{"id":1163,"date":"2024-07-28T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/306-jason-hensley-peace-and-unity\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:37:37","slug":"306-jason-hensley-peace-and-unity","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/306-jason-hensley-peace-and-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"306: Jason Hensley – Peace and Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening a class from Bro. Jason Hensley titled \u201cPeace and Unity” that is part of his series “The Gospel of Peace” that was given at the Manitoulin Family Camp in 2023.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Krysofian talks.
\nI’m Levi. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Chris.
\nI’m Kristen. <\/p>\n

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\nWe select one talk a week to <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
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\nHey everyone, it’s Jason
\nHensley, and this is a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit funny.
\nI was talking to Chris and Levi <\/p>\n

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\nand Brian, and we were talking
\nabout how we were going to share<\/p>\n

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\nsome of our own talks.
\nAnd we discussed how there’s <\/p>\n

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\nalways been this unwritten rule
\nthat we don’t really do our own.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd so because people asked for
\nus to, we were going to do it as<\/p>\n

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\npart of this 300th episode.
\nBut The funny thing is, is that <\/p>\n

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\nbefore I joined this podcast as
\na host, I was on the podcast and<\/p>\n

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\nmy talks were on the podcast.
\nSo it was sort of an interesting<\/p>\n

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\nactivity for me to say, OK, so
\nout of the ones that haven’t <\/p>\n

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\nbeen on here, what do I want to
\nput up? <\/p>\n

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\nSo it was suggested to me, Levi
\nsaid, well, why don’t you take <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that has a lot of
\nmeaning to you, big depth of <\/p>\n

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\nmeaning.
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\ndo.
\nSo what you’re listening to <\/p>\n

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\nhere, this was actually just
\ngiven last year, 2023 at <\/p>\n

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\nManitoulin Family Camp, and it’s
\nthe third class in a series <\/p>\n

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\ncalled The Gospel of Peace.
\nThe reason that this means so <\/p>\n

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\nmuch to me is I feel like this
\nseries has really affected the <\/p>\n

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\ntrajectory of my life.
\nLet me explain what I mean by <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nFor me, it was huge to realize <\/p>\n

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\nthat God values peace.
\nI always thought that being a <\/p>\n

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\nChristadelphian meant, you know,
\na whole bunch of stuff and then <\/p>\n

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\nyou go out and argue with people
\nabout it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I don’t, I don’t say that to
\nbe rude or to try and be funny. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what I felt.
\nAnd I recognize Bible knowledge <\/p>\n

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\nis really important.
\nSo I’m not trying to downplay <\/p>\n

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\nthat at all.
\nAnd yet for me, it was such a <\/p>\n

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\nbig thing to realize peace
\nmatters. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so in this third class, what
\nwe’re going to be talking about <\/p>\n

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\nis not only does peace matter,
\nbut so does unity. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they’re two different
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nI think often we assume that
\nthey’re the same. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we say, well, we can’t have
\nunity with everybody because <\/p>\n

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\nunity is based on principles.
\nSo therefore we can’t have peace<\/p>\n

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\nwith everyone.
\nSo that’s what this class <\/p>\n

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\ntackles.
\nHow are? <\/p>\n

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\nPeace and unity different.
\nAnd how is it that God can tell <\/p>\n

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\nus to live at peace with
\neveryone and yet recognize that <\/p>\n

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\nwe won’t have unity with
\neveryone so. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope you enjoy it and I hope.
\nThat if you get the chance, <\/p>\n

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\nyou’ll check out the whole
\nseries because as I said, this <\/p>\n

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\nseries for me was really life
\naltering. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I hope you enjoy it.
\nThis is class #3 Manitoulin <\/p>\n

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\nFamily Bible camp in the Gospel
\nof peace called Peace and Unity.<\/p>\n

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\nWell, good morning, everyone.
\nI hope that you’re feeling good.<\/p>\n

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\nI am really excited about class
\n#3 because this is the class <\/p>\n

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\nthat started it all.
\nSo interestingly enough, it ends<\/p>\n

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\nup in the middle of the series.
\nBut this is the one that that <\/p>\n

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\nreally got me thinking, because
\nI started to recognize in, in <\/p>\n

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\ngoing through scripture that
\nthere was this difference, this <\/p>\n

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\ndistinction between peace and
\nunity. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s what really got me on
\nthis subject of peace, because I<\/p>\n

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\nhad always thought of them as
\nthe same thing. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet looking at this, it was
\nfascinating to see that peace is<\/p>\n

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\ncommanded and unity is the
\nideal. <\/p>\n

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\nSo in other words, you have to
\nhave peace, but you might not <\/p>\n

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\nalways be able to achieve unity.
\nSo I, I found that very <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting.
\nOK, here’s our here’s our plan. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re going to talk about Israel
\nand Judah and you perhaps heard <\/p>\n

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\nconsiderations of Jehoshaphat
\nand Hezekiah before. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are going to talk about that,
\nbut it’s going to be a little <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent than than ways that
\nmaybe you’ve heard it done <\/p>\n

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\nbefore and also ways that I did
\nit before. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a lot of context that I
\nthink we need to build up as we <\/p>\n

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\nlook at this story.
\nSo we’re going to try and <\/p>\n

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\nunderstand it from that
\nperspective. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re going to talk about then
\nwhat is unity biblically? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then how does unity differ
\nfrom peace? <\/p>\n

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\nThe main message now let’s
\nreview Ready. <\/p>\n

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\nBefore this one, our first core
\nmessage was peace matters. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s right.
\nAnd OK, yesterday’s was harder. <\/p>\n

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\nI recognize that.
\nSo I made this one a little <\/p>\n

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\neasier.
\nSo do you remember? <\/p>\n

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\nIt was 6 words.
\nAll the shades of peace are <\/p>\n

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\ninterconnected.
\nThat’s. <\/p>\n

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\nOh, I see some of you guys wrote
\nit down. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was good.
\nGood thinking. <\/p>\n

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\nYep, Yep.
\nGood. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, well, today’s is only three
\nwords. <\/p>\n

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\nAll right.
\nSo this is, I think, our key <\/p>\n

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\nidea that comes out of this
\nclass, Peace is universal. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, again, this is so important
\nin recognizing the distinction <\/p>\n

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\nbetween peace and unity because
\nthere are a lot of people that <\/p>\n

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\nwe can’t be unified with.
\nThere are a lot of world views <\/p>\n

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\nthat we can’t be unified with,
\nbut we can still act peacefully <\/p>\n

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\ntowards those people.
\nAnd I think that is the crucial <\/p>\n

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\nthing, right?
\nPeace. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd some of some of you have
\ncome up to me and asked about <\/p>\n

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\nthis and you said, look like,
\nyou know, I can’t, I can’t agree<\/p>\n

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\nwith the way that people are
\ndoing things and I have to say <\/p>\n

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\nthings about that.
\nAnd I agree. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s, that’s great.
\nSay things about it, but say it <\/p>\n

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\nin a nice way, right?
\nYou can’t, you know, you don’t <\/p>\n

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\nhave to come up and just just
\nthink about it like when this is<\/p>\n

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\nthis is for me at least, how
\nthis goes. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen you get upset with your
\nchildren or with somebody else <\/p>\n

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\nand you scream and wave your
\narms around, right? <\/p>\n

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\nNot that I’ve ever done that.
\nBut when you do that, think <\/p>\n

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\nabout where your effectiveness
\ngoes on the effectiveness scale,<\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nAll of a sudden you’re like down<\/p>\n

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\nat the bottom and and nobody
\nwants to hear what you say, <\/p>\n

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\nincluding your children who
\nmight like run away screaming. <\/p>\n

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\nOK.
\nSo like, that just doesn’t work,<\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nWe can very much disagree with <\/p>\n

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\nsomebody, but we don’t have to
\ndo it in an unhinged kind of <\/p>\n

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\nway.
\nAnd I think that that’s the key <\/p>\n

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\nthing.
\nWe can say, I believe that what <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re doing is wrong.
\nAnd here’s why I think that, <\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nWe can say, no, these are my <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples and I will not move
\nfrom those principles. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we can do that peacefully.
\nAnd I think that’s an important <\/p>\n

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\nthing to recognize.
\nThat’s really the key. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so that’s why Paul can
\ncommand live at peace with <\/p>\n

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\neveryone because it’s something
\nthat is achievable. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is something that we can do
\nis a choice that we can make. <\/p>\n

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\nSo peace is universal.
\nOur why question here, This is <\/p>\n

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\nsomething to just kind of chew
\non for right now, although I’ll <\/p>\n

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\nsort of answer it right after we
\nlook at it says why was <\/p>\n

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\nJehoshaphat condemned for his
\npeace with Ahab? <\/p>\n

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\nJust think about that for a
\nlittle bit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the answer is this is
\nactually a trick question <\/p>\n

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\nbecause Jehoshaphat never was
\ncondemned for his peace with <\/p>\n

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\nAhab.
\nHe was condemned for his unity <\/p>\n

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\nwith Ahab.
\nNow that’s where for me, this <\/p>\n

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\nwas such a big deal.
\nJehoshaphat was supposed to be <\/p>\n

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\nat peace with Ahab.
\nAnd I’m going to try and put <\/p>\n

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\nthat together, create that
\ncontext. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was supposed to have peace
\nwith Ahab. <\/p>\n

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\nEven though Ahab is described as
\none who hates Yahweh, right? <\/p>\n

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\nHe was still supposed to be at
\npeace with him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was not supposed to be
\nunified with him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in fact, I, I would suggest
\nto you, he couldn’t be unified <\/p>\n

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\nwith him, right?
\nHe tries really hard to be <\/p>\n

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\nunified, but he can’t be.
\nOK. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s take a look.
\nLet’s just go through, I know <\/p>\n

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\nthat you know this, but we’re
\ngoing to go through and we’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to take a look at it just
\nto make sure that we have our <\/p>\n

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\ncontext built up.
\nSo let’s think a little bit <\/p>\n

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\nabout the relationship between
\nIsrael and Judah. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you have Israel in the north
\nand Judah in the South. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the question that I want
\nto have really prompt us as we <\/p>\n

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\ngo through this is what kind of
\nrelationship were these two <\/p>\n

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\nnations supposed to have?
\nYou know, when I put together <\/p>\n

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\nthis class, that was the first
\ntime I had ever asked that we <\/p>\n

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\nread the history.
\nAnd I think we just kind of take<\/p>\n

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\nthe history for granted that
\nthis is what God was doing. <\/p>\n

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\nHe divides the nation’s.
\nOne nation is good, one nation’s<\/p>\n

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\nbad, at least, you know, for the
\nmost part, one nation’s good. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd well, the good one is
\nsupposed to attack the bad one <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:09,320 –> 00:09:12,120
\nor something along those lines.
\nBut I think it’s better for us <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:12,120 –> 00:09:16,080
\nto step back and ask, well,
\nactually, biblically, what did <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:16,080 –> 00:09:20,160
\nGod intend?
\nWhat kind of relationship did he<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:20,280 –> 00:09:23,960
\nforesee or want to see between
\nthe two nations? <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:24,640 –> 00:09:26,360
\nDid he want to see them warring
\none another? <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:28,160 –> 00:09:30,840
\nWe might be tempted to say,
\nwell, you know, you look at <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:30,840 –> 00:09:33,520
\nDeuteronomy 13, right?
\nYour brother comes and says, <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:33,520 –> 00:09:35,720
\nhey, let’s go worship idols.
\nYou’re supposed to stone him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:36,400 –> 00:09:39,520
\nSo he might be tempted to say,
\nwell, yeah, like God intends for<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:39,520 –> 00:09:41,560
\nJudah to go wipe out Israel.
\nAnd yet I think we’re going to <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:41,560 –> 00:09:42,640
\nsee something a little bit
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:44,160 –> 00:09:47,000
\nSo let’s take a look and
\nconsider this story. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:47,000 –> 00:09:49,440
\nIt’s first Kings 11.
\nIf you want to follow along, <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll tell you the story.
\nYou’re likely familiar with it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:52,440 –> 00:09:55,880
\nThis is this is that instant in
\nwhich Jeroboam. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:56,560 –> 00:10:00,560
\nSo the one who will become king
\nof Israel, right? <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:00,880 –> 00:10:02,880
\nThat’s always one of those hard
\nthings to kind of figure out <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:03,200 –> 00:10:05,320
\nwhich one was Jeroboam and which
\none was Rioboam. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, it’s alphabetical.
\nIt’s an alphabetical order, by <\/p>\n

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\nthe way, in case that helps you.
\nI always try and have all these <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:10,160 –> 00:10:11,640
\nfunny little things to help me
\nremember stuff. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:11,920 –> 00:10:13,440
\nSo Jeroboam was in the north,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:13,520 –> 00:10:15,520
\nAnd then Rehoboam are in the
\nSouth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:15,800 –> 00:10:18,000
\nSo that’s alphabetical also,
\njust like Israel and Judah. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:18,480 –> 00:10:22,280
\nSo interesting.
\nJeroboam is working for Solomon,<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:22,280 –> 00:10:26,200
\nright?
\nHe was some kind of head of <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:26,200 –> 00:10:28,520
\nSolomon’s building team,
\nsomething along those lines. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:28,680 –> 00:10:31,520
\nHe seems to take part in helping
\nbuild the temple building, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:31,520 –> 00:10:34,360
\nSolomon’s house.
\nHe happens to be in a field. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:34,360 –> 00:10:36,560
\nWe don’t know exactly what he’s
\ndoing at this point, but he’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:36,880 –> 00:10:40,160
\nhead of Solomon’s workforce.
\nHe’s wearing a new coat, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:41,360 –> 00:10:45,480
\nstrangely enough, and we don’t
\nknow why exactly he does it this<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:45,480 –> 00:10:48,120
\nway.
\nA high edge of the prophet walks<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:48,120 –> 00:10:52,960
\nup to Jeroboam and his swanky
\nnew jacket and tears it off of <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:52,960 –> 00:10:57,600
\nhis back and begins to then tear
\nit into little pieces. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:58,480 –> 00:11:01,680
\nYou can imagine Jeroboam, right?
\nThat’s I, I felt like that was a<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:01,680 –> 00:11:05,080
\npretty good expression.
\nHe he looks at a high jet <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:05,080 –> 00:11:07,920
\nthinking, what are you doing to
\nmy coat? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:08,120 –> 00:11:09,880
\nYou know, I, I like it, it was
\nnice. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:10,160 –> 00:11:13,360
\nSo Ahaija tears it up and he
\nsays, well don’t worry, here you<\/p>\n

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\ngo you can have these ten pieces
\nof it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:16,600 –> 00:11:20,720
\nSo he gives Jeroboam the 10
\npieces of his coat and he then <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:20,720 –> 00:11:23,720
\nproceeds to give Jeroboam a
\nprophecy. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:24,040 –> 00:11:29,200
\nHe says Yahweh has torn right,
\nYou get it torn. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:29,800 –> 00:11:31,800
\nOK, so maybe that was the
\njustification. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:32,000 –> 00:11:37,520
\nYahweh has torn the Kingdom from
\nthe hand of Solomon and is now <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:37,520 –> 00:11:41,440
\ngiving 10 tribes to you.
\nRight now. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the prophecy of a Haija.
\nYou’ll see it there on the <\/p>\n

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\nscreen.
\nJust take a look and you will <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:48,040 –> 00:11:51,360
\nnotice that I have underlined a
\nnumber of statements. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:52,040 –> 00:11:53,720
\nLook for what these statements
\nhave in common. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:54,560 –> 00:11:56,600
\nIt’s first kings 11 verses 31 to
\n36. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:56,600 –> 00:11:59,640
\nIt says, see I am going to tear
\nthe Kingdom out of Solomon’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:59,640 –> 00:12:00,800
\nhand.
\nThis is God speaking through a <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:00,800 –> 00:12:04,280
\nHaija and give you 10 tribes.
\nBut for the sake of my servant <\/p>\n

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\nDavid in the city of Jerusalem,
\nwhich I have chosen, out of all <\/p>\n

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\nthe tribes of Israel, he will
\nhave one tribe. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:09,600 –> 00:12:11,960
\nI will do this because they have
\nforsaken me and worshipped <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:11,960 –> 00:12:14,800
\nAshtaroth, the goddess of the
\nCydonians, Chimosh the God of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Moabites, Molech the God of
\nthe Ammonites, and have not <\/p>\n

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\nwalked in obedience to me, nor
\ndone what is right in my eyes, <\/p>\n

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\nnor kept my decrees and laws as
\nDavid, Solomon’s father, did. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I will not take the whole
\nKingdom out of Solomon’s hand. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:28,160 –> 00:12:31,200
\nI have made him ruler.
\nI should have underlined that <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:31,200 –> 00:12:32,960
\none too.
\nI have made him ruler all the <\/p>\n

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\ndays of his life.
\nFor the sake of David, my <\/p>\n

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\nservant, whom I chose.
\nI missed another who obeyed my <\/p>\n

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\ncommands and decrees.
\nI will take the Kingdom from his<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:41,080 –> 00:12:42,840
\nson’s hands and give you 10
\ntribes. <\/p>\n

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\nI will give one tribe to his
\nson. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:45,960 –> 00:12:47,520
\nOK.
\nDo you notice what they all have<\/p>\n

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\nin common?
\nThese are all of God’s I will do<\/p>\n

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\nthis statements.
\nNow, some of them you might say,<\/p>\n

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\nbut they don’t have I.
\nAgain, this is one of those <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:56,520 –> 00:12:58,880
\nunfortunate translation pieces
\nof the NIV. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:58,920 –> 00:13:00,640
\nIt’s great to read like when
\nyou’re doing the readings, but <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:00,640 –> 00:13:03,400
\nstudy makes it a little harder.
\nEverything that I underlined <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:03,400 –> 00:13:05,600
\nhere is what we call a first
\nperson verb. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:06,120 –> 00:13:08,400
\nI am going to do this.
\nI’m going to do this. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:09,040 –> 00:13:12,840
\nSo this is God saying I am the
\none who is causing all these <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:12,840 –> 00:13:14,280
\nthings.
\nNow, I think that that’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:14,280 –> 00:13:17,360
\nfascinating, by the way, just in
\nterms of what we’re looking at, <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:17,600 –> 00:13:20,800
\nbecause remember, we’re talking
\nabout peace and unity. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:21,480 –> 00:13:26,000
\nSo does God expect there to be
\npeace between the nations? <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:27,400 –> 00:13:29,280
\nI’m going to suggest to you
\nbased on what we’re going to <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:29,280 –> 00:13:32,280
\nlook at, yes.
\nDoes God expect there to be <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:32,280 –> 00:13:34,880
\nunity?
\nNo, there can’t be, right? <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:34,880 –> 00:13:38,520
\nHe’s clearly saying I’m making
\ndisunity, which is very <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:38,520 –> 00:13:43,040
\ninteresting, right?
\nSo he expects peace, but he <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:43,040 –> 00:13:46,680
\ndoesn’t expect unity.
\nOK. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:47,280 –> 00:13:49,440
\nSo that’s just an interesting
\nthing to kind of take out of <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:49,440 –> 00:13:51,280
\nthis.
\nGod is the one who is doing it, <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:51,280 –> 00:13:54,120
\nand God is the one who is
\ncreating the disunity in this <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:54,120 –> 00:13:57,600
\ninstance.
\nNow as we read this next portion<\/p>\n

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\nof the prophecy, just think
\nabout what this might remind you<\/p>\n

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\nof, because I think this is
\nbased on something else that <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:05,840 –> 00:14:09,640
\nwe’ve heard before.
\nSo Haija continues, God is doing<\/p>\n

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\nall these different things.
\nGod is the one who’s going to <\/p>\n

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\ncreate the disunity.
\nHaija then says verses 37 and <\/p>\n

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\n38.
\nHowever, As for you, I will take<\/p>\n

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\nyou, and you will rule over all
\nthat your heart desires. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:22,360 –> 00:14:25,600
\nYou will be king over Israel if
\nyou do whatever I command you <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:26,200 –> 00:14:30,240
\nand walk in obedience to Me and
\ndo what is right in my eyes by <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:30,240 –> 00:14:32,840
\nobeying my decrees and commands
\nas David my servant did. <\/p>\n

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\nI will be with you.
\nI will build you a dynasty as <\/p>\n

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\nenduring as the one I built for
\nDavid and will give Israel to <\/p>\n

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\nyou.
\nDoes this remind you of anything<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:40,840 –> 00:14:43,920
\nelse?
\nThis sounds like a previous set <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:43,920 –> 00:14:48,000
\nof promises known as the
\npromises to David. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:48,600 –> 00:14:50,760
\nI mean, he, he makes it very
\nclear, right? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:51,200 –> 00:14:53,760
\nIf you act like David, I will be
\nwith you. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:53,760 –> 00:14:55,400
\nThis is what he had promised to
\nDavid. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:55,400 –> 00:14:57,680
\nI will be with you.
\nBut it’s also the same thing <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:57,680 –> 00:15:00,560
\nthat he promised to Abraham,
\nIsaac, Jacob, I will be with <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:00,560 –> 00:15:02,480
\nyou.
\nThat’s the whole ehiye I share <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:02,520 –> 00:15:04,840
\nehiye kind of thing, right?
\nI will be with you. <\/p>\n

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\nI will build you a dynasty as
\nenduring as the one I built for <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:08,680 –> 00:15:10,800
\nDavid.
\nNow, it’s not the promises to <\/p>\n

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\nDavid, but he’s essentially
\nsaying I’m going to give those <\/p>\n

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\nsame promises to you.
\nLike I’m offering that to you, <\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nAt least as far as having a <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:21,160 –> 00:15:24,000
\nshore dynasty, right?
\nHaving a shore house. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you can see connections to
\nthe promises to David. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:26,840 –> 00:15:29,880
\nAnd the reason I bring this up
\nis weirdly enough, right, we’re <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:29,880 –> 00:15:32,640
\nsupposed to, I, I think one of
\nthe keys of Bible study is we <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:32,640 –> 00:15:35,600
\nshould always be looking for the
\nLord Jesus in everything, right?<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:36,240 –> 00:15:38,040
\nHe’s on every page all over the
\nplace. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:39,480 –> 00:15:43,120
\nSo weirdly enough, when you
\nstart to look at this, I want to<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:43,120 –> 00:15:46,800
\nsuggest to you that you can
\nactually see Jeroboam in this <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:46,800 –> 00:15:49,400
\nstage.
\nOK, note that very carefully in <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:49,400 –> 00:15:53,560
\nthis stage, not other times, but
\nin this stage, I think we can <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:53,560 –> 00:15:56,200
\nsee Jeroboam as a type of the
\nLord Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:58,280 –> 00:16:02,400
\nHe is chosen specifically by God
\nto save Israel, right? <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:02,400 –> 00:16:05,240
\nNot just chosen by God, but
\nchosen with the mission of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:05,240 –> 00:16:08,040
\nsaving the people.
\nSo you see the same thing in <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:08,040 –> 00:16:12,280
\nMatthew 121.
\nJoseph is told he will save his <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:12,280 –> 00:16:16,760
\npeople from their sins.
\nJeroboam was given the promises <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:16,760 –> 00:16:18,120
\nof a shore house, just like
\nDavid. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:18,840 –> 00:16:21,280
\nAnd we know in Luke chapter one,
\nthe Lord Jesus is given those <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:21,280 –> 00:16:24,800
\npromises to David.
\nJeroboam then is chased by <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:24,800 –> 00:16:27,200
\nSolomon because Solomon wants to
\nkill him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:28,000 –> 00:16:30,080
\nWhere does he go?
\nHuh, Egypt? <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:31,960 –> 00:16:33,320
\nHe comes back after the King’s
\ndeath. <\/p>\n

304
\n00:16:35,360 –> 00:16:37,360
\nSame thing with the Lord Jesus
\nin Matthew chapter one. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:38,080 –> 00:16:39,880
\nHe then serves as a mediator for
\nthe people. <\/p>\n

306
\n00:16:39,880 –> 00:16:42,040
\nYou remember the whole story
\nwhere the people go to Rhea Baum<\/p>\n

307
\n00:16:42,280 –> 00:16:44,320
\nand they say, hey, your father
\ntaxed us heavily. <\/p>\n

308
\n00:16:44,320 –> 00:16:46,560
\nWill you please lower the taxes,
\nright, Rhea Baum? <\/p>\n

309
\n00:16:46,560 –> 00:16:48,560
\nHe asks his friends.
\nHe asks the elders. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:48,680 –> 00:16:51,080
\nHe decides to go with his
\nfriend’s advice and at which is <\/p>\n

311
\n00:16:51,080 –> 00:16:53,720
\nto, you know, be tough and make
\npeople afraid of you. <\/p>\n

312
\n00:16:53,720 –> 00:16:57,640
\nSo he says my little pinky is
\ngreater than my father’s loins, <\/p>\n

313
\n00:16:57,640 –> 00:16:59,800
\nwhich is a really funny thing to
\nsay. <\/p>\n

314
\n00:17:00,080 –> 00:17:01,760
\nDon’t think I’ve ever talked
\nabout my father’s loins. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:01,960 –> 00:17:03,960
\nBut that’s, you know, that’s
\nwhat he says. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:04,440 –> 00:17:08,200
\nAnd then he says, my father
\nchastised you with whips, I will<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:08,200 –> 00:17:10,319
\nchastise you with scorpions,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:10,319 –> 00:17:11,800
\nAnd he’s like, oh, man, I’m so
\ntough. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:12,160 –> 00:17:14,160
\nAnd the people are like, yeah,
\nforget that, right? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:14,160 –> 00:17:16,920
\nSo they leave because who wants
\nto be whipped with a scorpion? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:17,359 –> 00:17:22,000
\nSo they leave.
\nAnd then Jeroboam was the one <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:22,280 –> 00:17:24,240
\nwho was leading the people at
\nthat point. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:24,839 –> 00:17:29,280
\nHe was the one who led the
\ndelegation asking Rio Boehm to <\/p>\n

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\nlower the taxes.
\nSo he was serving as a mediator <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:31,320 –> 00:17:34,920
\nfor the people.
\nInterestingly, he then after, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:34,920 –> 00:17:37,160
\nafter serving as a mediator,
\nbecomes king of Israel. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:17:38,400 –> 00:17:40,520
\nSo you can see this picture of
\nthe Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:17:40,520 –> 00:17:43,080
\nThe timing works, the details
\nfit it. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:17:43,200 –> 00:17:45,040
\nIt makes sense.
\nNow you might be wondering, <\/p>\n

330
\n00:17:45,040 –> 00:17:48,520
\nwell, why?
\nLike why do we have this type of<\/p>\n

331
\n00:17:48,520 –> 00:17:51,680
\nthe Lord Jesus in probably like
\none of the worst people in the <\/p>\n

332
\n00:17:51,680 –> 00:17:54,160
\nBible, right?
\nYou remember Jeroboam’s last <\/p>\n

333
\n00:17:54,160 –> 00:17:57,960
\nname, he who made Israel to sin,
\nright? <\/p>\n

334
\n00:17:58,120 –> 00:18:00,320
\nLike every time that Jeroboam
\nshows up, that’s what he’s <\/p>\n

335
\n00:18:00,320 –> 00:18:02,680
\ncalled, Jeroboam, the son of
\nNebat who made Israel sin. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:18:02,680 –> 00:18:06,920
\nAnd in fact, when we get to 2nd
\nKing 17, when God destroys <\/p>\n

337
\n00:18:06,920 –> 00:18:11,200
\nIsrael, we are told that God
\ndestroyed Israel because they <\/p>\n

338
\n00:18:11,200 –> 00:18:15,600
\ncould not shake the sins of
\nJeroboam, son of Nebat, who made<\/p>\n

339
\n00:18:15,600 –> 00:18:20,520
\nIsrael sin, right?
\nSo this is one of the most <\/p>\n

340
\n00:18:20,520 –> 00:18:25,720
\nterrible people in Scripture,
\nresponsible for thousands of <\/p>\n

341
\n00:18:25,720 –> 00:18:30,680
\npeople leaving the truth, and
\nyet he’s this type of Christ at <\/p>\n

342
\n00:18:30,680 –> 00:18:31,720
\nthe beginning.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

343
\n00:18:33,200 –> 00:18:37,000
\nI think the point is, is that
\nwhen God separates the nations, <\/p>\n

344
\n00:18:37,720 –> 00:18:41,720
\nwhen God separates Israel and
\nJudah, he chooses someone who <\/p>\n

345
\n00:18:41,720 –> 00:18:45,720
\nhas the potential to have done
\namazing things. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:18:46,440 –> 00:18:49,560
\nAnd instead, what Jeroboam does
\nis he uses that potential to <\/p>\n

347
\n00:18:49,560 –> 00:18:54,920
\ndestroy the country.
\nJeroboam could have led the <\/p>\n

348
\n00:18:54,920 –> 00:18:56,320
\nnation in the way that they were
\nsupposed to go. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:18:56,720 –> 00:18:58,960
\nHe could have been the next
\nDavid, right? <\/p>\n

350
\n00:18:58,960 –> 00:19:01,640
\nThat’s exactly what God says.
\nHe could have been the next <\/p>\n

351
\n00:19:01,640 –> 00:19:06,560
\nDavid, but he wasn’t.
\nNow, again, was God expecting <\/p>\n

352
\n00:19:06,920 –> 00:19:08,920
\nunity?
\nNo. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:19:09,280 –> 00:19:14,160
\nBut he sets up a person like
\nJeroboam, somebody with <\/p>\n

354
\n00:19:14,200 –> 00:19:18,520
\npotential to create a great
\nnation because he expects peace.<\/p>\n

355
\n00:19:19,200 –> 00:19:21,000
\nHe wanted the nations to
\nflourish. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:19:24,000 –> 00:19:28,160
\nNow we have this emphasized
\nbecause in First Kings chapter <\/p>\n

357
\n00:19:28,160 –> 00:19:31,960
\n12, starting at verse 21,
\nRiobaum, when the split happens,<\/p>\n

358
\n00:19:32,120 –> 00:19:35,000
\nRiobaum says, ah, ah, that’s not
\ngoing to happen. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:19:35,520 –> 00:19:37,800
\nYou guys aren’t separating.
\nAnd Riobaum puts together an <\/p>\n

360
\n00:19:37,800 –> 00:19:40,800
\narmy.
\nHe’s about to go invade Israel <\/p>\n

361
\n00:19:40,800 –> 00:19:41,880
\nand he’s going to take them
\nback. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:19:42,040 –> 00:19:45,800
\nHowever, he is met by a prophet
\nwho says do not go up to fight <\/p>\n

363
\n00:19:45,800 –> 00:19:47,880
\nagainst the Israelites for this
\nis my doing. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:19:48,200 –> 00:19:49,680
\nGod says you will not fight
\nthem. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:19:49,720 –> 00:19:54,040
\nNotice that fighting is the
\nopposite of what peace. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:19:54,600 –> 00:19:58,520
\nSo Rio Boehm is going to fight.
\nHe specifically told ah ah <\/p>\n

367
\n00:19:58,800 –> 00:20:03,080
\npeace.
\nSo God did not expect unity, but<\/p>\n

368
\n00:20:03,080 –> 00:20:07,120
\nhe did expect peace.
\nAgain from Israel’s perspective.<\/p>\n

369
\n00:20:07,320 –> 00:20:09,200
\nJust play this out.
\nYou can follow along in First <\/p>\n

370
\n00:20:09,200 –> 00:20:11,000
\nKings 12.
\nIt’s very interesting. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:20:11,760 –> 00:20:15,960
\nJeroboam decides he’s he must
\nhave been sitting on his throne.<\/p>\n

372
\n00:20:16,080 –> 00:20:19,000
\nHe decides to create a new
\nsystem of worship. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:20:19,520 –> 00:20:21,520
\nRight.
\nHe creates the golden calves, <\/p>\n

374
\n00:20:21,760 –> 00:20:26,200
\none of which he puts in Dan, the
\nother he puts in Bethel. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:20:26,720 –> 00:20:28,640
\nSo he has these two golden
\ncalves that he creates. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:20:28,640 –> 00:20:30,240
\nHe makes this new system of
\nworship. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:20:30,560 –> 00:20:33,320
\nNow the big question is why did
\nhe do that? <\/p>\n

378
\n00:20:33,920 –> 00:20:36,160
\nI think this is what we should
\nalways be asking when we’re <\/p>\n

379
\n00:20:36,160 –> 00:20:37,280
\ndoing Bible study.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

380
\n00:20:37,320 –> 00:20:38,480
\nWhy did this person act this
\nway? <\/p>\n

381
\n00:20:38,480 –> 00:20:41,760
\nWhy did they do what they did?
\nWell, what’s really interesting <\/p>\n

382
\n00:20:42,480 –> 00:20:47,000
\nis in First Kings 12, we’re told
\nthat he decided to create a <\/p>\n

383
\n00:20:47,000 –> 00:20:53,960
\nfeast in the eighth month, just
\nlike the feast that was in Judah<\/p>\n

384
\n00:20:53,960 –> 00:20:58,200
\nin the seventh month.
\nSo he’s clearly thinking about <\/p>\n

385
\n00:20:58,200 –> 00:21:00,040
\nthe feast of the 7th month.
\nNow, what was the feast of the <\/p>\n

386
\n00:21:00,040 –> 00:21:03,320
\n7th month?
\nThere are three. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:21:03,320 –> 00:21:10,280
\nSo, you know, David Helmet,
\nFeast of Tabernacles and Feast <\/p>\n

388
\n00:21:10,280 –> 00:21:12,360
\nof Trumpets.
\nThat’s right. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:21:12,760 –> 00:21:14,560
\nYeah.
\nSo, you know, it’s Rosh <\/p>\n

390
\n00:21:14,560 –> 00:21:18,160
\nHashanah, Yom Kippur, all of
\nthat, and Sukkot, if you want <\/p>\n

391
\n00:21:18,160 –> 00:21:20,920
\nthe Hebrew names.
\nSo you have these three, these <\/p>\n

392
\n00:21:20,920 –> 00:21:23,360
\nthree celebrations that were
\nsupposed to take place in the <\/p>\n

393
\n00:21:23,360 –> 00:21:26,320
\nseventh month.
\nNow, I think that gives us an <\/p>\n

394
\n00:21:26,320 –> 00:21:28,360
\ninsight into what was going on
\nin Jeroboam’s mind. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:21:28,360 –> 00:21:29,640
\nSo just try and picture this,
\nright? <\/p>\n

396
\n00:21:29,640 –> 00:21:32,000
\nI think we always have to try
\nand envision what’s going on in <\/p>\n

397
\n00:21:32,000 –> 00:21:34,520
\nthe Bible.
\nSo picture Jeroboam, he’s now <\/p>\n

398
\n00:21:34,520 –> 00:21:36,200
\nking of Israel.
\nHe’s all excited because he can <\/p>\n

399
\n00:21:36,200 –> 00:21:38,000
\nget as many new coats as he
\nwants, right? <\/p>\n

400
\n00:21:38,600 –> 00:21:42,640
\nSo there he is.
\nHe’s sitting on his throne and <\/p>\n

401
\n00:21:42,640 –> 00:21:45,120
\nhe hears all this noise going on
\noutside. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:21:45,360 –> 00:21:46,840
\nSo he thinks, you know what?
\nWhat is this? <\/p>\n

403
\n00:21:47,000 –> 00:21:51,000
\nAnd he looks out the window of
\nhis palace and he sees all these<\/p>\n

404
\n00:21:51,000 –> 00:21:52,440
\npeople.
\nMaybe it’s just the men, right? <\/p>\n

405
\n00:21:52,440 –> 00:21:53,680
\nOnly the men were commanded to
\ndo this. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:21:54,240 –> 00:21:56,560
\nHe sees all these people walking
\nby and he says, where are you <\/p>\n

407
\n00:21:56,560 –> 00:21:57,960
\nall going?
\nWhat are you doing? <\/p>\n

408
\n00:21:58,080 –> 00:22:03,600
\nAnd they say, ready, we’re going
\nto Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:22:04,520 –> 00:22:09,840
\nAnd Jeroboam’s like, what?
\nWhy are you going to Jerusalem? <\/p>\n

410
\n00:22:10,400 –> 00:22:13,160
\nAnd they say, well, because it’s
\nthe 7th month, right? <\/p>\n

411
\n00:22:13,160 –> 00:22:15,480
\nIt’s the Feast of Tabernacles.
\nThat’s what we’re supposed to <\/p>\n

412
\n00:22:15,480 –> 00:22:17,520
\ndo.
\nEveryone is supposed to go to <\/p>\n

413
\n00:22:17,520 –> 00:22:19,480
\nJerusalem.
\nAnd so then he looks further out<\/p>\n

414
\n00:22:19,480 –> 00:22:22,960
\nthe window and he realizes,
\nindeed, everyone is going to <\/p>\n

415
\n00:22:22,960 –> 00:22:25,160
\nJerusalem, right?
\nThe entire country. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:22:25,240 –> 00:22:29,200
\nAnd Jeroboam sits down and he
\nthinks, well, how’s this going <\/p>\n

417
\n00:22:29,200 –> 00:22:31,960
\nto work, right?
\nHow’s this supposed to happen <\/p>\n

418
\n00:22:32,080 –> 00:22:34,520
\nthat I’m supposed to lead this
\ncountry of 10 tribes? <\/p>\n

419
\n00:22:34,640 –> 00:22:39,720
\nWhen three times a year, every
\nman, and possibly the women and <\/p>\n

420
\n00:22:39,720 –> 00:22:42,560
\nchildren too, go to Jerusalem
\nfor these feasts, which would <\/p>\n

421
\n00:22:42,560 –> 00:22:45,400
\nmean that they’re there in
\nJerusalem for like 2 months of <\/p>\n

422
\n00:22:45,400 –> 00:22:47,480
\nthe year, right?
\nSomething along those lines. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:22:47,640 –> 00:22:49,560
\nOr they’re at least gone from
\nIsrael because they have to have<\/p>\n

424
\n00:22:49,560 –> 00:22:51,280
\ntravel time.
\nSo they’re gone for like 2 <\/p>\n

425
\n00:22:51,280 –> 00:22:53,000
\nmonths of the year.
\nAnd then he starts thinking, oh,<\/p>\n

426
\n00:22:53,000 –> 00:22:54,880
\nwait a minute, You remember we
\ntalked about this yesterday. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:22:55,480 –> 00:22:57,840
\nOur whole system of worship
\nrevolves around what? <\/p>\n

428
\n00:22:58,840 –> 00:23:03,480
\nThe temple?
\nAnd he realizes, wait a minute, <\/p>\n

429
\n00:23:05,840 –> 00:23:10,120
\nhow am I supposed to lead a
\ncountry when their whole system <\/p>\n

430
\n00:23:10,120 –> 00:23:14,960
\nof worship is designed around
\nthe capital of the enemy <\/p>\n

431
\n00:23:14,960 –> 00:23:20,280
\ncountry?
\nNow I would put to you that <\/p>\n

432
\n00:23:20,280 –> 00:23:22,120
\nthere is a false assumption in
\nthat statement. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:23:24,360 –> 00:23:28,360
\nThat assumption was enemy.
\nAnd that I think is the point. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:23:30,000 –> 00:23:33,560
\nGod set up the countries and you
\nwill notice He never said you’re<\/p>\n

435
\n00:23:34,040 –> 00:23:35,400
\ngoing to have a different form
\nof worship. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:23:35,840 –> 00:23:38,160
\nHe never said you’re going to
\nworship somewhere other than <\/p>\n

437
\n00:23:38,160 –> 00:23:41,680
\nJerusalem.
\nHe expects that to continue, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:23:42,440 –> 00:23:46,240
\nright?
\nBecause he expects Israel and <\/p>\n

439
\n00:23:46,240 –> 00:23:51,960
\nJudah to be at peace.
\nHe did not expect them to be <\/p>\n

440
\n00:23:51,960 –> 00:23:54,560
\nunified, but He expected them to
\nbe a peace. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:23:55,040 –> 00:24:01,160
\nAnd so he continues a system of
\nworship that revolves around the<\/p>\n

442
\n00:24:01,160 –> 00:24:06,040
\ncapital of Judah.
\nAnd Jeroboam says, uh, uh, <\/p>\n

443
\n00:24:06,920 –> 00:24:08,520
\nright, no way that’s not going
\nto happen. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:24:09,000 –> 00:24:11,640
\nSo Jeroboam puts together his
\ngolden calves, one in Bethel, <\/p>\n

445
\n00:24:11,640 –> 00:24:13,680
\none in Dan.
\nHe tries to find places that <\/p>\n

446
\n00:24:13,680 –> 00:24:16,120
\nwere significant for worship in
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:24:16,280 –> 00:24:18,240
\nRight.
\nBethel, Genesis 28, House of <\/p>\n

448
\n00:24:18,240 –> 00:24:21,760
\nGod.
\nIt’s where Jacob met with God <\/p>\n

449
\n00:24:22,440 –> 00:24:23,680
\nwith the whole Jacob’s ladder
\nthing. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:24:24,440 –> 00:24:26,720
\nAnd then Dan, you look at Judges
\nchapter 18. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:24:27,000 –> 00:24:30,560
\nDan is where Moses grandson had
\nset up a Tabernacle, right? <\/p>\n

452
\n00:24:30,800 –> 00:24:33,160
\nA false Tabernacle.
\nBut you can still imagine <\/p>\n

453
\n00:24:33,360 –> 00:24:36,120
\nJeroboam being able to say, oh,
\nwell, it was good enough for <\/p>\n

454
\n00:24:36,120 –> 00:24:38,240
\nMoses’s grandson.
\nIt’s good enough for me. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:24:38,560 –> 00:24:41,800
\nWrite something like that.
\nYou know, we don’t know if he <\/p>\n

456
\n00:24:41,800 –> 00:24:44,360
\nsaid that, but you can imagine
\nit, right? <\/p>\n

457
\n00:24:45,560 –> 00:24:51,640
\nSo Jeroboam creates these false
\nsystems of worship based on the <\/p>\n

458
\n00:24:51,640 –> 00:24:55,680
\nfact that he doesn’t understand
\nthat he’s supposed to have <\/p>\n

459
\n00:24:55,680 –> 00:24:59,200
\npeace.
\nNow just let that sink in. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:25:01,040 –> 00:25:06,760
\nThe system that destroys the
\ncountry comes about because <\/p>\n

461
\n00:25:06,760 –> 00:25:16,080
\nJeroboam didn’t choose peace.
\nNow what’s amazing is what God <\/p>\n

462
\n00:25:16,080 –> 00:25:19,720
\ncontinues to do in Second
\nChronicles Chapter 11, verse <\/p>\n

463
\n00:25:19,720 –> 00:25:23,440
\nfour, we now have a story in
\nwhich Israel is going to sorry, <\/p>\n

464
\n00:25:23,480 –> 00:25:28,840
\nJudah is going to attack Israel.
\nSo the Riobom, Jeroboam stuff <\/p>\n

465
\n00:25:29,240 –> 00:25:32,520
\nthat has ended.
\nNow Judah is going to try and <\/p>\n

466
\n00:25:32,520 –> 00:25:35,680
\npull Ariyah, Bohem, try to
\nattack Israel and bring Israel <\/p>\n

467
\n00:25:35,680 –> 00:25:38,680
\nback for a second time.
\nNow what’s interesting is what <\/p>\n

468
\n00:25:38,680 –> 00:25:39,920
\nI’ve highlighted there on the
\nscreen. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:25:40,160 –> 00:25:42,000
\nThis is second Chronicles 11,
\nverse four. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:25:42,160 –> 00:25:46,760
\nIt says this is what the Lord
\nsays, do not go up to fight <\/p>\n

471
\n00:25:46,760 –> 00:25:50,120
\nagainst your fellow Israelites.
\nNow that underlined word there, <\/p>\n

472
\n00:25:50,120 –> 00:25:52,440
\nfellow Israelites, that is in
\nHebrew. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:25:52,440 –> 00:25:53,480
\nYou’ll see it at the bottom of
\nthe screen. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:25:53,480 –> 00:25:56,200
\nIt’s your word, ACH.
\nSo I used to have a Hebrew <\/p>\n

475
\n00:25:56,200 –> 00:25:58,960
\nstudent who would always remind
\nherself that this is how you <\/p>\n

476
\n00:25:58,960 –> 00:26:01,320
\ncould say this is what the word
\nbrothers meant. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:26:01,320 –> 00:26:03,560
\nIt’s ah because she’d always
\nsay, ah, my brother. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:26:03,800 –> 00:26:06,000
\nLike that was how that was how
\nshe remembered it. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:26:06,280 –> 00:26:08,320
\nSo anyway, you know, maybe,
\nmaybe that’ll help you. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:26:08,800 –> 00:26:11,800
\nSo you have ahk, that’s that
\nword there. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:26:11,800 –> 00:26:15,040
\nThat’s ahkim or brothers.
\nIn other words, this is what the<\/p>\n

482
\n00:26:15,040 –> 00:26:17,240
\nLord says.
\nDo not go up to fight against <\/p>\n

483
\n00:26:17,240 –> 00:26:21,440
\nyour brothers.
\nGo home, everyone of you, for <\/p>\n

484
\n00:26:21,440 –> 00:26:23,320
\nthis is my doing.
\nSo they obeyed the words of the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:26:23,320 –> 00:26:25,320
\nLord and turned back from
\nmarching against Jeroboam. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:26:26,240 –> 00:26:29,560
\nNow let’s just put together this
\nscene, right? <\/p>\n

487
\n00:26:31,120 –> 00:26:35,640
\nJudah is about to invade Israel.
\nA prophet comes and says, no, <\/p>\n

488
\n00:26:35,880 –> 00:26:39,040
\ndon’t invade Israel because
\nthey’re your brothers, because <\/p>\n

489
\n00:26:39,040 –> 00:26:41,920
\nGod intended for you to have
\npeace. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:26:43,160 –> 00:26:49,360
\nNow do you notice what’s so
\namazing about the fact that <\/p>\n

491
\n00:26:49,360 –> 00:26:53,160
\nIsrael is called their brothers
\nat this time in history? <\/p>\n

492
\n00:26:55,600 –> 00:27:02,880
\nIt’s amazing because for a
\ngeneration now Israel had been <\/p>\n

493
\n00:27:02,880 –> 00:27:07,160
\nidol worshippers.
\nAnd yet God says even though <\/p>\n

494
\n00:27:07,280 –> 00:27:10,800
\nthis is a nation of idol
\nworshippers, you will not attack<\/p>\n

495
\n00:27:10,800 –> 00:27:12,760
\nthem.
\nYou will have peace with them <\/p>\n

496
\n00:27:12,760 –> 00:27:16,560
\nand they’re your brothers.
\nNow where that gets even more <\/p>\n

497
\n00:27:16,560 –> 00:27:20,120
\ninteresting is in Second
\nChronicles 28 verse eight. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:27:20,240 –> 00:27:22,760
\nAnd by the way, I think
\nsometimes we we tend to feel <\/p>\n

499
\n00:27:22,760 –> 00:27:25,360
\nlike the term brother, sister,
\nall of that that that denotes <\/p>\n

500
\n00:27:25,360 –> 00:27:28,200
\nunity.
\nClearly it doesn’t right? <\/p>\n

501
\n00:27:29,800 –> 00:27:34,240
\nBut it does show peace.
\nSecond Chronicles 28, verse <\/p>\n

502
\n00:27:34,240 –> 00:27:37,840
\neight says the men of Israel
\ntook captive from their fellow <\/p>\n

503
\n00:27:37,840 –> 00:27:42,080
\nIsraelites who were from Judah
\n200,000 wives, sons and <\/p>\n

504
\n00:27:42,080 –> 00:27:43,520
\ndaughters.
\nThey also took a great deal of <\/p>\n

505
\n00:27:43,520 –> 00:27:45,080
\nplunder which they carried back
\nto Samaria. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:27:45,320 –> 00:27:47,200
\nThis is now during the reign of
\nAhaz. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:27:47,840 –> 00:27:50,720
\nSo Ahaz is Hezekiah’s father.
\nIt’s during this invasion. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:27:50,720 –> 00:27:53,680
\nThis is a downward invasion in
\nwhich Israel invades Judah. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:27:53,680 –> 00:27:54,640
\nSo now it’s the other way
\naround. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:27:55,240 –> 00:28:00,000
\nIsrael invades Judah and it is
\nin this time that Israel <\/p>\n

511
\n00:28:00,000 –> 00:28:01,600
\nactually kills Hezekiah’s
\nbrother. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:28:04,320 –> 00:28:11,200
\nSo this is an intense invasion,
\nand yet after they take captive <\/p>\n

513
\n00:28:11,520 –> 00:28:16,520
\nhundreds of thousands of people,
\nyou are told, again, send those <\/p>\n

514
\n00:28:16,520 –> 00:28:19,400
\ncaptives back because they’re
\nyour brothers. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:28:21,240 –> 00:28:23,760
\nNow, it does get a little bit
\ninteresting when we look at the <\/p>\n

516
\n00:28:23,760 –> 00:28:26,960
\ndetails of Second Chronicles 28,
\nbecause this brother’s idea <\/p>\n

517
\n00:28:26,960 –> 00:28:30,080
\ncomes out twice.
\nBut I do want to note that <\/p>\n

518
\n00:28:30,200 –> 00:28:35,360
\nbecause of Judah’s idolatry, you
\ndo have this blue underline <\/p>\n

519
\n00:28:35,360 –> 00:28:37,840
\nthere.
\nHe gave them into your hand, <\/p>\n

520
\n00:28:38,400 –> 00:28:40,960
\nright?
\nSo God intends overall for there<\/p>\n

521
\n00:28:40,960 –> 00:28:43,600
\nto be peace.
\nBut yes, there are times at <\/p>\n

522
\n00:28:43,600 –> 00:28:46,440
\nwhich God does take away peace.
\nI think that that’s important to<\/p>\n

523
\n00:28:46,440 –> 00:28:48,920
\nnotice, right?
\nThere are specific instances <\/p>\n

524
\n00:28:48,920 –> 00:28:52,720
\nwhere God will say peace is what
\nI want over all, but in specific<\/p>\n

525
\n00:28:52,720 –> 00:28:54,320
\ncases, we’re going to change
\nthat. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:28:55,480 –> 00:29:01,880
\nOK, so there are caveats here.
\nBut nevertheless, even though he<\/p>\n

527
\n00:29:01,880 –> 00:29:03,840
\ngives them into their hand, it’s
\nfascinating, right? <\/p>\n

528
\n00:29:04,520 –> 00:29:08,080
\nGod says I gave them into your
\nhand, but send them back. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:29:08,200 –> 00:29:09,880
\nThey’re your brothers.
\nCome on. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:29:13,040 –> 00:29:15,680
\nIn fact, we see this as we even
\nwork through the prophets. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:29:16,240 –> 00:29:18,200
\nSo Isaiah was a prophet to which
\nnation? <\/p>\n

532
\n00:29:18,520 –> 00:29:21,200
\nIsrael or Judah?
\nJudah. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:29:21,200 –> 00:29:23,120
\nThat’s right.
\nIsaiah was a prophet to Judah. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:29:23,200 –> 00:29:25,520
\nHe primarily prophesied during
\nthe reign of who? <\/p>\n

535
\n00:29:27,080 –> 00:29:30,400
\nHezekiah.
\nSo Isaiah is prophesying here, <\/p>\n

536
\n00:29:30,400 –> 00:29:32,920
\nIsaiah 66 during the reign of
\nHezekiah, he’s speaking to the <\/p>\n

537
\n00:29:32,920 –> 00:29:35,280
\npeople of Judah and noticed this
\nprophecy. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:29:35,440 –> 00:29:38,320
\nHe says, and I, because of what
\nthey have planned and done, am <\/p>\n

539
\n00:29:38,440 –> 00:29:40,880
\nabout to come and gather the
\npeople of all nations and <\/p>\n

540
\n00:29:40,880 –> 00:29:43,120
\nlanguages.
\nThey will come and see my glory,<\/p>\n

541
\n00:29:43,600 –> 00:29:45,920
\nright?
\nThis is, there’s multiple <\/p>\n

542
\n00:29:45,920 –> 00:29:48,400
\napplications of this, right?
\nThis is an Armageddon passage, <\/p>\n

543
\n00:29:49,760 –> 00:29:53,000
\nbut it had a primary application
\nto the destruction of the <\/p>\n

544
\n00:29:53,000 –> 00:29:55,720
\nAssyrians at Jerusalem during
\nthe reign of Hezekiah. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:29:56,280 –> 00:29:58,600
\nSo God says these nations will
\ncome and see My glory. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:29:58,800 –> 00:30:01,440
\nI will set a sign among them.
\nI will send some of those who <\/p>\n

547
\n00:30:01,440 –> 00:30:04,360
\nsurvived to the nations, to
\nTarshish, to the Libyans and <\/p>\n

548
\n00:30:04,360 –> 00:30:07,440
\nLydians famous as Archers, to
\nTubal and Greece, to the distant<\/p>\n

549
\n00:30:07,440 –> 00:30:09,840
\nislands that have not heard of
\nmy fame or seen my glory. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:30:10,000 –> 00:30:13,200
\nSo some of the people that
\nsurvive the attack on Jerusalem,<\/p>\n

551
\n00:30:13,920 –> 00:30:15,960
\nthey would be sent to the other
\nnations. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:30:16,160 –> 00:30:18,560
\nNow that’s interesting because
\nthose people, they’re from <\/p>\n

553
\n00:30:18,560 –> 00:30:22,880
\nJerusalem, so therefore they
\nwould be inhabitants of Judah, <\/p>\n

554
\n00:30:23,320 –> 00:30:26,160
\nright?
\nThey will proclaim my glory <\/p>\n

555
\n00:30:26,160 –> 00:30:30,040
\namong the nations, and they will
\nbring all your people from all <\/p>\n

556
\n00:30:30,040 –> 00:30:32,160
\nthe nations.
\nNow who’s that talking about? <\/p>\n

557
\n00:30:32,320 –> 00:30:36,720
\nAll your people?
\nOh, that’s the people of Israel,<\/p>\n

558
\n00:30:38,360 –> 00:30:40,800
\nand that’s what we expect.
\nWe expect at the coming of the <\/p>\n

559
\n00:30:40,800 –> 00:30:43,760
\nLord Jesus after Armageddon that
\nthe people in Jerusalem will be <\/p>\n

560
\n00:30:43,760 –> 00:30:46,040
\nsent to gather back scattered
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:30:47,520 –> 00:30:50,680
\nThey will bring all your people
\nfrom all the nations to my holy <\/p>\n

562
\n00:30:50,680 –> 00:30:52,800
\nmountain in Jerusalem.
\nSo it’s interesting then that <\/p>\n

563
\n00:30:52,960 –> 00:30:56,920
\neven in the prophets we see that
\nGod continued to say, Israel and<\/p>\n

564
\n00:30:56,920 –> 00:30:59,880
\nJudah, you are one people, you
\nare one family. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:31:02,160 –> 00:31:06,080
\nJeremiah 715 I will thrust you
\nfrom my presence just as I did <\/p>\n

566
\n00:31:06,320 –> 00:31:10,440
\nall your fellow Israelites, or
\nagain your brothers, the people <\/p>\n

567
\n00:31:10,440 –> 00:31:13,760
\nof Ephraim.
\nEzekiel 23, verse four, The <\/p>\n

568
\n00:31:13,760 –> 00:31:16,240
\nolder was named Ahola and her
\nsister was Aholiba. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:31:16,400 –> 00:31:18,280
\nThey were mine and gave birth to
\nsons and daughters. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:31:18,440 –> 00:31:21,360
\nAhola as Samaria and Aholiba as
\nJerusalem, their sisters. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:31:22,400 –> 00:31:24,000
\nAnd so you have this family
\nmetaphor brought up. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:31:24,440 –> 00:31:28,000
\nNot because God expects families
\nto always be exactly the same. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:31:28,120 –> 00:31:30,440
\nHe doesn’t expect families to
\nalways have unity, but He <\/p>\n

574
\n00:31:30,440 –> 00:31:37,840
\nexpects families to have peace.
\nUnfortunately, that’s not what <\/p>\n

575
\n00:31:37,840 –> 00:31:41,920
\nhappens, right?
\nFirst Kings 15 verse six, there <\/p>\n

576
\n00:31:41,920 –> 00:31:44,880
\nwas war between Abijah and
\nJeroboam, Abijah’s Rioboam’s son<\/p>\n

577
\n00:31:45,720 –> 00:31:52,400
\nthroughout Abijah’s lifetime.
\nNow again, we can in fact tell, <\/p>\n

578
\n00:31:53,000 –> 00:31:56,640
\nI believe, that this war was not
\nsupposed to happen. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:31:58,120 –> 00:32:00,440
\nAbijah gets up in Second
\nChronicles 13 verses three to <\/p>\n

580
\n00:32:00,440 –> 00:32:02,440
\nfour.
\nHe goes into battle with an army<\/p>\n

581
\n00:32:02,440 –> 00:32:06,280
\nof 400,000 able fighting men.
\nJeroboam drew up a battle line <\/p>\n

582
\n00:32:06,280 –> 00:32:10,640
\nagainst him with 800,000 so
\ntwice as many people and Abaja <\/p>\n

583
\n00:32:10,720 –> 00:32:13,680
\nthen gets up and this is not
\nwhat you do in war. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:32:13,920 –> 00:32:16,800
\nAbaja then gets up and he gives
\na speech essentially trying to <\/p>\n

585
\n00:32:17,400 –> 00:32:19,680
\nconvince Jeroboam that fighting
\nis a bad idea. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:32:21,120 –> 00:32:24,720
\nAnd he he stands up and he says
\nJeroboam you are so foolish you <\/p>\n

587
\n00:32:24,720 –> 00:32:26,960
\nshould know that Yahweh is on
\nour side and you’re about to <\/p>\n

588
\n00:32:26,960 –> 00:32:29,200
\nlose.
\nNow Abaja better hope that <\/p>\n

589
\n00:32:29,200 –> 00:32:31,760
\nthat’s true because he he’s
\ngoing against an army that’s <\/p>\n

590
\n00:32:31,760 –> 00:32:35,040
\ntwice as big as his.
\nNow I would put to you in fact, <\/p>\n

591
\n00:32:35,040 –> 00:32:37,040
\nthat the Lord Jesus tells a
\nparable based on this. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:32:37,200 –> 00:32:39,280
\nIt’s Luke chapter 14.
\nIt’s the last few verses of the <\/p>\n

593
\n00:32:39,280 –> 00:32:43,360
\nchapter Luke 14.
\nHe says or what king going into <\/p>\n

594
\n00:32:43,360 –> 00:32:52,760
\nbattle will not count his men
\nand know that his enemy has <\/p>\n

595
\n00:32:52,760 –> 00:32:59,480
\ntwice as many and instead will
\nstand up and offer words of <\/p>\n

596
\n00:32:59,480 –> 00:33:02,160
\npeace, right.
\nHe says what king would do that?<\/p>\n

597
\n00:33:02,400 –> 00:33:07,000
\nOh, we know who Abaja, right?
\nAnd this is what Abaja tries to <\/p>\n

598
\n00:33:07,000 –> 00:33:08,200
\ndo.
\nHe tries to say, oh, you don’t <\/p>\n

599
\n00:33:08,200 –> 00:33:10,160
\nactually want to fight Jeroboam,
\nnever mind, right? <\/p>\n

600
\n00:33:10,160 –> 00:33:13,560
\nIt’s not a good idea.
\nAnd he tries to explain, look, <\/p>\n

601
\n00:33:13,680 –> 00:33:18,000
\nYahweh is on our side.
\nNow God does help them because I<\/p>\n

602
\n00:33:18,000 –> 00:33:20,880
\nthink he actually does invoke
\nYahweh, whereas Jeroboam <\/p>\n

603
\n00:33:20,880 –> 00:33:23,880
\ndoesn’t, right?
\nJeroboam just is using his <\/p>\n

604
\n00:33:23,880 –> 00:33:26,800
\nidols.
\nSo God does save them. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:33:26,800 –> 00:33:29,480
\nBut I think you can see from the
\nLord Jesus’s commentary on this,<\/p>\n

606
\n00:33:30,200 –> 00:33:33,720
\non the story in Luke 14, that
\nthis was not what was intended, <\/p>\n

607
\n00:33:34,040 –> 00:33:35,240
\nright?
\nThis was not what was supposed <\/p>\n

608
\n00:33:35,240 –> 00:33:37,800
\nto happen.
\nNow here’s our awesome chart. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:33:38,320 –> 00:33:40,040
\nI love this.
\nI don’t know about you. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:33:40,040 –> 00:33:42,080
\nI I just love to like geek out
\nover charts. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:33:42,480 –> 00:33:45,160
\nThey’re the best.
\nSo we can spend a lot of time, <\/p>\n

612
\n00:33:45,160 –> 00:33:47,360
\nbut we won’t, we’re not going to
\nlook at this chart that often. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:33:47,680 –> 00:33:51,520
\nOK, We’ve just looked at
\nJeroboam right on the top there <\/p>\n

614
\n00:33:51,520 –> 00:33:53,760
\nin the yellow, and then Rio
\nBoehm on the bottom in the <\/p>\n

615
\n00:33:53,760 –> 00:33:55,520
\nyellow, and then Abijah just
\nafter him. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:33:56,240 –> 00:34:00,800
\nWell, as you go through you get
\nBayasha and ASA and then there’s<\/p>\n

617
\n00:34:00,800 –> 00:34:03,800
\na bunch of civil wars in Israel.
\nSo you have Ela Zimri who reigns<\/p>\n

618
\n00:34:03,800 –> 00:34:07,480
\nfor seven days, Tibny and Omri
\nand then Ahab and then you get <\/p>\n

619
\n00:34:07,480 –> 00:34:09,320
\nJehoshaphat down there and
\nJudah. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:34:09,480 –> 00:34:12,719
\nWell throughout all of these
\nkings reigns there still is not <\/p>\n

621
\n00:34:12,719 –> 00:34:16,080
\npeace.
\nSo first Kings 15 verse 16, <\/p>\n

622
\n00:34:16,080 –> 00:34:18,719
\nthere was war between ASA and
\nBaasha, king of Israel <\/p>\n

623
\n00:34:18,719 –> 00:34:23,880
\nthroughout their reigns.
\nBaasha then invades Judah. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:34:24,920 –> 00:34:27,120
\nASA takes gold from the temple
\ntreasury to Syria. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:34:27,320 –> 00:34:29,639
\nSyria and Judah defeat Israel,
\nright? <\/p>\n

626
\n00:34:29,639 –> 00:34:32,239
\nSo there’s all this war back and
\nforth, back and forth, over and <\/p>\n

627
\n00:34:32,239 –> 00:34:36,199
\nover and over, and it doesn’t
\nwork out well, right? <\/p>\n

628
\n00:34:36,199 –> 00:34:38,880
\nThis is what ends up having ASA
\ncondemned. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:34:39,320 –> 00:34:41,239
\nHe doesn’t rely on God
\nthroughout all of it. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:34:41,480 –> 00:34:44,440
\nAnd this war was not supposed to
\nhave been what took place. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:34:45,320 –> 00:34:48,440
\nOK.
\nWe then get Ahab and <\/p>\n

632
\n00:34:48,440 –> 00:34:50,920
\nJehoshaphat, and that’s where it
\ngets interesting. <\/p>\n

633
\n00:34:50,960 –> 00:34:53,760
\nI don’t know if you’ve ever
\nnoticed this verse, but when you<\/p>\n

634
\n00:34:53,760 –> 00:34:55,760
\nget to the reign of Jehoshaphat,
\nlook what happens. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:34:56,800 –> 00:35:01,040
\nSecond Chronicles 17, verse 10,
\nthe fear of the Lord fell on all<\/p>\n

636
\n00:35:01,040 –> 00:35:03,680
\nthe kingdoms of the land
\nsurrounding Judah so that they <\/p>\n

637
\n00:35:03,680 –> 00:35:05,880
\ndid not go to war against
\nJehoshaphat. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:35:06,040 –> 00:35:09,320
\nNow, all the kingdoms
\nsurrounding Judah, that would <\/p>\n

639
\n00:35:09,320 –> 00:35:13,880
\ninclude Israel, right?
\nSo what we’re looking at here is<\/p>\n

640
\n00:35:13,920 –> 00:35:18,880
\na time in which there is no war.
\nIn other words, there is peace. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:35:20,080 –> 00:35:23,800
\nFinally, this is a time of
\npeace. <\/p>\n

642
\n00:35:24,000 –> 00:35:26,600
\nThis is what they were supposed
\nto have. <\/p>\n

643
\n00:35:26,800 –> 00:35:28,840
\nGod did not intend for them to
\nhave unity. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:35:28,960 –> 00:35:32,760
\nHe intended for them to have
\npeace, and he gives it to <\/p>\n

645
\n00:35:32,760 –> 00:35:36,400
\nJehoshaphat.
\nHowever, strangely enough, <\/p>\n

646
\n00:35:37,240 –> 00:35:41,520
\nJehoshaphat is not happy with
\nthe peace and he tries to force <\/p>\n

647
\n00:35:41,520 –> 00:35:45,880
\nunity.
\nNow, you know the story, right, <\/p>\n

648
\n00:35:46,640 –> 00:35:48,920
\nthat Jehoshaphat goes, he allies
\nwith Ahab. <\/p>\n

649
\n00:35:49,560 –> 00:35:51,840
\nAhab gets a prophecy that he’s
\ngoing to die that day. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:35:52,160 –> 00:35:55,480
\nAnd he then asks, Jehoshaphat,
\nwill you please put on my royal <\/p>\n

651
\n00:35:55,480 –> 00:35:57,440
\nrobes?
\nAnd Jehoshaphat’s like, yeah, <\/p>\n

652
\n00:35:57,440 –> 00:36:00,400
\nthat sounds fun.
\nSo he does it, and he goes out <\/p>\n

653
\n00:36:00,560 –> 00:36:03,120
\nand the Archer shoot at him.
\nAnd Jehoshaphat runs away <\/p>\n

654
\n00:36:03,120 –> 00:36:06,520
\nscreaming, OK, which is, you
\nknow, understandable. <\/p>\n

655
\n00:36:06,880 –> 00:36:10,680
\nI would do that, too.
\nAhab then gets hit by a random <\/p>\n

656
\n00:36:10,680 –> 00:36:13,920
\nArcher who draws, draws the bow,
\nand it strikes him. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:36:14,000 –> 00:36:16,640
\nAnd that’s the end of Ahab.
\nOK, there’s a little more to the<\/p>\n

658
\n00:36:16,640 –> 00:36:21,480
\nstory though, and that shows us
\nwhat Jehoshaphat is doing and <\/p>\n

659
\n00:36:21,480 –> 00:36:24,080
\nthis idea behind the unity here
\nwith Jehoshaphat. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:36:24,520 –> 00:36:28,360
\nSo in Second Chronicles chapter
\n18 verse one, we read that <\/p>\n

661
\n00:36:28,360 –> 00:36:31,160
\nJehoshaphat allied himself by
\nmarriage. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:36:31,680 –> 00:36:34,280
\nNow not all translations say
\nthat, which is why I have this <\/p>\n

663
\n00:36:34,280 –> 00:36:35,480
\nstuff on the Hebrew at the
\nbottom. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:36:35,720 –> 00:36:40,040
\nThe allied himself is Khatan,
\nwhich is in the hit \u03c0 Albaniani,<\/p>\n

665
\n00:36:40,040 –> 00:36:41,880
\nwhich probably means nothing,
\nbut that’s OK. <\/p>\n

666
\n00:36:42,640 –> 00:36:47,160
\nIt what this is just some of the
\ninteresting detailed things in <\/p>\n

667
\n00:36:47,160 –> 00:36:48,480
\nHebrew that that you can look
\nat. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:36:48,600 –> 00:36:50,200
\nHebrew verbs are very
\ncomplicated. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:36:50,360 –> 00:36:52,640
\nJust keep that, you know, as a
\nwarning if you ever try and mess<\/p>\n

670
\n00:36:52,640 –> 00:36:54,720
\nwith Hebrew verbs.
\nIt’s probably better not to. <\/p>\n

671
\n00:36:55,160 –> 00:36:59,320
\nSo, So what what this means is
\nit’s a marriage alliance. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:36:59,520 –> 00:37:02,240
\nNow, the reason that that is so
\nimportant for us that it’s a <\/p>\n

673
\n00:37:02,240 –> 00:37:04,760
\nmarriage alliance is what do we
\nknow about marriage? <\/p>\n

674
\n00:37:05,280 –> 00:37:13,240
\nGenesis 224 Two become one.
\nAh, that sounds to me not <\/p>\n

675
\n00:37:13,240 –> 00:37:17,000
\nnecessarily like it’s peace, but
\nunity, right? <\/p>\n

676
\n00:37:18,920 –> 00:37:20,840
\nSo God expects peace in a
\nfamily. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:37:20,840 –> 00:37:23,240
\nHe doesn’t expect unity amongst
\nall the children and what not, <\/p>\n

678
\n00:37:23,400 –> 00:37:25,920
\nbut he does expect unity between
\na husband and a wife, right? <\/p>\n

679
\n00:37:25,920 –> 00:37:28,080
\nIt’s not very functional if you
\ndon’t have that. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:37:28,680 –> 00:37:32,920
\nSo you have unity then that
\nJehoshaphat tries to create. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:37:33,080 –> 00:37:36,800
\nSo he has his son Jehoram Mary
\nAthalaya Ahab’s daughter. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:37:37,040 –> 00:37:40,800
\nHe is attempting to create unity
\nSecond Chronicles 18 verse <\/p>\n

683
\n00:37:40,800 –> 00:37:42,480
\nthree.
\nHe then attempts to create unity<\/p>\n

684
\n00:37:42,480 –> 00:37:45,720
\nagain because Ahab comes to him
\nand says, will you ally with me?<\/p>\n

685
\n00:37:45,840 –> 00:37:48,200
\nLet’s go to battle against
\nRamoth Gilead. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:37:48,440 –> 00:37:52,160
\nJehoshaphat replies by saying I
\nam as you are and my people as <\/p>\n

687
\n00:37:52,160 –> 00:37:53,960
\nyour people.
\nNow if you read that in the <\/p>\n

688
\n00:37:53,960 –> 00:37:56,080
\nHebrew, here’s how it
\ntranslates. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:37:56,480 –> 00:38:02,000
\nIt’s kamukhi kamukha, which is
\nlike me, like you. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:38:03,760 –> 00:38:05,960
\nCan you see that unity emphasis
\nthere? <\/p>\n

691
\n00:38:06,840 –> 00:38:10,320
\nLike me, like you.
\nI’m exactly the same as you, <\/p>\n

692
\n00:38:11,000 –> 00:38:11,840
\nright?
\nThat’s what he’s saying. <\/p>\n

693
\n00:38:12,640 –> 00:38:15,880
\nWe’re one my people as your
\npeople. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:38:16,960 –> 00:38:19,760
\nNow, that’s like your people are
\nmy people. <\/p>\n

695
\n00:38:20,240 –> 00:38:22,000
\nIn other words, my nation is the
\nsame as yours. <\/p>\n

696
\n00:38:22,520 –> 00:38:23,640
\nNow, let’s just think about
\nthat. <\/p>\n

697
\n00:38:24,000 –> 00:38:27,320
\nIs that true that his nation is
\nthe same as Ahab’s nation? <\/p>\n

698
\n00:38:28,760 –> 00:38:33,440
\nIt’s not true at all, right?
\nAt this, Ahab is the king who <\/p>\n

699
\n00:38:33,440 –> 00:38:37,120
\nstarts hunting down prophets.
\nThat was never a thing that had <\/p>\n

700
\n00:38:37,120 –> 00:38:39,680
\nhappened in Israel’s history up
\nto the point of Ahab. <\/p>\n

701
\n00:38:40,440 –> 00:38:42,280
\nThat’s what makes Ahab so
\nterrible. <\/p>\n

702
\n00:38:42,720 –> 00:38:48,160
\nThis is why God condemns Ahab
\nmore than Jeroboam, because Ahab<\/p>\n

703
\n00:38:48,160 –> 00:38:51,480
\ntakes the next step of actively
\nhunting out those who worship <\/p>\n

704
\n00:38:51,480 –> 00:38:54,960
\nYahweh.
\nNow, that’s clearly not what <\/p>\n

705
\n00:38:54,960 –> 00:38:57,400
\nJehoshaphat was doing.
\nSo the things that he’s saying <\/p>\n

706
\n00:38:57,400 –> 00:39:04,280
\nhere, he says, oh look, we’re
\nunified, but they’re not Second <\/p>\n

707
\n00:39:04,280 –> 00:39:07,640
\nChronicles 18 four.
\nJehoshaphat then tries to change<\/p>\n

708
\n00:39:07,640 –> 00:39:11,120
\nthe situation, right?
\nHe attempts to to create unity <\/p>\n

709
\n00:39:11,120 –> 00:39:13,960
\nby changing Ahab.
\nSo he says, well, let’s first <\/p>\n

710
\n00:39:13,960 –> 00:39:16,000
\nseek the counsel of Yahweh.
\nNow Ahab doesn’t do anything to <\/p>\n

711
\n00:39:16,000 –> 00:39:17,200
\nthat right?
\nHe just doesn’t listen. <\/p>\n

712
\n00:39:17,360 –> 00:39:19,280
\nSo Jehoshaphat says it again in
\nverse six. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:39:20,160 –> 00:39:22,320
\nIs there no longer a prophet of
\nthe Lord here whom we can <\/p>\n

714
\n00:39:22,320 –> 00:39:24,560
\ninquire of?
\nAnd Ahab says, Oh, yes, there <\/p>\n

715
\n00:39:24,560 –> 00:39:29,720
\nis, but I hate him right Now.
\nAgain, that should indicate to <\/p>\n

716
\n00:39:29,720 –> 00:39:32,040
\nyou that unity is not here,
\nright? <\/p>\n

717
\n00:39:32,560 –> 00:39:34,720
\nUnless you’re Jehoshaphat and
\nyou’re like, yeah, I hated him <\/p>\n

718
\n00:39:34,720 –> 00:39:37,600
\ntoo or something like that.
\nBut you know, he doesn’t. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:39:37,960 –> 00:39:42,120
\nSo there isn’t unity there.
\nOK, So just to make that clear, <\/p>\n

720
\n00:39:42,120 –> 00:39:42,920
\nright?
\nWe know that. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:39:43,040 –> 00:39:45,720
\nBut I think that that should
\nhave been some red flags for <\/p>\n

722
\n00:39:45,720 –> 00:39:48,360
\nJehoshaphat.
\nNow, after that, Mike AI, the <\/p>\n

723
\n00:39:48,360 –> 00:39:50,880
\nprophet, he comes.
\nHe gives the prophecy that Ahab <\/p>\n

724
\n00:39:50,880 –> 00:39:52,720
\nis going to die.
\nIsrael is scattered like sheep <\/p>\n

725
\n00:39:52,720 –> 00:39:56,760
\nwithout a shepherd, right?
\nAnd then Ahab says, Oh yeah, <\/p>\n

726
\n00:39:56,800 –> 00:39:58,320
\nwell, I’ll, I’ll do better than
\nthat. <\/p>\n

727
\n00:39:59,200 –> 00:40:01,880
\nHow about you stay in the
\ndungeon till I come back safely?<\/p>\n

728
\n00:40:02,320 –> 00:40:04,080
\nHa.
\nLet’s see if your prophecy, you <\/p>\n

729
\n00:40:04,080 –> 00:40:05,920
\nknow, changes now or something
\nlike that. <\/p>\n

730
\n00:40:06,800 –> 00:40:11,560
\nWell, it doesn’t work, right?
\nBut the point is, imagine this <\/p>\n

731
\n00:40:11,560 –> 00:40:15,600
\nfrom Jehoshaphat’s shoes.
\nYou’re standing with a guy that <\/p>\n

732
\n00:40:15,600 –> 00:40:18,240
\nyou just said.
\nYou and I, we’re the same, <\/p>\n

733
\n00:40:18,480 –> 00:40:21,320
\nright?
\nAnd he’s just said, we are, you <\/p>\n

734
\n00:40:21,320 –> 00:40:22,680
\nknow, that’s great.
\nI’m glad we’re the same. <\/p>\n

735
\n00:40:22,680 –> 00:40:24,840
\nI hate Yahweh’s prophet.
\nOh, and by the way, I’m going to<\/p>\n

736
\n00:40:24,840 –> 00:40:27,800
\nlock him up.
\nAnd now you’re Jehoshaphat and <\/p>\n

737
\n00:40:27,800 –> 00:40:32,920
\nyou’re just thinking, well, I
\nguess we’ll go to battle anyway,<\/p>\n

738
\n00:40:33,160 –> 00:40:34,280
\nright?
\nLike what? <\/p>\n

739
\n00:40:35,320 –> 00:40:37,840
\nWhat was that about?
\nOh, and by the way, I’ll wear <\/p>\n

740
\n00:40:37,840 –> 00:40:39,560
\nyour clothes, Ahab, so that
\npeople can shoot at me. <\/p>\n

741
\n00:40:39,880 –> 00:40:42,960
\nLike, come on.
\nWhat’s happening here? <\/p>\n

742
\n00:40:43,360 –> 00:40:47,080
\nSo this is beyond peace.
\nPeace was what God had intended.<\/p>\n

743
\n00:40:47,280 –> 00:40:51,160
\nGod created the disunity there.
\nPeace is tranquility and <\/p>\n

744
\n00:40:51,160 –> 00:40:52,640
\nharmony.
\nThis is not peace. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:40:53,400 –> 00:40:56,960
\nThere was peace and Jehoshaphat
\nis now going beyond the peace. <\/p>\n

746
\n00:40:57,120 –> 00:40:59,480
\nSo let’s talk a little bit about
\nunity and try and understand <\/p>\n

747
\n00:40:59,480 –> 00:41:01,160
\nthen what that is.
\nWell, this is interesting. <\/p>\n

748
\n00:41:01,160 –> 00:41:03,400
\nThis is a big shock to me.
\nI don’t know if you’re aware, <\/p>\n

749
\n00:41:03,520 –> 00:41:06,320
\nbut unity only shows up three
\ntimes in the Bible. <\/p>\n

750
\n00:41:07,120 –> 00:41:12,240
\nThis is in the English.
\nSo in the KJV you get the word <\/p>\n

751
\n00:41:12,240 –> 00:41:15,200
\nunity showing up three times.
\nIt’s PS, Psalm 133, verse one, <\/p>\n

752
\n00:41:15,760 –> 00:41:18,000
\nEphesians 4, verse 3, and
\nEphesians 413. <\/p>\n

753
\n00:41:18,800 –> 00:41:21,360
\nSo three times that you have the
\nEnglish word unity. <\/p>\n

754
\n00:41:22,360 –> 00:41:24,920
\nIf you look at it in the ESV,
\nyou’ll notice that you get one <\/p>\n

755
\n00:41:24,920 –> 00:41:27,720
\nmore in first Peter 3\/8.
\nAnd this just shows you a little<\/p>\n

756
\n00:41:27,720 –> 00:41:29,320
\nbit of the difference in
\ntranslations, right? <\/p>\n

757
\n00:41:29,720 –> 00:41:32,240
\nAnd you can see that the
\nliberality of the NIV, when I go<\/p>\n

758
\n00:41:32,240 –> 00:41:37,000
\nto the next slide, the NIV has
\nit in seven places, right? <\/p>\n

759
\n00:41:38,360 –> 00:41:41,240
\nIt’s very, that’s one of the
\nthings I, I just love, you know,<\/p>\n

760
\n00:41:41,240 –> 00:41:44,120
\nI love translation.
\nWell, one of the things that’s <\/p>\n

761
\n00:41:44,120 –> 00:41:46,800
\nreally interesting to do is to
\njust go through and look at how <\/p>\n

762
\n00:41:46,800 –> 00:41:51,480
\nmany times does the NIV refer to
\nthe Holy Spirit as a he, by the <\/p>\n

763
\n00:41:51,480 –> 00:41:53,920
\nway, when it’s not that way in
\nthe Greek. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:41:54,880 –> 00:41:58,760
\nSo it does it a whole lot more
\nthan the KJV and the new living <\/p>\n

765
\n00:41:58,760 –> 00:42:00,480
\nactually does it something like
\n18 times. <\/p>\n

766
\n00:42:00,640 –> 00:42:01,920
\nAnyway, this is that’s a
\ndigression. <\/p>\n

767
\n00:42:01,920 –> 00:42:04,200
\nSorry, but it’s so exciting,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

768
\n00:42:04,200 –> 00:42:06,000
\nLike it’s just interesting stuff
\nto know about. <\/p>\n

769
\n00:42:06,240 –> 00:42:07,840
\nSo these are the things that we
\nshould look at and we should be <\/p>\n

770
\n00:42:07,840 –> 00:42:10,240
\naware of.
\nOK, so the word unity, the point<\/p>\n

771
\n00:42:10,240 –> 00:42:12,280
\nis, is that in English it
\ndoesn’t show up that often. <\/p>\n

772
\n00:42:12,280 –> 00:42:14,040
\nAnd I think it’s just good to
\nknow that it’s sort of a <\/p>\n

773
\n00:42:14,040 –> 00:42:17,600
\nbackground piece because I would
\nsuggest to you, it could be very<\/p>\n

774
\n00:42:17,600 –> 00:42:20,760
\neasy to look at this and say,
\noh, wow, Like, you know, we’ve <\/p>\n

775
\n00:42:20,760 –> 00:42:23,320
\njust seen that peace is
\nimportant and that, well, you <\/p>\n

776
\n00:42:23,320 –> 00:42:24,720
\nknow, God was creating disunity
\nthere. <\/p>\n

777
\n00:42:24,720 –> 00:42:26,800
\nSo unity doesn’t actually
\nmatter, right? <\/p>\n

778
\n00:42:26,800 –> 00:42:29,200
\nIt only shows up a handful of
\ntimes, like no big deal. <\/p>\n

779
\n00:42:29,360 –> 00:42:30,640
\nWell, that would just be totally
\nwrong. <\/p>\n

780
\n00:42:30,920 –> 00:42:32,040
\nOK.
\nSo please don’t think that. <\/p>\n

781
\n00:42:32,200 –> 00:42:34,560
\nDon’t think that that’s what I’m
\nsaying in my class. <\/p>\n

782
\n00:42:34,960 –> 00:42:37,720
\nMy point is, is that the word
\nunity doesn’t show up very <\/p>\n

783
\n00:42:37,720 –> 00:42:40,160
\noften, but I think the concept
\ndoes. <\/p>\n

784
\n00:42:41,080 –> 00:42:44,560
\nSo if we go to some of those
\nplaces where unity is talked <\/p>\n

785
\n00:42:44,560 –> 00:42:48,640
\nabout, so Ephesians 4, three
\nEphesians 413, we’ll see in the <\/p>\n

786
\n00:42:48,640 –> 00:42:53,200
\nGreek that our word is in
\nnotice, which comes from our <\/p>\n

787
\n00:42:53,200 –> 00:42:57,120
\nword haste, which is one.
\nThat’s what it means. <\/p>\n

788
\n00:42:57,120 –> 00:43:01,120
\nIt means oneness.
\nSo unity means oneness. <\/p>\n

789
\n00:43:01,120 –> 00:43:02,960
\nIt comes from the Greek word
\none. <\/p>\n

790
\n00:43:03,400 –> 00:43:06,760
\nNow, if you’re interested about
\nthe etymology of our English <\/p>\n

791
\n00:43:06,760 –> 00:43:08,960
\nword unity, which I don’t even
\nknow why I put this in because <\/p>\n

792
\n00:43:08,960 –> 00:43:13,480
\nit’s not that relevant, but I
\nthink it’s I just nerd out about<\/p>\n

793
\n00:43:13,480 –> 00:43:14,440
\nthese things.
\nSorry. <\/p>\n

794
\n00:43:14,440 –> 00:43:16,520
\nThat’s really what it is.
\nAnd I wanted to use my Latin <\/p>\n

795
\n00:43:16,520 –> 00:43:19,880
\nsomehow.
\nSo what you got going on here is<\/p>\n

796
\n00:43:19,960 –> 00:43:22,720
\nhere’s unity.
\nIt comes from your Latin word. <\/p>\n

797
\n00:43:22,720 –> 00:43:25,720
\nThere it is ready unus, which
\nmeans one, right? <\/p>\n

798
\n00:43:25,720 –> 00:43:28,920
\nSo you can see the connection
\nthat you have in Greek. <\/p>\n

799
\n00:43:29,000 –> 00:43:31,920
\nYou have your word oneness, and
\nthen you have the word. <\/p>\n

800
\n00:43:31,960 –> 00:43:35,360
\nThe English word unity comes
\nfrom the Latin word, for one. <\/p>\n

801
\n00:43:35,400 –> 00:43:39,040
\nOK, so we can see that unity is
\nreally connected to oneness, and<\/p>\n

802
\n00:43:39,040 –> 00:43:41,560
\nthat’s a concept that comes up a
\nlot of times in Scripture, <\/p>\n

803
\n00:43:41,560 –> 00:43:43,640
\nright?
\nBeing of one mind. <\/p>\n

804
\n00:43:47,000 –> 00:43:51,080
\nSo unity is something then that
\nis important scripturally, even <\/p>\n

805
\n00:43:51,080 –> 00:43:52,800
\nthough the English word doesn’t
\nshow up that often. <\/p>\n

806
\n00:43:53,320 –> 00:43:56,760
\nSo you can just see how that
\nidea of oneness shows up a few <\/p>\n

807
\n00:43:56,760 –> 00:43:58,040
\ntimes.
\nNow, they’re not all like <\/p>\n

808
\n00:43:58,040 –> 00:44:00,320
\ncommands that we should be one,
\nright? <\/p>\n

809
\n00:44:00,600 –> 00:44:04,200
\nLike the Tower of Babel, The
\nwhole world had one language and<\/p>\n

810
\n00:44:04,200 –> 00:44:06,120
\na common speech.
\nBut I just want to show you how <\/p>\n

811
\n00:44:06,120 –> 00:44:08,640
\nthis oneness is sometimes talked
\nabout scripturally. <\/p>\n

812
\n00:44:09,720 –> 00:44:12,120
\nIt is, though, something that is
\nsupposed to be seen as the <\/p>\n

813
\n00:44:12,120 –> 00:44:15,400
\nideal.
\nSo if you have Jeremiah 32, <\/p>\n

814
\n00:44:15,400 –> 00:44:19,720
\nverses 37 to 39, you have a
\nprophecy of the Kingdom age in <\/p>\n

815
\n00:44:19,720 –> 00:44:22,600
\nwhich God says down there where
\nI underlined it, I will give <\/p>\n

816
\n00:44:22,600 –> 00:44:25,440
\nthem singleness of heart.
\nThat’s our same word one. <\/p>\n

817
\n00:44:26,000 –> 00:44:28,120
\nI will give them oneness of
\nheart. <\/p>\n

818
\n00:44:29,400 –> 00:44:33,240
\nSo this is what God looks for,
\nthis is what He wants. <\/p>\n

819
\n00:44:33,360 –> 00:44:37,440
\nSo He envisions in the Kingdom
\nage a time in which everyone has<\/p>\n

820
\n00:44:37,800 –> 00:44:40,920
\none heart, right?
\nWhere there is unity amongst <\/p>\n

821
\n00:44:40,920 –> 00:44:42,920
\neveryone.
\nSo that’s what he’s looking for.<\/p>\n

822
\n00:44:43,080 –> 00:44:44,960
\nYou see the same thing in
\nEzekiel Chapter 11. <\/p>\n

823
\n00:44:45,120 –> 00:44:46,960
\nHe says down there, I will give
\nthem that. <\/p>\n

824
\n00:44:46,960 –> 00:44:50,400
\nIs Israel and Judah an undivided
\nheart again, That’s our word <\/p>\n

825
\n00:44:50,400 –> 00:44:53,040
\none.
\nI will give them one heart. <\/p>\n

826
\n00:44:58,240 –> 00:45:00,880
\nNow I do find it interesting,
\njust by the way, you might have <\/p>\n

827
\n00:45:00,880 –> 00:45:03,480
\nnoticed that in those two
\nprophecies, who is it that <\/p>\n

828
\n00:45:03,480 –> 00:45:07,040
\ncreates the unity?
\nIt’s God again, right? <\/p>\n

829
\n00:45:07,320 –> 00:45:10,280
\nSo you have God creating
\ndisunity when we look at Israel <\/p>\n

830
\n00:45:10,280 –> 00:45:13,000
\nand Judah’s history and then God
\ncreating unity again, <\/p>\n

831
\n00:45:16,360 –> 00:45:19,360
\nPhilippians chapter two.
\nHowever, now I don’t think that <\/p>\n

832
\n00:45:19,360 –> 00:45:20,920
\nthat’s like an excuse for us,
\nright? <\/p>\n

833
\n00:45:20,920 –> 00:45:23,200
\nWe can’t say, well, you know, we
\njust need divine intervention. <\/p>\n

834
\n00:45:23,960 –> 00:45:25,760
\nAlthough, you know, maybe
\nsometimes that is how it is. <\/p>\n

835
\n00:45:26,000 –> 00:45:28,320
\nBut in Philippians chapter 2,
\nright? <\/p>\n

836
\n00:45:28,320 –> 00:45:31,600
\nThat is what we’re called to.
\nWe are called to be of 1 spirit <\/p>\n

837
\n00:45:31,600 –> 00:45:34,520
\nand one mind.
\nSo we are called the unity. <\/p>\n

838
\n00:45:34,960 –> 00:45:40,760
\nSo I think what we see is that
\nunity is the ideal and yet peace<\/p>\n

839
\n00:45:41,200 –> 00:45:45,200
\nis the command.
\nWe are commanded to be at peace <\/p>\n

840
\n00:45:45,200 –> 00:45:50,760
\nwith everyone and once we have
\nlearned to have peace, then we <\/p>\n

841
\n00:45:50,760 –> 00:45:56,000
\ncan learn to have unity.
\nSo these ideas are biblically <\/p>\n

842
\n00:45:56,000 –> 00:45:58,600
\ndifferent things.
\nPeace means harmony and <\/p>\n

843
\n00:45:58,600 –> 00:46:00,880
\ntranquility.
\nUnity means oneness. <\/p>\n

844
\n00:46:02,360 –> 00:46:07,520
\nSo now let’s just take a look
\nand ask ourselves, well, how do <\/p>\n

845
\n00:46:07,520 –> 00:46:10,920
\nwe get these things and when do
\nwe use them, right? <\/p>\n

846
\n00:46:10,920 –> 00:46:15,400
\nUnder what circumstances do we
\nsay I’m going to go for peace or<\/p>\n

847
\n00:46:15,400 –> 00:46:17,920
\nI’m going to go for unity?
\nWell, let’s go back to Romans <\/p>\n

848
\n00:46:17,920 –> 00:46:19,720
\n14, right?
\nThis is what we looked at <\/p>\n

849
\n00:46:19,720 –> 00:46:22,920
\nyesterday, Romans chapter 14.
\nWe have our context of Jews and <\/p>\n

850
\n00:46:22,920 –> 00:46:24,880
\nGentiles.
\nWe have a group of people who <\/p>\n

851
\n00:46:24,880 –> 00:46:28,640
\nthinks that you should follow
\nShabbat, who thinks that you <\/p>\n

852
\n00:46:28,640 –> 00:46:30,880
\nhave to eat vegetables because
\nyour meat could have been <\/p>\n

853
\n00:46:30,880 –> 00:46:32,480
\noffered to idols.
\nAnd these people are getting <\/p>\n

854
\n00:46:32,480 –> 00:46:34,600
\nfrustrated about it.
\nYou have another group who’s <\/p>\n

855
\n00:46:34,600 –> 00:46:37,240
\ngetting frustrated about the
\nfact that they’re being looked <\/p>\n

856
\n00:46:37,240 –> 00:46:40,200
\ndown on for not doing these
\nthings, right? <\/p>\n

857
\n00:46:42,280 –> 00:46:49,200
\nSo just think about this.
\nIf you were going to approach <\/p>\n

858
\n00:46:49,200 –> 00:46:53,240
\nthis to try and create peace,
\nhow would this be solved? <\/p>\n

859
\n00:46:56,200 –> 00:46:59,040
\nHow would it be solved?
\nIf you were going to try and <\/p>\n

860
\n00:46:59,040 –> 00:47:04,960
\ncreate unity, would you approach
\nit the same way, Peace versus <\/p>\n

861
\n00:47:04,960 –> 00:47:09,160
\nunity?
\nAnd I think the really <\/p>\n

862
\n00:47:09,160 –> 00:47:12,760
\ninteresting question is which of
\nthose do you think Paul chose <\/p>\n

863
\n00:47:13,720 –> 00:47:19,240
\npeace or unity?
\nI’m going to put to you that he <\/p>\n

864
\n00:47:19,240 –> 00:47:24,720
\nchose peace.
\nInterestingly, he chooses peace <\/p>\n

865
\n00:47:24,720 –> 00:47:28,000
\nbecause his solution is
\nessentially just get over it, <\/p>\n

866
\n00:47:29,040 –> 00:47:31,160
\nright?
\nLike he comes in and he says, <\/p>\n

867
\n00:47:31,480 –> 00:47:35,200
\nyou know what, you who are
\nstrong, bear with the weak. <\/p>\n

868
\n00:47:37,160 –> 00:47:43,240
\nYou just need to decide to be OK
\nwith this, He says you need to <\/p>\n

869
\n00:47:43,240 –> 00:47:46,360
\nwork together and that means
\npeace. <\/p>\n

870
\n00:47:46,480 –> 00:47:48,520
\nIt doesn’t necessarily mean
\nunity, right? <\/p>\n

871
\n00:47:48,520 –> 00:47:52,160
\nHe didn’t come in and he didn’t
\nsay, look, here’s my treatise to<\/p>\n

872
\n00:47:52,160 –> 00:47:54,000
\nyou people who think you need to
\nfollow Shabbat. <\/p>\n

873
\n00:47:54,120 –> 00:47:56,280
\nHere’s my treatise on why we
\ndon’t need to follow the law <\/p>\n

874
\n00:47:56,280 –> 00:47:57,840
\nanymore.
\nLike, what are you thinking? <\/p>\n

875
\n00:47:58,000 –> 00:48:00,120
\nHe doesn’t write that.
\nHe doesn’t write them galatians <\/p>\n

876
\n00:48:00,120 –> 00:48:05,560
\n#2 instead he just says, you
\nstrong people who aren’t <\/p>\n

877
\n00:48:05,560 –> 00:48:08,160
\nfollowing Shabbat, it’s time to
\njust deal with it. <\/p>\n

878
\n00:48:09,760 –> 00:48:13,920
\nAnd that’s that, right?
\nI know that you don’t need this,<\/p>\n

879
\n00:48:14,120 –> 00:48:15,400
\nright?
\nThat’s why he says, I am <\/p>\n

880
\n00:48:15,400 –> 00:48:19,760
\npersuaded in the Lord Jesus and
\nconvinced that nothing is <\/p>\n

881
\n00:48:19,760 –> 00:48:24,360
\nunclean of itself, He said, but
\nis unclean for those who think <\/p>\n

882
\n00:48:24,360 –> 00:48:27,400
\nit is.
\nSo he says, in this case, you <\/p>\n

883
\n00:48:27,400 –> 00:48:30,520
\nknow what, you just need peace.
\nIt’s just a time to just wait. <\/p>\n

884
\n00:48:30,800 –> 00:48:34,000
\nAnd he’s not saying, by the way,
\nwait for the rest of your life <\/p>\n

885
\n00:48:34,880 –> 00:48:37,520
\nbecause he says clearly you are
\nthe strong people now. <\/p>\n

886
\n00:48:37,520 –> 00:48:39,680
\nHow do you think those who
\ncelebrated Shabbat felt about <\/p>\n

887
\n00:48:39,680 –> 00:48:41,360
\nthat, right?
\nWould you like to get a letter <\/p>\n

888
\n00:48:41,360 –> 00:48:43,200
\nfrom the apostle Paul saying
\nthat you’re weak? <\/p>\n

889
\n00:48:44,120 –> 00:48:47,760
\nProbably not, right?
\nLike he, he doesn’t just sit <\/p>\n

890
\n00:48:47,760 –> 00:48:51,040
\naround and say, you know, have
\npeace now, but he says have <\/p>\n

891
\n00:48:51,040 –> 00:48:56,840
\npeace now because eventually
\nthat peace will lead to unity. <\/p>\n

892
\n00:48:59,240 –> 00:49:02,520
\nBut unity takes time and
\nrequires the peace first. <\/p>\n

893
\n00:49:04,200 –> 00:49:08,120
\nSo that’s Paul’s solution, He
\nsays, have peace first. <\/p>\n

894
\n00:49:08,240 –> 00:49:11,120
\nFocus on the peace and see what
\nhappens, right? <\/p>\n

895
\n00:49:11,840 –> 00:49:14,600
\nDon’t let your good be evil
\nspoken of, he says. <\/p>\n

896
\n00:49:15,920 –> 00:49:18,880
\nSo don’t just sit there and
\ndecide to be peaceful about it. <\/p>\n

897
\n00:49:18,960 –> 00:49:20,960
\nYou know, talk to these people
\nand say, well, here’s why I <\/p>\n

898
\n00:49:20,960 –> 00:49:24,880
\nthink we shouldn’t celebrate
\nShabbat, but do it peacefully. <\/p>\n

899
\n00:49:28,000 –> 00:49:31,080
\nLet us therefore make every
\neffort to do what leads to <\/p>\n

900
\n00:49:31,080 –> 00:49:34,760
\npeace, he says, and a mutual
\nedification. <\/p>\n

901
\n00:49:35,280 –> 00:49:38,120
\nDo not destroy the work of God
\nfor the sake of food. <\/p>\n

902
\n00:49:38,360 –> 00:49:41,320
\nAll food is clean, but it is
\nwrong for a person to eat <\/p>\n

903
\n00:49:41,360 –> 00:49:43,400
\nanything that causes someone
\nelse to stumble. <\/p>\n

904
\n00:49:43,800 –> 00:49:47,160
\nSo what Paul says is, in this
\ncase, we have to choose peace, <\/p>\n

905
\n00:49:47,720 –> 00:49:53,520
\nand we’ll get to unity.
\nNow, I think that when we <\/p>\n

906
\n00:49:53,520 –> 00:49:56,440
\nrecognize that distinction
\nbetween peace and unity, we can <\/p>\n

907
\n00:49:56,440 –> 00:49:58,280
\nthen understand what’s really
\ngoing on here. <\/p>\n

908
\n00:49:58,760 –> 00:50:03,840
\nWe don’t have to see Hebrews
\n12\/14 as creating a contrast <\/p>\n

909
\n00:50:03,840 –> 00:50:08,720
\nbetween peace and holiness.
\nIn fact, what we can see is that<\/p>\n

910
\n00:50:08,720 –> 00:50:14,320
\nlearning to live at peace with
\neveryone is one of the ways that<\/p>\n

911
\n00:50:14,320 –> 00:50:18,440
\nwe are holy.
\nBecause that’s not how anybody <\/p>\n

912
\n00:50:18,440 –> 00:50:23,000
\nin the world functions, right?
\nDo you know anybody that is at <\/p>\n

913
\n00:50:23,000 –> 00:50:25,840
\npeace with everyone?
\nAnd yet that’s that’s what it’s <\/p>\n

914
\n00:50:25,840 –> 00:50:29,160
\nsaying here right now.
\nThere’s a lot of people who just<\/p>\n

915
\n00:50:29,160 –> 00:50:31,280
\nlet everything slide.
\nThat’s not what I’m talking <\/p>\n

916
\n00:50:31,280 –> 00:50:33,720
\nabout, right?
\nBeing at peace with people means<\/p>\n

917
\n00:50:33,840 –> 00:50:38,160
\nthat you decide this is not
\nsomething that we’re going to <\/p>\n

918
\n00:50:38,160 –> 00:50:40,120
\nfight about, but it’s something
\nwe’re going to talk about. <\/p>\n

919
\n00:50:43,160 –> 00:50:46,720
\nAnd so we’re commanded to be at
\npeace with everybody, I think <\/p>\n

920
\n00:50:46,720 –> 00:50:50,680
\nbecause that’s what holy people
\ndo. <\/p>\n

921
\n00:50:51,840 –> 00:50:55,040
\nPeople who are holy are the
\npeople who are learning to put <\/p>\n

922
\n00:50:55,040 –> 00:50:59,920
\naside that desire to fight, to
\nput aside that desire to attack <\/p>\n

923
\n00:50:59,920 –> 00:51:03,040
\nsomeone else, and instead to
\nsay, I’m going to be peaceful <\/p>\n

924
\n00:51:03,040 –> 00:51:08,120
\nabout this and let’s talk to not
\nlet our good be evil spoken of, <\/p>\n

925
\n00:51:09,080 –> 00:51:10,280
\nbut to do it with the right
\nspirit. <\/p>\n

926
\n00:51:13,720 –> 00:51:17,560
\nSo this is where Jehoshaphat’s
\ndecision leads. <\/p>\n

927
\n00:51:18,720 –> 00:51:21,240
\nSecond Chronicles 19 two, he
\ngoes for unity when there is no <\/p>\n

928
\n00:51:21,240 –> 00:51:23,680
\nunity.
\nAnd so Jehu the seer comes to <\/p>\n

929
\n00:51:23,680 –> 00:51:28,160
\nhim, he meets him, and he says,
\nshould you help the wicked and <\/p>\n

930
\n00:51:28,160 –> 00:51:30,160
\nlove those who hate the Lord?
\nDo you see what’s being brought <\/p>\n

931
\n00:51:30,160 –> 00:51:33,080
\nout here?
\nLook, Jehoshaphat, you allied <\/p>\n

932
\n00:51:33,080 –> 00:51:34,640
\nyourself.
\nYou said I am as you are. <\/p>\n

933
\n00:51:34,840 –> 00:51:39,880
\nAnd so the first words of Jehu
\nare, do you not realize who Ahab<\/p>\n

934
\n00:51:39,920 –> 00:51:43,120
\nis, right?
\nDo you really think that you can<\/p>\n

935
\n00:51:43,120 –> 00:51:48,160
\nhave unity with this guy?
\nHe hates Yahweh and he told you <\/p>\n

936
\n00:51:48,160 –> 00:51:54,800
\nthat.
\nSo instead, what’s interesting <\/p>\n

937
\n00:51:54,800 –> 00:51:58,800
\nthen is that when we start to
\nlook at unity, we actually do <\/p>\n

938
\n00:51:58,800 –> 00:52:01,480
\nsee it happen later and we see
\nit with Hezekiah. <\/p>\n

939
\n00:52:02,680 –> 00:52:05,120
\nAnd the way that we see it with
\nHezekiah is that Hezekiah <\/p>\n

940
\n00:52:05,120 –> 00:52:08,360
\ndoesn’t just try and force
\nunity, but instead he actually <\/p>\n

941
\n00:52:08,360 –> 00:52:12,920
\nlays out here are my principles.
\nAnd he says, look, we can have <\/p>\n

942
\n00:52:12,920 –> 00:52:16,040
\nunity if we have an agreement on
\nprinciples, if we have an <\/p>\n

943
\n00:52:16,040 –> 00:52:19,200
\nagreement on who we are, like
\nthere’s peace already. <\/p>\n

944
\n00:52:19,520 –> 00:52:22,760
\nBut if we want unity, we have to
\nagree on principles. <\/p>\n

945
\n00:52:23,120 –> 00:52:27,400
\nAnd So what Hezekiah does is he
\nsends people up to Israel to <\/p>\n

946
\n00:52:27,400 –> 00:52:33,400
\ncelebrate Passover, and yet he
\nexplains to them, this is the <\/p>\n

947
\n00:52:33,400 –> 00:52:35,200
\nbasis on which we’re going to
\nmeet. <\/p>\n

948
\n00:52:35,480 –> 00:52:37,600
\nWe’re going to meet for a feast
\nof Yahweh, right? <\/p>\n

949
\n00:52:38,000 –> 00:52:39,840
\nIt’s not going to be a battle
\nwhere I’m saying, oh, I’m just <\/p>\n

950
\n00:52:39,840 –> 00:52:41,520
\nlike you, yeah, let’s go hate on
\nthe prophets. <\/p>\n

951
\n00:52:41,800 –> 00:52:44,200
\nThat’s not how it’s going to go.
\nHe says we’re going to celebrate<\/p>\n

952
\n00:52:44,200 –> 00:52:53,040
\na feast of Yahweh.
\nAnd in addition to that, look at<\/p>\n

953
\n00:52:53,040 –> 00:52:56,560
\nthis Second Chronicles 30 verses
\n18 and 19. <\/p>\n

954
\n00:52:57,760 –> 00:53:00,160
\nI think this is something that
\nwe often miss when we consider <\/p>\n

955
\n00:53:00,160 –> 00:53:03,520
\nthe way that Hezekiah brought
\nunity says although many, <\/p>\n

956
\n00:53:03,600 –> 00:53:06,200
\nalthough most of the many people
\nwho came from Ephraim, Manasseh,<\/p>\n

957
\n00:53:06,200 –> 00:53:09,080
\nIssachar, and Zebulun had not
\npurified themselves yet they ate<\/p>\n

958
\n00:53:09,080 –> 00:53:12,840
\nthe Passover contrary to what
\nwas written. <\/p>\n

959
\n00:53:16,200 –> 00:53:20,000
\nThink about that now.
\nI think it’s fascinating that <\/p>\n

960
\n00:53:20,000 –> 00:53:22,920
\nHezekiah says, look, these are
\nmy principles. <\/p>\n

961
\n00:53:24,160 –> 00:53:25,760
\nThis is the basis on which we’re
\ngoing to meet. <\/p>\n

962
\n00:53:26,000 –> 00:53:31,080
\nAnd then he realizes, you know
\nwhat, sometimes it’s going to be<\/p>\n

963
\n00:53:31,080 –> 00:53:33,640
\na little bit messy, right?
\nThey they agree, They say, yes, <\/p>\n

964
\n00:53:33,640 –> 00:53:34,920
\nwe are going to meet on those
\nprinciples. <\/p>\n

965
\n00:53:35,840 –> 00:53:38,720
\nAnd Hezekiah recognizes, well,
\nit looks like we might not have <\/p>\n

966
\n00:53:39,040 –> 00:53:43,480
\nperfect unity here at this time
\nbecause some things are <\/p>\n

967
\n00:53:43,480 –> 00:53:45,160
\nhappening that weren’t supposed
\nto happen. <\/p>\n

968
\n00:53:46,040 –> 00:53:53,520
\nBut his stance towards it is may
\nYahweh, who is good, pardon <\/p>\n

969
\n00:53:53,520 –> 00:53:57,200
\neveryone who sets their heart on
\nseeking God, the Lord, the God <\/p>\n

970
\n00:53:57,200 –> 00:53:59,680
\nof their ancestors, even if they
\nare not clean according to the <\/p>\n

971
\n00:53:59,680 –> 00:54:02,720
\nrules of the sanctuary.
\nI think that’s fascinating that <\/p>\n

972
\n00:54:02,720 –> 00:54:07,840
\nin fact, what you see again is
\nthat there are instances here <\/p>\n

973
\n00:54:07,880 –> 00:54:10,280
\nwhere, yes, Hezekiah has
\nprincipled unity. <\/p>\n

974
\n00:54:10,440 –> 00:54:13,360
\nThat’s what he’s going for.
\nBut he acknowledges that there <\/p>\n

975
\n00:54:13,360 –> 00:54:17,320
\nare times, not on the
\nprinciples, but there are times <\/p>\n

976
\n00:54:17,800 –> 00:54:20,520
\nwhen compromise is necessary and
\nhe’s willing to do that. <\/p>\n

977
\n00:54:20,960 –> 00:54:23,000
\nAnd he’s not saying that this is
\ngoing to be forever. <\/p>\n

978
\n00:54:23,080 –> 00:54:24,640
\nHe doesn’t intend for that to be
\nforever. <\/p>\n

979
\n00:54:25,000 –> 00:54:28,080
\nBut he he recognizes this is
\nwhere we’re at at this point. <\/p>\n

980
\n00:54:31,680 –> 00:54:36,880
\nSo let’s just wrap this up.
\nI think this is maybe the best <\/p>\n

981
\n00:54:36,880 –> 00:54:42,320
\nplace to bring this all together
\nbecause we see the apostle Paul <\/p>\n

982
\n00:54:42,440 –> 00:54:45,400
\nexplaining the relationship
\nbetween unity and peace. <\/p>\n

983
\n00:54:46,640 –> 00:54:53,320
\nEphesians 4 verses three to six.
\nHe says make every effort to <\/p>\n

984
\n00:54:53,320 –> 00:54:55,360
\nkeep the unity of the Spirit
\nthrough the bond of peace. <\/p>\n

985
\n00:54:56,920 –> 00:54:59,280
\nThere’s one body and one spirit,
\njust as you were called to 1 <\/p>\n

986
\n00:54:59,280 –> 00:55:02,640
\nhope when you were called 1
\nLord, 1 faith, one baptism, one <\/p>\n

987
\n00:55:02,640 –> 00:55:06,120
\nGod and Father of all who is
\nover all and through all and in <\/p>\n

988
\n00:55:06,120 –> 00:55:08,080
\nall.
\nDo you see the relationship <\/p>\n

989
\n00:55:08,080 –> 00:55:11,440
\nthere with unity and peace?
\nHe says this is a goal, right? <\/p>\n

990
\n00:55:11,440 –> 00:55:15,760
\nYou are supposed to make every
\neffort you can to be unified and<\/p>\n

991
\n00:55:15,760 –> 00:55:19,720
\nthe way you do it through peace,
\nhe says. <\/p>\n

992
\n00:55:21,120 –> 00:55:24,080
\nThat’s the starting place.
\nThis is why peace is the <\/p>\n

993
\n00:55:24,080 –> 00:55:26,600
\ncommand.
\nWe’re commanded to peace. <\/p>\n

994
\n00:55:26,880 –> 00:55:32,440
\nWe start with peace and we
\nbelieve then that unity proceeds<\/p>\n

995
\n00:55:32,960 –> 00:55:35,680
\nfrom that.
\nSo unity and peace are not the <\/p>\n

996
\n00:55:35,680 –> 00:55:39,600
\nsame thing.
\nWe strive for peace with <\/p>\n

997
\n00:55:39,600 –> 00:55:43,680
\neveryone all of the time.
\nThat doesn’t mean that we agree <\/p>\n

998
\n00:55:43,680 –> 00:55:46,720
\nwith everyone.
\nWhat it means is that we talk, <\/p>\n

999
\n00:55:48,080 –> 00:55:52,800
\nwe work it out.
\nWe only strive for unity with <\/p>\n

1000
\n00:55:52,800 –> 00:55:55,720
\nsome because there are only some
\nthat we can’t be unified with. <\/p>\n

1001
\n00:55:56,880 –> 00:56:00,680
\nAnd we do that on the basis of
\nprinciple. <\/p>\n

1002
\n00:56:01,520 –> 00:56:03,720
\nSo that’s the difference.
\nAnd I think when we can see that<\/p>\n

1003
\n00:56:03,720 –> 00:56:06,760
\ndifference, then that begins to
\nopen up a lot of what God was <\/p>\n

1004
\n00:56:06,760 –> 00:56:08,800
\ndoing with Israel.
\nIt begins to open up a lot of <\/p>\n

1005
\n00:56:08,960 –> 00:56:12,720
\nhow we work together, and it
\nbegins then to help us <\/p>\n

1006
\n00:56:12,720 –> 00:56:18,000
\nrecognize, I think, that we
\nactually can, in our own lives, <\/p>\n

1007
\n00:56:18,720 –> 00:56:36,840
\nachieve peace with everyone.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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