nSo what Yahweh did was he gave <\/p>\n

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\nthis ecclesia, this vineyard
\nwhich was Israel, every <\/p>\n

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\nadvantage, every means whereby
\nthey could produce fruit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd verse two says he fenced it.
\nAnd I want to show you how he <\/p>\n

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\nfenced it.
\nThe land itself is really <\/p>\n

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\ndesigned to be a box.
\nNow today you don’t have to <\/p>\n

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\nworry about that because there’s
\nairplanes and and means of <\/p>\n

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\ngetting around these things, but
\nthey didn’t have it in those <\/p>\n

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\ndays.
\nThe land of Israel is designed <\/p>\n

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\nas a box.
\nIf you go to the western side, <\/p>\n

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\nwhat you see on that chart as
\nthe phrase coastal plain, the <\/p>\n

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\nMediterranean coast, there is
\nnot one natural harbour anywhere<\/p>\n

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\nalong that western coast.
\nAnd so much of a problem was <\/p>\n

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\nthat that when the Romans came
\nin, in the days of Christ, they <\/p>\n

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\nactually had to dig one.
\nThey called it Caesarea. <\/p>\n

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\nGod didn’t give them, you know,
\nmiles of shoreline that they <\/p>\n

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\ncould expand beyond the oceans.
\nHe didn’t give them natural <\/p>\n

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\nseaports.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause he wanted them in that
\nlane. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it wasn’t easy for them to go
\nWest, and nor was it easy for <\/p>\n

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\nthem to go north at the top of
\nthe land of Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you can see on the chart
\nwhere it says upper Galilee, you<\/p>\n

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\nwill find Mount Hermon 9000 feet
\nabove sea level. <\/p>\n

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\nNot easy to go north with a
\nmountain that’s 9000 feet high <\/p>\n

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\nand off of Mount Herbane.
\nThere are the Lebanese and the <\/p>\n

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\nanti Lebanese ranges, making it
\ndifficult for Israel to venture <\/p>\n

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\nbeyond that territory.
\nSo they can’t go West, they <\/p>\n

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\ncan’t go north.
\nWhat about going east? <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ve got the depression of the
\nJordan Valley sloping down 1000 <\/p>\n

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\nfeet below sea level.
\nYou’ve got the hills of Gilead <\/p>\n

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\nand Moab beyond there, making it
\ndifficult for them to go east. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the South you’ve got the
\nNegev desert, dry arid, <\/p>\n

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\nstretching right down to Egypt.
\nAnd So what God did through this<\/p>\n

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\nland was he fenced his people
\nin. <\/p>\n

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\nHe didn’t want them expanding
\nfar and wide like Tyre and other<\/p>\n

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\npowers.
\nHe wanted them in that land. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy?
\nWell, Deuteronomy 11 has just <\/p>\n

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\ntold us so that they could look
\nto him for blessing and for <\/p>\n

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\nsustenance.
\nHe wanted their focus and their <\/p>\n

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\nfaith to be in him.
\nIt’s not like the land of Egypt <\/p>\n

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\nwhere you could water it with
\nyour foot. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a land that drinks in the
\nwater of the rain of heaven. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I want you to look to me for
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the lament of Isaiah 5, of
\ncourse, is, is that despite <\/p>\n

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\nproviding them these things,
\nthey were unable to produce the <\/p>\n

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\nfruit that he desired.
\nSo we want to look at some of <\/p>\n

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\nthe unique features of that
\nland, God willing. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week I think that you’ll
\nfind many of the principles that<\/p>\n

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\nwe all know to be true.
\nSome of our first principle <\/p>\n

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\ndoctrines, some of the
\nprinciples that we know from <\/p>\n

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\neveryday life, we’ll see
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\nthat we’ll consider.
\nSo let’s look at a few of the <\/p>\n

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\nfacets of it.
\nMore particularly, this is <\/p>\n

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\nanother topographical map of the
\nLand of Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see how from the seacoast to
\nthe Dead Sea is only 45 miles, <\/p>\n

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\nbut there is this huge hump over
\nthat 45 mile stretch. <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem, which is really right
\nin the center there, is at the <\/p>\n

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\ntop of the Judean hills.
\nIt’s about 2700 feet above sea <\/p>\n

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\nlevel, but if you just go to the
\neast down to the Dead Sea, you <\/p>\n

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\ndrop down below sea level.
\nIt’s really like a sliding board<\/p>\n

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\non either end.
\nAnd this hump in the middle is <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we’d like to focus on a
\nlittle bit more. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are three ranges of hills
\nalong this hump. <\/p>\n

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\nI want to try and just get the
\noverview of the land here in our<\/p>\n

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\nfirst session so that you’re
\nsomewhat familiar with its its <\/p>\n

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\nlocations.
\nThere are three ranges of hills <\/p>\n

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\nalong Israel’s Hump.
\nYou’ve got the Galilee Hills in <\/p>\n

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\nthe north, the Samaritan hills
\nin the center, and the Judean <\/p>\n

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\nhills in the South.
\nThat’s along this hump of land, <\/p>\n

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\nGalilee Hills, Samaritan hills,
\nJudean Hills. <\/p>\n

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\nThese hills are about 3500 feet
\nabove sea level, and they run up<\/p>\n

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\nand down the central part of
\nthat particular land. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, on either end of the hump,
\nwe’ll see that there are two <\/p>\n

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\nfamous plains.
\nThere’s what’s known as the <\/p>\n

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\nPlain of Sharon, and these are
\nthe biblical names for these <\/p>\n

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\nplaces.
\nThere’s the Plain of Sharon, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is on the western side,
\nwhat we sometimes refer to as <\/p>\n

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\nthe coastal plain or the
\nmaritime plain, known in the <\/p>\n

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\nbottle as the Plain of Sharon.
\nThe city of Tel Aviv is in the <\/p>\n

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\nplain of Sharon, and that runs
\nall the way up to Haifa or Mount<\/p>\n

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\nCarmel.
\nOn the other end of the hump we <\/p>\n

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\nfind what’s known as the Arabah.
\nAnd this Arabah or the Jordan <\/p>\n

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\ndepression runs really from the
\nSea of Galilee, which you see <\/p>\n

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\nthere in the north all the way
\ndown below the Dead Sea. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s flat, it’s arid, and most
\nof it is below sea level. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the land is really not all
\nthat difficult to understand. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve got a hump in the middle,
\n3 ranges of hills, the Galilee <\/p>\n

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\nhills in the north, the
\nSamaritan hills in the center, <\/p>\n

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\nthe Judine hills on the in the
\nSouth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then on either end we’ve got
\nthese two famous plains, the <\/p>\n

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\nPlain of Charan and the Arabah.
\nIt’s a very unique land and it’s<\/p>\n

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\na land that I think you’ll all
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\nLet’s just zero in on a couple
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\nmore.
\nWe mentioned earlier that there <\/p>\n

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\nare a series of bumps.
\nYou see these little bumps right<\/p>\n

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\nhere leading up to the Judean
\nhills. <\/p>\n

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\nAll of these little undulating
\nhills are what’s called in the <\/p>\n

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\nBible, the Shephilah.
\nIt was famous in the times of <\/p>\n

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\nDavid.
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\nIt’s famous in the we’ll see in
\nthe times of Samson, Zora and <\/p>\n

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\nSJO where he operated, or in
\nthis territory known as the <\/p>\n

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\nShephilah.
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\nfor this territory.
\nIf you just turn to Zechariah <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 7, we’ll show you how
\nthis word Shephilah is in fact <\/p>\n

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\nused.
\nZechariah Chapter 7. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Shephilah.
\nThese are the hills that lead up<\/p>\n

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\nto the central spine of the
\nland, lead up to the hump. <\/p>\n

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\nZechariah Chapter 7 and verse 7
\nnot always rendered Shephilah by<\/p>\n

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\nthe authorized version, but
\nrendered either by a couple of <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent terms.
\nZechariah 7 and verse 7. <\/p>\n

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\nShould not she hear the words
\nwhich Yahweh hath cried by the <\/p>\n

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\nformer prophets when Jerusalem
\nwas inhabited in prosperity, and<\/p>\n

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\nthe city is thereof round about
\nher when men inhabited the South<\/p>\n

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\nand the plain.
\nNow the word plain there is <\/p>\n

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\nactually the word Shephilah.
\nIt’s the word that means the <\/p>\n

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\nlowlands.
\nIt’s the lowlands. <\/p>\n

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\nIt broadens its way out down
\ntowards the coast, but it also <\/p>\n

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\nworks its way up towards the
\nJudean hills. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as you make your way into
\nthe Shephilah, you’ll find that <\/p>\n

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\nthe hills get more and more
\ncompacted, more and more <\/p>\n

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\nconstricted.
\nIt was the area where David very<\/p>\n

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\noften would hide from Saul, this
\nterritory known as the <\/p>\n

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\nShephilah.
\nIt’s going to be a very famous <\/p>\n

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\nterritory that we’ll go to in
\nour studies. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you notice that there’s
\nanother word in that verse, the <\/p>\n

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\nword for Seth, and this is a
\npart of the land that we we, we <\/p>\n

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\nmight get to as well, this
\nterritory of the Niigip. <\/p>\n

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\nThat word there for South there
\nis the word Negev. <\/p>\n

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\nSo all of this territory down
\nhere at the bottom, which in <\/p>\n

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\nancient times was inhabited by
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\nas the Negev, and it’s the usual
\nword translated South in the Old<\/p>\n

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\nTestament and in that verse
\nthere in Zechariah Chapter 7. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I think that you will find
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\nfollow.
\nSome of us may not be <\/p>\n

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\ngeographically inclined, but
\nit’s a very simple land to look <\/p>\n

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\nat.
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\ndown the middle, 3 ranges of
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\nside.
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\nexamples where an understanding
\nof the land, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters can help us in our Bible
\nstudy passages that might mean <\/p>\n

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\nabsolutely nothing to us without
\nan understanding of the land. <\/p>\n

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\nI like to look firstly at Psalm
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\nPsalm 60 mentions a lot of
\ndifferent locations in the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nLand and we perhaps wonder when
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\nabout.
\nPsalm 60 says in verse 6 God has<\/p>\n

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\nspoken in His Holiness.
\nI will rejoice. <\/p>\n

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\nI will divide Shechem and Mete
\nout the valley of Succoth. <\/p>\n

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\nGilead is mine.
\nManasseh is mine. <\/p>\n

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\nEphraim also is the strength of
\nmine head. <\/p>\n

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\nJudah is my lawgiver.
\nMoab is my washpot over Eden <\/p>\n

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\nwill I cast out my shoe?
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\nof me who will bring me into the
\nstrong city? <\/p>\n

330
\n00:22:06,800 –> 00:22:09,440
\nWho will lead me into eat them?
\nAnd you wonder when you read all<\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:09,440 –> 00:22:12,120
\nof those those places there.
\nWell, what’s that all about? <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:12,120 –> 00:22:15,960
\nWhat’s that for?
\nWell, we have to get the setting<\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:15,960 –> 00:22:18,880
\nof this particular Psalm to
\nunderstand just what it’s about.<\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:19,520 –> 00:22:23,360
\nIn the 60th Psalm we’re given in
\nthe superscription to the Psalm.<\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:23,800 –> 00:22:28,080
\nThe context of these words, the
\nsuperscription or the heading to<\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:28,080 –> 00:22:32,800
\nPsalm 60 which we find in our
\nBibles, says this and this does <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:32,800 –> 00:22:34,760
\nof course form part of the
\noriginal scripture. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:35,520 –> 00:22:41,680
\nIt says a Mctam of David to
\nteach when he strove with Aram <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:41,680 –> 00:22:48,640
\nNahariam and with Aram Zoba when
\nJoab returned, and smote of Edom<\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:49,040 –> 00:22:53,320
\nin the valley of salt 12,000.
\nSo now we know the background to<\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:53,320 –> 00:22:57,200
\nthese words in Psalm 60.
\nSo it was that time when David <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:57,200 –> 00:23:02,400
\nwas extending by faith the
\nterritory of the land of Israel.<\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:02,920 –> 00:23:08,080
\nHe was up there in Aram
\nNahariyam and Aram Zoba. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:08,640 –> 00:23:12,800
\nNow on the map here we can see
\nroughly where David was. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:13,280 –> 00:23:15,720
\nDavid was up here by the
\nEuphrates River. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:16,840 –> 00:23:20,520
\nHe was extending by faith the
\nwork that Joshua had begun. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:20,760 –> 00:23:24,440
\nRemember, the promised land in
\nthe beginning was intended to be<\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:24,440 –> 00:23:29,720
\nfrom the now to the Euphrates.
\nAnd David here in Psalm 60 was <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:29,720 –> 00:23:33,080
\nendeavoring to extend Israel’s
\nterritory all the way up to the <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:33,080 –> 00:23:37,680
\nentering end of Hamath between
\nthe two rivers, as Aram <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:37,680 –> 00:23:42,080
\nNahariyam means between the
\nTigris and the Euphrates River. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:42,720 –> 00:23:45,280
\nAnd it says they are in the
\nheading of Psalm 60. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:45,280 –> 00:23:49,520
\nAnd with Aram Zoba, which was
\naround this territory there the <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:49,520 –> 00:23:52,080
\nOrantes.
\nSo David was way up in the <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:52,080 –> 00:23:56,560
\nnorth, conquering all this
\nterritory, extending the borders<\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:57,080 –> 00:24:01,040
\nof the land of Israel.
\nNow while David was up there <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:01,040 –> 00:24:05,520
\ndoing that, the Edomites invaded
\nthe land. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:07,680 –> 00:24:13,080
\nThe land was undefended.
\nThe army, his most able <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:13,080 –> 00:24:17,760
\ngenerals, were all up in the
\nnorth, helping him conquer that <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:17,760 –> 00:24:21,840
\nterritory.
\nAnd meanwhile the Edomites <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:22,080 –> 00:24:26,080
\ninvade the land.
\nPsalm 44, which actually goes <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:26,080 –> 00:24:29,280
\nwith Psalm 60, was written
\naround about this time by a son <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:29,280 –> 00:24:32,640
\nof Cora.
\nAnd Psalm 44 is the perspective <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:32,640 –> 00:24:38,400
\nof a son of Cora who was caught
\nin the land when the Edomites <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:38,400 –> 00:24:42,360
\ninvade it.
\nSo what’s David going to do? <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:43,840 –> 00:24:49,000
\nWell, David wrote Psalm 60
\nappealing to God for help. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:51,000 –> 00:24:54,000
\nVerses one to five is his
\nappeal. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:54,880 –> 00:24:59,800
\nOh God, thou hast cast us off.
\nThou hast scattered us. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:59,800 –> 00:25:02,760
\nThou hast been displeased.
\nThou turn thyself to us again, <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:03,280 –> 00:25:06,200
\nas he’s trying to come to grips
\nwith the Providence of God. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:06,200 –> 00:25:09,840
\nHe he was up here doing a good
\nthing, extending by faith the <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:10,160 –> 00:25:13,040
\nterritory of Israel to the
\nborders that God had intended. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:13,040 –> 00:25:14,960
\nAnd meanwhile this terrible
\nthing happened. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:14,960 –> 00:25:17,960
\nWhat we what are we going to do?
\nVerse 2. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:17,960 –> 00:25:19,560
\nThou hast made the earth to
\ntremble. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:19,560 –> 00:25:22,360
\nThou hast broken it.
\nHeal the breaches thereof, for <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:22,360 –> 00:25:27,120
\nit shakes.
\nThou hast showed thy people hard<\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:27,480 –> 00:25:30,040
\nthings.
\nThou hast made us to drink the <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:30,040 –> 00:25:33,320
\nwine of astonishment.
\nThou hast given a banner to them<\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:33,320 –> 00:25:36,040
\nthat fear thee that it may be
\ndisplayed because of the truth <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:36,720 –> 00:25:39,160
\nthat thy beloved may be
\ndelivered. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:40,080 –> 00:25:45,640
\nSave me with thy right hand, and
\nhear me So here’s David’s appeal<\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:45,640 –> 00:25:50,400
\nto God for help.
\nSave me with thy right hand and <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:50,400 –> 00:25:55,760
\nhear me now.
\nIn verses 6 to 8 we find God’s <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:55,800 –> 00:25:59,360
\nanswer, Or verses 6 to 9 we find
\nGod’s answer. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:59,360 –> 00:26:03,600
\nGod has spoken in His Holiness,
\nwhich is the language of the <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:03,600 –> 00:26:05,720
\ncovenant promise of Second
\nSamuel 7. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:06,560 –> 00:26:10,280
\nGod has spoken in His Holiness,
\nand this is what he had to say. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:10,280 –> 00:26:16,240
\nYou just look at the territory
\nof the land and you look at all <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:16,240 –> 00:26:19,320
\nthe places that are mentioned in
\nthose verses. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:20,760 –> 00:26:24,040
\nYou’ll notice that they cover
\njust about every direction of <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:24,040 –> 00:26:28,360
\nthe land.
\nI will divide Shechem. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:29,680 –> 00:26:31,440
\nWell, Shechem, we’ll go there
\ntomorrow. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:32,040 –> 00:26:38,240
\nIt’s on the West side, right in
\nthe middle and meet out in the <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:38,240 –> 00:26:42,360
\nvalley of Saketh.
\nSaketh is on the east side, just<\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:42,360 –> 00:26:47,240
\nover on the other side of Jordan
\npretty much even with Shechem on<\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:47,240 –> 00:26:49,000
\nthe other side of the Jordan on
\nthe east. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:51,640 –> 00:26:54,560
\nGilead is mine, That’s on the
\neast. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:56,520 –> 00:27:00,280
\nManasseh is mine.
\nManasseh, you’ll know, had a <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:00,280 –> 00:27:02,440
\ndouble portion.
\nHe had portions on both the <\/p>\n

401
\n00:27:02,440 –> 00:27:05,600
\neastern side of Jordan as well
\nas on the western side. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:27:06,480 –> 00:27:12,800
\nManasseh is mine, Ephraim also
\nEphraim was one of the tribes in<\/p>\n

403
\n00:27:12,800 –> 00:27:16,520
\nthe north.
\nIt’s the strength of mine head. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:16,800 –> 00:27:22,280
\nJudah in the South is my
\nlawgiver, Moab. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:23,480 –> 00:27:27,440
\nMoab was to the east, As you can
\nsee, on that neck is my wash pup<\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:28,160 –> 00:27:31,640
\nover Edom.
\nThat’s to the far South. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:32,520 –> 00:27:37,560
\nWill I cast my shoe, Felicia,
\nthat’s to the West. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:38,200 –> 00:27:42,160
\nTriumph thou because of me.
\nSo what God was saying to him in<\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:42,160 –> 00:27:45,920
\nthat very simple answer was,
\nDavid, I promised the whole land<\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:48,160 –> 00:27:50,160
\nto you.
\nIt will be under your control. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:50,160 –> 00:27:52,440
\nIt’s mine and I have given it to
\nyou. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:54,000 –> 00:27:58,400
\nAnd we know from the book of
\nChronicles, which is coterminous<\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:58,400 –> 00:28:01,960
\nwith Psalm 61st Chronicles
\nchapter 18 says that David <\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:01,960 –> 00:28:06,560
\ndispatched two of his ablest
\ngenerals, Joab and Abhishek, and<\/p>\n

415
\n00:28:07,400 –> 00:28:11,520
\nthey came down into the land and
\nthey smote of the Edomites in <\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:11,520 –> 00:28:15,040
\nthe valley of salt. 12,000 And
\nthe record of Chronicles says, <\/p>\n

417
\n00:28:15,280 –> 00:28:21,280
\nAnd David got himself a name.
\nAnd so in God’s very thorough <\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:21,280 –> 00:28:23,920
\nand very complete answer, he
\nsignaled to David. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:26,320 –> 00:28:29,200
\nDon’t worry, David, I’m still
\nwith you. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:29,960 –> 00:28:33,520
\nYou’re doing the right thing.
\nI promise the whole land will be<\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:33,520 –> 00:28:36,400
\nunder your control.
\nAnd David responded by sending <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:36,400 –> 00:28:38,960
\nhis ablest generals.
\nAnd they went down there and <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:38,960 –> 00:28:42,000
\nslew of the Edomites, 12,000
\nmen. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:43,640 –> 00:28:46,800
\nNow, without an understanding of
\nthe land bows and sisters, that <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:46,800 –> 00:28:50,560
\npassage doesn’t mean anything.
\nIt’s just a random list of <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:50,560 –> 00:28:54,240
\nplaces seeming to have no
\nconnection. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:54,880 –> 00:28:57,280
\nBut when you look at each one of
\nthose places listed there in <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:57,280 –> 00:29:00,600
\nverses 6 to 9, you’ll see that
\nthey cover all the different <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:00,600 –> 00:29:06,520
\naspects of the land.
\nEast, West, Middle NS, all that <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:06,520 –> 00:29:10,400
\nwould be promised to be under
\nDavid’s control, and David knew <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:10,400 –> 00:29:14,680
\nby that very language that God
\nwould give that to him. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:15,840 –> 00:29:19,200
\nHe sent forth Joab and Abhishek
\nI and they went and they got <\/p>\n

433
\n00:29:19,200 –> 00:29:22,520
\nDavid a name when he slew the
\nEdomites. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:23,400 –> 00:29:26,520
\nSo Psalm 60 is one of those
\npassages where having an <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:26,520 –> 00:29:29,160
\nunderstanding of the land is
\nimmensely helpful. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:29,760 –> 00:29:31,240
\nLet’s come and have a look at
\nanother one. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:31,320 –> 00:29:44,920
\nIn the book of Judges,
\nJudges, Chapter 16, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:30:05,240 –> 00:30:08,600
\nwe know about Samson and some of
\nhis heroic acts of faith. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:30:09,280 –> 00:30:11,120
\nNow Samson was a man who
\noperated. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:11,600 –> 00:30:14,160
\nHe spent most of his time
\noperating in the Shefila, which <\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:14,160 –> 00:30:16,280
\nwe mentioned was the bumps,
\nthose little bumps, those <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:16,280 –> 00:30:18,520
\nundulating hills that lead up to
\nthe Hill Country. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:18,840 –> 00:30:22,640
\nThe Shefila is right here.
\nThat is where Samson spent most <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:22,640 –> 00:30:25,400
\nof his time between Zora and
\nEstayol. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:26,000 –> 00:30:28,360
\nThe tribe of the Danites, of
\ncourse, had been promised the <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:28,360 –> 00:30:31,360
\nnorthern part of the Shefila,
\nbut they were unable, through <\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:31,360 –> 00:30:33,720
\nlack of faith, to take that
\nterritory. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:34,040 –> 00:30:37,200
\nAnd the great struggle, as we
\nknow of Samson’s life, is that <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:37,200 –> 00:30:40,680
\nhis tribe had not taken the
\ninheritance that God had <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:40,680 –> 00:30:42,520
\npromised.
\nIt was just the camp of Dan <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:42,920 –> 00:30:46,320
\nrather than the inheritance of
\nthe tribe. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:47,600 –> 00:30:50,560
\nAnd so Samson has all of these
\nvarious exploits against the <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:50,560 –> 00:30:53,880
\nPhilistines.
\nHe’s trying to to get back the <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:53,880 –> 00:30:56,760
\nterritory that belonged to his
\ntribe, which the Philistines <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:57,000 –> 00:31:03,240
\nstood in occupation of.
\nSo in Judges Chapter 16, we know<\/p>\n

456
\n00:31:03,240 –> 00:31:06,160
\nthe great story of Samson in
\nGaza taking the gates of the <\/p>\n

457
\n00:31:06,160 –> 00:31:10,480
\ncity.
\nSamson took those gates and he <\/p>\n

458
\n00:31:10,480 –> 00:31:14,200
\ndid something very significant
\nwith them and this is where an <\/p>\n

459
\n00:31:14,200 –> 00:31:16,800
\nunderstanding of the land is
\ngoing to really, really help <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:16,800 –> 00:31:20,920
\nyou.
\nIn Judges chapter 16 verse two. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:22,840 –> 00:31:26,280
\nAnd it was told the Gazites
\nsaying Samson is come hit her. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:27,040 –> 00:31:30,120
\nAnd they compassed him in and
\nlaid wait for him all night in <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:30,120 –> 00:31:34,160
\nthe gate of the city and were
\nquiet all the night saying in <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:34,160 –> 00:31:36,000
\nthe morning when it is day we
\nshall kill him. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:36,920 –> 00:31:39,840
\nAnd Samson lay till midnight and
\narose at midnight and took the <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:39,840 –> 00:31:44,920
\ndoors of the gate of the city
\nand the two posts and went away <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:44,920 –> 00:31:48,240
\nwith them, bar and all, and put
\nthem upon his shoulders and <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:48,240 –> 00:31:51,040
\ncarried them up to the top of
\nthe hill. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:51,360 –> 00:31:56,160
\nThat is before Hebron.
\nNow where in the record of the <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:56,160 –> 00:31:59,600
\njudges prior to this would you
\nhave read about Hebron? <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:59,640 –> 00:32:02,400
\nI mean, the last time we read
\nabout Hebron in the account of <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:02,400 –> 00:32:04,560
\nthe Judges was many years
\nearlier with Caleb. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:05,960 –> 00:32:08,800
\nAll of a sudden now it gets a
\nmention when Samson takes the <\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:08,800 –> 00:32:12,400
\ngates of the Philistines to that
\nparticular place. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:14,320 –> 00:32:18,960
\nNow, Samson didn’t normally
\noperate in the area of Hebron. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:20,280 –> 00:32:24,920
\nHebron is the highest point in
\nthe Judean hills. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:25,960 –> 00:32:31,640
\nSamson lived up here at Zora,
\nthe northern part of the <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:31,640 –> 00:32:36,600
\nShephilah.
\nNow, when Samson took those <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:36,600 –> 00:32:40,560
\ngates, he would think logically
\nthat he would just go home. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:41,640 –> 00:32:44,320
\nAfter all, that’s what Samson
\nhad done on earlier occasions. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:44,320 –> 00:32:47,840
\nFor instance, if you just come
\nback to Chapter 14 of Judges <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:48,800 –> 00:32:52,760
\nafter he had slain, the 30 men
\nin Ashkelon, taken their <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:52,760 –> 00:32:56,280
\ngarments as as payment to the
\nPhilistines for interpreting his<\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:56,280 –> 00:33:00,200
\nRiddle.
\nWe’re told there the Spirit of <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:00,200 –> 00:33:03,520
\nYahweh, chapter 14, verse 19,
\ncame upon him. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:04,480 –> 00:33:09,200
\nHe went down to Ashkelon, slew
\n30 men of them, took their spoil<\/p>\n

487
\n00:33:09,800 –> 00:33:12,240
\nand gave change of garments unto
\nthem, which expounded the <\/p>\n

488
\n00:33:12,240 –> 00:33:13,400
\nRiddle.
\nAnd his anger was kindled. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:13,400 –> 00:33:15,080
\nAnd he went up to his father’s
\nhouse. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:15,640 –> 00:33:18,240
\nAnd after each successive
\nskirmish against the <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:18,240 –> 00:33:20,640
\nPhilistines, he finds Samson
\njust returning to his house. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:20,640 –> 00:33:24,280
\nNow his house was in Zorro, in
\nthe Shefila. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:25,960 –> 00:33:27,480
\nThat’s not where Samson takes
\nthe gates. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:27,480 –> 00:33:31,840
\nWhen you come over to Chapter 16
\nand verse 3, Samson doesn’t take<\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:31,840 –> 00:33:35,800
\nthe gates to Zorro.
\nWe find that Samson takes the <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:35,800 –> 00:33:44,280
\ngates this time to Hebron.
\nNow Hebron, as you can see here <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:44,280 –> 00:33:48,600
\nfrom the map, is is quite a long
\nways from Zora, where Samson <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:48,640 –> 00:33:52,360
\noperated.
\nNot only is it a fair distance <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:52,360 –> 00:33:56,240
\naway, Hebron is at the top of
\nthe Judean hills. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:56,640 –> 00:34:01,360
\nHe is down here on the plain, on
\nthe floor of the Philistine <\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:01,360 –> 00:34:08,639
\nplain in Gaza, and he takes it
\nall the way up to Hebron. 3500 <\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:08,639 –> 00:34:14,199
\nfeet high is Hebron.
\nImagine carrying these big gates<\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:15,040 –> 00:34:18,760
\nall the way up through the
\nShephilah, up those hills to <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:18,760 –> 00:34:22,560
\nHebron, far away from where
\nSamson normally operate. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:22,560 –> 00:34:26,159
\nNow, why would he take the gates
\nto Hebron? <\/p>\n

506
\n00:34:26,400 –> 00:34:29,840
\nWhat was in Hebron?
\nWell, the Hebron is of course <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:29,840 –> 00:34:33,760
\nthe burying place of the
\nFathers, where the faithful <\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:33,760 –> 00:34:37,400
\nfathers of Israel and their
\nfaithful wives are buried. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:38,840 –> 00:34:42,400
\nJust join me in Genesis chapter
\n22, because you probably know <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:42,400 –> 00:34:45,600
\nthis point, but I think it is.
\nWe want to see it now from the <\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:45,639 –> 00:34:50,679
\nstandpoint of the geography of
\nthe land in Genesis chapter 22, <\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:52,719 –> 00:34:57,320
\nthe last of the promises, the
\n7th, that God had made to <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:57,320 –> 00:35:00,520
\nAbraham.
\nNow no longer any conditions in <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:00,520 –> 00:35:03,360
\nGenesis chapter two.
\nHe says in blessing, I will <\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:04,240 –> 00:35:13,680
\nbless you.
\nGenesis chapter 22, verse 16. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:35:17,200 –> 00:35:21,200
\nAnd God said to him by myself
\nhave I sworn, saith Yahweh, <\/p>\n

517
\n00:35:21,200 –> 00:35:23,880
\nbecause thou hast done this
\nthing, and hast not withheld thy<\/p>\n

518
\n00:35:23,880 –> 00:35:26,680
\nson.
\nThine only Son, then in blessing<\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:26,680 –> 00:35:31,320
\nI will bless thee, and in
\nmultiplying I will multiply thy <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:31,320 –> 00:35:34,720
\nseed as the stars of heaven.
\nAnd as the sandwich is upon the <\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:34,720 –> 00:35:41,520
\nseashore.
\nAnd thy seed Samson will possess<\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:42,680 –> 00:35:53,080
\nthe gate of his enemies.
\nAnd he took the gates not back <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:53,080 –> 00:35:59,640
\nto his hometown in Zora.
\nHe took the gates to Hebron, the<\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:59,640 –> 00:36:02,920
\nburial place of the fathers,
\nwhere the promise of Abraham <\/p>\n

525
\n00:36:02,920 –> 00:36:04,320
\nwould have been ringing in his
\nears. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:36:04,680 –> 00:36:12,480
\nThy seed shall possess the gate
\nof his enemies, and by that act <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:12,480 –> 00:36:16,400
\nSamson was telling us where his
\nheart rested. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:17,400 –> 00:36:21,240
\nHe had his weaknesses, but his
\nheart and his faith was there in<\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:21,240 –> 00:36:26,040
\nHebron with the Fathers as he
\ncarries these gates on his back,<\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:27,440 –> 00:36:31,080
\nfar away from home.
\nHe was showing by that his faith<\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:31,560 –> 00:36:34,840
\nand what God had spoken many
\nyears earlier to Abraham. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:34,840 –> 00:36:38,480
\nMy brothers and sisters, if you
\ndidn’t know the geography of the<\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:38,480 –> 00:36:44,320
\nland, it was just a simple fact
\nthat Samson took the gates to <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:44,320 –> 00:36:48,400
\nHebron.
\nNo, he went out of his way to do<\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:48,400 –> 00:36:52,440
\nthat because he wanted to show
\nwhere his heart was. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:52,840 –> 00:36:57,680
\nHis heart was there in Hebron
\nwith the Fathers and with their <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:57,680 –> 00:37:00,880
\nfaithful wives, and he wanted to
\nbe a part of that promise that <\/p>\n

538
\n00:37:00,880 –> 00:37:07,280
\nthy seed would indeed one day
\npossess the gate of his enemies.<\/p>\n

539
\n00:37:08,520 –> 00:37:11,640
\nAnd we hope to find many points
\njust like that, God willing, <\/p>\n

540
\n00:37:11,960 –> 00:37:14,040
\nbrothers and sisters, over the
\ncourse of this week. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:37:14,880 –> 00:37:17,520
\nI think that as we go through
\nthe land, you will see just how <\/p>\n

542
\n00:37:17,520 –> 00:37:21,680
\nremarkable it is that it has so
\nmany lessons to teach us about <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:21,680 –> 00:37:25,200
\nour walk and the truth, about
\nthe doctrines that we all <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:25,200 –> 00:37:29,160
\nbelieve and cherish, and about
\nthe great hope that we have that<\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:29,160 –> 00:37:34,960
\none day that land will become
\ntruly the glory of all lands. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:35,240 –> 00:37:37,760
\nAnd we pray for our Heavenly
\nFather’s blessing in our <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:37,760 –> 00:37:42,280
\nendeavors as we look at His
\nLand, the land of Eretz Israel. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:38:17,720 –> 00:38:20,200
\nOn behalf of everyone, I’d like
\nto thank our brother Ryan for <\/p>\n

549
\n00:38:20,200 –> 00:38:22,160
\nhis most interesting talk this
\nafternoon. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:38:22,720 –> 00:38:25,000
\nWe look forward with interest in
\ntomorrow’s class, which is <\/p>\n

551
\n00:38:25,000 –> 00:38:27,560
\nentitled Shechem, The Place of
\nDecision. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:38:27,560 –> 00:38:30,440
\nWe’re going to close off our
\nafternoon session. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:38:30,760 –> 00:38:34,800
\nWe’re singing from Hymn 389 and
\nplease remain standing <\/p>\n

554
\n00:38:34,800 –> 00:38:36,680
\nafterwards for a word of prayer
\nthrough the mouth of our <\/p>\n

555
\n00:38:36,680 –> 00:38:41,880
\nbrother, Don Short, So Hymn 389.
\nReading from verse two, it says <\/p>\n

556
\n00:38:41,880 –> 00:38:45,000
\npilgrims on the earth and
\nstrangers like the fathers in <\/p>\n

557
\n00:38:45,000 –> 00:38:49,200
\nthe land, we in their one faith
\nunited in their city, hope to <\/p>\n

558
\n00:38:49,200 –> 00:38:50,880
\nstand.
\nHymn 389. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:39:26,320 –> 00:39:38,200
\nThe there one thing to Isaac in
\ntheir city hold his hands <\/p>\n

560
\n00:39:38,240 –> 00:39:45,160
\nstrength, and always by yours
\npresence and the hell may be <\/p>\n

561
\n00:39:45,240 –> 00:39:56,840
\ntalking strike me out to oh
\nJesus, and they have seen to <\/p>\n

562
\n00:39:58,720 –> 00:40:13,520
\nyou.
\nThe. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:40:34,240 –> 00:40:38,080
\nFather in heaven, we would draw
\n9 to thy throne of grace once <\/p>\n

564
\n00:40:38,080 –> 00:40:42,320
\nagain this day, to give thee all
\nthe praise and the glory and <\/p>\n

565
\n00:40:42,320 –> 00:40:46,320
\nhonour which is due to thy most
\nholy name, and indeed to thy <\/p>\n

566
\n00:40:46,320 –> 00:40:50,080
\nmost holy name alone.
\nAnd indeed, Father, what a <\/p>\n

567
\n00:40:50,080 –> 00:40:56,120
\nprivileged people we we are, to
\nhave had this opportunity once <\/p>\n

568
\n00:40:56,120 –> 00:40:59,800
\nagain this day, to come together
\naround the table. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:40:59,800 –> 00:41:03,760
\nIf thou is prepared for us in
\nthe presence of our enemies, sin<\/p>\n

570
\n00:41:03,760 –> 00:41:09,400
\nand death, and in remembering of
\nthe Lamb that was slain from the<\/p>\n

571
\n00:41:09,400 –> 00:41:14,840
\nfoundation of the world, to be
\nenlightened, and reminded once <\/p>\n

572
\n00:41:14,840 –> 00:41:19,160
\nagain of these wonderful and
\ngreat things that thou has done <\/p>\n

573
\n00:41:19,480 –> 00:41:23,160
\non our behalf, when we were yet
\nin our sins, that Christ died <\/p>\n

574
\n00:41:23,160 –> 00:41:29,240
\nfor the ungodly which was us.
\nAnd as we have come together <\/p>\n

575
\n00:41:29,240 –> 00:41:36,080
\nthis morning, Father, and here
\nthy words of exhortation from <\/p>\n

576
\n00:41:36,080 –> 00:41:42,600
\nthy wordest day, to be gathered
\nhere to hear about thy great and<\/p>\n

577
\n00:41:42,600 –> 00:41:47,440
\nwonderful land, Israel, May we
\nbe encouraged by these things. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:41:48,200 –> 00:41:54,080
\nMay our minds may be in two to
\nthat great and Holy Land, that <\/p>\n

579
\n00:41:54,080 –> 00:41:57,960
\ngreat witness that thou hast
\nlaid for the world round about <\/p>\n

580
\n00:41:58,800 –> 00:42:02,840
\nthat one bright light of hope
\nfor the world to see. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:42:03,880 –> 00:42:09,120
\nMaybe we be encouraged by these
\nthings this week, Father, And <\/p>\n

582
\n00:42:09,120 –> 00:42:13,000
\nmay thou add thy blessing, and
\neach and every single one of us <\/p>\n

583
\n00:42:13,000 –> 00:42:18,160
\nas we leave this place.
\nNow May we be encouraged this <\/p>\n

584
\n00:42:18,160 –> 00:42:22,920
\nday, and as we return again this
\nafternoon, this evening, to hear<\/p>\n

585
\n00:42:22,920 –> 00:42:24,800
\nThy word expounded once again to
\nus. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:42:25,240 –> 00:42:27,360
\nMaybe we be strengthened and
\nencouraged by it. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:42:27,880 –> 00:42:31,480
\nMay our hearts rejoice in the
\nhope of Thy salvation. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:42:32,440 –> 00:42:34,640
\nHear our prayer, Father for us
\nthrough Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:42:34,640 –> 00:42:36,120
\nWe ask it.
\nAmen. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:42:48,920 –> 00:42:49,040
\nNone.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Ryan King – Geography of the Holy Lands – Class 1 – The Glory Of All Lands<\/a><\/blockquote>